workaholic
want to see what work's all about?
ahhhlavet.
first ever major event ko for focus kanina. i feel sooooo fulfilled. for one andami ko talagang natutunan. as in, i can debate ASEAN and the non-interventionist, consensus building policy , and the thailand events brilliantly now, i believe *hehe* like, did you know that in order for foreigners (ie researchers/journalists/etc) to be able to access West Papua in Indonesia they have to get a special government permit first? the people there are the most oppressed minority in Indonesia because the state is attempting to weaken their call for independence. did you know that the mil junta promised to have a constitution for Myanmar by the 12th asean summit to show they make progress in their road map to democracy? that a lot of the drug supplies we have (ie x-tacy) are illicitly traded from singapore? that you can categorize the thai elite into two factions now- the businessmen and friends and colleagues of thaksin, and the rightist pro-monarchs like the military leader Sonti? that there are actually american troops engaged in Mindanao against MNLF/MILF? and that ASEAN turns a blind eye to all of these. after almost 40 years of existence.
i think i can actually fall in love with civil society. hahaha, except i haven't quite reconciled with myself the idea of mobilization in general, and the different gradients of being anti-institutions and structures stance... (not to mention the fact that it's hard to get ultimately filthy rich there.)
and i loooove the way everything turned out to be just right- almost perfect (no sign of murphy anywhere earlier!!!) esp because i helped make it happen. good gahhhd as in super waz na ang hogwarts-ness sa kaka-fax at kakukulit ng kung sino sino over the phone. aaand!!! i liked doing the work while the entire thing happened. haha, mababaw, pero sitting infront of everyone to click on power point presentations was exposure enough for me in a midnight blue glittery top. oh, and it was also exposure to chummy up with all these people from all these groups and gov't (whahaha, DFA director for ASEAN, among other impt people!) hahaha i liked documentation as well. feeling ko it was bec of that that i was forced to listen and absorb everything said. :D registration was fun tooo... hahaha esp with that cutie in line *LOL* makes me wonder when i'll see him again. he might just be the guy to talk to before everything else takes off hahahaha.
but seriously, i like this feeling of enjoying work. the intellectual stimulation is there, it's not just do-the-clerical-work type of thing that alienates the working class. *LOL* yuhhh duh i can't identify with civil society just yet, i've barely been in it. but you know, i feel the entire thing contributed to my growth as a person. chekka!!! for one, i can ground for myself the relevance of attempting to keep democracy now. and it became clearer to me how "smaller" people outside the institutions of national and international governance can concretely make a change to make the world a better place. (tama na nga, chekka talaga e!)
at! yes, as evidence of the euphoria i got from work, i ended up making an entire checklist of things i have to accomplish before the sem ends. and i wanted to get started on it earlier this evening. of course, that was before i regressed into a couch potato. (wuhhh, but yes, it even made me say no to going out and drinking at drews, kahit walang pasok bukas)
so today i learned how it feels to love what you do. and what it feels like to have that sense of fulfillment and workaholic-ness spill over to every other unfinished business you have.
if only my acads were like this. but what the fuck, econ na ko no. i'll stick it out till graduation. then i shall figure out what to do with the rest of my life.
at, can i just say, the real civil society is sooo much more than that which pretends to be it, throwing eggs and mud around!
happy (DUBI)rthday KENNETH!!!!!!!!!!! it's really not fair, mas matanda nga pala talaga ako saU
ahhhlavet.
first ever major event ko for focus kanina. i feel sooooo fulfilled. for one andami ko talagang natutunan. as in, i can debate ASEAN and the non-interventionist, consensus building policy , and the thailand events brilliantly now, i believe *hehe* like, did you know that in order for foreigners (ie researchers/journalists/etc) to be able to access West Papua in Indonesia they have to get a special government permit first? the people there are the most oppressed minority in Indonesia because the state is attempting to weaken their call for independence. did you know that the mil junta promised to have a constitution for Myanmar by the 12th asean summit to show they make progress in their road map to democracy? that a lot of the drug supplies we have (ie x-tacy) are illicitly traded from singapore? that you can categorize the thai elite into two factions now- the businessmen and friends and colleagues of thaksin, and the rightist pro-monarchs like the military leader Sonti? that there are actually american troops engaged in Mindanao against MNLF/MILF? and that ASEAN turns a blind eye to all of these. after almost 40 years of existence.
i think i can actually fall in love with civil society. hahaha, except i haven't quite reconciled with myself the idea of mobilization in general, and the different gradients of being anti-institutions and structures stance... (not to mention the fact that it's hard to get ultimately filthy rich there.)
and i loooove the way everything turned out to be just right- almost perfect (no sign of murphy anywhere earlier!!!) esp because i helped make it happen. good gahhhd as in super waz na ang hogwarts-ness sa kaka-fax at kakukulit ng kung sino sino over the phone. aaand!!! i liked doing the work while the entire thing happened. haha, mababaw, pero sitting infront of everyone to click on power point presentations was exposure enough for me in a midnight blue glittery top. oh, and it was also exposure to chummy up with all these people from all these groups and gov't (whahaha, DFA director for ASEAN, among other impt people!) hahaha i liked documentation as well. feeling ko it was bec of that that i was forced to listen and absorb everything said. :D registration was fun tooo... hahaha esp with that cutie in line *LOL* makes me wonder when i'll see him again. he might just be the guy to talk to before everything else takes off hahahaha.
but seriously, i like this feeling of enjoying work. the intellectual stimulation is there, it's not just do-the-clerical-work type of thing that alienates the working class. *LOL* yuhhh duh i can't identify with civil society just yet, i've barely been in it. but you know, i feel the entire thing contributed to my growth as a person. chekka!!! for one, i can ground for myself the relevance of attempting to keep democracy now. and it became clearer to me how "smaller" people outside the institutions of national and international governance can concretely make a change to make the world a better place. (tama na nga, chekka talaga e!)
at! yes, as evidence of the euphoria i got from work, i ended up making an entire checklist of things i have to accomplish before the sem ends. and i wanted to get started on it earlier this evening. of course, that was before i regressed into a couch potato. (wuhhh, but yes, it even made me say no to going out and drinking at drews, kahit walang pasok bukas)
so today i learned how it feels to love what you do. and what it feels like to have that sense of fulfillment and workaholic-ness spill over to every other unfinished business you have.
if only my acads were like this. but what the fuck, econ na ko no. i'll stick it out till graduation. then i shall figure out what to do with the rest of my life.
at, can i just say, the real civil society is sooo much more than that which pretends to be it, throwing eggs and mud around!
happy (DUBI)rthday KENNETH!!!!!!!!!!! it's really not fair, mas matanda nga pala talaga ako saU