A New World of Challenge

It's been a long time since I last posted a blog here...

Here's again another story:

A rich old man so loved his daughter that he wanted it to marry a man who has the qualities he really like. He wanted a brave man to protect his daughter when he died. On his daughter's birth anniversary, he prepared a grand celebration. His daughter was happy. Along with all the decorations in the venue was a pair of alligator in the pool. He announced a challenged among all those men there. "He who can swim here, from this point to another point of this swimming pool can have the opportumity to have a million peso cash or marry my daughter." Without any signal while the rich old man was talking about his challenge, a guy suddenly jump on the pool and swam as fast as he could. He was amazed with the guy's bravery and congratulated the guy. "Wow! That's an incredible one! You are so courageous! Now, what do you want? A million or marry my daughter?" The guy angrily answered, "I don't want your money! I don't want your daughter! All I want is the one who pished me towards the pool!"

A reflecting thing about this matter is such a nice one. Who pushed me to run for Student Body Organization (SBO) presidency? I am the college publication chief editor yet I will enter politics? Then why? This will be a conflict of interest. I never had the thought to run for president but I saw the necessity. After a mounting encouragement I have received from my former teachers and other faculty members, here I am, taking my steps into another world -- from a world of student journalism, the school paper; from a world of sports after I found, organized, and led the college Sports Club; I am giving up all those posts to give way for this another world: leading the college studentry for a better change. Whether they like it or not, I have to demote myself from my other affiliations.

What pushed me? Some couple of weeks ago, some hearsays spread within the college department that I am running for this year's set of SBO officers. Wow! I never knew that I was going to run! Then it came to the period of applying for candidacy. That was the time when faculty members and a lot of students are convincing me to run, then I found out that none has the plan to run for SBO. What would happen without the SBO? Will the administration take over? Who will represent the studentry in the council? Who will voice their grievances? There is a possibility and democracy will be useless. I asked my publication's adviser after offering some options instead of resigning from my posts -- that I will be down while guiding whio will be the next in line...

That's it. I am taking a big leap again in my life.. A new world of journey for everybody's sake despite the pressures, struggles, problems, and hindrances I have been experiencing all throughout my life... I must be brave after all, tomorrow will be another day...