13/08/2026
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For more than eight years, I have lived my life with purpose despite having blurry eyesight and other health struggles since then — especially from last December to the present.
During school, it was really hard for me to see things clearly, and that made a lot of things difficult for me — not just academically. Because of the different hardships in life, it took me a long time before I was able to get proper medical care.
But even with that struggle, I still pushed through.
In JHS, SHS, and even during my college graduation, I was an academic achiever. And throughout my college years, I continued to do well.
With this same eyesight, I explored so much.
Since SHS, as a Humanities and Social Sciences student, I started writing — vintage-theme letters and appreciation tokens. I also write for the community: for awareness, for fundraising events, and feature writing. In college, I added photography, videography, modeling, and later on, arts and crafts.
And since then, we’ve also been into cooking.
I created and crafted pieces, and even with my limited vision, I was still able to produce beautiful work. I was also able to contribute to my former schools and to our community, from the local to the national level. Up to now, I am still fulfilling my passions, hobbies, aspirations, and purpose.
And currently, during my eyesight check-up, my eye grades are 400 and 425. To put it simply, my vision is more than double the normal blur. I just got my glasses on June 28, 2026.
Not everyone knows about my eyesight and health issues because I keep on creating beautiful and lasting pieces.
Having an eyesight corrector is not just about glasses. It helps me tell stories more — through photos, videos, writings, arts and crafts, cooking, and so much more. It is proof that I conquered it all, and that I am still conquering whatever comes my way.
It’s difficult in every event with this eyesight and health, yet, I finished them successfully.
For over three years, I have been joining photography events. I faced every struggle, but I was still able to produce good photos and videos.
In photography, I gave free photos with full ownership in one activity, and shared ownership in the last two.
During that same time, from 2023 to 2026, I also gave my free labor, free talent and skills, arts and crafts, and other community work. I’ve also given sponsorships for events and donations. I’ve contributed to good governance initiatives from the local to the national level. And I’ve made small donations to animal shelters in the country.
Despite battling current health issues and needing further medical care, I still choose to give, to share, and to be part of creating a better community.
Even though some people had bad intentions and hurt me deeply, I did not stop giving new people the benefit of the doubt and the chance to prove themselves. And despite all the suffering I experienced from other people, from childhood up to February, I remain kind and compassionate to everyone.
For over six years, from 2018 to 2026, I have been contributing to our society consistently. But even before that, I was already doing community work silently since I was a kid, in my own way. Yet some people still treated me badly.
“𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 — 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅.
𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅.
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏.
𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒘 — 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔 — 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆.
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.
𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆.
𝒀𝒆𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.
𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍.
𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒕 — 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔.”
