14/08/2026
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔!
EARIST Technozette warmly greets its members who graduated on the 7th day of August in the PICC, a grand congratulations for reaching this milestone!
As the footsteps on the stage fade, carry into the world outside the safe harbor of every hand that held you up and every quiet sanctuary that kept you going. The rough drafts are behind you, move forward and take that to step to live what you envisioned.
Remember the walk that stride down the aisle of the Philippine International Convention Center last August 2026? The life that revolved around your college years suddenly flashes by you.
The quiet triumph after every late-night "padayon" finally caught its light. At the sea of gowns and caps, it’s impossible not to remember the first time you entered those cold steel gate bars—uncertain, hesitant, yet welcomed into what would become a warm home for years. Every heavy breath exhaled. Every step forward taken anyway.
There were moments when you barely made it through. Sometimes the weight just lingered there, pressing, like a quiet gravity you couldn't escape. You were wrapped in worn-out armor and still, somehow, breathing life into faint embers. All those quiet little storms, the ones nobody sees, were quietly carving out the pedestal you stand on right now. It wasn't only about treading water in the deep. It was forging a key from every iron day, unlocking that person who was supposed to step out today. And now, every heavy footfall on that stage, rings out like a bell, and it echoes a victory that belongs to you, entirely.
Again, Congratulations, Batch 2026!
Padayon!
Write up: Cashmere Kishi Pontejos
