My Profiler in TINTA

On my way back to Argao, I could see my reflection on the glass window of the bus. I saw my face wearing eye bags. On that moment, I could only see myself as a stressful college student. Later on, I realized how I missed my family and that’s exactly the reason why I decided to go home. Home is such a wonderful word to consider so I suddenly smiled. I asked my reflection: Who am I before I went to college? My reflection said:

“On the 19^th day of July 1994, Carmen Jonahville Caminade Matarlo was born in Argao Cebu. She is Babydon at home while in school she is Menang. Her favorite color is purple. She loves to watch anime and read manga. She has collections such as cute pens, anime posters, anime magazines, key chains, dictionaries and books. Her favorite author is Alice Sebold who wrote The Lovely Bones. Her daily routine was home-school-church-home. She loves all the people she knows. She loves everything. As you can notice, she’s a happy person. But behind that personality is a person who can’t express her sadness through her voice and so she found poetry as her partner in crime. She started writing in elementary with her first poem Kaligayahan Maging Kalungkutan. She have written 44 poems already and submitted those in devianArt. She loves to see her Sensei (teacher) Pilandok’s evaluation of her works through his comments. She considers each evaluation as an inspiration for improvement. In school, all tasks which involve writing are given to her. And she accepts every task positively. Now I’m asking you: How do you see yourself right now in college?” I told my reflection:

I’m Carmen Jonahville Caminade Matarlo taking up BA Mass Communication in University of the Philippines Cebu. You can’t call me Babydon. You can’t call me Menang. But you must call me Ceejay. My favorite color is still purple. I’m forever will be an Otaku (anime lover). I left my collections in my room at home except for my anime magazines. My daily routine is boarding house-school-boarding house. Though I only go to church every Sunday, I praise God more than anything else every day. I love to observe the people whether they deserve my attention or not. I love almost everything. See the differences? Well, change is the only permanent thing on Earth. But I assure you that my passion for creative writing will never change. The fact that I didn’t hesitate to join TINTA only showed how much I wanted to keep myself as a creative writer.

I’m on my way back to the city and right now, I can see myself not just a college student who wears eye bags but a college student who wears eye bags happily. Writing is one of my happiness.

Now if you think talking to you (my reflection) is a stupid act well I am sorry, I find it creative.  Mabuhay ang mga Creative Iskolars! :D