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A Remarkable Achievement

In life , we encountered events that made up our individual lives as humankind generally. An events that thought us two things , either to become a better person or not . Life is full of challenges and blessings as well .Challenges that test how strong, brave and independent person we are.

Way back October 23,2015 at Valencia , Bukidnon. The sun was up, the wind was cold. Everyone was busy preparing their selves for an event ,the Regional School Press Conference (RSPC). I was in fifth grade that time and a student from Sagay Central School ,Camiguin Province. I was part of a Journalism Organization and was chosen to be the News Writer and a member of Radio Broadcasting group. It was not my first time joining such competitions or events and as a matter of fact I had presented our school many times in different kinds of competitions not only in academic but also in dancing and singing. But that event was different and I don't know why I felt uncomfortable that time especially when it was announced that all schools around Region 10 will participate .

It was a very fine morning and I was left alone in our room so I decided to leave our room by myself and went to the area where the event was held. As I walked alone I had observed a lot of different things and people around me. I observed and saw that the other participants from others schools were very professionals and smart ,it is because they're seem to be very relaxed and smart that made me feel more nervous and scared but I put in my mind that I need to be optimistic and instead of letting my fear kill me ,I must use it as my strength, purpose and reason to strive more ,so I immediately return to our room and review my books.

Then ,afternoon came and the event has started . I and the other participants went to our specific areas together with our coaches .We started the competition with a prayer and after that I immediately went to my chair and start writing. It was one of toughest level of competition in my life but I faced the competition with a lot of courage and luckily , our topic for the news writing competition was the topic I had been studying before the competition start so it was an advantage for me as I start writing my news. One hour after it started ,I am already done with my works and the competition has ended. So, I had to transfer to the other room where the radio broadcasting competition was held . During the competition ,the environment suddenly changed . I and my team was more challenged and destructed because it was announced that there were changes about the rules in the said competition . Laptops was not allowed anymore that time that made it difficult for us to perform because all of our musics was there but still the show must go on ,we continue what we were doing and in God's grace we were able to performed well and finished the competition.

It was already late in the afternoon and all the competitions were done , all of the participants were back to each places again for the preparation for awarding. After one hour of preparation, the participants and coaches immediately return to the venue where the awarding was about to start. I was very excited about the result, not that I I will be first or the winner in the competition but because I know I did a great job . I was awarded as sixth placer in the news writing competition but was failed in radio broadcasting competition . Though we faced the competition and failed to achieve the rank we aspired to get, still we were very blessed and happy when we were announced as the Overall Champion .Tears started to fall and laughter was heard all over the venue were I can see everyone was happy and thankful for such a wonderful experienced and opportunity .There was no bound for my happiness and I am very happy and proud for myself at that moment because that success did'nt come so easily for me but took a lot of my time for preparations and also because I am lucky that out of more that forty participants from different schools who would have thought that I had made it to the sixth place.

The event has ended but the surroundings was still noisy where you can hear a lot of people talking about the results. I together with my co-participants from our school and coaches celebrated our victory straightaway. We had a dinner together and the very best part of our dinner was when there's a roast pig placed in our tables .I really enjoyed that night of my victory ,our victory where I understood and realized the way of life that success is not just about working hard but having a strategy planned correctly and intelligently combined with discipline.