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My mother texted me last night.
No, she wasn't inquiring about my health or my academics (as she usually does).
Instead, she texted me to tell me that our highschool research project was on display at the City Auditorium. Having garnered the first place in the Life Sciences Fair Division of the RSHSs Congress last year, it's now being exhibited as part of the ongoing 2nd National Science and Mathematics Congress for Regional Science High Schools.
My intial reaction was like, "Duh... okay mom, so what?"
I didn't tell her that, of course. (Knowing my mom, I would never even consider telling her that. You wouldn't too, if you knew my mom and you knew what's good for you.)
Instead, I sent her a reply, jokingly telling her to take a picture of our project display for posterity's sake.
But her reply caught my full attention. She told me our highschool research adviser was planning to invite us, the researchers, to this year's RSHSs Congress back home at Surigao to attend the Awarding Ceremonies. Mom said they were planning to contact our respective colleges/universities(my two highschool research groupmates are studying at Mapua and Ateneo), so that we could go to Surigao and attend the RSHSs Congress .
But it isn't final yet, and knowing how the DepEd works, the chances of the plan pushing through are slim.
Still, if only I could go home, even just for a while... The possibility, remote as it may seem, still intrigues me.
Honestly, I want to go home and maybe take a break for a while from all the hassles of university life. The past few weeks have been exhausting, with long exams, group projecst and dorm activities one after the other. Besides, I miss traveling and skipping classes, which I often did during high school. And at least mom and dad would have some company even just for a day or two.
I shouldn't get my hopes up too high, though. I can't afford to miss classes, be they excused or unexcused absences. Besides, the money involved and all the bureacratic processes at the DepEd are bound to discourage the Congress organizers from pushing through with the plan. And lastly, we really aren't that important so as to be given special privileges.
But my mom said she was going to keep me updated, though. And if ever the highly improbable possibilty does come true... watch out: Surigao, here I come!
No, she wasn't inquiring about my health or my academics (as she usually does).
Instead, she texted me to tell me that our highschool research project was on display at the City Auditorium. Having garnered the first place in the Life Sciences Fair Division of the RSHSs Congress last year, it's now being exhibited as part of the ongoing 2nd National Science and Mathematics Congress for Regional Science High Schools.
My intial reaction was like, "Duh... okay mom, so what?"
I didn't tell her that, of course. (Knowing my mom, I would never even consider telling her that. You wouldn't too, if you knew my mom and you knew what's good for you.)
Instead, I sent her a reply, jokingly telling her to take a picture of our project display for posterity's sake.
But her reply caught my full attention. She told me our highschool research adviser was planning to invite us, the researchers, to this year's RSHSs Congress back home at Surigao to attend the Awarding Ceremonies. Mom said they were planning to contact our respective colleges/universities(my two highschool research groupmates are studying at Mapua and Ateneo), so that we could go to Surigao and attend the RSHSs Congress .
But it isn't final yet, and knowing how the DepEd works, the chances of the plan pushing through are slim.
Still, if only I could go home, even just for a while... The possibility, remote as it may seem, still intrigues me.
Honestly, I want to go home and maybe take a break for a while from all the hassles of university life. The past few weeks have been exhausting, with long exams, group projecst and dorm activities one after the other. Besides, I miss traveling and skipping classes, which I often did during high school. And at least mom and dad would have some company even just for a day or two.
I shouldn't get my hopes up too high, though. I can't afford to miss classes, be they excused or unexcused absences. Besides, the money involved and all the bureacratic processes at the DepEd are bound to discourage the Congress organizers from pushing through with the plan. And lastly, we really aren't that important so as to be given special privileges.
But my mom said she was going to keep me updated, though. And if ever the highly improbable possibilty does come true... watch out: Surigao, here I come!