The Life of Ms. Marilou Guingaban

THE LIFE OF MARILOU GUINGABAN

      Marilou Guingaban is one of the students of Kings College of the Philippines, Senior High School Department, she’s taking HUMSS and she’s already in Grade 12. She was born in the Little Alaska of the Philippines, Madaymen, Kibungan, Benguet. The date of her birth was September 15, 1999. Her parents are both farmers and they have a good marriage. She grew up in a happy home wherein she has one mother, one father, and four siblings. Inside their home, they used to all her “Malu”. During her childhood, her mother was the most influential person and when it comes to disciplining, her mother was more strict than her father. But even though he mother was strict, they are still kind, generous, and industrious. Inside their home, she has her own obligations like washing the plate and coking foods for her family.

      When she already reached the right age to study, she entered at Pakpakitan Elementary School. During that time, her bestfriends are her cousins and until know they have communication with one another. In her Elementary years, every time she has assignments and projects to do, her parents are always there to help. She studied there for six years. After graduating in Pakpakitan, she went to Atok and she continue her studies at Saint Paul’s Academy of Sayangan Incorporated. During Highschool, she never experienced having boyfriends which means she is in the NBSB club. However she thought she broke someones heart. Her favourite teacher was ma’am Hydie Talucoy and her favourite subject was History. She graduated at Sayangan and one achievement that she can be proud of was that she graduated with honors.

       Marilou has three best qualities and it is being friendly, generous, and industrious. On the opposite part, the worst thing that she has is being hot tempered and negative thinker. One thing that excels for Marilou is her talent. With the help of her talents, she overcome her fears. She believes in the saying that time is gold. One thing that stayed the same all throughout her life was her treatment to her family. On the other part, one thing that changed was she can already control her emotions. Her hobbies in life is playing board games and outdoor activities. She also love playing sports like badminton and volleyball. Marilou Guingaban has her favourite book entitled “Nancy Drew”, she liked that book because it is full of mystery and she can relate with it. She is also fond of watching the animation series “Detective Conan” because she believes that in every cases there is a solution and you can always find evidences.

            The most worst injury that she suffer was when she was bumped by a motorcycle. When she was a child her greatest fear were ghosts and heights but right now her greatest fear is losing her family. She consider her family as the most important thing because without them she is nothing. Her most memorable travel was when she went to Vigan. One moment in her life whrein she become rebellious was when she always go home late and drinking alcoholic beverages. The favourite song of Marilou is the song “Who Am I” and her favourite band are “planet shakers” and “Westlife”. In her entire life on earth, there were three big happenings that she won’t forget. First was the death of her uncle wherein they don’t have a formal goodbye. Second was the death of her aunt because she was close to her. Lastly , when her mother suffeed heart attack when she heard about the death of her uncle. One achievement in life wherein she is most proud of was when she graduated with honors during Highschool. One characteristics of Marilou that only few people knows is sometimes she is a joker. She knew that someone can remember her by reminiscing some funny moments. For Marilou you can be happy in your life when you already have the feeling of contentment. One lesson that she learned was you only live ones so don’t waste any single moment of your life.

           Her grandparents gave her some pieces of advice like study hard and always have faith to our Almighty God. She has a philosophy in life and it is you must never give up in hard situations in your life. Marilou believes that in order for someone to live a good life she/he must be contented to what she/he have. For her, the only time that you can say that you are living a happy life or a successful life is when you already fulfil your goals or ambitions in life.