"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end" -Robin Sharma. I believe this quote represents me, because I have changed countless of times in my life. The way the quote talks about change also has a deep connection with me because for one example, it sounds just like my transition to high school from middle school. Many things had been happening to me during the summer on my way to Freshman year. It was in general hard to change or in this case, transition. I fell into depression, school started not to matter, my grades dropped and everything got "messy" I honestly felt like it was over for my future and I felt like I was dying everyday little by little. I felt like no one was there for me and I felt like the the world was against me. The sad days finally disappeared and the happy days came when a friend reached out to me. His name was JP and he was actually a person that was there for me, I would conversate with him about how we both were feeling and we spent our days together. After some time, we fell for each other, I changed again, my feelings changed the way I looked at him and nothing was the same anymore. I fell deeper for him and we had the best highlights of high school together. Despite the happiness we shared together, I knew I could not be with him so I decided to let him go, the one person who eased my transition into high school. Meeting him changed me a into different person and I was finally out of my comfort zone, able to make new friends and go back into the world doing the things I always dreamed of doing. I can say, it was "gorgeous at the end." Despite the fact of letting him go and building a fence between him and I, he was the reason why I had not given up on humanity, he was to me, a symbol that came into my life and proved to me that there are people in the world who truly do care about you. With out him I would not have been the person I am today and I found out how strong I was by letting go of the one I definitely cared for because I could not see a successful future together.
My name is Chrizna Jane Timbang Milanes, I was born in Kaiser Permanente raised in Santa Clara. Moved to San Jose and now here I am living my teen years in Overfelt High School. As of now, I am 15 years old. In my family, I have two loving parents, a father and a mother. One older sibling a sister who I have lots of differences with. Two grandmothers and one grandfather who are the sweetest people I know. Two dogs who are female, one is named Peanut and the second Jelly. Jelly is a teacup and Peanut on the other hand is some type of mix, I love them both equally. Lastly, a nephew who is a one year old that I believe is quite intelligent for his age. Currently, I am attending William C. Overfelt High School and the academy I am in is the Puente Program. The extracurricular activities that I am a part of are usually sports such as, Wrestling, Track and Field and Volleyball. Although next year, I am planning to join a multicultural club. Some of my hobbies that I enjoy are napping, drawing, singing, writing, dancing, and doing my homework when I am bored.
My experience of being a writer this year has been extremely bonkers. I say bonkers, because I have written some of my best and all time worst essays during my time in the Puente program. Creating a Puente portfolio is quite difficult, but I think it is a great idea to have one. The reason why I think it is great to have one, is because when I am older I may take a look at how I used to write and how much I have grown as a writer compared to my 10th grade year of high school. Being a part of the program has been sort of lonely. When I get left out I always wished I could have joined freshman year, because I feel like a total outcast. It honestly sucks to have such an emotionless face, because it makes me not as approachable as others in the program. Although my experience in the program became memorable, because I learned many lessons as a writer such as, a piece of work is never perfect and that it can always be revised and worked on. I also found my self to grow fond of writing because it relaxes me and takes me away from reality. My time in the Program this year was honestly amazing, just thinking about how I changed as a whole compared to the beginning of the year. All in all, I do not regret my choice one bit joining the Puente Program.
My name is Chrizna Jane Timbang Milanes, I was born in Kaiser Permanente raised in Santa Clara. Moved to San Jose and now here I am living my teen years in Overfelt High School. As of now, I am 15 years old. In my family, I have two loving parents, a father and a mother. One older sibling a sister who I have lots of differences with. Two grandmothers and one grandfather who are the sweetest people I know. Two dogs who are female, one is named Peanut and the second Jelly. Jelly is a teacup and Peanut on the other hand is some type of mix, I love them both equally. Lastly, a nephew who is a one year old that I believe is quite intelligent for his age. Currently, I am attending William C. Overfelt High School and the academy I am in is the Puente Program. The extracurricular activities that I am a part of are usually sports such as, Wrestling, Track and Field and Volleyball. Although next year, I am planning to join a multicultural club. Some of my hobbies that I enjoy are napping, drawing, singing, writing, dancing, and doing my homework when I am bored.
My experience of being a writer this year has been extremely bonkers. I say bonkers, because I have written some of my best and all time worst essays during my time in the Puente program. Creating a Puente portfolio is quite difficult, but I think it is a great idea to have one. The reason why I think it is great to have one, is because when I am older I may take a look at how I used to write and how much I have grown as a writer compared to my 10th grade year of high school. Being a part of the program has been sort of lonely. When I get left out I always wished I could have joined freshman year, because I feel like a total outcast. It honestly sucks to have such an emotionless face, because it makes me not as approachable as others in the program. Although my experience in the program became memorable, because I learned many lessons as a writer such as, a piece of work is never perfect and that it can always be revised and worked on. I also found my self to grow fond of writing because it relaxes me and takes me away from reality. My time in the Program this year was honestly amazing, just thinking about how I changed as a whole compared to the beginning of the year. All in all, I do not regret my choice one bit joining the Puente Program.