Streams of Consciousness… Beware of wordiness*!

"Relationships are maintained and are reaffirmed through constant communication…"

…these were the words of Ms. Mara Nanaman, my Communication and Mass Media teacher, this morning. At first I didn’t pay quite attention to it (being the talkative student that I am)…but when my friend Ami wrote it down on her notebook and when our adviser repeated it (redundancy; hehe..if that’s not application, i don’t know what is!), it kinda glued itself in my head. And then I recalled past events that really suit it(those of which have already been embedded in my schema; whoo! Reading Process sure did make me learn something new)…

There are connections that I have which have gone from "close" to "distant". This is because of my lack of time and my lack of effort to make time (of course, it’s not just my fault). I am guilty of this. Procrastinating isn’t exclusive to studying alone, I suppose. This is what I call a special mix of stubborness and indolence. Together, these ingredients caused weeds to grow on the bridges which I and the people I know have earlier established. The bridge then became inaccessible. Communication has become a rarity. If these weeds aren’t removed, pretty soon, the bridge could collapse.

Luckily, I have managed to tend to the bridges I have with other people. There leaves some which are inaccessible yet..but I’m slowly working on those.

I have realized that relationships are greatly dependent to communication (uh, as if we don’t know that already).

Communication has various barriers, too. One of the most evident is DISTANCE. In my case, out-of-sight usually entails out-of-mind (I said "usually", didn’t I? I did? Good). But technology (oh, thank God!) closes that gap. People, therefore, have lesser excuses to say when asked with, "Why haven’t you kept in touch with me?". Impossibility, clearly, is out of the issue.

While it is poetic and romantic to say that "love knows no distance" (just so u know, i’m talking about intimate long-distance relationships now), it is realistic to say, "distance knows no love when technology isn’t permitted to butt in".. Since we are utterly blessed into having the benefits of distance-eradicating devices, why not use them? Why not make an effort to use them?.. This way, relationships are reaffirmed..

Communication keeps the relationship alive.. I don’t want to end up like Madame Bovary one day, all the while mumbling, "I can barely feel it now. I can’t keep the love alive. I must keep the love alive"….

So, it is not only in London where bridges fall. Don’t wait for yours to collapse..

"Unity in Diversity Towards Global Competitiveness"… or something like that was the theme for MSU-IIT’s CASS-AJA Festival — a week-long (was it week-long?..oh, well) celebration involving students and faculties of all seven departments (English, Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, History, Filipino, and General Education) of the College of Arts and Social Sciences.

It was fun..but the thing is, although there was DIVERSITY (with a spectrum of departments and all), there was NO UNITY (aside from the unwavered partnership between the English and Psych departments with the occassional involvement of Socio folks).

Instead of forging camaraderie and oneness, there was stiff competition and the desire to "kill! kill! kill!" — metaphorically, of course. This was due to the immense desire to gain superiority among the rest of the departments.

Students belonging from different societies pity against each other in their thirst for glory and popularity. For one, the debate competitions were soiled with controversies, tears, and complaints. Personal attacks were made and credibilities have been questioned.

Even the most innocent event of all which was Laro ng Lahi had been tainted by allegations of cheating and such.

This was how the festival was celebrated. The closest of friends could turn into bitter enemies. And the already-enemies could turn into something much much worse.. This somehow spiced up the event although (let me quote someone for this…and that someone’s identity I choose not to disclose) "it was never in line with the spirit of the theme"…

…I do not know which pains me more, is it the irony or is it the fact that we never got to be this year’s Champion (we’re in 3rd place, next to Psych)? And can you believe it’s the irony??? X_x