My first week at DLSU

It's been exactly a week since school started. For me, it was a beginning of a new world. Every single thing I did was new.

It began with going to school and going home from school. Even if I have been in this country for almost over a decade, I have never tried riding the public transportation like the LRT and the MRT. To go to school from my place, I have to ride through 11 stations. It's a long and scary ride but when I think about it, when I look back to these times, I'll just laugh and leave it as a good experience.

It's a new and a bigger place. Unlike high schools, college was much bigger. I got lost inside the campus many times. Like the time when I had to go to Yuchengco Hall to attend the International Student's Orientation, I kept roaming around Yuchengco Hall because there was no label that said that that big lobby was the Yuchengco building. When I finally found out that that was the place I was looking for, I just cracked up and made myself a DLSU class guide for myself.

Preparing my books, things I need, finding my classrooms, they were all up to me. Unlike in high school where everything is prepared for me, I had to do it all by myself. From finding the books I need for a class to being in the class for a lesson on time. 

I had more freedom. I had the choice to do whatever I want wherever I want. But like they say, with great freedom, comes great responsibilities. Although it's only been a week, I felt more responsible.

I don't know what will happen to the rest of my days in DLSU but it felt like a place I have been for a long time. I look forward to my stay, meeting great people with great opportunities.