Pedia Reflections

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I am Denise Lyka Allyza G. Liban. The third daughter of Engr. And rs. !an Ace

ario ". Liban. I #as born in my aunt$s house in Allasitan% Pam&lona% 'agayan in

ay (1% 1))*. They say that as a ne#born I #as not like the other child #ho cries a

lot. I #as being cared by my mother and my t#o sisters. +hen mama goes to the

market &lace to buy% ,uya Elong takes care of me.

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ost of the time% I #as slee&ing. And I #as not hard to take care of. I seldom

cry and my mama ust &ut me on a cradle.

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I don$t kno# ho# many months I am in these &ictures. I #as able to roll/ I

can$t imagine ho# ha&&y my &arents #ere #hen I 0rst did that. n the right is

my &icture #ith my sister ,aye. I$m so blessed for ha2ing t#o sisters Ate ,aye and

Ate Dyan because according to many% they #ere the ones #ho looked after me

#hen mama #as busy doing business.

3th

I #as able to sit in this &icture and I$m so ha&&y for that/ Look at the right

&icture and you$ll see the ha&&iest infant in the stroller/ They al#ays called me as

the &ri2ileged child because #hen I #as born &a&a already ha2e a stable ob. I get

#hat an infant need in abundant/

4th dedication and going to church

This #as my dedication day at 5igh#ay 6a&tist 'hurch and I belie2e that look

says 7Tara na sa ha&agkainan/8

9ince I #as a child% I al#ays go to church e2ery 9unday for ser2ice and e2ery

:riday for &rayer meeting. I$m so &roud of my &arents for training all of us that #ay.

I belie2ed that is the main reason #hy e2en they left us alone here in anila #e still

manage to be 7good daughters.8 +e are rooted and trained in doing #hat is good

and the 5oly 9&irit al#ays reminds us of that.

;th 6ike

I #as three years old #hen &a&a ga2e me my 0rst bike #hile the toy car #as

o#ned by my cousin. I #as so ha&&y back then and I al#ays #ant to use it e2en

#hen it$s raining. I still see the remains of my 0rst bike in our house in 6idduang.

*th 9audi

I #oke u& early morning in !uly 1<% -==-% I #as shocked because my &arents

#ere not around and I #as the only one at our house in 9audi Arabia. inutes later%

&a&a came back home to get me and some stu>s then #e #ent to the hos&ital. I

#as sur&rised to see my baby brother% 'hristian in an incubator. This &icture #as

taken #hen he #as t#o #eeks old. I$m not sure #hat my feelings #ere back then

but I belie2e I that #as the ha&&iest sister e2er.



<th

This #as my 0rst day at school but it$s more like a tutorial class only. I can$t

forget the time our Indian teacher ga2e us a s&elling e?am on that day and I s&elled

orange correctly. I felt &roud of myself and #hen &a&a fetched me% I immediately

sho#ed him my notebook.

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y &arents al#ays tour us in di>erent &laces in 9audi Arabia. +e #ent to

di>erent to#ers% &arks and restaurants. I miss those moments #hen I am #ith my

&a&a% mama and 'hristian. And I$m so ha&&y because they made my childhood

a#esome/

1=th

It #as really hard for me to lea2e my friends and my 7considered8 aunts and uncles

in 9audi Arabia. I still remember #hen I #as saying good bye to them. "es% I didn$t

cry but there are times no# #herein I really miss them. Es&ecially #hen I sa# their

&ictures on :acebook. This also signaled me that I #ill be se&arated from my&arents for long &eriod of time because both of them are #orking there.

11th

These #ere the bonding time #e had after my &arents decided to lea2e me here in

the Phili&&ines for higher @uality of education. I really cherish these times because

#e seldom go out of to#n and ha2e fun as a family.

1-th

This #as me &ortraying ary the mother of !esus during our 'hristmas &rogram at

Allasitan Elementary 9chool #here I studied from grade one to three. I am so &roud

of this accom&lishment because I #as still grade one back then but I #as already

sho#casing my acting skills. n the other side% the toy #e used to &ortray baby

!esus #as my security obect. I named her 'andy and it came from Tito Era&.

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As &art of building my selfesteem% my grand&arents and my &arents al#ays raised

a lot money so I can be cro#ned as :esti2al Bueen in our community. In this &icture%

I #as the 1st Princess of Allasitan Elementary 9chool in -==< and I also became the

iss Infantile of our barangay of the same year but sad to say% #e lost those

&ictures. I$m so glad that the money #e raised for those contests #ere used in the

de2elo&ment of our school. And e2ery time I see my name in the scout ha2en% I feel

like I #as the greatest child on earth.

