2 - First Week Peculiar Experiences

"How was your first week in APC?" (a continuation in EEPENG orientation)

Eventhough it's my first week, lots of unusual things happened. So then I'll share to you the peculiar experiences that happen to me.

First is the elevator of the school. It's the day that we decided to pay the enrollment. When I rode the elevator, suddenly I felt dizzy (I don't have a claustrophobia or anything). It's feel like my brain will fall or something. Then I asked my mom(she's with me by the way) if she ever felt dizzy, she said that she's not. Maybe because I'm not used to ride in elevators (only in escalators), so it's like this. And when we got home, my head was still dizzy and I felt the motion of the elevator when I went to bed. Ugh, it's so nauseating.

The second one is the water dispenser in the dorm. There's no one in the lobby at that time, and I decided to put some water on my bottle. I realized that there's no button or something in that water dispenser... "What am I supposed to do? Is this a sensor-thingy?" is what I thought. I tried to put the bottle in and waited for like 3 mins. standing there like a fool (sorry for the term). And then I saw a pedal-like below the water dispenser, I stomped at it, and there's a water poured out *facepalm*. Now I know how, good thing there's no one in the lobby at that time *whew!*


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Next is in class discussions. All the time, everyday is English (in classes), and we always have to talk in the front (public speaking) like oh my gosh. I'm never good at speaking in ENGLISH!! I don't know if my grammar and pronunciations are correct. Gawd, it's a pain for me to adjust in this kind of situations (I know you felt that too). It's really embarrassing especially if your classmates are good at speaking in English. I have that Filipino accent of English (my teacher said that) so it needs to improved more. I wanted to cry at that moment... "I hate this, I wanna give up for goodness sake." is what I thought. But well on the other side, I really have no choice but to finish it. I've started it so finish it too. There's no easy or relaxing way to be successful, it will always have challenges, trials and problems. Those things can be solved if you wanted to.


All of those peculiar experiences, those breathtaking problems and moments, I learned so much from them. I'm getting used to it actually, but not that much (that was too fast, if you mind). I just have to keep on trying and practicing and practicing until I get used to it fully. God will never gives us problems that we can't solve, so we still try to stand up. "Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." - Robert H. Schuller.