Two Years of Public Service And I’m Not Sure I’ll Be Running for Another Term
Sunday, September 20, 2009 8:08 AM /
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as an SC Officer:
★ You are always busy.
★ You are sometimes late in class.
★ You sometimes sleep in class.
★ You sometimes skip classes.
★ You are always running to some appointment.
★ If some appointment is at some faraway but familiar place, you mostly ride a jeepney.
★ If some appointment is at some faraway somewhere alien lanscape, you mostly ride a cab.
as a treasurer:
★ You get to feel being pseudo-rich carrying loads of your college funds.
★ If you’re feeling pseudo-rich with carrying loads of your college funds, you mostly take a taxi. (Chairperson’s point of view, though I pointed it out that I can both manage to take care of myself and the money)
★ If you’re feeling pseudo-rich with carrying loads of your college funds, you mostly have bodyguards.
★ You’ll most likely be the one to order and pay any transaction.
★ You’ll most likely be the one to decide what the officers will eat, and in which restaurant that suits your budget.
★ You’ll most likely be with the chairperson’s company. Together with the secretary. And sometimes with the first lady.
★ You are paranoid of strangers, muggers, and numbers.
as an event organizer:
★ You get various connections from important businessmen. You meet a lot of them and have to act like them.
★ You get to call annoying a lot of people, inquiring about hotel rates, food expenses, its location etc..
★ You get to have food samples from various hotels!
★ You get freebies that you’ll either spend for yourselves or put it as door prizes for the students
★ You get to eat last during the event.
★ Sometimes you have not eaten anything at all.
★ Incredibly, you do not lose an ounce of $#! fat. Aaaiiieee!
★ You do not get your face taken in every picture unless you are an emcee, one of the participants or the committee chair. Worse, sometimes you are not included during class pictures.
★ You get your face taken before the event, when you are still not wearing your best outfit, or after the event, when your best outfit looks rumpled and worn-out.
★ You are not allowed to celebrate (drinking and clubbing included) unless the party has been a success.
★ You get irritated about the lousy hotel services; the students hold you responsible for the outcome of this event.
★ You get irritated about some students not paying on time; sometimes they are one of the reasons for the lousy hotel services.
★ You get pretty emotional about some minor stuffs.
as an leader:
★ You have to sacrifice your social interests.
★ You have to sacrifice your love interests.
★ You have to make your own decisions.
★ You have to make your own solutions.Labels: country, ken chua, lifestyle, politics, school, status, student council, what if
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