hitting hard
June 27, 2006i attended my old university publication’s General Assembley yesterday with the perverse excitement of getting to meet the new staff and experience once again the homey atmosphere of the organization that has sheltered me, molded me and matured me into the person that i am now. although dog tired and sick from work, i forced myself to go there because i want to believe that my advise is needed, not because i am an alumni of the publication or because i am more learned, but because my heart is still with it.
i expected a few bumps in the meeting because of a certain issue that needed to be addressed. what i didn’t expect is that there’s more than one issue. i was not prepared with what i found out.
the moment i entered the office that used to be my second home during my college days, i felt tension in the air…tension so thick that one can smell it. i was met by several smiles, a hug or too and a number of blank stares from what i assumed were the new guys. i was tired, but my energy immediately zapped to the highest level…the way being with the people of the publication made me always feel for the past years that ive been with them. its like having a dozen uppers for free. i tell you, being inside w&b’s office just gives you the happiest feeling, like warm hugs….that was before…it seems the million free hugs floating amongst the old stacks of previous issues have disappeared…along with the laughter and friendship…
and the passion…oh yes, we had passion then…because we do not only write, we make the studentry believe that we can be their voice…and if the students believe that you can be their voice, then that’s far more glorious than a byline.
i am not saying that the current staff does not have any of that. of course they have the passion to write, but how about the passion to serve? the dedication to be 100% effective for the publication? are they conscious of the items they write, technically speaking? does the paper still have quality? do the students still want them to be their voice?
more importantly, do the students still believe in them? trust them?
i am not one to compare. but we cannot blame the students if they expect more from the staff. because like i said, they depend on the publication. they depend on it and its staff to voice out their ills, their needs…never must w&b fall short of that.
its a legacy. it is being carried from one w&b generation to another in hope that the future generations will not falter. yes, time changes but never the goal, its there and it should remain. yes, challenges hinder us from doing what we are supposed to do, but it must be used to strenghthen the want to achieve the goal and must never be used as a reason to give up. only the weak fail, only cowards give up…only those without wisdom will face no future…and only those without a heart will never seek happiness.
we use both mind and heart to write…and we write to make a change.
the glory of the byline is never a crown, making way for change is the real treasure.
we write because we choose to, not because we should.
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haaayyy…i was just so damn affected. attached lang ako masyado sa w&b…un lang…hmmp stop na nga, mushy to death na weh…chakanes.
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ambabait talaga ng mga tao dito sa opisina, kahit paos na paos na ako eh go pa rin dapat, take one more call charchar! kahit 10 oras ka na ngang nakikipag-away sa mga lecheng customers eh wala sila care! pakshet…ampf…
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nway, il be on a 4-day vacation leave naman simula bukas…wahahahahahhaha…aym so hexcited! mall of asia, here i come!!!! uy totoo ba yung tsismis na may Krispy Kreme daw dun? waaaahhhhh! inde nga? i like! i like! i like! (oo na, im fat..so? teka, im not fat, im fluffy!)
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jusko, ibig sabihin madadagdagan nanaman mga peeechures na dapat ma-post…weh!
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hmmm…bat ang haba nitong post script ko? walang magawa….am booorreedd…asan ba ako ngaun? san pa eh di sa trabaho, sa harap ng kompyuter ko at nakikipagtalo sa customer ko sa telepono!
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makaalis na nga…be back in 5 days!!! vacation mode> toink…-_________-’
an excuse to rant
June 24, 2006this blog is soooo outdated! ampf.
anyway, just got back from a stressful 2-day off…my lola’s burial was as hectic as it can be…and add to that the sleepless last 2 nights of her wake plus the scorching heat…aargh… so as a result, im down with sore throat and body pains and a slowly creeping fever. but since im crazy, im here at work and is adamantly depending on antibiotics and bottles of water to keep me alive through my 9-hour shift. bad thing: our clinic’s closed (its a saturday…aaarrgghhh) yet good thing: im on day shift. another good thing, my vacation leave (note: PAID vacation leve) has been approved and il be off for 4 days next week (waahhh i know i sound pathetic, 4 days cannot be called a vacation but what the heck, better than nothing).
and i know ive become bad in promising. haven’t uploaded photos yet so this post is gonna be as blah as the author. but il pull through. just give me a few more days and il be back to my 1-post-per-day self.
as of now, just let me rant on the bitter aftertaste of medicine. yech.
*on a lighter note: its true when they say that kind words can lighten one up at any given day. i just had that experience.
scenario:
im on a very looong call, running at 1 hour and 20 mins already, my customer is slow and keeps on saying how illiterate she is on computers and i have to repeat my instructions about 5x before she gets it. im ready to bash my head on my monitor cuz im just so sick and the pills ive been popping in my mouth for the last 6 hours have not been helping, when finally with the help of an unknown computer god, she gets connected! i was just too woozy to react to her excitement of being able to check her emails when she suddenly asked for a supervisor. uh-oh. its either i will get commended or i would get a whipping for having such an extended call. so i shoved my headset to one of my supervisors and guess what?
supervisor: blah blah blah blah…..yada yada yada…thank you for those kind words, ma’am, im glad to know our agent is able to assist you well…blah blah blah…
so i was giddy for the next 10 seconds or so. why not? i haven’t had a commendation in 2 months or so…i needed that one little pick me up and it worked. that’s why im blogging right now. teehee
*in other news: we had a hail storm today! here! in baguio city! it was scary/exciting! the last time i experienced a hale storm here in baguio was during my elementary days, although they always have hail storms further up (benguet) it is unlikely for us baguio people to experience one here everyday. but it was exciting, and it added to the extreme cold we’re experiencing right now. so well, that’s it, just though its worth blogging about.
quickie post
June 20, 2006i know, long hiatus…thing is, there’s so much going here at work for the past weeks…but now, im settled again…i can relax again…because bottomline is:
im now on morning shift! 7am-4pm! im soooo ecstatic!
*but it doesn’t mean that my grand plan of moving out to this (this = secret muna…hehe) new company is ancient history…wehehehe*
*also, i have tons of pictures, tons of new stories and im so trembling to blog all about them. i just got back from a 3-day leave (my lola passed away) and there’s just too much running in my head because a) my dad is now talking geebee into polishing his portfolio and updating his resume because plans of flying geebee with him is in motion and b) we’re rushing the wedding chu-chu because my dad wants us to tie the knot as soon as we can w/o all the festivities as previously planned (huhu) just because geebee might be flying with him anytime soon (ampf)….so there…its just that ive always dreamed of a garden wedding complete with all the tulle and flowers and teary-eyed moms…but on second thought, won’t it be cool if we get married without fussing about seating arrangement and topiary centerpieces and worrying about invites….*sigh*
il get back to regular programming in a few days! with a bunch of pictures in tow!
teehee!
