The next level

Maybe i am quite stubborn when it comes to park lights. Maybe i am overreacting. And maybe yesterday would be one of the best and worst days of my NDMU life..

I made posters yesterday after my finance class. It read:


mar·tyr
noun (plural mar·tyrs)


somebody put to death: somebody who chooses to die rather than deny a strongly held belief



WE don’t need to become martyrs. All we need to do is say…

..or die paying another 10% without being decently educated.

Make a stand..

And show what a true Notre Dame education means..

I had 2 posters tacked at the College of Business area even without approval from the DSA. What i had in mind was any thing posted by the council at our own bulletin boards would not anymore require "approved fo posting." Then i asked Leni to secure permission for the remaining copies so it could be posted at other conspicuous places inside the campus because i still have classes until 3:30. Fortunately, as i got out of my first class that aftenoon, i already saw some students huddling as they read the notice. It was just sort of overwhelming to hear them react about the TFI and more overwhelming when they said "kadto ta karon ha para makasali ta sa signature campaign." The afternoon before had also been striking because of the number of students who attended the general assembly despite of the abrupt information dessimination.

I used to think NDMU students are passive. I mean, most of them. I can quite count with my bare and stubby fingers and name some who are socially concerned with school activities and issues. But that day when i heard those words coming from a mediocre student, i couldn't help but be amazed at how a phenomenon such as TFI could beat the crap out of passivism or passivity (whatever you wanna call it).

Sometimes all we need for us to realize we should do something about someting is for us to be "terrorized." We wait for disastrous things to happen before we move out of our comfort zone and just stop playing safe. Life is full of risks - carefully assessed risks, that is. If we don't break the thin line that separates selw-awakening and foolishness, then I think we better just throw ourselves out into the ocean where seaweeds and anemones could benefit from our insensitivity.