Valedictory Speech 2013
To our honorable guest of honor, our Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Chief Executive Board, Dr. Daisy M. Tamayo, our University President, Mr. Anthony Jose Tamayo, our Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Roberto Boromeo, our School Director, Dr. Reno R. Rayel, our BED Director and High School Principal, Dr. Erlinda A. Arguelles, deans of the colleges, members of the administration, faculty and staff, batchmates, friends, ladies and gentleman, good afternoon!
If I would relate this momentous event, our Graduation Exercises, to a particular learning area I would choose verb in its three forms: past, present and future for this is a time to bring the past experiences, a time to celebrate this present achievement and likewise a time to hope for the better and more meaningful lives for each one of us belonging to this batch.
Since taking this podium allows me to recount the joyful yet mind boggling life I had with my schoolmates in my dear Alma Mater, join me as I narrate evocatively some details although there are still a number worth recollecting days.
I remember seven years ago when I first laid my eyes on the historic beauty of our institution.
Coming from a smaller school nearby, my desire to study here was magnified and it all came in supreme awe that everything I was seeing was leveled up. It was never a mundane endeavor. There were several nights turned into days just to conform with the different academic requirements, interschool competitions, and the challenges like any transferee is confronted with. Somehow I got relieved when I learned that there were other newcomers. Perhaps, we were saying the same prayers silently. This made my initial year less difficult and strange. Plus, the welcoming reception of my grade school teachers who were all instrumental in my clamor for a Perpetualite education, made every uphill climb easier to bear.
Just a couple of years later, as I stepped forward to the next stage, I got the confirmation myself that High
If I would relate this momentous event, our Graduation Exercises, to a particular learning area I would choose verb in its three forms: past, present and future for this is a time to bring the past experiences, a time to celebrate this present achievement and likewise a time to hope for the better and more meaningful lives for each one of us belonging to this batch.
Since taking this podium allows me to recount the joyful yet mind boggling life I had with my schoolmates in my dear Alma Mater, join me as I narrate evocatively some details although there are still a number worth recollecting days.
I remember seven years ago when I first laid my eyes on the historic beauty of our institution.
Coming from a smaller school nearby, my desire to study here was magnified and it all came in supreme awe that everything I was seeing was leveled up. It was never a mundane endeavor. There were several nights turned into days just to conform with the different academic requirements, interschool competitions, and the challenges like any transferee is confronted with. Somehow I got relieved when I learned that there were other newcomers. Perhaps, we were saying the same prayers silently. This made my initial year less difficult and strange. Plus, the welcoming reception of my grade school teachers who were all instrumental in my clamor for a Perpetualite education, made every uphill climb easier to bear.
Just a couple of years later, as I stepped forward to the next stage, I got the confirmation myself that High