Adel, Camille Keven L.
Autobiography
2010 – 48989
ebruary 18, 201!
"he #ortrait in $ord% o& my 21 year% o& Living
' am a produ(t o& thou%and% o& thing% around me) my ever loving &amily, (ool (ir(le o& &riend%, (ra*y and +olly %et o& relative% and (ou%in%, (ompetitive a(ademi( ba(ground and ton% more. $ith tho%e %erie% o& mi-ed %tu&&, a&ter 21 great year%, ' am hat ' am no – a graduating %tudent in /niver%ity o& the #hilippine% at Lo% ao%. '% it (ool ' don3t no. ut one thing i% &or %ure, and that i% the &a(t that ' do not regret all the huge de(i%ion% ' made in my li&e. ure, there are %ome thing% that ' ant to (hange i& ever ' have the (han(e to go ba( but tho%e thing% are more on loveli&e de(i%ion% and re(le%% %hopping 5hahaha6 and tho%e are typi(ally %hallo. 't all %tarted on ebruary 08, 1994 at around 0970# hen ' a% brought to thi% orld. ' eighed roughly 8.2 lb%. y :ad, being the (amera guy he a%, (aptured all on tape be(au%e my om3% do(tor a% a &amily &riend and i% in(redibly ni(e %o %he permitted my :ad to tae video o& the epi( event. ' am the elde%t and my mom a% 2yo at that time. he told me that a lot o& people vi%ited her ho%pital room roo m hen ' a% born be(au%e they ere all a ll %o &ond o& me. ' really didn3t get hy but ' gue%% ' a% the only baby in that ard at that time %o everybody (he(ed me out. "hen my parent% &inally de(ided to give me a name and they gave me the mo%t ae%ome and (lever name ' (an3t be more proud o&) they named me Camille Keven Lim Adel. Camille (ame &rom my grand&ather3% ho%e name a% ;enry Camilo. y :ad named the Keven part be(au%e at that time, Kevin Co%tner a% %o popular. ;oever, he didn3t e-plain hy he (ho%e to %pell it Keven and not Kevin.
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one o& my &e be%t &riend%. $ith her her in the %ame (la%% ith me, ' %tarted to parti(ipate and pi( &riend% among my (la%%mate%. ' %tarted to intera(t ith other people and that3% the moment hen my om thought that ' %hould %ip Kinder 1 and pro(eed to Kinder 2. o %he did. And my introvert %el& devoured me again. ' be(ame %ilent, anti=%o(ial and ill=tempered. o %he enrolled me ba( to Kinder 1 here my nur%ery (la%%mate% are. y %i%ter and ' eren3t (la%%mate% anymore but ' learned to ad+u%t and everything ent ell. y la%t year in Kinder %(hool a% a great year be(au%e ' a% able to be&riend mo%t o& my (la%%mate% and %ome o& them be(ame my true &riend% and e3re really (lo%e until the%e day%. ' &ini%hed Kinder to a% &ir%t honor. inally, my &ormal and real %(hooling %tarted in elementary. y mom enrolled me in Allen Central >lementary (hool here %he i% tea(hing. 't a% a (ra*y %i- year% o& my li&e. ;oever, ' don3t regret any %ingle thing that ' made in tho%e year%. 't i% %trange that ' a% a bit the bully=type o& id in the early hal& o& my elementary year%. ' re(all pun(hing one o& my toughe%t (la%%mate and (hoing another (la%%mate. ' al%o remember my om %(olding me be(au%e %urpri%ingly, at that early age, ' pi(ed thi% really bad ord and u%ed it again%t my (la%%mate. ' thought ba( then that ' a% ?(ool@ to u%e that ord but no, it a%n3t – ' reali*ed a &e year% later lolB.
