But it's damn obvious, with the deafening cheers of both the OGLs and the freshmen, that the entire event is a success. I can tell you that even though it's just halfway through orientation. The amount of work put into Spearca is incredible. It's damn obvious from everything they did and planned. I already heard accounts of the orientations from different JCs- HCJC, NJC, AJC, ACJC and RJC. The orientations either consisted of well planned events with dead people or fun people with events not well planned.
The preparation for Spearca impressed even me. The orientation is actually held in a story format with the entire level split into 8 OGs with a couple of sub OGs under it. The names of the OGs follow the names of fictional warriors who are on some sort of quest. There's really a storyline behind me and extremely surprisingly, it isn't lame. Interesting, in fact.
and the OGLs are just unbelievable. How can each and EVERY J2 student involved in Spearca be so into the event? These two days I needed a lot of help to do lots of stuff and I'd just ask any random J2 I see, whether he/she's involved in Spearca or not. And they were all damn freaking cool. I guarantee that I, AT LEAST, asked for help 10 times from 10 different people and they were all damn helpful. (LOL. I know I sound like some weirdo who keeps asking for help. But that's because I frequently have to be separated from my OG to attend to other stuff)
And my sub OG itself is also damn cool. It's obvious my OGL is enthusiastic about being an OGL. The first day, he could only bring us around for half the day before having to leave for a competition. And at night, he actually sent me a message saying that he was sorry about not being able to bring us around for the rest of the day and stuff.
I believe there are two kinds of leaders- the first are people who act enthusiastic because of the job given to them and the second are people who take the job because they are enthusiastic.
I know A LOT of student leaders who are in the first category. I can see through people like glass. (Caleb ought to know :D)
I don't really blame these people for doing so. I understand that these people think the job as something cool, and thus have to rev up their engines to meet their own expectations.
But obviously I, me being me, don't give a damn about these kind of people. They are EVERYWHERE. And until they realize they are going about this wrongly, they're only going to lead an artificial, made up, delusional life. I don't mind someone not being enthusiastic, I hate people acting enthusiastic; it's so stupid.
However, people like my OGL I respect. He's a really cool guy and if I weren't so sleepy throughout orientation I swear I'd talk to him more.
My other three OGLs apart from the one who was mentioned above are also cool people. (It helps that all three of them are pretty ladies) I'd also talk to them more if I didn't have to take a super long bus ride which makes my butt ache and saps my energy so much I feel sleepy throughout the event. It's a real torture doing extreme cheering when you're three quarters asleep. That's the reason why orientation's a partial torture.
But on the whole, just experiencing these two days, orientation in VJC has given me a very good idea of what the school and its students are like. And from what I see, I know I'll like it here. What defines school spirit isn't the amount of cheering done at school events, nor is it how many student councillors you have. It's the day-to-day experience you get on the normal school curriculum.
PS: Mass dancing is more dangerous than Muay Thai. I'm really going to get knee kicked right in the face (without any safety equipment) while mass dancing one of these days.
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
No comments:
Post a Comment