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Ms. CASS (Ms. IIT) is Imma Concepcion  Galeriana You may still have doubts of your capabilities and you may still believe that you are not fit to be a pageant queen. Even after taking home the crown.  But here’s my say. It’s all in your head. Even if there were so many times  that you convinced me that you can’t do it, I kept on insisting that you can. You have told me a couple of times before that you wanted quitting and that you don’t want to represent PolSci anymore but I was unfazed. I can still recall our long text messages about me convincing you that you can’t quit. I remember wanting to give up and find another but for some reason I believed I’ll get to hear you say yes. And thanks to your mom, she had you cornered to say yes, yes to representing PolSci. Even before I knew, I had to be patient because eventually when you realize that you have no escape, you’ll be forced to do it. Only then when you’re actually doing it will you realize why I put ...

Closed my eyes and Jumped When they told me travelling alone will be liberating, I want to scream at them and tell them how scary it was and how paranoid it made me feel. I was excited, yes. I’M MOVING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY TO STUDY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. OF COURSE I’M EXCITED! But more to that excitement is the gut-wrenching feeling of losing entirely your comfort zone and enter a gazillion times confusing maze. It’s kind of like entering the level 90 of tetris of your brother but you’re still a Novice player in your own account. So you get how fast everything moves right? It’s like they are in their own fast yet familiar rhythm but you’re trying to join them but you’re way out of tune. YET.  There were so many times that I asked myself whether I need a master’s degree or not and if I really have to take it in Indonesia or just in my home country. But the adventure is calling me, the opportunity is screaming right in my face in a very deafening pitch and I just have to be brave en...