Good afternoon everyone. With the decreasing popularity of my blog, I am currently questioning the purpose of writing stuff here. I guess the only thing that's holding me back from closing this site down is my passion for writing and the memories of my past entries, back when I was an insensitive egomaniac. Actually, I'm still an insensitive egomaniac but to a lesser degree, fortunately. =D Anyway, I want to start of in a happy way by remembering incredibly fun time I had last Holy Week. Two weeks ago, me and family, as well as my brother's wife and daughter and my sister's husband, went to the wonderful country of Hong Kong. While I was excited to see so many Chinese people (sarcasm factor at 7.36), it was a nice way to seperate myself from the stress factor of Metro Manila life. Of course, it was also great to experience a cold breezy weather and to ride a clean, more advanced and less rowdy train station, and more importantly, shopping and free food! With those two things, Joppy world is heaven. But as usual, all good things come to an end.
The week after that is probably one of the most stressful, heart-wrenching exam weeks I ever had. Before that week, each second of my vacation hours were very valuable for studying, for my grades are an all-time low. There are some subjects in which I had a chance of failing, and that is why I NEED to do well on the exams. Now that classes are officially over, I should be rejoicing but I'm not. It's quite funny that when I still had classes, my mind is already on vacation. And now that the work is done, it seems my mind is still in DLSU still. I don't know which is more painful, waiting for the days 'til I see my course cards, or actually seeing my grades in person. Currently, I'm breaking down mentally, and the only thing that's holding my head up high is my faith in the Lord. If ever I fail, I don't blame the Lord for letting that happen. The only person that should be blamed is me. It's all in God's hands now. Realistically, my grades this term lowered because of my other activities, mainly the General Elections. However, I don't blame that either for it was my choice to serve Santugon, and I plan to do that again on the upcoming Freshmen Elections, regardless of what my role will be on that time. Now, somebody before texted me wondering why people like me keep wasting our time on these, when we could have better lives both socially and academically. Well, first of all, the sacrifices are worth it. Low grades and sleep deprivation are painful things to bear but with the big differences we are making, maybe it's a good deal after all. I may be stupid, but hey, at least I did something productive for once.=p
While I can't compete with my friends in making a nice entry about the elections, I could talk about it in a Joppy perspective. With the experiences I had, having been active in four elections, the whole process is downright difficult but at the same time, silly, with all the happening that's already part of the election formula. While there will be people who will campaign by telling the students why they should win, the others will campaign by telling them why their opponents don't deserve to win. At the side of an active campaign officer, when somebody says something bad about their party, they assume defeat. But when they hear what they want to hear, it raises hope and victory. It's quite funny because while these are the usual happenings of politics, we are still filled with a whirlwind of emotions, thanks to the political backstabbing, paranoia and the psycholigal factors. In campus politics, when somebody says something, someone else reacts and I'll show you how. For example, a friend of mine who was also a batch officer stated that when she attended a Santugon seminar, all she saw was people singing and dancing but no work. Reading this, I will react by asking her of what she has done as a batch officer for the past year. Then, I will say that if Santugon people are such lazy farts, then why can I recall so many activites of our batch, that has been ran by Santugon officers. Bias? Favoritism? I don't think so. Being the one who wrote the year-end summary, my head ached because of the numerous articles I had to write because of countless activities.=p Is my example clear now?
With the year done with, this is the last time that I will be talking about campus politics. Until the next elections, I don't want to think about it anymore. This summer, my one and only goal is for at least one day, things will go my way. I don't want any more problems and sh*t so God, please help me! Next week, me and the Ayala Boys will be going to Boracay so I hope my summer starts well. It's the first time that I will be going there so I guess I'm a loser.=p Take care guys. PEACE!-rJv
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