Farewell Pink University!

Finally, after 5 years of enclosing myself to studying and bracing myself to never quit despite all the hardships that I may encounter. I had graduated! 😘🤓🎓

First and foremost, thank you Lord for all the blessings I have received and for guiding me in all of my endeavors. Without your guidance I would not have achieved what I have today.

Thank you Nay Rosalinda for being ever supportive of everything and for providing me my necessities and wants na kahit ang dami na nating gastos binibili mo pa din ako. Kahit na wala na si tatay I know in my heart that he is proudly smiling at us and is always watching over us.

Thank you to my bestfriend, cousin, partner in crime, dearest ate Jassy, (annyeong eonni! <3) sa pakikinig sa lahat ng stories ko na parang ikaw na yung diary ko 😘, sa pagaadvice sa akin tungkol sa mga bagay bagay, sa pagiging available kahit na nagsstruggle ka na dyan sa law school, sa pagiging karamay sa lahat ng oras lalo na kapag manunuod ng K-drama, at higit sa lahat sa pagiging parang kapatid ko na. 😀 hahaha babygirl niyo pa din ako ah 😢

Thank you to my Titas, Tita Delia, Tita Alice, Tita Josie, Tita Heidi sa pagtulong samin ng nanay ko financially at sa lahat pa ng pwede niyong itulong sa amin.

Thank you to the Registrar Family, tita Lisa, tita Cecille, tita Jhovie, ninang Laih, ate Clarence, ate Camz, ate Lyka,
kung saan ako nagsstay kapag may mahabang break, sa pakikishare ng pagkain whenever may birthday, sa pagtulong sa mga kaibigan at kaklase ko sa pagayos ng records nila na nagiging express lane na at higit sa lahat ung pagturing niyo sakin na parang part na din ng family.

Thank you Ladies Allea, Bianca, Eunice, Aira, for being my friends through thick and thin, for rooting that we can do everything if we help each other, sa pagcomfort sakin whenever malungkot ako, sa pagiging fashion at makeup adviser niyo sa akin, sa pagsupport niyo sa akin tuwing may crush ako 😘😀at higit sa lahat yung time na naspend natin magkakasama.

Lastly, sa kpop idols, actors and actresses for being there whenever nasstress ako sa pagaaral, sa pagiging inspiration ko in achieving my dreams, for being my escape to reality, for the joyful moments that you shared with us (your fans). 😍😙❤💙💚💜

Thank you everyone for being a part and parcel of my life that makes me who I am today.

Kristel Ann Joy L. Apostol
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
Centro Escolar University
12-01752
😀🤓✌💚🎓Class of 2017🎓💚✌🤓

Being in college left me with experiencing so many firsts...

I remember back then my first day of classes in 2012, my cousin accompanied me to my room and left me there to talk to my blockmates. But, of course, to my shyness I waited the others to talk to me first before I started to communicate with them. As we attend our Accounting I subject with Dean Anastacio I was flustered for a moment because after the discussion we will immediately proceed with the quiz.How can forget those introductions for every subject we had? That was one of the things that I can't forget after these years because I get nervous just from introducing myself to the class. Also during my first 2 years in college I was being fetched by my father so that I will not commute by myself. After 2 years, I became accustomed to commute by myself. After a few weeks many groups were formed within the block that left me with a big group of friends. And eventually my big group of friends were also divided because of our characters and personalities. There was also a time where me and Alou toured around the school so that we would know of the different shortcuts between the different buildings. That subject where we learn how to use makeup, chopsticks, and dressing up properly for corporate events. Those times where we perform a dance number for a speech subject. These were the times that I was testing the waters if I would be really close with the people whom I encounter.

These blockmates of mine really gave effort to celebrate my birthday which I find touching. Back when I was in first year high school there was a time that I invited my classmates to celebrate my birthday at home and they said that they will come but I waited and waited only to see that ate Jannine's and ate Jassy's friends were the ones who came even though they were not informed ahead of time. I was really hesitant that time when I invited my blockmates because I am not that close to all of them but despite the travel time from mendiola to navotas they really enjoyed my birthday party. After my celebration, they even looked forward to my birthday the next year because they enjoyed the food and the karaoke. Even if we are not that close yet they still pursued to celebrate my birthday.

When we reached the fourth year level things got more serious in studying that left us with only 15 students that survived many terror professors and also the cut-off grade of 70%. Even if we are concentrating in our studies we never fail to support our blockmate which is the JPIA president that time in any of his events. I remember that participated on the field demo twice because on the first they said that it is required to participate and on the second it is our support to our blockmate. This is also the year where our (FS Buddies-Aira, Allea, Bianca, Eunice and Ken) bond deepened. We kept going to each other's houses to make the feasibility study and to revise it and revise it until it will be approved. During those times that we revise our FS, we also helped and take care of each other a lot. My most memorable time during this was when we were preparing our powerpoint presentation for the practice for oral defense that we did not sleep a minute just to finish and polish our lines and the presentation. When we were travelling from Bianca's house to school, we rode a jeepney and during the travel Eunice saw all of us weakly holding onto the handle inside the jeepney and falling into sleep. After the practice for the oral defense, we were disappointed because the lines and presentation we prepared were overloading with information. That was the only time we knew that only the summary or it should contain phrases about the different aspects. Our effort was wasted and we become exhausted. But in the end we passed the oral defense even if our product was always being judged. During this year, I cannot forget the 6 cases that we should analyze and from that we will have oral defense for the 2 cases. For every case I used up 5-6 yellow paper for the case analysis. Despite having low grades compared to the other 2 groups on the first case, we managed to be the best group for the Accountancy program.

The professors that I can't forget, Atty. Santiago and Sir Co. These 2 professors of mine shared a really deep bond with our class, Atty. Santiago for being our professor for 5 subjects and Sir Co for 7 subjects. Despite the impression of others, through them we really learned a lot on their experiences and their way of teaching that only left us no choice but to study again and again if we don't understand what was being taught to us. To be a student of them is really an honor and a privilege for the students. 

In our last year in college, we put our hands-off from the different co-curricular and extracurricular activities within the college. In the end, we were being reprimanded for not participating in the events. Lacking hours for the school activities, we volunteered to be the facilitators for BIDA 2016. This year was the year where we experienced OJT. Me, Eunice and Aira applied to the same bank which is the LandBank of the Philippines-Pasay Branch. In here, we experienced different things that are done when we get a job. We also experienced to have Atty. Santiago to be our professor for 2 subjects in just one sem. When we only have 1 law subject we were already struggling but to have 2 law subjects in one sem with Atty. Santiago we don't know how to cope up in the first few weeks but eventually we managed our time well. The same goes with Sir Co we tackled about 4 subjects for the review. Still, we managed to overcome the different obstacles that were given to us even if we are complaining because we know that suffering comes first and happiness will be next.

Setting aside the hardships and obstacles we encountered I find myself to be attracted to 3 guys: 

• The Chinese guy - many were attracted to this guy 'coz I think he is everywhere in CEU hahaha :))))) I don't actually remember why I was particularly attracted to this guy hahaha :) may because he has a fair skin and chinito.
• Seung Hyun - I have a photo with him :) thanks friends :) the Korean guy that is handsome :) 
• Park - I also have a photo with him <3 thanks again friends :) the cute Korean guy that is probably 3-4 years younger than me :) 

That concludes everything that I experienced and felt during those 5 years in college. Next up CPA license <3 Claiming it! :) 

This will be our year! Twenty Seventeen! :) 

Thank you! :) 

Centro Escolar University - Mendiola, Manila