I’m going to tell you a story, my ever adventurous story. I’m
not going to force you to read my story but if you are interested you are free
to read it. =)
After I graduated in high school, I had been praying to enter
a military academy. I went through sufferings and hardship and of course I really
had to keep my faith in God strong. God let me went through such things because
he tested me if I do really trust him. Entering a military academy was really a
challenging part for me because I sacrificed so many things for that. I wanted
to join military academy because I wanted to discipline myself. I wanted to
know how to handle my life because I wanted to make a difference. After being
challenged by God, God answered all my prayers. Finally I was able to enter the
military school.
Before anything else, we were oriented first and underwent certain processes. When the day came, it was Sunday and all the cadets were gathered to attend the Sunday service. We attended the service first so that we will be recognized and be prayed by our pastor. It was an awesome day for me because I was really excited to be punished by the PMA officers. Hehehe. After then, the service had ended we went straight to the training area. Of course at first all the cadets don’t know each so we didn’t have much to talk and knowing each other because when we were in the bus we were all so tired and hungry. Prior to that, when we were oriented the host arranged us to its own group and buddies. I had no idea about this but I was excited to know my buddy’s life. When we were in the bus, we talked a little while but we slept after then.
It rained so hard and we expected to rest for a while after the trip but unfortunately our expectation didn’t happen because the officer shocked us. We had a SHOCKED TRAINING!!!!!. That was really a shocking moment for all of us. The officers gave us a little time to prepare to change clothes. Guess what??? They gave us only 10 seconds to change our clothes from saya to military wear. That was horrible because my luggage was not in my room but it was in the boy’s room. So I had no choice but to borrow clothes from other luggage without any permission from them. They said we must wear black t-shirt, black shorts and black shoes but unfortunately, I wore white shoes and got punished. Why? Because my entire luggage were in the boy’s room. That was funny though. =)
Every day we must wake as early as 4 am to prepare for training. It was hard for me because I was not really used to it because I usually wake up late morning. But then I had to do it in order for me to be disciplined. The training was really hard we had to force ourselves to the limit where we can know how far we can go as an individual. Pushing myself to the limit was really a challenging for me because I grew up contented for who I am and not knowing that I can do better far from anything I usually do as a teenager. And I thanked God for letting me know that I can do all things because he keeps on strengthens me.
Having been enrolled to a military school was an adventurous moment that I had as a human being because it molded me as an individual to be disciplined as well as to be a well rounded person. I hope every Filipino especially the young people should undergo such training like this because we need young people who have the vision to change the country and the people. And that’s all. I hope you have learned something here in my life journey.
