president corine approaches the end of her term as year level president

HONRADO, CORAZON CARMELA

First Year Level (PD) President SY 2008-2009

why'd i even run for office in the first place? i don't know.. maybe i was still in the state of superiority complex (which, by the way isn't good at all, but not entirely "bad"-- both at the same time). i never really wanted to be the PRESIDENT, i actually wrote VICE PRESIDENT on my certificate of candidacy! haha.. how did i end up erasing "vice". i don't know.. it just happened. i just did it. i took a chance. i jumped BLIND.

...and in the end, i survived. :)

i'm slowly approaching the end of my term. i've been KIND OF training kevin to become the next year level president of my batch.. training, even to the point that we're starting to look like crazy monkeys.

i remember once during kevin's training sessions wherein we had to look for kuya jayson. of course, kuya jayson is the ULTIMATE dynamic student, translation: he's everywhere. kevin and i ran almost everywhere. everywhere including to the 5th floor of the ISC (*note: STAIRS-- kaya nyo?) only to find out that he was at mcdo. i know that kevin was already badtrip, but he didn't complain.. i felt so proud of my current VP.. he got the "obey first complain later" thing down.Ü another episode demonstrated corine as the dictator.. i told him everything he had to tell kuya jayson, down to the "thank you". next time, he'll do it na. oh my.. i'm so proud!!Ü

i also let him in on little secrets on what to do during assemblies. 1. always be seated somewhere you can be found right away, and where you can excuse yourself without disturbing other people- i.e. the isles, so that if you have to be called for something, you can just stand up and RUN. it's also for the purpose of being seen right away, so that if anyone needs anything, they know where to find you. 2. always know where to find AT LEAST one DSC officer, if you don't know, FIND OUT- this is applicable in cases wherein you'd be needing anything. FIND OUT-- the excuse "hindi ko alam kung nasan si ate/kuya ____" is so inacceptable. 3. know where AT LEAST one of your officer counterparts is/ know where the president of your upperbatch (and/or) lowerbatch is-- i.e. i find out where kuya jayson is, kuya jayson knows where i am.. so if problems arise, we'd be there for each other. 4. know where the chairperson/committee members of the activity is/are. again, this is for problems that may arise. this is also helpful when you're going to say "thank you for the program".

in a way, i find it so hard to believe. this whole year level president thing was my first shot at any form of student government, it happened so late in my life, but it was so worth it.Ü i started it with a bang, and the fire's still burning inside my heart.

i could not have done anything without the 2nd year level officers who have been the BEST. whatever joy i feel right now has been brought to me by kuya jayson, kuya paul, ate kharla, ate lenel, ate da, ate beverly and ate najmeh. they've been elemental our success. they've helped us through so many stressing moments.. and it's been a really happy feeling to know that there'd be amazing people to back us up if we would ever need anything.

kuya jayson and kuya paul-- i owe the best love story i've ever known to the both of you <3

i want to thank my fellow year level officers.. of course, there's kevin-- the next year level president, patty-- you're STILL worth it, my dear. abcd-- the perpetually game na game auditor, and ate reileen-- althought newbie, game for anything. my heart also goes to maureen magdamo, our treasurer who transferred to ceu-makati and ayah potian, our former PRO. guys, thank you so much for all the love. just like ate reileen said, "..next year ulit."

a few nights ago, kuya jayson asked my why i wouldn't be running for president again next year. i'm done hoping and praying for my transfer to ceu-makati (parents won't let me, sometimes it's best to just shut up, to make with what you have and to just accept fate the way it's been planned.. though my heart is aching to be on the other side..), so what's the deal? well, there are so many more things i want to do with my life..

i want to be part of COMPASS-- i want to help other people, because there's no point in being human if you live your life only for yourself. that's empty, just so empty.

i want to be part of the SCIENCE CLUB-- thought pre-dent isn't under the school of science, i still want to help sponsor contests and stuff.. it seems exciting.Ü

i want to be part of the DRAMA GUILD-- live everything to the maximum.. just because i'm ME, it doesn't mean that i'm confined to having to be ME all the time. i want to experience living a double life. i don't just want to act, i want to become

i want to be part of the HONORS SOCIETY-- (i'm just curious about what honsoc people do.. that's practically it.)

it's time to grow.. it's time to expand my horizons.. eventually, i'll be back in office if it's really meant for ME, but as of now, i've decided to eye the VICE-presidency for next year. there's no point in too much reminiscing of the term that was, for now, i'll have to go to bed with a brand new vision in mind.. and that would of course be..

 

HONRADO, CORAZON CARMELA

Second Year Level (PD) Vice-President SY 2009-2010