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:rom grade one to grade three% I al#ays became 0rst honor and my cousin became

second honor. I am so glad that e2en though #e com&ete back then #e al#ays

choose to be best friends. I really miss him no# and I remember myself #ishing



then that he ne2er transferred in Cnited 9tates so that #e can s&end more time

together.

14th

I can$t forget this 'hristmas. I had a chicken&o? and I #as not able to attend our

Grade III 'hristmas &arty. It hurt me a little but I felt like I lost half of my life #henmy friends told me about #hat they did during the 'hristmas &arty.

1;th

I transferred in 9anchez ira 'entral Elementary in grade four. I$m so &roud that I

really gre# as a &erson there. These #ere the times #hen I became so acti2e in

school and I learned to balance bet#een academics and cocurricular acti2ities. I

became one of the student leaders and school$s re&resentati2e in street dance

contests% drum and lyre band% embroidering% ournalism% ath contests% slogan and

&oster making contests. The thing that I cannot forget the most #as the time #hen I

became our Pro2ince$s re&resentati2e for 9ingles 6adminton 'ontest in 'agayan

alley egional Athletic Association.1*th

At grade four I #as really disa&&ointed #ith myself because it #as the 0rst time I

#as not able to land as 0rst honor. 6ut e2entually% I #as able to acce&t it. I #as able

to garner the a#ard as third honor during my fourth and 0fth grade. Thanks God for

the 6lessing.

1<th

This #as the last time I oined ath contest in grade school. I ust arri2ed from a

6adminton contest in Fue2a izcaya the night before the ath contest &ro&er. I #as

so tired and e?hausted then but I$m so glad that I and enzo% my &artner garneredfourth &lace in the di2isions team 0nal. Thank God/

1)th

I #as the 0rst honorable mention in 9anchez ira 'entral Elementary 9chool. This

#as the 0rst time #herein my father #as the one &inning my sash and &utting on

my medals. Cntil no#% e2ery time I am reminiscing those moments% I al#ays cry.

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I can$t contain my ha&&iness for being a minorette during our &arade for our to#n

:iesta. I became a &ro?y of my sister because she #as a candidate for s. 9anchez

ira at that time.

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This is the most unforgettable achie2ement I e2er recei2ed. I only landed as second

honor during my 0rst year high school in 'agayan 9tate Cni2ersity 9cience 5igh

9chool but it became a &roof that I can &erform better than our class 2aledictorian

in Elementary in #hich she #as not &art of the honor roll. ur #hole class back then

belie2ed that there is fa2oritism but the &roblem #ith us #as #e didn$t com&lain.



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+hen I transferred to Phili&&ine 'hristian Cni2ersity Cnion 5igh 9chool of anila% I

didn$t e?&ect that I can outshine my costudents in terms of academics. I oined

di>erent contests in ath% 5istory% 9cience and 9&orts inside and outside the

school. I still remember ho# I look #hen they announced that I am the class 0rst

honor. I #as really shocked and I #ant to cry to the Lord and say thank you/

I also became the 'ommission on 9tudent$s Election 'hair &erson% Inang +ika% and

ocer of di>erent clubs. 6eing a student leader became my training ground for

greater challenges I face today.

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"For all that has been thank you, for all that will be, YES!"Graduating as a Valedictorian in Philippine hristian niersity# nion $igh School of %anila opened a lot ofdoors for &e, like &y full scholarship in the niersity of Santo 'ho&as( )hen * was saluting to parents, * can+thelp but cry because the thing * achieed on that day is the &ost i&portant achiee&ent a student can eeroffer to their parents but sadly, &y F) parents are not physically present on that day to receie it due to work

but * was rest assured that they are ery happy and ery proud of &e(

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* a& the luckiest and happiest person eer lied when * first walked through the arch our heroes walked

through a hundred years ago( * -ust can+t beliee that &y drea&s are &ateriali.ing little by little( First, * passed

the S'E'( Second, * &aintained &y acade&ic scholarship until now( /nd soon * will beco&e a nurse then a

doctor( f course, * would like to recogni.e &y fa&ily, S' and God for giing &e and allowing &e to grow to

the best * can(

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2uring &y 34th birthday, * wasn5t wearing a beautiful gown( 6o glass shoes and shi&&ering -ewelries( 7ut *was wearing &ore than any of those, * wore &y greatest s&ile( /lthough * was kind of disappointed because&y parents are unaailable to co&e ho&e and &y party supposed to be didn5t &ateriali.e(6onetheless, * would want to thank &y &a&a and papa for allowing &e to do *sland hopping for a week( %ysisters for planning for &y debut party supposed to be and finding a resort or a place we can celebrate in( * loeyou and you &ade &e so happy that day(

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