It's 2:07am and I'm still elated to the max!hihi Maybe because I received the best news ever in my entire life so far! and that news is.. I actually passed my NLE!! The feeling is juz superb! But the truth is there's dz enormous feeling inside of me that I juz can't explain.. Well, i can't really explain but i can narrate my story though!haha
It was already 11:04pm when my bestfriend ekay txted me a message that says, "Conz, congrats..Pasar ka sa board..hehe love u.." and I was like, "Waaattttt??? is this for real???" Me, my ate mean, cuzn Lyn2x and papa were watchn tv (Artificial Beauty was the show) while my mama was doin' the dishes when I received that life changing txt message from ekay.. I was dumbfounded for awhile.. astounded for a moment..but still with tinge of disbelief I replied to her txt message, "Tinood ka bes??... gae kog link bes beh.." And so I immediately turned on my PC to browse the net and personally see my name on the list. While i wz so excited to see my name, I wz thinking of my other friends too. Just when I was at the peak of my excitement, "toink!" I don't know what went wrong but my internet server was like the oldest turtle in town! And so I called my friend yan2x to confirm things up.. and she did.. yah!!! It was even more!! Yan2x told me that we got 93% as our passing rate (which is already very good for starters like us) plus the fact that MR. DALFON SILVIO B. NAVAJA (our ever most genius batch mate) made it to top 4! and I was like swept away from reality.. Hearing all those news, I couldn't help my self but burst into tears.. I even hugged my mom who was also very dramatic at that time!hehe
Up to now, I still can't believe that we made it to the top. Indeed, we put up a good fight. CIT Batch 2008 June Takers.. We fought.. We struggled and yet we stood up from the hazy world that we were once in. Since day one, our existence was already questioned like, "Naa diay nursing sa CIT, d bah eng'g raman na??" People even expressed their disbeliefs right in front of our very faces like, "Nganong CIT man? Daghan pa man mas nindot.." They even doubted if we'll ever gonna continue and proceed each year level and be able to graduate 'coz there were lots of rumors back then that our school doesn't have any permit to operate and anytime it will shut down. From then on, I've always said to myself that one day, I'm gonna prove these people wrong.. And now.. WE, the first pure-blooded RN teknoys, just proved all of them wrong! and hurray to that!!!
Behind this enormous success are the people who helped us a lot in so many ways. To our Dean, DR. JUDITH D. ISMAEL - you're the best ma'am! Thank you so much for staying so cool when your students were about to explode from all the pressures of board exam.. To our clinical instructors like Mam Dungog, Sir Sandro, Mam Sempory, Mam Abella, Sir Gio, Mam Uy (mao ni akong pirmi makit-an sa ecotech!hihi) and to those who one way or another helped and gave a lending hand! thank you so much.. And before I forget.. to our POWERDEV mentors..thank you so much as well, we really learned a lot from you! And lastly, to God Almighty who never ceases to create miracles and shower His blessings especially to those who are in need, thank you so much Papa God!!!
We may have won but we also have some of our brothers and sisters who didn't make it until the finish line.. but still I salute the six of you guysss!! And as what I've said, we put up a good fight.. We fought until the end.. We gave our very best and that alone is enough to be proud about!
And to the next batch who will take the November NLE.. God bless guys! May you learn from our mistakes and may you also aim high! We do hope that we inspired you even juz a 'lil.. no pressure guys, juz do your best! Give it all.. Fight 'til the end and don't succumb to your weaknesses... at the end of the day, what matters the most is how we put up a good fight and not by winning or losing!
"From oblivion we emerged.. Somewhere between nothingness and the thin air we surfaced.. and that's how we made our name.. that's how we made a history!!!"
Roldan S. Conde, RN
