Every year during university week, De La Salle University hosts LEAP (Lasallian Enrichment Alternative Program). LEAP classes are sponsored by different organizations in school, and they are often held by remarkable people in their fields of expertise.

This year, in all honesty, I wasn't sure of which LEAP class to take... there were so many to choose from! A tour in ABS CBN, Go Kart racing, museum tours, love-inspired talks, and movie screenings, were just few of the programs DLSU offered. The enrollment was scheduled at 8am, and at 7:56, I was still browsing into classes with my friend. I *kinda* made up my mind when my friend Angel said she would enroll in the Intramuros tour. I was about to submit my enrollment when my computer lagged. Yes, it lagged. When I tried to log back in and enroll, I ran out of slots. So I ended up choosing Blogging 101 with Vern and Verniece Enciso. I only heard about the Enciso sisters weeks before the  LEAP. They were fashion bloggers, and I wasn't. I'm not. But since we shared the same love for blogging, I figured it couldn't be so bad...so I enrolled in their class. I constantly check on their website and other accounts, and they were so fabulous in so many levels.

Days before the LEAP, I became more excited to meet them, and to hear what they had to say. So when February 10, the day of the class, came, I was so excited-nervous as I was waiting in the classroom. When they entered, they were like runway models.. They really were pretty in person as they were in photos. Just as I expected them to be. I won't go into details but they were reaaaaaally nice and humble, too. When Vern started talking, she told us how she started as a blogger. She was just like me... forcing her family to read every post, and read it again, and again, and again, until she could get at least 10 views daily. It was nice and comforting to know that someone went through what I'm going through at least once in her life. I've always wanted to be a blogger, a legit one. Starting and running a personal blog gets boring... basically because nobody really takes time to read it! I started my blog when I was sixteen years old. It's been three years and I only have 2,159 pageviews to be exact. Realizing that the effort I put into thinking and writing goes to waste, I started to write for Thought Catalog. Three of my articles got published, and the views were beyond what I expected. They were overwhelming. People finally read what I write, and they even enjoy it. Before this class, I was about to give up blogging entirely and focus on Thought Catalog instead, but knowing that every blogger starts out as nobodies, the blogging fire within me ignited again. I'm not a fashion blogger, and we all know fashion blogging is the most popular kind of blogging, and I know that there is a huge chance that my blog will not even make the list of "blogs to visit" or whatever, but I realized that blogging isn't about making top lists, or being famous. It's mostly about expressing myself. Regardless of the possibility that people wouldn't even open my links, my thoughts and experiences will always be out in the open for everyone to see. And whether it is 10 views or a thousand, it won't matter at the beginning. Blogging is my personal outlet, and Thought Catalog is for moments when my purpose is to get an audience.

I personally would want to thank Vern and Verniece. They didn't just amaze me, but they also inspired to be the best blogger I can be. I don't have to be a fashion blog to make a statement. But who knows? Maybe one day I get to try to be. That's the beauty of running a personal/lifestyle blog... I don't just have to stick to one topic, but I can continue knocking on closed doors and awakening my untapped potentials.

Years ago, Vern and Verniece were just like me. Years from now, I could be just like them.