Friday, May 18, 2007
me, the lasallian ambassador
instead of doing my thesis or doing election work (and earning. hehe!), i found myself back in dlsu in the morning of may 11 for the lasallian personal effectiveness program (LPEP) 2k7. backtrack a bit...
a month or so back, i received a text message from jordan (lamb 2k7 HR head) asking if i could help out in the orientation. first thing that crossed my mind were 2 words: GENERATION GAP. i didn't reply immediately. i asked cindy about her thoughts about it, the reply i got was something like, if you have the time, why not orient? i thought, well, it wouldn't hurt to give a try once more. then my schedule became so erratic, to say the least. until wednesday (may 10) night (aroung 10:30pm) while driving home from school thinking how to convince my dad to allow me to go to camarines sur for election work, i received another text message from jordan asking for confirmation if i could orient the following day. hay, stressful. after considering a lot of thing (like election work, thesis - well, not really, among others), i finally said yes, which meant i had to wake up at around 4:30am the following day.
the following day, i found myself driving to la salle and much later in south gate. i had apprehensions, lots of them. so i did the usual lpep routine, greeting the frosh, telling them what to do and expect, preparing / setting up snacks and lunch, doing campus tour, etc. except for the fact that i am years older than the present lasallian ambassadors and yes, i'm not used to waking up early anymore and walking tirelessly all around campus, nothing much has changed. the experience of orienting the froshies was as fun and fulfilling as ever. and i was back with good old friends whom i haven't seen for the longest time, and new friends who relentlessly (wow, big word!) called me kuya. this time around, i didn't mind. i'm resolved to the fact that the current lambs (except the alumni) are at least 3-4 years my junior. i think up to last year, lpep 2k6 (i did an orientation for CLA), i was not comfortable with everyone calling me kuya. haha!
after lpep for COE, i slept for almost 12 hours, thus sleeping at past 10:30pm saturday night and waking up at almost 10:30am sunday. oh, and i gave in to orienting for another college. well, because it was liberal arts (yes, best college without any doubt. hehe!) and i just had to have "fun" in "threatening" somebody. haha! (basta yun na yun) anyways, as expected CLA lpep was much much fun. i also hosted the lamb games during the animo building with jorette. hehe! Ü during the animo building, i was shouting the familiar cheers that i haven't heard for the past year. i felt proud, i had goosebumps. in short, sobrang kinilabutan ako, especially during the singing of the alma mater hymn.
after orienting 2 blocks for lpep 2k7, i realized that my passion to serve hasn't died down a bit and despite a lot of things (good or bad), i will never get tired of serving the lasallian community, even in the littlest way possible. while i'm in another school now, my lasallian spirit (yes, animo!) does not, and will not, waver.
cheers to the lamb 2k7 core and all the lasallian ambassadors for a successful lpep 2k7! i am so, so proud of you guys. it was such a humbling experience to be back and to have worked with you guys this year, which could be (and most probably will be) my last year of orienting. (but i will be more than willing to help in many other ways Ü) i hope that each one of you will live up to the title and feel a (not false) sense of pride like i do each time i introduce myself, "hi, i'm ryan, lasallian ambassador. proudly lasallian." Ü
a month or so back, i received a text message from jordan (lamb 2k7 HR head) asking if i could help out in the orientation. first thing that crossed my mind were 2 words: GENERATION GAP. i didn't reply immediately. i asked cindy about her thoughts about it, the reply i got was something like, if you have the time, why not orient? i thought, well, it wouldn't hurt to give a try once more. then my schedule became so erratic, to say the least. until wednesday (may 10) night (aroung 10:30pm) while driving home from school thinking how to convince my dad to allow me to go to camarines sur for election work, i received another text message from jordan asking for confirmation if i could orient the following day. hay, stressful. after considering a lot of thing (like election work, thesis - well, not really, among others), i finally said yes, which meant i had to wake up at around 4:30am the following day.
the following day, i found myself driving to la salle and much later in south gate. i had apprehensions, lots of them. so i did the usual lpep routine, greeting the frosh, telling them what to do and expect, preparing / setting up snacks and lunch, doing campus tour, etc. except for the fact that i am years older than the present lasallian ambassadors and yes, i'm not used to waking up early anymore and walking tirelessly all around campus, nothing much has changed. the experience of orienting the froshies was as fun and fulfilling as ever. and i was back with good old friends whom i haven't seen for the longest time, and new friends who relentlessly (wow, big word!) called me kuya. this time around, i didn't mind. i'm resolved to the fact that the current lambs (except the alumni) are at least 3-4 years my junior. i think up to last year, lpep 2k6 (i did an orientation for CLA), i was not comfortable with everyone calling me kuya. haha!
after lpep for COE, i slept for almost 12 hours, thus sleeping at past 10:30pm saturday night and waking up at almost 10:30am sunday. oh, and i gave in to orienting for another college. well, because it was liberal arts (yes, best college without any doubt. hehe!) and i just had to have "fun" in "threatening" somebody. haha! (basta yun na yun) anyways, as expected CLA lpep was much much fun. i also hosted the lamb games during the animo building with jorette. hehe! Ü during the animo building, i was shouting the familiar cheers that i haven't heard for the past year. i felt proud, i had goosebumps. in short, sobrang kinilabutan ako, especially during the singing of the alma mater hymn.
after orienting 2 blocks for lpep 2k7, i realized that my passion to serve hasn't died down a bit and despite a lot of things (good or bad), i will never get tired of serving the lasallian community, even in the littlest way possible. while i'm in another school now, my lasallian spirit (yes, animo!) does not, and will not, waver.
cheers to the lamb 2k7 core and all the lasallian ambassadors for a successful lpep 2k7! i am so, so proud of you guys. it was such a humbling experience to be back and to have worked with you guys this year, which could be (and most probably will be) my last year of orienting. (but i will be more than willing to help in many other ways Ü) i hope that each one of you will live up to the title and feel a (not false) sense of pride like i do each time i introduce myself, "hi, i'm ryan, lasallian ambassador. proudly lasallian." Ü
# posted by ryan quan @ 5:12 PM 
