I was a short and thin twelve-year-old when I entered the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) campus in Diliman in June 1989. I was ready to study high school at the minor seminary in Bulacan where my older brother was also studying but I found out that I really had no vocation for the religious orders when a thick envelope from PSHS arrived through the mail.

It would be simple to say that that envelope became a turning point in my life (which it was!) but being in Pisay, as we fondly call PSHS, was much more than the good education and training that I got.

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