its crazy knowing that just a little less than a year, we were new j1s oblivious to everything about cjc, starting life's next journey, making sure its all perfect.

today's welcoming ceremony brings me back to that time when i was one of those eager j1s, a htc for the class i barely knew, receiving the collar pin knowing that life moves on another chapter. knowing that i belong there and will have my life revolves around it, a second chance to a new environment. i fully understood how these j1s felt, affirmed and part of the cj family. seeing my classmates putting on the collar pins for the juniors, admist my very own, it dawned onto me how much we have grown. the significance of just one year, little it may seemed, was a full transformation; of hope, of maturity, of confidence.

slowly, we will see how things arent as stagnant as it seemed; how change is essential, and significant enough at that. how we will learn to adapt, and relook at our very own core of principles; of beliefs and paradigms. and finally come to terms, knowing that we have entered a whole new realm of the real world.

to ig31, 1t31, ig13, for you have been the closest j1s as 2008 begins. i wish you well, and i wish you all will never give up, on the passion and drive you guys always had within yourself. always believe in yourself; fall down and climb back up.

and to 2t36, as we begin our route till the end, never forget that i had faith in you guys from the very beginning. and in the end, this experience of our class, will only be embedded in our memories of cjc forever.

good luck in finding the strength, good luck in all the obstacles.