Ang Uno Kong Essay

Each of us has his/her own identity to live up to. How we see ourselves may be different from how others see us. Other people’s perceptions depend on our attitudes and how we carry ourselves. We can’t stop other people from misjudging us because we can’t show our true selves in just a short period of time. Also, we shouldn’t expect everyone to like us because we can’t please everybody.
Throughout my life, I always have evaluations of myself and now is one of those times, the only difference is that this one is required, I have a hobby of posting my self evaluations in my blog and reading the comments of my friends about it.
I think that since I became independent and responsible for myself, I’ve been through many changes in my attitude and even in my way of living. I’m learning and going through a lot. I need to adjust to my surroundings and the atmosphere here in Baguio, especially at school; College is much too different from high school and Baguio is very different from Manila. I know that I will survive and I can face all of the challenges that go off.
As I see myself now, I remained simple, I still am childish, and there are often times that I am lazy; I still am in love with pasta and reading novels still is my favorite past time. I realized that I am being a snob to those that I do not know; also, I lost my confidence, I don’t know how to say no and I don’t know how to get mad. Maybe because of the change in the environment and the people that I am coping up with triggered me to lose my confidence and have changes in myself.
I asked some of my new friends what they think about me and how they see me. Some told me that their first impression was that I was snobbish; some said that I look and act childlike, and some even said that I look like I study a lot. Their comments made me laugh and I ended up telling them that we’ll just see if the way they see me really perceives who I really am. Currently, my friends and I are getting along very well; I asked them if their first impression of me is really how I am. They said that if someone really learns about who I am when with friends, they end up knowing how fun I am to be with and how jolly I am. They found out that I am not snobbish and I can be lazy at times, but being childish is really my nature.
Seeing that I have changed a lot, I pledge to change for the better. I plan to change being snobbish and I need to be friendlier, I should mingle with other people. I aim to develop my confidence and cope up with everything that I will be facing throughout my stay here in Baguio. I should learn how to say no and shouldn’t be intimidated by other people. I am not saying that right after this self-evaluation I will immediately change, but I will take it step by step until I reach the change I want to have.
Ten to 15 years from now, I see myself with a family that is happy and successful; a family with a consistent business to fulfill all of our needs. I also see myself as a professional mathematics tutor with my own tutorial center. I will do my very best just to live up to this dream, How? By studying hard and finish my studies here at UP. As they say, a graduate of the University of the Philippines always is successful and ends up getting high-end jobs and is in demand.
Evaluating myself really helps me to change some of my bad habits and enhance the good ones that I have, also developing skills that I think I’m not good at. I see how I’ve changed since the last time I had an evaluation and if I became worse or better. But, even if some things had changed, I can still say that what others see now is still the same me as I’ve been since the very beginning.