.,I have never expected all those things that have just happened this morning...
We didn't have our duty because the Clinical Instructors were so busy in preparing for the accreditation of the University. No C.I. means the students have no Duty... ;) and I thought it would be fun coz' I will be able to go home early and take a very long nap...
Our group was asked to sign an attendance sheet, to serve as a proof that we have been present this day... badly, the sheet was on the hands of our Instructor and she, at that time was inside the University library. With an aim to happily go home, I, together with my group mates invaded the premise of the Library. We were just four individuals then, and there was this Student who's working 'part-time' at the Library who have just felt our presence... She was at first quite busy entertaining other students who, on my inference will be using the facility- of course to study... but then, she have called our attention...
Girl: "Library Card nyo po?" (where's your Library Card?), she asked.
Myself: "Ai hindi, magsa-sign lang kami ng attendance sa C.I. namin hindi naman kami gagamit ng Library." (Ah, we're just going to sign the attendance sheet on our Instructor, we are not gonna use the Library), I replied using the normal tone of my voice.
Girl: "Kailangan po may Library card, ayun po oh nakasulat kasi..." (You need to present your Cards first before I do allow you to get through, it is posted there {she's pointing at the note on the entrance door}).
M: "Magsa-sign lang naman kami, tapos lalabas na din kami, ayun Instructor namin oh..." (we are just going to sign the sheet and leave the Lib after... she's the just right there... {directing her towards where our Instructor is}).
G: "Hindi nga po pwede. Kasi po marami na nga pong ginagawa. Tsaka kailangan po may Library card kayo bago po kayo pumasok.. Nasan po ba yung Library cards nyo?" (You cannot go there. We are busy doing a lot of stuffs. And you need to present your Library Cards first. before you can proceed... where's your Library Cards?), the girl is now talking on a louder voice, and making faces. "Ilan po ba kayo? Yung iba po dun na lang po muna kayo maghintay sa labas, isa na lang po ang pumasok." (How many students are you in here? others may just leave the Lib and stay outside, only one student can move in.)
M: "Eah magsa-sign nga lang kami tsaka iba-iba kami ng pangalan, pipirma pa kami, apat lang kami oh, yung iba naming kaklase nagsign na dyan kanina pa." (We are just going to sign the paper, we have different names plus we need to put our signatures in it, we're only four here, our group mates have just signed the paper minutes ago/earlier), I replied with a Louder tone of voice.
Groupmate: "Angelo, tara na hayaan mo siya, tara lumabas na tayo... Lika na mamaya na lang." (Angelo, cummon' don't pay attention to her, let's leave now... we'll just go back later.), my classmate said calmly... I know he's feeling the heat inside me rising up and up and up... I am feeling it too... It's that girl's approach which made me put up my temper in a level she can't bear. She must be thankful someone stopped me immediately before i have reached my boiling point.
My heart have experienced sudden palpitations... I can really feel my temper going up... We left the Library and went outside.
Groupmate: "Sungit ni Angelo eah!, ang tindi nito... papatulan na yung babae sa loob eah!", he said smilingly... (I have never thought Angelo is such an ill-tempered guy! you were so Intense... He's taking the conversation with that girl seriously!) Sometimes, when the situation calls to do so, my horn just starts to pop out in an instant!... whoala! sometimes even in the least expected times, i tend to lose control of myself, my words, my voice, and my big blabber mouth just bursts.
I know she was just doing her job, and that is what she's intended to do so but sometimes we still need to think of and consider other situation... Every rule must have to have certain excemptions and it has never been a deadly deed to pay acknoledgement to those situations which calls for- just a simple understanding. She has been considerably inconsiderate! I just wonder, if I have asked her to be the one in our situation and we have exchanged positions during those times, will she be still as hard as rock or willingly allow us to do our small part? that is, to simply sign the paper and leave... I believe that it would not cost her a million dollars if she have just had allowed us to pass through... neither will it cost her to lose an important something from herself nor her significant properties.
I know i have been so rude to take that stuff seriously, I felt a little prick inside my conscience though. Come to think of it, we are just of the same level, we're both students of the university, we are COLLEGE students and not elementary students, and we both have our own little agendas being wanted to have defended, thus, we have just made the story a mile-long complicated.
At the end of the game, nobody have won... because it was a draw. She may have pulled us out of her 'teritory' but we were still able to sign the sheet out (Our Instructor went out of the Library and approached us).
What have I learned? I have just realized, that in this life of ours, we don't always need to defend ourselves even if we have our own 'strong, little points'; being able to step back a little further and humbly move an inch away from from trouble or chaos may mean more than a sweet victory... it is also being gracious in defeat...
