July 2o marked the start of my GBF days!! that day was yesterday. It was tiring. It was fun. It was weird. It was competitive. It was exciting. It was everything!
The GBF-CSP is the program that I applied for 2 to 3 months ago. I prayed hard to get into the program. And thought I didn't make it. And was proven wrong. I really, really thank the people in GBF. I admire them for their patience with us all as well as their capabilities to know all 40 of us! That, I'm really having a hard time!
All in all, we are 40 who got in the program. One look and I know that they are all very accomplished, successful, serious people who also knows how to have fun. For a few moments there in my seat, I thought.. "God, how did I ever get in this program? Am I really as accomplished, successful, and serious as all the other 39 scholars?" That I still do not know. But I am willing to be like them. Looking at them inspires me already! To do a good job. To give it my best shot. To have a really fun time!
When we discussed about the I-CARE program which will determine who, among the 40 scholars will eventually go to Shanghai next year (coz' they will only send the top 30), the feel of the room got heavier.. even more intense.. or perhaps, the right word is serious! Thecommittment, the seriousness, the passion.. it was so evident it made me tired. Literally. Dead tired! When I got home, I felt sick. My sister also thought that I was sick. Once I got in my bed, I fell asleep almost immediately. But then again, that has always been my talent! Dozing off into dreamland.. anytime, anywhere!!
I am really happy I got into this program. I think that more than the learning, I am more excited about the people whom I will encounter in the program. They are just so diverse! We are so different from each other.. different backgrounds, fields, interests.. I wanna know each and every one of them! That is what I want my GBF days to be.. Filled with fun, new experiences, new friends.. and everything else! We had a teambuilding earlier and it sure was tiring. Tiring fun. It's been like that for the past two days! Perhaps that's the reason why we ate lunch at two and went home at around 3. Instead of the half-day I thought I was gonna have.
I was supposed to be half-day today bec. they didn't require me to take the test to determine my knowledge of the Chinese language. I'm thinking.. it can be good for me.. but it can also be bad. It can actually work both ways. They placed me in the Basic Class.. which is really okay for me. They assummed that I had no background of the language when I studied in a Chinese school all my life, studied in Taiwan too.. and knows how to speak a little Chinese at home. But oh well, what can I do? This is the situation I am in, right? Just gotta make a way for it to become an advantage for me.. like what I told Ani, I cannot really choose the circumstances that I find myself in.. but I can always alter it so that I can adjust to it positively. So that everything's gonna be fine. Just fine. No worries!
The GBF-CSP is the program that I applied for 2 to 3 months ago. I prayed hard to get into the program. And thought I didn't make it. And was proven wrong. I really, really thank the people in GBF. I admire them for their patience with us all as well as their capabilities to know all 40 of us! That, I'm really having a hard time!
All in all, we are 40 who got in the program. One look and I know that they are all very accomplished, successful, serious people who also knows how to have fun. For a few moments there in my seat, I thought.. "God, how did I ever get in this program? Am I really as accomplished, successful, and serious as all the other 39 scholars?" That I still do not know. But I am willing to be like them. Looking at them inspires me already! To do a good job. To give it my best shot. To have a really fun time!
When we discussed about the I-CARE program which will determine who, among the 40 scholars will eventually go to Shanghai next year (coz' they will only send the top 30), the feel of the room got heavier.. even more intense.. or perhaps, the right word is serious! Thecommittment, the seriousness, the passion.. it was so evident it made me tired. Literally. Dead tired! When I got home, I felt sick. My sister also thought that I was sick. Once I got in my bed, I fell asleep almost immediately. But then again, that has always been my talent! Dozing off into dreamland.. anytime, anywhere!!
I am really happy I got into this program. I think that more than the learning, I am more excited about the people whom I will encounter in the program. They are just so diverse! We are so different from each other.. different backgrounds, fields, interests.. I wanna know each and every one of them! That is what I want my GBF days to be.. Filled with fun, new experiences, new friends.. and everything else! We had a teambuilding earlier and it sure was tiring. Tiring fun. It's been like that for the past two days! Perhaps that's the reason why we ate lunch at two and went home at around 3. Instead of the half-day I thought I was gonna have.
I was supposed to be half-day today bec. they didn't require me to take the test to determine my knowledge of the Chinese language. I'm thinking.. it can be good for me.. but it can also be bad. It can actually work both ways. They placed me in the Basic Class.. which is really okay for me. They assummed that I had no background of the language when I studied in a Chinese school all my life, studied in Taiwan too.. and knows how to speak a little Chinese at home. But oh well, what can I do? This is the situation I am in, right? Just gotta make a way for it to become an advantage for me.. like what I told Ani, I cannot really choose the circumstances that I find myself in.. but I can always alter it so that I can adjust to it positively. So that everything's gonna be fine. Just fine. No worries!
Hi Keisha! This is Katherine, fellow batchmate in GBF. I found your blog when I was googling GBF. I am sure you deserved every bit why the committee chose you to be part of the top 40.
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hey Kath, ako din haha.. hope to get to know you more!! ;-)
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