A couple of weeks back, my life was thrown into a whirlpool because my barely-there-just-on-the-verge-of-starting daily schedule had been whacked upside the head, and all hopes of it ever being established were crushed.

Yes, people, my life is that pathetic: my schedule gets thrown out of track by the mere existence of a leadership training seminar.

I may not strike most people as the leader-y type, but I actually was voted as class auditor. Although I think I was only appointed to that position just to see if I was listening to the whole voting process.

Well, I wasn’t, obviously. The moment I looked up, the president and vice-president were looking at me, mouthing words that couldn’t get through the blaring music of my then-brand-new Ipod. When I ripped the earphones out, the room burst in laughter and Frederick (el presidente), said, “auditor ka na“.

And there you have it, my not-so-fascinating story of how I was elected into the roster of class officers.

Anyways. I wasn’t really required to attend the whole Leadership Training Seminar (LTS); I was actually all hyped up about my weekend plans as I wasn’t going to go. But being a class officer, in addition to being made the Chief of Staff for one of the student council projects, in addition to the fact that Frederick wanted me to come as I am one of his close friends, he put me on the list without actually consulting me first, thinking that I had nothing better to do in the weekend anyways. He was sorta-kinda wrong.

Things planned for that particular weekend:

1. Submission of working IPA for the psych ward
2. Sleeping in late, as it was the weekend after the prelims
3. Last working day in the psych ward in the afternoon
4. Yoga session with Raydon in UST
5. Night out with Nicole and Chenyl

Frederick, being the good friend that he was, informed me that I was already on the list one evening, and even recounted how the student council adviser (who knew me personally) said that I should go. Agh. It took me two whole days to decide the pro’s and con’s of the whole thing, but in the end, I decided to go because:

1. I’ve never actually been on a leadership training seminar before
2. Chen, Buen, Fred, Mela, Trish and a bunch of other people whom I knew were going too. The fear of being that weirdo-over-there was greatly diminished
3. I wanted to meet new people, being the anti-social freak that I am
4. I wanted to see what Caliraya was like and where the eff it was exactly
5. Talk to a particular professor and seek for advice

BUT because I went, the things sacrificed were:

1. A whole night’s sleep Thursday night because I had to finish the working IPA on Friday morning, a whole day earlier than it was supposed to be submitted
2. Time for studying for the last two exams as we were required to take them earlier than everybody else
3. Five whole hours of duty time in a special ward that I still have yet to make-up >.<
4. Sufficient time for packing because it was a spur-of-the-moment thing
5. An amount of 1,350 pesos >.<
6. The Yoga session with Raydon
7. The possible night out with Nicole
8. A whole weekend from the house

But still, I made it, all because of the understanding of the people involved — namely, Nic, Raydon and my parents >.<

To be continued…