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Disappointed but bouncing back!
June 20, 2008Let me begin by telling you guys that this is very far from a major disappointment and some would even think that I shouldn’t be disappointed but whatever. Read on haha.
As a fourth year college student in Ateneo, I should take part in an Immersion activity. Immersion is part of our theology class. Here, we would go to a poor area where we would stay for 3 days and experience the life of the people there. While we were in class this evening, we were asked to group ourselves. There were three groups but there were only two communities/areas for immersion-meaning, one group will have no community for immersion. Our prof devised a fair and random system for the choosing of communities. Each group was asked to pick any number from 51-100. After every group gave a number, Sir revealed his secret number. The groups were ranked according to who picked a number closest to Sir’s secret number.
What happened then?
I suggested to my group that we pick 77. I just thought that it was a lucky number and isn’t 7 a good number according to the Bible?…Since it was a theology class I just thought it was appropriate. Then another groupmate suggested 88 because according to the Chinese it brings/stands for good luck. When the prof asked us what number we picked, someone blurted out 88. I was just too out of it to fight for my 77 so I just let it be. The other two groups picked 71 and 85.
Sir then revealed his secret number. TADAAAH!! To my great dismay, the number was 76! FUCKING BLOODY HELL. I wanted to cry right then and there because I knew that we would have no community. Obviously no one would probably want the alternative- Gawad Kalinga (GK) wherein you help build houses. Despite the Immersion’s purpose of letting us experience how hard life is,it would still hold some fun; out of town means bonding while travelling to the community and new experiences. Sooo…, what are the chances that any of the 2 groups before us would pass up the opportunity for immersion? Nil. Nada.
Not having a community isn’t my major concern although sure, I’m disappointed about it too. I was more miffed by the fact that I wanted 77 but didn’t push it. I’m not blaming anyone for choosing that 88 for our group. I’m just so irritated because I know that if we only stuck with that 77 then we would have gotten what we wanted, the fisherfolk community in La Union. It was disheartening even though it was something so petty. Two of us were at the brink of tears thinking about that stupid 77 and La Union could’ve been.
But as I’ve said, it’s something petty and this is my senior year. As much as I want to stomp my feet and all, it won’t do me any good. There are so many other things to think about and I should really try to enjoy this last year of school so there goes my bouncing back!! Boink boink.
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