Monday, July 6, 2015
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After my elementary years (1996), I was lucky enough to get in a prestigious High School Institution, The Sisters of Mary Girlstown School. It is located at J.P. Rizal Street , Talisay Cebu . This was actually founded by Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz in order to help the poorest of the poor like me. I belong to the 7th batch. Everything is free inside- food ,tuition fee , including our basic necessities. The Sisters are not asking anything from the students except to study well and to follow the School's rules and regulations at all times .
The Campus is very conducive for learning and I cannot deny the fact that I learned so many good things inside. I salute to both the competence of the faculty members and to the disciplinary action imposed by the nuns. It was an honor for me to experience living a healthy life inside.
Most of us missed the outside world during our first year of stay there. It's a normal thing to miss our loved ones but I dont regret that I became part of the School. I indulged myself to diffirent curicullar activities. I became one of the Rondalla Members of our batch. That was fun fun fun.! Aside from playing during the holy mass every wednesday and sunday , we also got the Chance to play at Waterfront Hotel and at the Cultural Center of the Philippines ( CCP ) and many other venues outside the School. There are various of activities where you can be involved . You can join any of the sports team , choir, cheers, you can either participate indoor and outdoor games etc.,.
There were times when daily Schedules seemed quiet boring for me. Like in the morning , we had to wake up at 6 or 7 am ( uncertain of the exact sched ) and say a little prayer , then take a shower . Afterwhich , we were given time to study for 30 minutes and then breakfast followed , cleaning time and classes began at 8 am 'til 4:30 pm and so on...... We attended holy mass every Wednesday, Sunday and on special occasions. We only had one two-week vacation each year and that usually fell on January. Our family were given the chance to visit us every first sunday of September. Life inside was really far different from my life now. We were not free to do all the things we want. There were times when I felt everything inside is abnormal... but later I realized that their ways are helpful though. Whatever I am now and wherever I may go , I won't forget every little thing I had at the Sisters of Mary Girlstown School. I may not be active for the Alumni Association gatherings but I want the World to know that “ I am what I am now because of the things I've learned from the School ” .
I started my high shool days at SOM on May 1996 and I finally graduated on Deceber 1999. Before I graduated , I was hired on August 1999 at Muramoto Audio Visual Philippines ( Mepza ) like many others with the endorsement and consent of the Sisters In-charged. I was still 16 years old that time. The sisters put us in place – at a boarding house with our basic needs goos for two months . They paid for our boarding house during our first and second month and even gave us cash for our allowance.
All these things will forever be stored in my mind and in my heart....the strict but JUST nuns who acted as our parents in the campus , the moral values and virtues, the academics , and many others. Thanks to my teachers and the Sisters in-charged, to my doormates ( St Angela Family ) for the memories. And above all...Thank you Fr. Al for all of these .
P.S. For others , I might not have the best high school experience with junior and senior prom etc., but for me, it's the best of bests. Do you guys get it ?