HELLO UP STUDENTS? WHERE ARE YOUR PRINCIPLES?
Yesterday while waiting at the College of Science Auditorium for Nat Sci 2 class, I was texting with my mom. During class, I placed my phone (face down) on the desk of my seat. Our professor dismissed us suddenly so I immediately left my seat. The desk is black, my phone is black. So yeah, camouflage. I realized I left my phone only when I got back to BA so I took a cab to rush back to CS. I talked to the maintenance people and to my professor and both said no phone was turned over to them earlier. Weng called my phone and said 'cannot be reached'. Right then, I started to accept my loss.
To explain my first statement... Well, I'm taking this Leadership class under Procter&Gamble's Jim Lafferty. I love this class coz I really am learning so much from it. Last week he taught us about the first E...Energizing, and the Moral right to lead. Which led to the statement:
A PRINCIPLE IS NOT A PRINCIPLE UNTIL IT COST YOU SOMETHING.
Jim said 'your principles right now are merely statements. Until you are in a situation that will put these principles to test.
So now here comes a student who sees a phone left on the table. Will you take it or will you surrender it to your professor? Will you keep it or will you find the owner? If you take it, fine, no one will know. No one saw you. But you will forever be haunted by the fact that the phone you are using is a product of your weakness and selfish act. If you return it, you'll be forever remembered by the owner to be an honest person. You'll sleep calm, and walk with dignity. In either decision, what will it cost you? Well, self worth and self respect.
Whoever took my phone, I wish he is happy. Coz he will burn in hell. He probably has no idea that KARMA IS A BITCH.
I feel so bad because first...It's my first time to lose a phone. Second, I have to rebuild my contacts list. Third, I love that phone. It's the James Bond phone from Casino Royale. I treasure the messages in that phone. The photos I took. Ghaaad. It's fine with me to change my phone, but not that way! I change phones for the following reasons: one, i got it as a gift; two, my phone died (as in nasira for good), and just recently the third reason- it got stolen.
On my way back to BA from a meeting at AS, I saw Peter walking and joined him. Peter who has lost more gadgets in a single day than I did in my entire life, talked me into taking the whole thing lightly. Well, I was taking it lightly. I didn't cry over it. I'm just glad he understands the feeling. He said 'ay mahirap talaga. take it from me!' And i chuckled. hahaha It feels good to just get though the day.
I'm still alive naman. Just feel like a little (if not totally) disconnected to the world. I'm dependent on my mom to call me on the landline to wake me up everyday. I'm dependent on YM to update my org directors and avps. I even joked to Dianne this morning while using her phone to text my mom 'Kawawa naman ako, squatter ng cellphone.' hahaha Oh well papel, Thank God for Globe rebates, I'm getting a new phone for free! Not as cool as my James Bond phone but a phone nonetheless. To add to that, it's not just me who's getting a new phone. My whole family is getting new ones! Jom, Joop and I are getting the same models. Mom's getting a Samsung slide phone, and my dad's buying his own. After sooo many years of getting us new phones, my dad's getting one for himself. He deserves it.
Oh well, i guess that's the brighter side of the situation.
Just a thought, I change phones (whether I like it or not) every two years. Kakaloka. Ayoko na mag palit. I'm over the phone frenzy. haha I just want a call-text-good photos-weekly alarm phone and I'm good to go.
AND OH!
CONGRATULATIONS BIZCON TEAM! Punky, Vicki, Jeni, Mau, Vincent, Emm and to everyone who helped make it a successful event. SOSH standing room!!! Pressure sa next org events haha! Yay ABAM!
