Hi Nikki Pee

Are my parents really lucky to have me?

I started learning when I was 3. I studied at St. Francis of Assisi School during my Nursery, Kinder, and Preparatory Days. I don't mean to brag but I really am a bright child. I finished my Kinder and Prep with First Honors with very active participation during school activities. My parents were really supportive. Even my Lola's attend to whatever activities the school holds.

Then I entered Primary Education in University of San Carlos - South Grade School. Grades 1-4 were my years that I had excellent academic performance. I'm a pupil with distinction that belonged to Top 20 of the batch. When I got older my academic performance started degrading but I still belonged to the Top 50 during my Grades 5 & 6 making it to the Star Section. And I graduated as a normal student with just the diploma and no any other.

Luckily, I passed Cebu City National Science High's entrance exams and interview. My years in high school were really bad. Here I experienced the worst and the best. I learned to cut class, forge, super cheat, chill to the max, barkadas, & nightlife. On the latter, I became an active member of the Youth for Christ, active batch governor, earned my own money, & I got the best free high school. My worsts became my parents' burden and my bests became their light. BUT it the worsts were most emphasized that they nag me about those over and over again. They never get to appreciate any of my bests. Still, I was able to cut through a very rocky part of life victorious. I graduated.

Now in college, enrolled BS-Information Technology at Cebu Institute of Technology. If I was a free during my high school, now in college I'm still free. I enjoy but at the same time I'm pressured about it.

During my high school I enjoy a Php100 a day but now in college it's just a Php280 a week. It's surprising but true. We're in the stage of SUPER financial crisis. Our debts are steadily increasing and my parents are finding it hard to settle it. I also find it hard to understand. I have no idea where all those debts are for. This situation confused me more. I don't get the logic. I've been a scholar for almost 5 years now. My sister's just studying at USC. We're not a branded family. We live a simple life but why in the world would we owe the bank a MILLION pesos. How much I wanted to understand the situation, but if you were in my place, trust me, I still couldn't accept it. But we're family, I have to.

Enough of problems now. Hehe. Let me share to you this thing that happened to my just today.

I went to the office to have my payments evaluated. The woman told me that my scholarship has been granted. Free-all for the whole semester and tentative for the next semester but I have to pay Php149.75 for some stuffs. And I'm done. Then a woman, I suppose a mother, was behind me waiting in line too and said, "YOUR PARENTS ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU." I replied with a cracking voice, "THANK YOU TITA." :')


Thank you Cebu Institute of Technology!