LIL BRENT IN A CONDO

MAJOR THROWBACK - 2009

I was in 2nd grade, my life life was simple -- riding the school bus at 5 AM to go to school and riding it again at 4:30 PM to go home (Alabang Town House). Life was simple, we had a backyard, a front yard, no pool, no gym and a long distance away from the main road. I thought I was living the best life I can have, the only negative thing is that I have to carpool my way in and out of the school. I was a 10 year old, lil brent, I hated my school bus and the fact that my parents have to pay 20,000 pesos for the school bus a month and that I had to wake up at 4 AM in the morning.

2010 3rd Grade - Until my Dad had this amazing idea to move in a 1 bedroom condominium (Cityland Pasong Tamo Towers) literally right infront of my school (Don Bosco Makati). He was a single parent at that time raising 3 kids (me and my 2 other siblings), at first we were excited, moving into to Makati City, the big city, where the big malls and leisure activities were located. Then we saw the condo, it was quite small compared to our 2 storey town house in Alabang but we were happy. Me and my older brother had to sacrifice our rooms but in the upside, it made us a closer family. The best part was we had a penthouse, a gym and an exclusive access to the condominium's pool, and oh! that we only had to cross the street to go to school, how cool was that?

My family and I were happy, we were contented with the space and we made it work. Our school was very close and my Father's office was only 20 minutes away from our unit. In short we had a better life, a life where we don't include time and traffic in our problems. The malls were also a bike ride away, and my friends from school was always at my unit, long story short, it was more fun.

This was the start of the condominium journey in my life and eversince, ive been living in condos all my life. After I graduated highschool we moved to a 3-bedroom unit in Paranaque (Amvel Mansions), we have 2 parking spaces, a tennis court, a basketball court, a resort type pool, a gym and a gazeebo. I've never been happier.

Living in a Condominium lifestlye is not that hard nor that easy, you have to sacrifice things you wanted for the things you never knew you needed. It is also a great way to let yourself grow and to learn more responsibilities that would make you mature into a more greater person. Moving into the condo in my journey was the best decision of my life, without it i wouldn't take Real Estate as a degree, I wouldnt have took the chance to complete my SHS in San Beda Mendiola and a college in De La Salle - Collge of Saint Benilde. If I never moved out of my safe space, I wouldn't learn how to take chance on other things that would make me the person I am today.

For that, I am forever grateful.