Saturday, July 27, 2002
ATTACK OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
The Damage Report - Week #7
I've made a record. I haven't used the internet in almost an entire week. An entire week... AN ENTIRE WEEK!! Sounds good? No. I'm an internet freak... well, I used to be.
That comes to this. Notice anything? Without internet... not a single entry throughout my 8th week of college life.
I didn't have time.
I'm crushed now by the weight of three organizations, added with the pounding of academics. It should be in reverse, but it wasn't that way this week.
All the evenings of the week was spent being rolled on by org-mates, jogging around a parking lot 15-20 times each day, stretching like Yoga, playing childhood games such as Duck-Duck-Goose and Pepsi-Seven-Up... all for the love of VPAPU. It's also the first time I've attended any kind of workshop. If the Production Unit goes through this... imagine my friends Jhen, William, Arjay, and Athena doing workshop in Theatro.
The Cycle of the Comm Channel
In the AB COMM CHANNEL, being one of two researchers isn't so bad. Newly made friend Joanna (not from JOU11, Joanna is COM23) is with the new group of trainees in Heraldo (like classmates Eric, Maycee, and myself) at the same time Head Writer at AB COMM CHANNEL. That means, she's handling two orgs! Wait... make that three! I'm no longer the only one, thank you jesus... she's also an officer at Ex Cathedra!
There's this cycle of connectivity going on. Joanna is like me in terms of Heraldo-AB Comm Channel affiliation, Joanna is connected to Ex Cathedra (DLSU-D Debating Society). My partner in Researching for the Comm Channel is this really serious and mature, very formal guy, named Vaughn. Vaughn, is president of Ex Cathedra. Classmates Tina, Jessica Fenal, and Endrea are new probees as of Friday of the Ex Cathedra.
Enter the Heraldo...
Then goes early on during the week as a new "probee" member of the school paper, the Heraldo Filipino. I had passed into three sections, and I wanted to pick the easier one so I can really give it my best. Literary, was something I couldn't exactly commit to. Erika and Joy from High School would fit in there. Feature, was something I pictured required so much thinking and less simple things. And finally, comes News... which I pictured would be to simply capture the facts.
And on Wednesday, a half-day where I used to lavishly enjoy at the Botibot with my JOU11 friends having a conversation in the wind and under the sun turned out to be an umbrella-less splash of chaos with going West Campus to East Campus three times over just to interview a specific unknown person.
Feature you idiot... NO... News... NO...
I decided on working on the NEWS section. With two and half articles already due monday, I never knew until Friday that people in NEWS are trying to make the FEATURE. I have the choice... and after submitting my articles on Monday I will request to shift to FEATURE permanently.
In FEATURE, you can express yourself more and place in opinions. Rather then NEWS, where you must give facts, facts, facts, and as much as the truth there is to a topic. I can't stand scheduling several interviews, at the same time juggling AB COMM CHANNEL and VPAPU.
With FEATURE, I can concentrate on an issue and play with it. So that's where I'm going.
At least the Academics remain stable so far...
The past week has taken me further from JOU11. It saddens me greatly. I never thought these organizations would have a large effect on my friends in JOU11. It may seem good to know friends in other year levels, courses, and colleges by joining other Organizations... but it drains you constantly of time spent with classmates.
So far this week, my Academics was in no way affected by my juggling of Organizations. I managed to clear the plate and construct a strong wall. Plus, the Prelims was a hung-over on all subjects this week.
Dorm Life hasn't improved. In fact, the only time I got to really interact with my Dorm Neighbors this week was on Tuesday Night after my keys got locked inside the closet. So people came in to try and open the door, but the lock was really strong. So I changed the game from trying to open it, to trying to snapping it off. Even trying to snap the lock base off took much effort.
Don't tell me what to do!
At the same time there's Lance again going door to door and hanging with the others, which is perfectly fine with me until he suddenly says to me out loud "George, you need to interact with the others.".
I told him kindly that I've had enough interaction for the day. Then he'd have that irritating shrug + that phrase "okay... it's up to you" like he's trying to prove I'm wrong about not trying. Well I have tried, I've made friends with the neigbors already... and maybe we'll all get together when the August Issue of FHM comes out... but for now, Lance... don't tell me what I need to do.
Am I sounding brutal? Forget that. We're on good terms... and that is a fact as long as we're room mates. I'm brushing off serious arguments and fights if we're living in the same room 6 days and 5 nights a week.
The one I hang out the most with of all the neighbors is Joel. I txtd him we'd buy take-out dinner at 8:30pm after my VPAPU workshop, so he starved himself to quarter till nine... so we can order at any available off-campus food place. That is something that I don't recall happening to me back in high school. If I wasn't out in time back then, I know I would be left alone.
I Sacrifice my time... to lose network gaming and gain new things
I didn't play once at NET-O-PIA this week, and cut myself out from Lance, Joel, Basil, and Brian's english-speaking frenzy playing WARCRAFT, COUNTRSTRIKE (because I'm not there... heh heh), RUNE, and so on. Instead, I would be found in the evening hours playing, once again... childhood games at the same time learning terms in production, positions in production, stage design, and how the technical aspects of a performance would work.
Not only that... I saved almost P300 pesos! That is something I walk away from Week No. 7 with... the saved money leaves me with a smile.
