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Thursday, March 30, 2006

Hertz

     This is for Hertz 2005-2006.

     At first, it seemed like the quietest section around the Home Economics Building with the quietest students. That was true during our first day, even some whispers felt like wind. I knew a lot of people from Hertz already, knowing them from the second or first year, but what it seems to be a crowd when classes start we were quite silent.

     A few days passed and the noise came into being, only in secluded groups. Different people mingle as one in a typical section, in our case different people mingled as a group, and everyone else soon followed. It was like a self-governing group. Organizing self-governing groups is a hassle.

     The officers sometimes got the things a bit to themselves. Our president had been confronted of being too bossy. I, the vice-president, was nearly impeached because of hypocrite leadership. The officers changed and adjusted themselves for the self-governing groups. But when would that thing last?

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     The Sabayang Pagbigkas became the turnstile. No one agreed on anything. Some people were difficult to persuade. People had less energy with the activity. Progress was inconceivable. They have skill, but they don’t have the initiative to listen, understand or sometimes even work.

     Losing the Sabayang Pagbigkas due to the unmemorized lines just proved how rushed we did everything. Some things are not meant to be crammed. Our Filipino teacher added to the clash, suggesting beforehand not to join the Sabayan.

     Organizing self-governing groups is a hassle. Different ideas, different agendas, a whole different section. It was sometimes too awful to be in this section.

     The cold wars were frequent. Words used as swords. There were threats, angry shouts, misdemeanors and hurt feelings. No cooperation. A lot of problems arose. The boys were the prime noise-makers, followed by some girls. The boys told us that they were always screeched upon because of misbehaviour while the girls misbehaved themselves. The girls fired back with a defense that the boys should realize how noisy and irresponsible they were. It seemed to everyone that adjusting towards each other might be a problem.

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     People learn. We somehow learned to accept each and everyone, although at a very slow pace. The groups slightly dispersed to give way for other people. It was like turning one gear at a time in a box full of gears jammed at each other. As one gear moved everyone else soon turned around. We still had a long way before all gears move as a whole system, trying to work out from a broken start.

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     It was sometimes too dreadful to be in Hertz. But they said, “Love your own.” Maybe some moments within your section are irreplaceable.

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     It may seem too late, but when our days were finally counted, all the gears now worked.

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     Many days passed with everyone talking, ties established, and some noise tolerated. Everyone now felt Hertz as a section, at last. Many people were happy then. During the Science Camp, Hertz was there all doing something as a section. Interests met. Music, guitars, DotA, PS games, and even Magic - you could relate to almost anybody. Many confided with each other, unravelling the happiness behind all those times we shared.

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     While using Yahoo Messenger, I felt talking to people from Hertz. I really enjoyed their company. Everyone feels that. They say that we’ll miss Hertz, and will joke about the summer, but the fact is clear - we all love Hertz.

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     Tomorrow, we’ll be getting our cards and see our sections for the fourth year. We must move on now, even though everyone feels it’s hard to say good-bye to their section that they have just found the delight of being there, even just in a short time. Ciao~

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