I could still remember my very first day in work at CHED Region IVA Office with my classmate Amir, who insisted that he go with me in Manila. We were filled with various anticipations about how people in the said workplace would turn out to be. We expected for the worse, assuming unenthusiastic things in our minds and pessimisms that made us more anxious and worried of ourselves as we finally face front the Director of the said office. I gave in to the thought that we might be denied of our application for apprenticeship.
Days and weeks are falling like the leaves outside; we haven’t noticed that we’re getting close to finishing our 200 hours of OJT. I sighed in relief; finally, I could extend my sleep up to 8 or 9 in the morning (‘coz I have to be up by 5 am) and go to places I vision of visiting to. Much more to my excitement, I also felt extremely uneasy because of the reality that in two weeks I would be sailing back to Mindanao to resume my studies there. And then the thought that why in the hell am I staying in that underprivileged town lurches in my mind and kills me to the nerve. On the other way, CEGP and the Vantage View makes the bell rang for me and created a sensation that I couldn’t exactly put across into words how it really felt like. Sounds too hazy and vague but maybe it’s the assurance that I have made two years back. I pledged for a progressive campus press and for that, I am resolute to struggle against various injustices and wrongdoings that are prevalent in the campus level and stay unwavering with my conviction that these will occur obliviously and continue to downgrade the quality of education that should be conferred to all unless one will exploit the power of the pen to influence readers to be critical and observant in their own way and demand for change.
I am left to finish the remaining hours that I have to comply in the office. Amir, by the way, has already finished his apprenticeship. Rest assured that the tangible experiences we have gained from this stint will be useful in our daily dealings in life.
I rest my case.
Mga Pasabog
Hay, heto’t naaalibadbaran ako sa pangit na resulta ng eleksyon. Salamat naman at hindi si FPJ ang lumalabas na leading sa partial official counting ng COMELEC. Sa kabilang dako naman, ang katatapos lamang na May 10 elections ay nagpatunay sa tindi ng lakas at impluwensya ng semi-colonial, semi-imperialist at singer-actress-dancer wannabee na si Gloria. Hindi ko naman puwedeng i-generalize na ang mga Pinoy ay hindi pa rin natatauhan sa kabila ng mga krimen na kinasangkutan niya, hindi pagtupad sa kanyang mga pangako at lantarang pagbaya niya sa ating bansa. Hindi ko rin naman puwedeng sabihing tanga ang mga Pinoy, subalit hindi nga ba? Malaki ang expectation ko nung una kay Roco. Oo nga’t maraming guro ang nangngangalit sa kanya. Subalit hindi matatawaran ang galing nya sa public service at ang kanyang thrust upang labanan ang korapsyon, kamangmangan at kahirapan ay isang malaking puntos. Nagconcede na si Roco. Naloko na. Ganun din si Bro. Eddie. Sa kabila ng pagiging newbie sa mundo ng pulitika, marami din ang nagsabi na siya na nga ang hinihintay ng bansa. Bukod sa makaDiyos, malaki rin ang magagawa niya upang maituwid ang baluktot na direksyon ng ating pinakamamahal na bansang Pilipinas. Sinabi niyang dahil sa kagustuhan ng Diyos at hiling ng milyun-milyong supporters nya sa JIL, babangon ang Pilipinas mula sa pagkakalugmok. Ngunit hindi bumangon ang ranking niya sa karera as of latest count. Patuloy pa rin itong umuusad pababa. Eh nasaan napunta ang mga milyun-milyong tagasunod ni Bro. Eddie?
At ngayon, hinihingi ko ang inyong opinion ukol dito. Mag-comment na!
