FYI, I did not volunteer for this post in the university yearbook. I just answered the written exam faithfully in the fear that my MassCom teachers will read it and they will decide to disown me should I not answer it well. In fact, I was a mess during the interview. I just wanted to save a few hundreds for a free copy so I applied for the College Editor position of SU Law.

I had a decision to resign but our good adviser and the Ed Board convinced me to stay.

And so I really stayed, even to the point of not having a semestral break. And juggling my time with yearbook stuff, Moot Court team research, and this new Salonga Environmental project in Leyte.

The latter two I can very well manage because my teammates and workmates very well know the word ‘responsibility.’

That’s why whenever I give instructions in our yearbook meetings, I immediately assume that everybody will be able to come up with the expected output at the expected time. If my instructions do not work, then I expect them to be resourceful and innovative in doing their own initiative to try an alternative way.

For me, we know our responsibilities and we’re of legal age to discern what is right and wrong. I don’t need to prod them on their assignments.

But I am forgetting that they are way younger than me. So I pray for patience, lest I burst into my temper tantrum.

And oh, I am also disappointed in the fact that right now, I could not see the vibrancy of a Christian life in someone I thought was living the faith.

So, I revise my prayer. Dear God, bless me with more, and more and more patience.