Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Jim and the Math Quiz Bee..Is There a Connection?

Hahaha..I know the title's pretty weird, but it's true. Jim is somewhat related to the Algrebra Quiz Bee we took a while ago.

Math was our first subject for this day. To everyone's surprise, our teacher announced that today is the First Elimination Round of the Math Quiz Bee. When we all started answering the papers, I suddenly though of Jim. Math is his favorite subject and that only means, he'll probably be one of Top 5 students in their class to pass the eliminations! And one more thing, if I pass the eliminations with him, we might be able to see each other again!!! At this thought, I did the best I could to answer every question. When the time ended, I became quite excited for the results. When we ended checking the papers, our teacher started calling the scores one by one. Johanna was the highest then followed by Paul, TJ, and Vanessa. Since our teacher mentioned that the Top 5 students will advance to the next round, all she needed was to mention one more name. I saw her reaction and I could tell she was somewhat surprised. Then, her eyes looked at me. She announced my name! I was the 5th participant! I did it! Yehey!!!

When I arrived home, I felt so proud of myself. I qualified for Math, but I didn't in Science (we also took the First Elimination in Science right after our Math subject). In fact, I like Science better. Well, for the Science, I admit it was easier compared to Math if and only if I didn't forget the familiar terms there. I even regret the day when I didn't listen to my sister when she was telling me all about Mitosis! Anyway, it's alright for me at least I am one of the contestants in Math and Spelling.

"I didn't only qualify just for myself nor for my family...I did it also for him."

By the way, I remembered that I read one of the advises that Today's Advises box (given by Pito as a birthday present) contain:

In the quietness and in confidence shall be your STRENGTH.

God was the one who really gave me strength. I wouldn't have qualified if it wasn't for Him.

"Thank you, Lord for giving me the strength I needed a while ago."



Cheska's thoughts at 4:45 AM