The CSB Experience: I'm Busy With 4 Things and I'm Hoping To Add 2 More (A Shocking Conclusion)

    On my earlier post of  "I'm Busy With 4 Things and I'm Hoping To Add 2 More", I said that I was already involve of being in four positions at once, 1) as a member of the Council of Presidents' Block Commision (wherein the rep of DV2 was elected as our  chairman), 2)Block president of DV1,  3) as  member of MediaMax, and 4) as a member of the CSB DebSoc. I was  then planning to join on two more orgs/teams: the CSb Press Corps and the CSB TKD  Varsity. On this post you will get to now my shocking decision (shocking isn't it?).


    First, on with the Press Corps thing. Well,  I was able to make apply, not as a cartooonist  as I earlier planned, but as a writer for their literary section. I  gave some of my  pieces that I've previously wrote during my last year in high school  (which by the way are nearly a year old now since  the works I passed where written around August  of 2006 for my  Journalism project).  After that, I made myself updated with the haps on the SPO (Students' Publication Office) hoping they would post on their  bulletin board the results of the auditions.

    I believe I have an edge for creative writing although my greatest weakness is my tendency to make personal  short story narratives too long like the one I'm writing right now. I'm also prone to grammatical errors for I  keep on forgetting to double check my draft beofre printing it (Goodness, they must have noticed by errors on my works!). By the time the  announcment of the new staffmembers were announced, I rushed out to see my  name on the list. Unfortunately, the list only included tghose who applied for cartoonists and lay-out artists (I decided not to  apply as a cartoonist for  they may judge my  style in making comic strips, as compared to the more good ones and the photoshop ones they have in their domain). I feel so inferior and kept myself saying that it's just a partial list and that the office would post  the other new staffmembers name  a while later. Days after the posting of the first set of staffmembers,  nothing came  out.

    Horrified and nervous. I'm afraid to get inside the SPO to ask about the results . So I decided, I  may not stand  chance so I conceded my plan  on applying for my college's school publication.  What a pity , isn't it?

    Next was my plan to join the TKD jins' squad. Well, I made it inside the  Sports Dev. Office after class and met with the coach. I asked him about my inquiries and concerns although with a tone of nervousness (ano ba namang itong hiya-hiya, sabi ko walang hiya-hiya dito, kung gusto ko eh di go for it. I'm betraying what I have just said!). TKD practice are on a n MWF basis from 6-9  in the morning at the La Salle Sports Complex behind the Bro. Andrew Gonzales Bldg. of  the Manila campus (DLSU). They  also train  lower builts like me, a low-degree yellow belter who was supposed  to  join a promotion test last June but failed to do so (I may have  been promoted to high degree yello or low blue if I did).

    This was all good to hear except that with  my super flexible  schedule, I can't aford myself to wake myself up  too early so I can make it to practice at  six am.  Well, i can wake up early, the problem rises is the fact that I live in Valenzuela, kilometers away from Manila . Although the coach said it's okay if I can attend only twice, it is still difficult since  my schedule  for MWF (I have only one period in the morning at WF) is uncompromisable with my Th schedule. I have to regain lost hours of sleep due to exhaustion and stress.

    I can't really describe how it is difficult but the thing is, I can't afford to commit to CSB's TKD team without risking losing my hours of sleep. I'm really serious on my health since I'm close to having insomnia with me doing cramming and finishing at close to 3 in the morning and usually when I come home, I try to go straight to bed and rest but because we have no miad in the house, I have to do some chores before dinner time. At thursdays, I go to the gym after I come home from school. Going to the gym is one way to make sure that I my body can adjust to my new college schedule for the first term. I really can't say how I can't say why I decided not to join the TKD other than for time constraints but my body is feeling the effects of on my shedule having to go to school at different times, almost not able to eat breakfast (Often times at McDo), and getting home tired and hungry (I go home as early as 4 but no later than 8).

One reason maybe is that I'm already commited on 4 school related groups, the CoP, DV1, Mediamax and DebSoc. I have the tendency to busy myself busy even if I'm actually perfoming two of them (both are physically and mentally exhausting). baka bumiogay na ako kung tututloy pa ako sa TKD. Another is my impending return on my violin lessons at my high school during weekends. I made a commitment to go on learning to play the violin and as much aspossible continue with my Taekwondo training (I've started doing so since the summer of last year). Since I have violin on Staurdays, I might plan to go back semi-regularly to my Taekwondo training at SJA. But that's on a semi-regular basis as I have mentioned just now. There's a possibilty that I might find difficulty by the coming fo second term.

    I still wanna try out to the TKD varsity but only at the time if i'm able to get myself out being block president and concentrated on two things, my orgs plus my violin lessons and if my schedule permits, maybe if I have classes which allows me to go to school as early as six, a few hours before my class could actually start. well that's a possibility but when the time comes, my motive still remains intact although my plan to join the Press Corps will have to be put on hold for a while until I can make myself a better writer.

Such as what i have said (kahit nakakakalito basahin pero sana makuha punto ko) on my earliy post, I am still the one who can make a decision and the time wil come for that really soon.