National Science and Technology Fair 2020: My Experience

Hi! After one million years, I'm back again. The last time I wrote something here was when I was in my 10th grade and now I'm in my first year in college. For this blog, I'm going to share my most memorable experience in my whole high school journey.

I don't know where to start but okay hahhahahaha so as you all know, I'm from Philippines. And when you hear Philippines, you will probably only remember Manila or Cebu or Boracay because these are the most popular place in the Philippines. But no, I don't belong to high end cities. I'm from Mindanao. Particularly in Iligan City, Northern Mindanao. I go to a public high school which isn't really known nationally.

I belong to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Strand during my senior high school days. When I was in my junior years, although I belong to the Science Curriculum, I wasn't really as outstanding as others. Teachers won't even remember me or my name. I wasn't the most intelligent one in the class. I was rarely recognized during my junior high school days. During our moving up ceremony, I watched people getting more than 3 medals and a lot of certificates while I merely got a certificate of particiation for the Regional Invention Contest and Exhibit. As I sit silently, watching the shiny medals that are too bright for me, I told God at the back of my mind, "Lord, when will you let me experience that?". As a part of the program, we were encouraged to give something to our parents. Others gave their medals and I, who didn't have any, merely wrote a letter that says, " Sorry ,ma."

During our 12th grade, there were a lot of opportunities especially in the field of Research. Division Science Fair was a contest and joining was only an option. As our research study wasn't done and organized at that time, we didn't even considered joining. But then we ended up joining because of the benefits 😅 AND WE DID NOT EVEN EXPECTED TO WIN 1ST PLACE. We even joked na "Lord we're fine with 3rd place" and thought of it as an exaggerated idea 😂 We were so happy that time because who would've thought that was the plan of God of letting us join the contest UNPREPARED.
Regional Science and Technology Fair came along and students were so intimidating. I prepared myself for the defense since early morning but I ended up waiting, looking haggard, I defended my study 6pm in the evening. There were 16 other studies and I was more than thankful for reaching this far, so I didn't ask God to let me win 1st place. For me, this far was already more than enough and more than what I asked for. But then, God was overly good that He gave us the 1st Place, AGAIN. I was happy, nervous, confused, mixed emotions na 😂

For the National Science and Tech Fair, here it is 😂

The hotel was magnificent and every meal is a buffet. It was like living the dream life 😂 NO DISHES TO WASH 😂

And for me, the NSTF experience was already a prize itself.
Some might call this a small achievement, pero for me, God gave me more than what I deserved. I can't even picture myself getting all these, but truly, His plans for me were waaaaay way better than what I had for myself.

Now, I'm currently a Nursing student. The pandemic changed my dream. I want to be one of the modern heroes so I pursued this medical field. I'm studying at the most outstanding university in Mindanao, the MSU-IIT, and one of the leading universities in the Philippines.

If you wish to support my journey, your upvote means a lot to me. I am currently a self-providing student and Nursing School requires a lot of finances. Please give me an upvote if you like this blog. I hope I made your while fun and entertaining.

Until the next blog!

Love, Nikki.