That concludes the week.
The Damage Report - Week #7
I've made a record. I haven't used the internet in almost an entire week. An entire week... AN ENTIRE WEEK!! Sounds good? No. I'm an internet freak... well, I used to be.
That comes to this. Notice anything? Without internet... not a single entry throughout my 8th week of college life.
I didn't have time.
I'm crushed now by the weight of three organizations, added with the pounding of academics. It should be in reverse, but it wasn't that way this week.
All the evenings of the week was spent being rolled on by org-mates, jogging around a parking lot 15-20 times each day, stretching like Yoga, playing childhood games such as Duck-Duck-Goose and Pepsi-Seven-Up... all for the love of VPAPU. It's also the first time I've attended any kind of workshop. If the Production Unit goes through this... imagine my friends Jhen, William, Arjay, and Athena doing workshop in Theatro.
The Cycle of the Comm Channel
In the AB COMM CHANNEL, being one of two researchers isn't so bad. Newly made friend Joanna (not from JOU11, Joanna is COM23) is with the new group of trainees in Heraldo (like classmates Eric, Maycee, and myself) at the same time Head Writer at AB COMM CHANNEL. That means, she's handling two orgs! Wait... make that three! I'm no longer the only one, thank you jesus... she's also an officer at Ex Cathedra!
There's this cycle of connectivity going on. Joanna is like me in terms of Heraldo-AB Comm Channel affiliation, Joanna is connected to Ex Cathedra (DLSU-D Debating Society). My partner in Researching for the Comm Channel is this really serious and mature, very formal guy, named Vaughn. Vaughn, is president of Ex Cathedra. Classmates Tina, Jessica Fenal, and Endrea are new probees as of Friday of the Ex Cathedra.
Enter the Heraldo...
Then goes early on during the week as a new "probee" member of the school paper, the Heraldo Filipino. I had passed into three sections, and I wanted to pick the easier one so I can really give it my best. Literary, was something I couldn't exactly commit to. Erika and Joy from High School would fit in there. Feature, was something I pictured required so much thinking and less simple things. And finally, comes News... which I pictured would be to simply capture the facts.
And on Wednesday, a half-day where I used to lavishly enjoy at the Botibot with my JOU11 friends having a conversation in the wind and under the sun turned out to be an umbrella-less splash of chaos with going West Campus to East Campus three times over just to interview a specific unknown person.
Feature you idiot... NO... News... NO...
I decided on working on the NEWS section. With two and half articles already due monday, I never knew until Friday that people in NEWS are trying to make the FEATURE. I have the choice... and after submitting my articles on Monday I will request to shift to FEATURE permanently.
In FEATURE, you can express yourself more and place in opinions. Rather then NEWS, where you must give facts, facts, facts, and as much as the truth there is to a topic. I can't stand scheduling several interviews, at the same time juggling AB COMM CHANNEL and VPAPU.
With FEATURE, I can concentrate on an issue and play with it. So that's where I'm going.
At least the Academics remain stable so far...
The past week has taken me further from JOU11. It saddens me greatly. I never thought these organizations would have a large effect on my friends in JOU11. It may seem good to know friends in other year levels, courses, and colleges by joining other Organizations... but it drains you constantly of time spent with classmates.
So far this week, my Academics was in no way affected by my juggling of Organizations. I managed to clear the plate and construct a strong wall. Plus, the Prelims was a hung-over on all subjects this week.
Dorm Life hasn't improved. In fact, the only time I got to really interact with my Dorm Neighbors this week was on Tuesday Night after my keys got locked inside the closet. So people came in to try and open the door, but the lock was really strong. So I changed the game from trying to open it, to trying to snapping it off. Even trying to snap the lock base off took much effort.
Don't tell me what to do!
At the same time there's Lance again going door to door and hanging with the others, which is perfectly fine with me until he suddenly says to me out loud "George, you need to interact with the others.".
I told him kindly that I've had enough interaction for the day. Then he'd have that irritating shrug + that phrase "okay... it's up to you" like he's trying to prove I'm wrong about not trying. Well I have tried, I've made friends with the neigbors already... and maybe we'll all get together when the August Issue of FHM comes out... but for now, Lance... don't tell me what I need to do.
Am I sounding brutal? Forget that. We're on good terms... and that is a fact as long as we're room mates. I'm brushing off serious arguments and fights if we're living in the same room 6 days and 5 nights a week.
The one I hang out the most with of all the neighbors is Joel. I txtd him we'd buy take-out dinner at 8:30pm after my VPAPU workshop, so he starved himself to quarter till nine... so we can order at any available off-campus food place. That is something that I don't recall happening to me back in high school. If I wasn't out in time back then, I know I would be left alone.
I Sacrifice my time... to lose network gaming and gain new things
I didn't play once at NET-O-PIA this week, and cut myself out from Lance, Joel, Basil, and Brian's english-speaking frenzy playing WARCRAFT, COUNTRSTRIKE (because I'm not there... heh heh), RUNE, and so on. Instead, I would be found in the evening hours playing, once again... childhood games at the same time learning terms in production, positions in production, stage design, and how the technical aspects of a performance would work.
Not only that... I saved almost P300 pesos! That is something I walk away from Week No. 7 with... the saved money leaves me with a smile.
That concludes the week.
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