Hello there! Ready to get to know me?! I already did this last quarter, but the information I shared was quite vague. So, this time, I’m here to make it clearer! I’m going to talk about myself and what my daily life feels like or looks like. But first, here’s a simple introduction: I’m Loraine Ann Parcon Octavio, 15 years old, born on November 22, 2009. And yes, I did call that a simple introduction—hihi!
Now you know my mini public information. Let me share some private stuff. Maybe most of you don’t know me or what I look like in real life, but honestly, I don’t really care. When I was in elementary school (grade 6) and transitioning to high school (grade 7), I loved spending my time with people I knew. Even if I didn’t know someone, I still wanted to hang out with them (as long as my close friends knew them). In short, I loved spending time with a LOT of people. And by a LOT, I mean A LOT—I invited as many people as I could! But then, reality hit me one day. I don’t know why or what happened, but I just don’t enjoy spending my time with large groups anymore—especially if it’s more than 5-10 people or if there’s someone I don’t know. Maybe this is the new me, or maybe I’m just too lazy to be who I was. Now that I’m in grade 9, I’ve already made some new friends in my class. At first, I thought this school year would be scary since I felt all alone, but it’s not that bad after all. Moving forward may feel scary, but we just have to do it anyway. :) During break time, I always enjoy going out because I get to see my friends from different sections. Maybe our sections changed, but our bond didn’t. Let me share some fun facts about me that even my friends or family might not know: I love when people sacrifice their time for me (it makes me feel so special). I love when people remember me (even in the smallest things). I LOVE LOVE when people do things JUST for me, even when I don’t ask for it.
Let me share an example of some fun facts about me. This happened on my birthday (November 22). As soon as I woke up, I felt too lazy to go to school because I didn’t want anyone to know it was my birthday. I was too lazy to socialize at that time because, in the past few weeks, I’d been having a hard time. I didn’t really have a choice but to go to school. I promised myself that day not to show everyone how down I was, so I just went with the flow. When the morning break came, I went downstairs because I wanted to meet my friends, and there was also an Entrep fair at the multipurpose building that I wanted to check out. At first, I couldn’t find my friends, but moments later, one of them dragged me really hard, and I had no idea what was happening. Then, I saw them bringing me a little surprise! I didn’t know how to react at that moment since it was my first time experiencing something like that—hihi. Sadly, I couldn’t find a video of it. My head was full of emotions at the time, and I hated it because I couldn’t fully express how thankful I was to have friends like them. We weren’t complete in the picture since some of them were absent, and others we couldn’t find. But it’s fine since they greeted me anyway.
I'm so thankful to have them as my friends and in another life I get to pick my friends I will always and always choose them.