Good evening everyone. Yours truly is currently is bored, ignored, tired and unfocused. It's been a rough week and well, I could really use a bit of relaxation. My grades are taking a dip and ironically, I expected that to happen. It's campaign time again and well, that's one of the disadvantages in being active in such things. It was my choice to choose this kind of life again and I guess I have to accept the consequences if there are any. All I know is that I'm glad I have something good to fight for.
As you all know, I am a loyal member of Santugon, a political party in DLSU. Now, many would think that politics and yours truly aren't exactly a match made in heaven. I thought of the same way too before. Eventually, I did enjoy the thrill of campaigns and RTRs and I realized the value of having a non-partisan political perspective. Honestly, I was tempted to write something in Multiply since almost everyone has done that for the last few days. However, if ever I wanted to write my thoughts on politics, I wanted to do it in a comfortable environment, which is my blog. Now, I am a different type of Santugon member, in that I don't follow the abbreviated values which are written in their brochures and SPOAs. Instead, I rely on telling things of as they are. Brochures can't tell me what I see. And for three years, I've sticked with Santugon because of one thing: family values. I firmly believe that society can be more effective and efficient if there is a sense of unity and friendship among the members, and not a governmental hierarchy. That is how my batch won Best Batch Assembly last year. While I haven't ran ever for any position and I don't have a big position in Santugon, I continue to support Santugon because it has given me more that I could every repay it. Trust me, right now, I could've refused to help out now since I don't have a lot to gain. But I know fighting for your beliefs doesn't end when you don't benefit from it anymore. Some people will find it silly that I still lend a hand, but hey, unlike a lot of people, I chose to do something that would not do me any good, but would benefit other people when I'm gone.
For my batch, please vote for Steph Yu, Gillian Flores, Tere Pangilinan and Jean Alaba. For our College Assembly President, vote Charm Tan. As for the Executive Board, please vote for Nadia Ong, Jessa Rena, Christine Lacson, Sars Santos, Aimee Chua and Agnes De Castro.
The hardest part sometimes in campaigns is when your candidates are against one of your close friends and this year turns out to be that moment for me. For me, politics and friendship are like water and oil for me, so I have no trouble voting against my friend. Why? Because I don't need to prove my friendship by voting for him. It's just like basketball: if you're my friend and you're my opponent, I'm not gonna let you win. If you're my friend, you're running against my candidates and I don't think you should win, then that's simple for me: I won't vote for you. If you don't like it, tough luck. That doesn't mean that you're not my friend, it just means I think you won't make a good Batch Representative. Oops, I think I gave too much information there. My criteria for friendship isn't all that high. However, my criteria for politics is the opposite. I want a batch representative who is competent, has experience in the work and has the same beliefs as mine. I don't want someone who runs just because someone forces him to do so. I don't want someone who banks on getting votes by his popularity. That's just plain cheap politics. But hey, that's why Erap became our country's president. If I'm getting a bit too informative with what I'm writing right now, I would gladly entertain questions.
Anyway, it's getting late so I better sleep. Once again, DERECHO SANTUGON! PEACE!-rJv
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