An opportunity that I should grab

We all know the feeling of joining competitions. It feels like you are about to be gutted by someone you haven't met yet. We experience butterflies in our stomach and sometimes we perspire cold sweat as if there's no tomorrow. But I realized lately that young people like me should take and grab each opportunity that comes our way.I have a friend whose dad shared to us that we should be adventurous and take the time to explore our youth before turning 20. This thought he shared stuck in my mind and became my sort of belief for a year now and I still have more or less seven months to do the things I want and need to do. Now, younger generation would have different takes on this. Some would perceive this as 'I have to get wild every Friday night', 'do every men /lady I bump in to', 'try every drug available out there' or to be more subtle 'do more unusual routine that you haven't tried since the time you knew the world' perhaps 'try to go bars every weekend' et cetera. I must say, we can really have different understanding on this and I don't what to zero in much on the differences we have. I respect what other's have in mind. But I really have a different take on this and maybe some of you could relate to me.

There's an opportunity coming tomorrow and sad to say I can't come to visit our university. My family has an errand the whole weekend and we are leaving tomorrow dawn. The competition's about furniture design and I want to be there so bad. Here are some of the reasons why:
1. It's an opportunity. I never won in a major contest ever.
2. It's an exposure for me as a student of interior design. As of now I don't have intentions to win this big competition. It's still my first (if ever) and all I want is the learning that I could gain from this experience.
3. If given the chance to win (which I'm keeping my fingers-crossed to this) I would be able to accomplish one of my plans this 2011 and that is to ace a competition. This could just be it.

Nonetheless, as I've said I am not still aiming or to top the spot. I am more after the experience, fun and the learning. I am young, capable of doing a lot of things. This event could just be one of the turning points in my life. Win or lose I would still keep my head up high and do designs as much as I want to. I know there are individuals who have good minds with wilder imagination than I am but I know that I can go far with this passion I have with me!

Im really hoping for the slot even if I wont be able to visit school tomorrow. Did I just say? I will go to school today to talk to our professor and ask her good natured heart to let me join this competition. I hope you'll be with me on this.


This is a picture of my group's side table - a requirement we have to accomplish in one of our majors. There a lot of criticisms that we got from our side table but it did not crumble my passion in designing. In fact, it burns more my desire to try this field more than anything else. This is also the reason why I want to join the said competition.

Goodluck to me on this! :)