MY MSU LIFE

I can really say that college life is a much complex and complicated part of any of us. Unlike elementary and high-school, college life gives you a taste of what’s out there, whats in the real world. It trains you how to live and what to expect in the real world. Well, that’s for me of course. So this article on my blog will talk about my college life and my life in Mindanao State University and how it changed me and how it helped me mature in my own different ways.

            June 2013 was the time it all started. The opening day of my first ever college life experience. I must confess, I cried on my way here. It’s just me having a hard time letting go of my life there in Cotabato City. I think I’m not the only one who has that experience. I really had a bad experience for my first day here in MSU. I can recall that on my way here, there was a typhoon that day and its raining cats and dogs. So, half-way going to Marawi City, a part of Malabang was heavily flooded and cars can’t get through it. So we waited there for like 3 hours minimum. We arrived in Malabang like 5:00 PM and was able to get out around 8:00 PM. I was really scared that time. There was no electricity in the place. It was so dark. And to think that I am alone and its my first experience travelling going here in Marawi City. I could never forget that day! So we arrived here at MSU around 11:00 PM. God knows how I felt like a scared kitten in the dark. Well, that’s something you don’t experience everyday. Haha. I just think of it that way, to look at the positive side of the situation.

            I really had a hard time adjusting to my new environment. Especially with my friends. Since I am a total alien here, friends count is ZERO! Like I have no friends at all. I have to start over. Like a kindergarten kid I was used to be. And there’s not much of an entertainment here since it is an Islamic City. No malls, no karaoke houses, no recreational activities and many more. I told myself that day that “I am so doomed!”.

            I had a really diverse experience here. Since I am a Maguindanaon, in here they call of “maggi” like the noodles. Our native language is very much alike with the Maranao’s so I haven’t had a hard time knowing their language. And most of the students and teachers here also speaks bisaya and tagalog which I can understand also. I learned to love MSU by the time that I reached 2^nd year. Form then, my heart and my sould learned to accept this new environment of mine. And fast forward, I now have a lot of friends. Especially my co-majors in CBAA. Sometimes we would go to Iligan City to have some fun. As in FUN! Haha.

            I think I should end this article with a lesson that we should always learn to accept things. By the time that you’ll start accepting things, you open the doors to happiness and your environment would also follow. If you cannot change some things in your life then you should just learn to accept. After all, that’s all that you can do. There are things in life which you can never run to.

            I hope you enjoyed reading this article! As always, I will update this blog of mine for the coming days. So watch out for it. If you are reading this, then you must be interested in my blog. Thanks for that. Itr keeps me going! J