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I don’t know how to swim. I would like to relate my life to this weakness that I had before that became my strength when I entered the service. Before entering college, during the final interview I was asked “Why do you want to study in UP?” without a doubt, I readily answered “To be able to study in the premier university of the country is my childhood dream and I don’t want it to be just any other dream.” So I got in and I can clearly remember the my first day in UP, I am wearing my best that day because of mom reminded me to always dress as if you’re going to see you worst enemy. I was wearing elephant pants, wedges and a vintage tight fitting top while most of my classmates are just wearing shorts and slippers. It is really a great feeling that I am at my dream university, I really can’t imagine myself graduating from any other school except UP. I took up Bachelor in Sport Science, a pre-medical course because I wanted to pursue medicine at that time. I love science and how the human body works so I worked hard and studied well to become a university scholar each semester. I would skip gimiks and parties because I have a goal and I have to meet those. I am thinking that, I am already here so why not make the most out of it. During my sophomore year, I got invited to join the UP Dragon boat Team, my friends are joining and because of peer pressure I joined. I am not the strongest of the team, but since I wanted to be on the line-up I did not skip any training day. My mom would scold me because she thought that I am taking my studies for granted. But I get to love the sport, it is really something new to me and of course another chapter of my life that I had opened and experienced. I met a lot of my friends now because of that sport and the reason why I am here now is because of dragonboat. Being part of the UPDT is an honor because you are representing your University. UPDT is the top team at that time in dragon boat and I couldn’t be any happier for that. *life in UP After college, I worked as PE Teacher at St. Pedro Poveda College (Poveda Learning Center. I stopped playing dragon boat because of the schedule and decided to just focus on teaching. I have a very high paying job back then considering my workload as a PE Teacher. It was a great experience to teach kids who are very warm and sweet and my day wouldn't be finished without a hug and a love letter from my students. As the day goes by I felt something different, its as if something is missing and I want to find out whatever it is. It has been a daily struggle, waking up in the morning, waiting for a bus or fx, making lesson plans, checking quizzes and exams, until i finally admit to myself, I AM NOT HAPPY, I MISS PADDLING, I MISS DRAGON BOAT. Its a good thing that at that time, the Dragon Boat National Team is open for try-outs for new members. I wanted to join! But at the back of my mind, I was oh oh, athletes here in the Philippines are not compensated well enough to survive. I was thinking twice but I cannot take it anymore to go back to teaching that time, so I decided and it was a leap of faith and I don't care anymore about the money as long as i do what I love. So before the school year ended, I filed my resignation letter and I felt a sign of relief. Its time to do what I love. In dragon boat, I only received 10,000 pesos as allowance per month without benefits at all. But as I’ve said i don't care, i love what i do. It is a great honor to train hard and represent our country abroad. But the road to being a full-pledged national athlete is not that easy. during PFT’s i am consistently at the bottom five and I am very afraid to get kicked out, I don't even know how to swim at that time. So what I did was, during off season after our morning training, i wouldn't rush home and rest. Instead i will stay at our quarters and wait till afternoon to lift weights and swim. I do this every other day, so in a day I trained twice while my teammates are asleep inside the quarters. It was very tiring but then this is what i want so i have to deliver. Even if I am the only one on the pool, i would swim like a turtle until i overcame the fear of getting drowned and finishing 500m without stopping much. Come our next PFT, i performed well, I am on the top5 this time. I was very happy that i earned my slot as a national athlete. Being a national athlete brings you much pride and honour in representing your country abroad. You don't care about being tired or being in pain because its for our country and you are ready to do anything for that flag. Ive been to different countries to compete and represent our country and i am proud to say that the Philippines is the top dragon boat team in the world. Our ugly jerseys are being …..by other teams in exchange for their under armour and expensive jerseys. That is how much respect we have outside the Philippines. The National Team is experiencing its glory days until sad news came. I don't want to go into detail about that but our team got disbanded because of politics. We are all so down at that time, because our team is like family already. But what could we do, we have to follow. Again, when one door closes, a window opens. The Philippine Coast Guard is hiring at that time, so we all applied and i am one of the lucky ones who got accepted. I don't know what i am entering but as long as i am with my teammates, i know i will be good. I took my Coast Guardman’s Course at Taguig back in December 2010 and finished it after almost nine months. I am a member of CGMC Class 19-2010 under the guidance of our snappy Course Director CDR EDGARDO T HERNANDO PCG and I am very proud of my class because we are very united like a family. After graduation, I was assigned at the Maritime Safety Service Office as a full time office girl. A totally different life from the one that I have outside PCG. You know how it is to be in UP, the freedom that we have, the liberty that we exercise. But I think its God’s will that I am here at PCG because I got to adjust to the system easily. Of course, i wouldn't be able to do this if not for the support and trust of my classmates, course director and officemates at CG8. Two (2) years later the PCG Dragon Boat Team was formed and i joined. Its a great feeling that once in a while you have hobby to do to divert your energy from office work and of course to get fit. As months go by, I get so overwhelmed again and enjoyed dragon boat that much that I became one of the foundations of the team. To date, the PCG Dragon Boat Team never failed to bring honor and recognition to the Command. But time has again brought me to wanting to leave dragonboat and do triathlons which is an individual sport. This is a greater challenge for me because aside from i have no one to depend on except myself, the sport itself is expensive. So again, i have this childish I DONT CARE attitude as long as i do what i love. And so I did a few triathlons and luckily my efforts paid off and i won most of my races. But of course, nothing is permanent. Change is the only permanent thing in this world. I believe that the world does not revolve only on one thing, i wanted to become an officer. I wanted to explore my potential and test my capabilities. And to do this I have to give up most of the things that i love to become an officer. So I did. I know i can become a good officer with proper training and maturity….to be continued….

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