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Our families and communities often define us and our individual worlds. Community might refer to your cultural group, extended family, religious group, neighborhood or school, sports team or club, co-workers, etc. Describe the world you come from and how you, as a product of it, might add to the diversity of the University of Washington.
“Ay naku ano ba yan aalis ka na? Dito ka na lang mag college para dito ka pa rin pwedeng
magtira satin!” -Mom. This saying translates into, “Oh my gosh what is this you’re leaving already? Just stay here for college so you can still live here with us!” My mom has always been a little touchy with this subject, since I’m guessing that she doesn’t want me to grow up too fast. But I’ve told her many times that I need to leave so I can learn how to be mature and make adult-like decisions. Ever since she was a kid she’s always stayed with her mom, and never moved out up until my mom met my dad and had me. My mom and I stayed in the Philippines until I was 4 and decided to go to Hawaii to be with my dad. I followed my mom’s footsteps, staying by her side and not really thinking of moving out when I got older. But now that I’ve actually grown and thought about my future, I second guessed myself. “Should I leave or stay?” was a question that would cross my mind a few times whenever I talk about college. I would push this question away most of the time and would forget about it at the end.
I’ve always been pretty religious, and as a Catholic, I would go to mass every Sunday. I’ve had my Baptism, First Communion, and now going on to be confirmed next year. I can’t really remember a time where I haven’t gone to church, which explains just how religious my family and I are. We’ve went to special masses for Easter, Thanksgiving, and other holiday masses that they do. It just keeps our family together in a way. I’ve always been surrounded with people from church, along with being in a private school, where a church is right next to it. Even after elementary and middle school I still keep in touch with a lot of people with my same religion. Most of my aunties are connected with the faith, along with a few teachers and friends at my old school. I even made my first friend in high school and found out she’s Catholic as well. It’s like most of the people I will ever meet will turn out to be practicing the same faith as I am. But it’s a good thing, because I know that I will always have at least something in common with them.
Growing up with my friends, I realized that most of them have joined at least some kind of sport, so I wanted to try it out myself. I’ve tried volleyball, track & field, and basketball. I liked them for a little while, but I would never really liked it to the point where I would do it every year. I just thought it’d be fun to try, but I wouldn’t be too dedicated with it. I always see them so dedicated with what they play, but I never really feel the same way. I guess I’m just more interested in singing and playing instruments. I have a picture of myself playing with a toy guitar when I was very little and have started singing ever since I was 3, and from then on out I’ve just been trying to improve on my own. I get it from my dad’s side, since he used to sing and play guitar when he was younger. He used to be in a band, called “Red Roof” and my mom and I would always wait until his band name is called on the tv to perform. My mom’s side was dancing, so I’m trying out dancing in high school, since I thought it was interesting. There’s many other things I haven’t tried out yet, and maybe I’ll be able to try some out in college. Since UW has many different programs that I’d be interested in, it can be a really good opportunity for me to show my talent and a good way for me to be more mature with my decisions. There’s probably a really good mix of different ethnicities, and I would be a good addition to one of them.
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