Tuesday, May 15, 2007
choices
despite looking forward to do election work and earn big bucks, i decided not to push through. well, first of all, i got assigned to camarines sur and my dad wouldn't let me go to the province (yes, i'm turning 25 and i still have an overly-paranoid dad). but more importantly, i knew later on that had i pushed thru, i would have left for cam sur the day before the elections and i would not have been able to vote.
yes, it sounds cheesy and it sounds stupid to most (you know, hindi pinupulot ang 4000 a day), but i chose to vote. i felt it was simply not worth it to go to cam sur to "guard" other people's votes and not be able to vote myself. i felt a some sort of responsibility for me to vote. while many people think that their single vote wouldn't really make a difference, i beg to disagree. even though i complain of having a seemingly messy pointing finger, i felt a sense of pride for having been able to vote and somehow shape the country's history
nothing against who chose to go and work (and earn), it's a matter of choice. in my case, i chose to vote.
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plus! even if i didn't end up volunteering for the "more noble cause" (although i didn't have plans of doing so due to the presence of some people in my unwanted list), i was able to orient the froshies in my beloved alma mater called de la salle. yes, i'm getting quite old for this task. but i'm enjoying what would most probably be my last time to do take part in the orientation. (more on this in a later post)
yes, it sounds cheesy and it sounds stupid to most (you know, hindi pinupulot ang 4000 a day), but i chose to vote. i felt it was simply not worth it to go to cam sur to "guard" other people's votes and not be able to vote myself. i felt a some sort of responsibility for me to vote. while many people think that their single vote wouldn't really make a difference, i beg to disagree. even though i complain of having a seemingly messy pointing finger, i felt a sense of pride for having been able to vote and somehow shape the country's history
nothing against who chose to go and work (and earn), it's a matter of choice. in my case, i chose to vote.
- - - - -
plus! even if i didn't end up volunteering for the "more noble cause" (although i didn't have plans of doing so due to the presence of some people in my unwanted list), i was able to orient the froshies in my beloved alma mater called de la salle. yes, i'm getting quite old for this task. but i'm enjoying what would most probably be my last time to do take part in the orientation. (more on this in a later post)
# posted by ryan quan @ 10:40 PM 
