i am

I’m Raquel Ann Noval Batayola. I was born on the 13^th day of September in the year 1993. And luckily, on that the same day I was born next to my twin sister Rachel.  Allow me to share with you some parts of my life.

I’m usually the person who’s everyone’s impressions are so timid and reserved. Yes, I usually don’t start conversations especially to those people I never had most of the time being with them. However, I know how to use my communication skills when it is needed. I’m talking about dealing with my clients. Honestly, I love talking and getting to know people, I like hearing different experiences and advices from those experienced ones. That in turn leads me to love writing, putting my ideas into literary forms. It has become my passion since highschool but I think right now I was not able to hone this ability because I’m not more into it at present due to my responsibilities being a nurse student. School took most of my time and I was left to set aside what I love to do.

I also love dancing, doing extemporaneous speech, broadcasting and all other forms of linguistics. I like talking in a crowd especially when talking absolutely not a medical related topic. Studying my course for some years already made me miss much of what my heart desires to do. Yes, being in a medical environment has always been my ambition. However, time and circumstances taught me different things that made me discover of what I am capable to do. It is not that I don’t want what I am studying right now, in fact I always wanted to learn what I have learned presently, it is just that I long to do things that could enhance my capacities, various opportunities that give me room to improve my skills but with time considerations as well.

I realize that we can make most of our time growing in every aspect we wish we could be like in the future. Whatever I have today, I see it as an opportunity.

I’m even proud of whom I have become and the goals I have accomplished. I may get stressed out from time to time but that doesn’t make me think even in the slightest that I have a terrible life because I don’t. I have the greatest life I could ask for. I find new opportunities everywhere I go, I have great friends and even greater family, I’ve overcome challenges that I didn’t feel like I could get through, and that has made me the strongest person I could possibly be.

I’m happy. With myself. With my life. With everything I do.