The Congress is over. Convened with the theme Back to Truth, the 31st YMCA National Congress of College Students was held last December 7-11, 2005 at the Teachers Camp, Baguio City. Being the widest and the most prestigious gathering of student leaders in the country, the five-day confab offered learning experiences, ignited wonderful insights and bloomed promising friendship among the participants coming from 67 colleges and universities.
We may be different in many aspects but that does not hinder us from starting a beautiful relationship---the gift of friendship and amity.
The Commission 12
Until now, I feel helplessly nostalgic with the experiences I have had in Baguio City that I tend to shed crystal tears whenever I think (this is an understatement) about it. Darn it! Sometimes, I even think that I should have never dared to attach myself with these “strangers” whom I reckon friends now. I should have not been that active and just remained pathetic in stead.
But no!
With the end in mind, I learned that these experiences, though profoundly moving in the process, have contributed much to my being. Commission 12 of the 31st YMCA, my family, is composed of good people with different academic roots.
YMCA and FEU
More than 70 Tamaraw student leaders were sent in to participate in the congress this year.
Being a student leader of FEU, I used to stay at OSACS for organizational purposes and seeing the YMCA trophies exhibited inside left me in awe. By then, I do not exactly know what these trophies served for. How does FEU able to acquire such a number of accolades where the letters Y.M.C.A are wisely carved? These are my very queries.
But upon participating as a delegate in the 31st YMCA National Congress, I come to know the answers. I come to know that those circular awards were garnered by the student leaders ahead of me. How inspiring and challenging, I thought.
Far Eastern University’s record remains unblemished. True! I’ve learned during the Parliamentary Procedure trainings I attended to that my university is just conferred as YMCA Hall of Famer having been awarded as Best Delegation for five years. Flabbergasted as I was with the information I heard, I become equally challenged and proud. This year, again, FEU student brought home another batch of several accolades in the Nicanor Reyes St. in Manila. But that, as far as every Tamaraw knows, is our least concern. That is, to eradicate hostilities among the YMCA participants.
We may be different in many aspects but that does not hinder us from starting a beautiful relationship---the gift of friendship and amity.
The Commission 12
Until now, I feel helplessly nostalgic with the experiences I have had in Baguio City that I tend to shed crystal tears whenever I think (this is an understatement) about it. Darn it! Sometimes, I even think that I should have never dared to attach myself with these “strangers” whom I reckon friends now. I should have not been that active and just remained pathetic in stead.
But no!
With the end in mind, I learned that these experiences, though profoundly moving in the process, have contributed much to my being. Commission 12 of the 31st YMCA, my family, is composed of good people with different academic roots.
YMCA and FEU
More than 70 Tamaraw student leaders were sent in to participate in the congress this year.
Being a student leader of FEU, I used to stay at OSACS for organizational purposes and seeing the YMCA trophies exhibited inside left me in awe. By then, I do not exactly know what these trophies served for. How does FEU able to acquire such a number of accolades where the letters Y.M.C.A are wisely carved? These are my very queries.
But upon participating as a delegate in the 31st YMCA National Congress, I come to know the answers. I come to know that those circular awards were garnered by the student leaders ahead of me. How inspiring and challenging, I thought.
Far Eastern University’s record remains unblemished. True! I’ve learned during the Parliamentary Procedure trainings I attended to that my university is just conferred as YMCA Hall of Famer having been awarded as Best Delegation for five years. Flabbergasted as I was with the information I heard, I become equally challenged and proud. This year, again, FEU student brought home another batch of several accolades in the Nicanor Reyes St. in Manila. But that, as far as every Tamaraw knows, is our least concern. That is, to eradicate hostilities among the YMCA participants.
