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The Difference between Charmane and Charm

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Back in high school, the majority knew me by my real first name "Charmane", now however I am simply known as "Charm". It maybe a simple change in the name people address me by, for me however it is so much more. The change in the name for me symbolized a reinvention of myself and sure enough I was indeed reinvented. It really surprises me how so much has changed all in a span of four months. I did not expect it to be easy and indeed it was not. It has been an interesting first semester but I would not change it for the world. Transitioning from that easy go lucky high school girl, to the now what I think is an independent and more responsible person has not been a walk in the park, it really took a lot. My first semester in UPLB was not at all easy. I still remember the overwhelming feeling I got the first time I knew that I got into UP, that however is nothing compared to the feeling I got when I first set foot into my first class. Turns out I was in for a big ...

I am so Overwhelmed

The end of the semester is looming upon me, what used to be such a fast paced jungle suddenly begins to stop and time seems to drag by so slow. The sweet irony of what I am feeling right now. I am really really overwhelmed with everything that is going on in my life right now. When I was in high school there really was a certain time  of the quarter which we students called hell week but now in college such hell weeks are so common that some refer to it as a hell month or to make an exaggeration  a hell sem and to some extent I can't help but agree with such sentiments. I am a college freshman with a load of 15 units, imagine, only 15 units, what is that compared to the 20+ units that others have. Well maybe it'll help justify that I am studying in UP, not to come off as boastful but really having 15 units is already stressful, I just can't imagine how hard it will be come next semester when I will have 18 units plus a P.E class. With everything going on, I really jus...