ending up in msu...

DOST Scholars in KCC Marbel. Me in yellow shirt holding a white plastic cellophane.

that was election, may 2007, we were busy that time posting posters for the candidates of Lakas Kampi-CMD. i really thought that time that i wouldn't go to college kasi nga parang wala lang rin naman. P1 per poster na mapost mo, yun yung bayad. i really forgot about college, it was totally out of my mind. but i understood the situation, sa dami ba naman namin, kelangan pa ba ni mama mag-explain? pero later, sabi ni mama sa akin, she was really having a plan to send me to college naman. then until one time, i received a post-dated letter from DOST-12 saying that i passed their exam. i was driving our motorcycle that time, TS125 (Suzuki), to buy food for our ducks, chickens and pigs. when i went over sa ricemill, my ate told me that i have a letter from DOST. from that moment on, i knew it, i knew what was stated in the letter because the day i took the exam, the proctor told us na if we will be receiving mails, that means, we passed it, and if we received none, that means, we failed. i rushed home with that letter and presented it to mama. i was really overjoyed that time that i forgot to buy food for our animals. i really jumped so high, i was really really happy because i would be going to college. upon reading the choices ng courses, walang nursing? so, my mama and i decided first to comply the requirements, and went to cotabato city the next morning for the signing of the agreement. from the office of dost, we went to isulan because mama had some transactions there (alam mo bang drug lord tawag ko kay mama kasi di nauubusan ng transactions? hehehe). while staying in the bunk house, mama called up wendell, engineering student sa msu, regarding the enrollment. wendell said that that week would be the last week of the enrollment so the next morning, mama and i went to gensan city (that was the first time i went to gensan my entire life) to enroll me. upon arriving in msu, we went to H building to check on the available courses, but as my brother advised, i would rather choose ME daw. we checked kung meron pang vacant and really blessed, meron ngang slot. so mama enrolled me, that was a very tiring day because, we were like touring the entire school. i was very guilty that time because my mama is the one enrolling me, instead of letting her rest and did all the business, but since i have no know-hows and know-wheres, i just let her. after all that, we went back to isulan without paying the tuition and matriculations, because we really had no enough money that time. mama said to me that i would be the one paying the bill the next time i went to msu. in isulan, i felt so thankful that at last, i got my course and i was going to college. i had to stop posting posters or going with the electoral candidates wherever they go, i just had to stay home, and wait for the SOEP. that was really fun! wheeeew.