All of us are craving for progress for this sinking country of ours. But it is so ironic that you’re falling in a long line at the only fast food chain in your place to buy something to eat.
Because it is so long, you can’t see the place where the cashier is. So, you just patiently stay on your line and wait for your turn. You notice that for every fifteen minutes you just move five (5) half steps and you don’t even react to it. After three hours, you are already famished that your stomach is making some strange sounds and you are about to cry because of pain. Then, as you glance to where the cashier is to know if you’re nearer, you see people like shattered pieces of glasses surrounding the cashier pushing one another to order and then you realized that there is actually no line. What will you feel? Will you burst out of anger? I think you will because Misha and I experienced that during the Yes Camp to get our dinner. The scene will really make your friendly face distorted into a rage. It was really embarrassing, disappointing and frustrating that even a few teachers were not falling in line. I felt a very strong pressure of air coming out of my nostrils and two ears. Until then, I started to ask myself how can this country progress if most of us have no self-discipline and care for one another? If during that time, everybody just fell in line, surely, nobody will be famished. The distribution of meals will be easier and faster. It is just like in our country. If all of us will just have self-discipline and care for one another, the progress that we are thirsty of will be an easy touch down. – by Micho Santillan, incoming 4th year student who was one of the participants in the YES Camp in Baguio
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