Manmay LaKay Magazine Debut Issue | Page 38

Ok, forget I said spelling and penmanship lol. Speaking of problem solving and friends. There was a time when they rallied around  you and came to your aid, tell us about that... "About a month after beginning at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College our house got burned down. It was a difficult time  — all my childhood memories and coveted tokens from high school, were all gone that morning. But fortunately I managed to escape the fire. Unbeknownst to me, no one knew of my whereabouts, and some feared that I might have returned to the blazing house, while others thought that I had gone to church or the library (I’m not that nerdy lol). Eventually, my youth group friends found me safely tucked away in a nearby store. The next day was youth rally and they refused to allow me to miss it. They got me everything I needed to attend — a t-shirt, a pair of jeans and some food. My alma mater Convent also generously got me all the awards I had lost in the fire." My house got burnt on a Saturday but I was back in school on Monday. At seeing me, my friends remarked, ‘you're not missing a day huh!'  My good friend