From Region's Best to Luzon's Best: My first attempt at joining pressconferences and contests
Ten years ago, I had a paper, a pen, and dream imbued in a prayer. It was around this time of year, a decade ago, when I stood in a normal flag ceremony, cheeks stretched in innocent smiles as I clapped for my classmates who triumphantly returned from their DSPC competitions. it was at that moment when I discovered a world where the simple act of putting words into paper can be more — more than innocent imaginations of distant lands or the menial task of writing the things that happened or the things unnoticed by most. Standing there sparked a kindling of fire towards an interest to learn how to tame a "talent" that sprouted from writing proses and diary entries in blank pages of storybooks and half-used notebooks. Truthfully, in recent years, I have forgotten how long I have carried this dream in me. I thought it was something that started when I joined my first student publication, The Junior Toil, four years ago—but it was a bit more ancient than that. ...