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Academi csputabi gpressuretomanyst udent s,tothei

rment al,emotionalandsoci al
behavior.I
talsohappenst ome,wher einEver yti
meIkeptont remblingandpr essur eddue
tomanyact i
vi
ties,quizandofcourset heexami nati
on.Notunt i
loneday,Godgr antoneof
mypr ayers--f orustohaveacademi cbr eakort hewell
nessweek.Icannotexpl ainand
expresshowt hankfulIam toGodandt othateventwher einitbecameat imef ormet o
adjustandtof ixedmyself.Beforet
hewel lnessweekIam cer tainandgui lt
ythatIbecame
focusedonmyl earni
ngandt hequali
tytimet hatIshouldbespendi ngwi t
hmyf ami l
ywas
usedf ormet ost udyanddomyact i
vit
iesexceptf orSunday,asGoddecl areditasour
restday.

Duringthewell
nessweek,t herear ealotofactivi
ti
esdoneandt herear ealsogoalsthat
hasbeenaccompl ishedandf ul
fil
ledinmyown,i nsi
dethehouseandatchur ch.Iwent
homeast hewel lnessweekst arted,bythewayIwascur rentl
ystayi
ngatmyAunt 'shouse
becauseourhousei sveryf arfrom theschool andtheaccessibi
l
itytointernetwaspoor
that'
swhyIdeci dedt opermanent lyst
ayatmyAunt 'shouse.WhenIgothome,Icooked
fordinner
,Ihonest l
yfelthowmyf amilymissedme,andcr i
esduet othef actthatIknow
thatitwaswrong,Ial somi ssedt hem butIcan'tdoanythingandI'm veryhappybecause
thatdaywegat heredandeatourmeal stogether.

Earl
yi nt hemorni
ng,Iwentonaj ogandexcerci
sewithmysi bli
ngsandmyf r
iendsat
church.Thatwast heonl yti
meI '
vegotagoodexcercisewi t
hmyf ri
endsfort
hepast
mont hs.Ireall
yenjoyedthei
rcompanyt hewaytheyenjoyedmi nebecausewhi l
ewear e
exercising,t
heyhonest l
ysaidthatt
heymissedmebadl y,
andt heyal
soasked" Howabout
you,di dyouevermi ssedus",andIalmostcri
edbutIcontrol
ledmyselfandsaidthat"
of
course,Imi ssedyouallbadly"
.

Thenextday,i twasSaturdaywewentt oar esor

tatYaway,Arit
ao,NuevaVizcaya
(Parai
soFar m Resort
)becauseofKi d'
sTeam Bui l
ding.I
twasaverygreatdaywi t
ht hem,
doingal otofacti
vi
ti
es,beingusedtopl antseedtothechil
drenandminist
eri
ngtot hem.I
enjoyedandt hehappinessthatIf
eltthatdaycannotbecompar edwiththehappinessI
fel
tforthepastmont hsofstudyi
ng.

Whil
e,lastSunday,wewentt ochurchandpraiseandthankGodf oral
ltheblessi
ngs
hehavegi venuponus.Thatday,Iweart hebestdr
essIhavei nmyclosetandgaveout
mybesti nusingi nst
ruments,becauseIwasoneoft hememberofourmusi ct eam at
church.AftertheSundayser vi
cewewentandeatt ogetheratmyGrandma's,andspent
theremainingt i
met aki
ngaboutt hi
ngsthatwrwantshareandstor
iesthathavehappened
fort
hepastdays.I twasreall
yindeedandt i
meofunwi ndi
ng.

I
ntheeveni
ngthatsameday,wewenthomeatBayombong,NuevaVizcaya.Ist
il
lwant
t
ostaybutt
herearethi
ngst
hatIneedt
odo,soIdeci
dedt
ogoback.Inthesecondt othe
l
astdayoft
hewell
nessweek,Ideci
dedtocl
eant
hehouseandwashclothesasoneof
myf i
rststepforthepr
epar ati
onf ortheThi
rdandf i
nalSemesterofthi
sschoolyear.Aft
er
that
,wewentt oawalkwi thmyf r
iendsandcousin'
satthesecondhouseofmyaunt
becauset hehouseiscurrentl
yi nconstr
uct
ionwewantt otheprogr
essithavefrom t
he
l
astti
meIwentt oseeit.Afterthatwecookedf ordinnerandweat emeal t
ogetherwit
h
myaunt 'sfamil
yandmymyf ri
endswhoar est
ayingatmyaunt '
shouse.

Forthelastdayofthewell
ness,Ispendtheti
mer evi
ewingmyl essonforthetwosubject
s
becausethereareacti
vi
ti
esthatIneedtoaccompl i
shinthose.Moreover,wewenttoa
mil
kt eashopandwentt o'cl
i
sok'toexcerci
seorwalkforanhourort wo.Thatsameday,I
deci
dedt osleepearl
ytopreparemyselftomorr
owandt obeener gizedtostar
tthel
ast
semester.

Icansayt
hatitwasaver
ywor t
hspendingwell
nessweek.Ibecamemor
emot
ivat
ed,
chal
l
engedandpreparedt
ost
artanotherchapt
eragai
n.