To
our guest speaker, Ms. Marilyn S. Dawes, OIC – PESO Manager, to our School Administrator,
to the faculty and staff, parents, and to my fellow graduates, good morning!
It
is truly a privilege for me to stand before you to deliver this speech. I am
also sincerely humbled to be given this opportunity.
First
of all, I want to thank God our creator. I cannot find any reason and any meaning
of this without him. To our God almighty, yes! You are the Man! “We thank you,
for guiding us throughout this journey”
To
our ever supportive families, especially our parents, this day is not just for
us, graduates but also this is your biggest moment. To every sweat that you
worked so hard just to see us get to where we are now, on behalf of the
graduates of 2013, I would like to say
this…”Thank you very much from the bottom of our hypothalamus. We will not make
this far without you. We love you so much.”
To
the faculty and staff, we thank you all for your dedication and support. Thank
you for being one of the keys to our development and for giving us strength to
overcome every challenge that was place in front of us. We salute all of you for
your dedication and service towards us.
Finally
to everyone, wearing this harry potter gown, holding the magic wand, our
diploma. Yes! We made it!
Unleashing
the Xfactor in me!
Xfactor?
First thing that comes out with our minds, XFactor = having a good looks and
charisma. But good looks only get attention just like showing that gwiyomi
face, Rock the world by that Harlem Shake, Showing moves like a Gentleman.
In
our formative school years our popularity and worth were defined by looks. In
our studies none of that is a factor, only our drive and determination governs
the outcome. This is the place to release our X-factor this is the point where
begin the final steps to completing the pieces in our lives
In
math “X” is a variable used to represent an unknown
number which influences the equation. You need to find the unknown X; you need
to solve it to get to the factor, just like solving the Rubik’s cube puzzle.
The Rubik’s cube can be
considering the simplest and greatest puzzle of our time. Invented in 1972 by
Hungarian professor Erno Rubik, since 1980 it has moved on to become one of the
world's most popular puzzle game. The puzzle with 43 quintillion algorithms it
can be solved as little as 20 moves or, 20 frustrating days
As humans we've always been
infatuated with challenging our solves be it a game or thought.
As we enter this life we all come
in with the same desires as most infants wish to be fed, to be taken care of
and to be loved by their parents. But over time we each lose our uniform
thought, our pieces slowly slide out of place and we have to find our own way.
Like the Rubik’s cubes there are
so many ways to solve this puzzle life has set out for us but no way is correct
nor is there an incorrect way and as students we face so many twist and turns
but all, lead to one single ending
We start of a completed puzzle
but slowly over time we slide off the path not knowing where to go. But like
the cube a little effort and we're back on track.
Our journey doesn't end here,
though we've solved our puzzle, our education, we have 43 quintillion more to
go,a lot more to go.
Our life will not be easy after
this; there will be still a lot of puzzles that we will solve on, no more
instructors that would help and guide us, no more test questionnaires and
booklets that need to be answered just to pass our exams, this are the reality. After
this ceremony, we will face the world; we will face the responsibility waiting
on us, this time, our future lies on our hands.
I’ll end this speech with this
quote from the famous writer Dr. Seuss:
“You have brains in your head; you have shoes on
your feet. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your
own. And you know what you want. You are the guy to decide where to go”
To my fellow graduates,
congratulations and today we are the world’s greatest and today our lives
begin, aim high! Fly high! Unleash that X-Factor in you!
Good
day!
