Graduate school before is just a goal for me, a destination. But as I go through it, I've learned that it is just more than a goal, it is a journey itself. It is a part in one's life that you'll learn that It is more than the courses that you enter each week. It is more than attending weekday classes at 6PM to 9PM; and the dedicating the whole Saturday studying, while other folks are just having their rest at home or having gimicks at weekend nights. In the end, I realized that all the sacrifices and hard works are worthy for I have achieve a great thing in my life, which at first I thought was just a dream.
My two years in the graduate school etched my knowledge, strengthen my patience and tolerance, and developed me as a whole person. There were ups and there were downs, but all these moments gave colors in my graduate school life. There were professors who are excellent and there were those, pwede pwede na. There were who give high credits there were those who are not. There were those who will really test your abilities and sometimes tested your patience. There were those crying moments when I thought I didn't made the midterm or final exams. All of these made me strive harder and compete to myself.
Aside from my experiences from the studies, I would never forget how my friends in graduates school balanced the hardships. They were those who pushed me to do better. This is where I felt that competition is never an issue. Well, of course, we are old enough. Rather, my friends were the one who gave us reasons to do better. The way they recognized our efforts. In graduate school, I found not only educational advancement, but I found true friends.
I found myself being matured emotionally. Though people and friends may see me as a jolly and funny person, deep within me I know, I am not just the little Josh. Within my two-year experienced in Grad Skul, I found and lost love. And this experience made me a better person.
Yesterday, I had my graduation and I can't help but reminisce everything. Yesterday, I can't explain how happy and fulfilled I am. I have reached another milestone in my life. together with this, I know is a bigger challenge that i have to pass in the coming months..in the coming years. I told like to lend the motto of a friend and make it as mine too, " If God put me here, I will be the best." Since God gave me the opportunity to hold a Master degree, I will try my best to be one of the best in the field.
