I always dreamt of having my own library.

I started to become a ‘bookworm’ when I was in my elementary days. That’s the time of my life where I can say that my mom loves me the most because she’s so supportive on my love for books at that time. Actually, she will always buy me 4 books/novels to read everyday, and me, I will end up ending the day with 2 out of 4 of these books read.

When I entered high school my passion for reading continues, but my mom stopped on buying me books. By that time, my bookshelf in my bedroom is almost full. And since my mom won’t buy me a single book even though I plead for it, I learned to be thrifty and save my excess money and buy books just to sustain the need for reading.

When I started my third year in high school, the learning and the reading stopped. I focused more on my studies by that time and that earned me to be the top of our class for the whole year. When my senior year in high school came, I am caught in the middle of focusing in my studies and training for the Bulacan Private Schools Competition for Chess so the learning and the reading is still not on my timeline.

When I entered college, I went back to my first love; reading. That’s where I read all of Paulo Coelho’s books, Mitch Albom’s The Five people you meet in heaven, Twilight Book series, Harry Potter, The Host, Bob Ong’s Collections and many more books that titles I hardly remembered. By that time, my bookshelf is now full and it was extended until it reached my desk table, the one below my bookshelf.

And until now, I can say that I am still in love for this passion for reading. And I can say that this is one hell of an achievement for me to be proud about.