All About Myself

"Arriving earth in five minutes, please fasten your seatbelts."I saw the blue planet covered with clouds and full of green islands getting bigger. I sense that we are landing on earth. Then, I asked my seatmate, “Are you ready to live on earth?” He answered, “Of course I am. Earth is a wonderful place they say.” I am anxious but my heart tells me to go on. I saw the sun rising on earth and the ocean reflecting the sun making a beautiful color. Trees and plants formed shadows and the clouds set aside the sun. My seatmates were already wearing parachutes. Then I realized that I am also going to wear a parachute and the magic plane won’t land. When it was my turn, my parachute spread and I bid goodbye to the plane. I was not able to control the parachute. It brought me to the islands of Cebu, Philippines. It seems the wind destined me to be here. On two pm dawn, I landed on Chong Hua Hospital. Everything got darker. I sense a heart beating. Water surrounded my body. Then I heard a woman shouting…

My name is Michael Luigi Manzano. This was the name given by my parents on the day that I was born, May 17, 1992, I am living in a family with parents Franklin Manzano and Cora Manzano, and siblings Francis Carlo Manzano, who passed away June 20,2005 at the age of sixteen, and Kristine Angeli Manzano.I have a talent in playing chess. I love to play soccer and basketball. I also love to play computer during rest hours. I am a jolly but silent person. I am active and playful but I am quite serious during study hours.

During my childhood years, me and my siblings play outside our house every late afternoon. My big brother, Kuya Francis led us in games. We are very close. Before we sleep, we burst to laughter because of Kuya's funny jokes. Sometimes, my mother gets angry to us because our sounds disturbs other people. Yes, everyday seems to be a sunny day. One day, my brother got sick. He was said to have cancer named Leukemia. When my brother passed away, it seems that the sun never rises. We mourned for more than a week and my mother kept on crying for almost a year. I realized that the earth is just a visiting place for us. I know I must be brave. Now we are only two children, me and my sister. My family got closer and closer to God.

After a week, I return to class. My classmates try to comfort me. Time to time, I become emotionally healed. I got on with my classmates and everything seems to be fine already. I became strong as an individual. Then, I realized that after the night, there is always morning.

I am now a second year survivor of the University of the Philippines and I am an honor of student. I know I must strive the bridge and prove to every people that I am a true U.P student.

The world is still revolving and the click is still ticking. The meaning of life is what I will find. Maybe that is what each person is looking for, I am right? I know I should look for it. It is the only way to unlock the door to the right way.