We didn't have our duty because the Clinical Instructors were so busy in preparing for the accreditation of the University. No C.I. means the students have no Duty... ;) and I thought it would be fun coz' I will be able to go home early and take a very long nap...
Our group was asked to sign an attendance sheet, to serve as a proof that we have been present this day... badly, the sheet was on the hands of our Instructor and she, at that time was inside the University library. With an aim to happily go home, I, together with my group mates invaded the premise of the Library. We were just four individuals then, and there was this Student who's working 'part-time' at the Library who have just felt our presence... She was at first quite busy entertaining other students who, on my inference will be using the facility- of course to study... but then, she have called our attention...
Girl: "Library Card nyo po?" (where's your Library Card?), she asked.
Myself: "Ai hindi, magsa-sign lang kami ng attendance sa C.I. namin hindi naman kami gagamit ng Library." (Ah, we're just going to sign the attendance sheet on our Instructor, we are not gonna use the Library), I replied using the normal tone of my voice.
Girl: "Kailangan po may Library card, ayun po oh nakasulat kasi..." (You need to present your Cards first before I do allow you to get through, it is posted there {she's pointing at the note on the entrance door}).
M: "Magsa-sign lang naman kami, tapos lalabas na din kami, ayun Instructor namin oh..." (we are just going to sign the sheet and leave the Lib after... she's the just right there... {directing her towards where our Instructor is}).
G: "Hindi nga po pwede. Kasi po marami na nga pong ginagawa. Tsaka kailangan po may Library card kayo bago po kayo pumasok.. Nasan po ba yung Library cards nyo?" (You cannot go there. We are busy doing a lot of stuffs. And you need to present your Library Cards first. before you can proceed... where's your Library Cards?), the girl is now talking on a louder voice, and making faces. "Ilan po ba kayo? Yung iba po dun na lang po muna kayo maghintay sa labas, isa na lang po ang pumasok." (How many students are you in here? others may just leave the Lib and stay outside, only one student can move in.)
M: "Eah magsa-sign nga lang kami tsaka iba-iba kami ng pangalan, pipirma pa kami, apat lang kami oh, yung iba naming kaklase nagsign na dyan kanina pa." (We are just going to sign the paper, we have different names plus we need to put our signatures in it, we're only four here, our group mates have just signed the paper minutes ago/earlier), I replied with a Louder tone of voice.
Groupmate: "Angelo, tara na hayaan mo siya, tara lumabas na tayo... Lika na mamaya na lang." (Angelo, cummon' don't pay attention to her, let's leave now... we'll just go back later.), my classmate said calmly... I know he's feeling the heat inside me rising up and up and up... I am feeling it too... It's that girl's approach which made me put up my temper in a level she can't bear. She must be thankful someone stopped me immediately before i have reached my boiling point.
My heart have experienced sudden palpitations... I can really feel my temper going up... We left the Library and went outside.
Groupmate: "Sungit ni Angelo eah!, ang tindi nito... papatulan na yung babae sa loob eah!", he said smilingly... (I have never thought Angelo is such an ill-tempered guy! you were so Intense... He's taking the conversation with that girl seriously!) Sometimes, when the situation calls to do so, my horn just starts to pop out in an instant!... whoala! sometimes even in the least expected times, i tend to lose control of myself, my words, my voice, and my big blabber mouth just bursts.
I know she was just doing her job, and that is what she's intended to do so but sometimes we still need to think of and consider other situation... Every rule must have to have certain excemptions and it has never been a deadly deed to pay acknoledgement to those situations which calls for- just a simple understanding. She has been considerably inconsiderate! I just wonder, if I have asked her to be the one in our situation and we have exchanged positions during those times, will she be still as hard as rock or willingly allow us to do our small part? that is, to simply sign the paper and leave... I believe that it would not cost her a million dollars if she have just had allowed us to pass through... neither will it cost her to lose an important something from herself nor her significant properties.
I know i have been so rude to take that stuff seriously, I felt a little prick inside my conscience though. Come to think of it, we are just of the same level, we're both students of the university, we are COLLEGE students and not elementary students, and we both have our own little agendas being wanted to have defended, thus, we have just made the story a mile-long complicated.
At the end of the game, nobody have won... because it was a draw. She may have pulled us out of her 'teritory' but we were still able to sign the sheet out (Our Instructor went out of the Library and approached us).
What have I learned? I have just realized, that in this life of ours, we don't always need to defend ourselves even if we have our own 'strong, little points'; being able to step back a little further and humbly move an inch away from from trouble or chaos may mean more than a sweet victory... it is also being gracious in defeat...
