Sitti Shalyn B. Arimao 9:00-10:00 A.M.

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The Genuine Side of Me

"A type of person who is like an adviser, always optimistic, a bit daft, yet matured for a

young age." When I asked the people what I am like as a person, this is always their answer and

whenever I hear it I always feel like I'm a great person with no flaws. But who am I, really?

Born on the 26th day of November 2000, I, Sitti Shalyn Buctuan Arimao, became the 6th

member of the family. Growing up, I was pampered by my family with their love and attention.

Although, we are not that fortunate, my parents were able to sustain our needs and were able to

send us all in school. My parents gave their all for us to be happy and contented with our lives

and they taught us not to give up in spite of what we are facing. With the big family that I have, I

became the person who is always jolly and always look for the positive side. Our situation

became an eye-opener for me to act like a matured person. I became the person who always

listen to everyone whenever they have problems and I always put myself on the other shoe

before doing something, and with that, I became skeptical when it comes to making decisions for

I don't want to have mistakes that will affect everyone.

Although I was seen by everybody as happy go lucky and always positive whenever there

are problems, there are still times that I am really down and just want to give up. For once, I

want to be the person to be comforted, I want to be consoled by others, and I want to feel that it's

not just me who always give advices. Sometimes, I want to show to other people that I have my

weak side too. I came to a point where I reached my limitations of being strong and just cried all
my burdens that I am feeling. Luckily, I have my family and true friends whom I can talk to and

they have understood me and what I am feeling. I realized that, it is okay to be fragile for we are

not perfect. At some point, we need to feel down and know how to stand up and start again.

I am not perfect and I still have flaws like others. I can't avoid myself to be disappointed

and feel negative in some circumstances in my life, but I'm not letting those to consume my

being for I have goals to pursue and that is to achieve my dreams and to become a better person

whom my loved ones can look up to.