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phone% in 200D eren3t that prominent lie they ere the%e day%. $ith or ithout gadget%, e +u%t (li(ed and e ould play %illy tri(% to or (la%%mate%. ummer o& Drd grade – in(oming 4th grade – a% one o& the %ummer ' on3t &orget be(au%e it a% my (ir(um(i%ion %ummer lolB. ' a% both e-(ited and %(ared that day be(au%e ' really didn3t no i& it3% pain&ul or hat) but it re%ulted &ine, nonethele%%. y (ou%in% &rom Cavite vi%ited u% that %ummer and ' (an re(all %haring them the e-perien(e and a%ing one o& my guy (ou%in% to get (ir(um(i%ed already be(au%e i& not, '3ll tea%e him hahaB. y 4th grade li&e a% ba%i(ally the %ame and it a% the time that ' %tarted to get (lo%er to my li&e3%=(lo%e%t=&riend%, they are my be%t &riend% and ' am +u%t %o lu(y to have them %hare their live% ith mine. "heir name% are Eyan, Ale-i%, Ann and Faira. /% &ive ould alay% %hare %imilar +oe%, pi( on ea(h other e%pe(ially Eyan be(au%e he i% in(redibly %lo in pi(ing up +oe% and hi% vo(abulary are limited &or %ome unnon rea%on lolB. ut he3% (harming enough &or u% to really love him and ' (an3t imagine our group not having him. /ntil no, the &ive o& u% are really (lo%e and e alay% mae mean% to (ommuni(ate ith ea(h other. "han% &or %o(ial media app% be(au%e e alay% get the (han(e to update everyone about the happening% in our live%. oing ba( to my 9yo %el&, ' thin that it a% the la%t year o& my li&e that ' am a legit id ith inno(ent mind and inno(ent eye%. th grade (ame and that a% the year ' got %o di%tra(ted ith everything in li&e that ' end up &ini%hing the %(hool year at 1Dth pla(e. 't a% the &arthe%t honor ' got my hole elementary li&e. ood thing i% that my parent% ere and %till are the mo%t under%tanding parent% ' no. "hey didn3t get mad or %omething, in%tead they told me they love me no matter hat and that they are proud o& my a(hievement%. inally, my mo%t &avorite year o& my elementary li&e i% hen ' a% in ! th grade. "hat year a% &ull o& mi-ed emotion%. ' and my &riend% all &elt e-treme happine%%, %adne%%, envy and other petty and non=petty &eeling%. ' have great tea(her% that year and ' (an3t a% &or more. "hey ere all %o ni(e and %mart. ' %till have the %ame (lo%e &riend% that year and that a% the time e %tarted going out at night on a regular ba%i% hahaB. $e alay% hangout at the ba%etball (ourt be%ide the Catholi( Chur(h o& the par nearby. "hey ould %hare and tal about their (ru%he% and ' ould li%ten be(au%e ' a%n3t that (om&ortable %haring my (ru%h that time hahahaB. ' did ell that year and top %ome o& my e-am%. Gne o& tho%e i% athemati(% and until no, ' (an3t believe ' a% good in math ba( in elementary. /# ruined that belie& o& mine lolB.
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Kidding a%ide, ' &ini%hed my !th grade %ub+e(t% ith &lying (olor%. ' even got the Drd raning at the 2nd grading and it a(tually ble my mind be(au%e ' got tied up ith to o& the (la%%3 real bainia(%. $e ere three %tudent% ho tied up &or Drd po%ition and one o& them a% my be%t&riend, Ale-i%. "hat a% only one grading period though but '3m proud that ' a% able to do that. A&ter all the (omputation% and e-tra(urri(ular a(tivitie%, at the end o& the %(hoolyear, ' graduated 4 th ;onorable ention. ' re(eived my &air %hare o& graduation gi&t% that year and e %pent the va(ation in anila and Cavite. $hen me and my &riend% ere taling about high %(hool and %tu&&, ' told them initially that ' am %till not de(ided yet hether to go to aint ran(i% College – a private %(hool 10 minute% aay &rom home, or to />#L; 5/niver%ity o& the >a%tern #hilippine% Laboratory ;igh (hool6 – a laboratory %(hool 1 hour and D0 min% aay &rom my ton. G& (our%e ' have my pro% and (on% &or both %(hool% and ' ended up taing the entran(e e-am in />#L; and pa%%ing it. 't a% a(tually a %urpri%ing moment &or me be(au%e ' didn3t e-pe(t '3d pa%% that e-am and intervie, but ' did. ' pa%%ed and got ran 11th o& all the id% ho too the e-am. 't a% hundred% in(luding o& my (la%%mate% and they only a((epted D0 %tudent%. y high %(hool li&e a% lie an upgraded elementary li&e. ore drama%, more a(ademi( or%, more people and an added love o& &ling or anything in beteen. y &ir%t day in my &re%hman year a% %(ary. ' a% %(ared be(au%e it a% all ne to me – my ne (la%%mate%, my ne pla(e, ne people around me. y elementary (la%%mate% and &riend% enrolled in di&&erent %(hool%. e and my &our (lo%e%t &riend% enrolled in three di&&erent %(hool%. ' am the only one ho ent to />#L;. Eyan and Ann ent to Allen
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the entran(e e-am raned 11, ' landed on the 20H raning in the hole (la%% that year. ' learned a lot in that /niver%ity but that time, ' &elt lie %omething a% la(ing. ' &elt that ' have to go %omehere but ' don3t no here. ' didn3t &eel the %en%e o& belongingne%% that mu(h in that ne pla(e and %(hool. o ' told my parent% and they ere all %upportive o& my de(i%ion. "hat de(i%ion a% to tran%&er %(hool. o a&ter my &re%hman and %ophomore year% in that %(hool, ' tran%&erred to my hometon3% lo(al %(hool. ' &elt home in%tantly a&ter tran%&erring maybe be(au%e ' have lot% o& (la%%mate% that ' already no and maybe be(au%e %ome o& the tea(her% ere &amiliar too. ngli%h Club%) ' al%o did %ome pro+e(t% in (ollaboration ith the or the upreme tudent3% overnment and +oined the (ampu% ne%paper (ommittee and the (ampu% +ournali%m. ' a% %o a(tive in my e-tra(urri(ular a(tivitie% be(au%e ' &elt both (hallenged and obliged. ' ent to di&&erent (ampu%e% and di%tri(t% be(au%e o& inter=%(hool (ompetition%. ' on %ome and lo%e %ome but that eren3t the real beauty o& it. ' reali*ed that even i& ' in or ' lo%e, the e-perien(e o& bitter%eet moment% i% in(omparable. ' met ne &riend% and gained lot% o& e-perien(e%, u%ed tho%e and honed my%el& and ' be(ame more (ompetitive and &riendly at the %ame time.
e(au%e o& tho%e thing%, '
&ini%hed third year a% 2nd ;onor. >verybody a% proud o& me, my parent%, &amily, tea(her% and my%el& in(luded. $hen everything &elt in their right pla(e% and everything %eemed right, ' reali*ed that moment that time &le annoyingly &a%t. ' (an3t believe that that year a% me and my &riend%3 la%t year in high %(hool. A lot had happened that year – the typi(al graduation argument% beteen the valedi(torian and %alutatorian, a broen &riend%hip, (on&li(t% ith lot% o& thing%, &avoriti%m i%%ue%, love i%%ue%, (ru%he% and a lot more. ' gue%% that tho%e are all ne(e%%ary thing% to happen &or me to have the be%t %enior year ever. ' reali*ed that ithout tho%e thing%, my la%t year in high %(hool ould end up bitterly boring and bland. "hat3% hy ' no that thing% – even i& they aren3t that good – happen be(au%e there i% alay% a rea%on behind. ' had my &ir%t %eriou% relation%hip, a broen &riend%hip ith my guy be%t &riend, ton% o& e-tra(urri(ular a(tivitie%, travel%, a(ademi( triumph% and &ailure%, ne &riend%, old &riend% – all that in the la%t year o& my high %(hool li&e. ' (ontinued to do ell ith my a(ademi(% and
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e-tra(urri(ular a(tivitie% but that time, maybe ' got a little di%tra(ted in my a(ademi(% and thing% got a little bit %hay. ' ended up in 4th pla(e a(ademi(ally. ;oever, be(au%e o& my e-treme per&orman(e% and a(tive parti(ipation in almo%t everything, ' got the 1%t pla(e in e-tra(urri(ular a(tivitie%. "he panel did the (omputation and they told me ' ill graduate Drd pla(e or 1%t honorable mention. ' a% %o happy and proud o& my%el& and my &amily a% eIually a% proud, maybe a little both prouder hihiB. Gne o& the highlight% o& my teenage li&e a% o& (our%e, pa%%ing the /#CA". oing a &e month% ba( in my %enior year, ' too the /#CA" and that a% on Augu%t 2, 2009. 5;oly (o, ' (an3t believe that a% almo%t J year% ago an, ' am old ;ahaha6 ' didn3t e-pe(t '3d pa%% /#CA" be(au%e many people &ailed that e-am and my (ou%in% told me it a% ea%y and di&&i(ult %o ' got (on&u%ed. #utting i%h&ul thining and other %tu&& a%ide, pa%%ing /#CA" gave me the ti(et to get me here ' am no. A lot have (hanged %in(e ' &ir%t enter the non=e-i%tent /# gate to thi% very moment here ' am lying in my bed and typing thi% e%%ay. ;ere in /#, ' e-perien(ed a hole ne orld. ' met ne &riend%. ' did %ome (ra*y thing%. ' be(ame more open minded and ' no (are more about my %urrounding% (ompared be&ore ' got here. ' loved and ill (ontinue to love hat /# ha% to o&&er me. emorie% and e-perien(e% here alay% &elt lie a breath o& &re%h air. ' +oined one org in my hole (ollege li&e and that organi*ation i% /# unior >-e(utive o(iety. 't i% an a(ademi( organi*ation in C> that en%ure% to repli(ate the (orporate %(enario among it% re%ident member% to have them ready hen they &inally graduate. ' (an %ay that ' am proud o& being a member o& thi% organi*ation be(au%e in +u%t a %hort period o& time, it proved it%el& orthy to be (alled a% the tiger o& >(onomi(% and anagement. ' learned %o mu(h in our a(tivitie% and ' handled %ome o& our big a(tivitie% hi(h taught me ton% o& important thing%. ' am no on the brin o& &ini%hing my Agribu%ine%% anagement and >ntrepreneur%hip (urri(ulum and &inally a&ter year% o& being trapped here in the /niver%ity, &inally, '3m graduating hahahaB. ' learned to love thi% (our%e and all ' ant to do no i% to apply my /# e-perien(e to the real orld out%ide. a%i(ally, that 2,900 ord% are not enough &or me to really tell my 22 year% o& e-perien(e%. ' really ant to rite more but thi% paper i% limited %o ' de(ided to e-(lude my love li&e &or in%tan(e in thi% thi% paper hahahaB.
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