conceptual framework.

IN the midst of all my troubles, I decided that I should adopt a new attitude in life. I call this framework, the 'can do, will do' model. I will make the most out of life, try to gain as much EXP as possible. I will push my limits to its end.

I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
In what I can do, I ought to do;
And in what I ought to do, by the grace of god, I will do it.

Funny, I have already known this for three years and it is only now that I am taking it by heart.

DUTY. HONOR. and COUNTRY.

AFTER three years in the corps, I am finally free and all I can say is that I am overwhelmed by a mixture of emotions -happiness, sadness, excitement but mostly nostalgia. It is such a breather that there would be no more CQs, no more TDs, no more dress codes and above all, no more corps responsibilities. But honestly, I still can't see myself apart from the corps. I have been a CO almost all of my UP life. It is inside the corps where I found most of my friends. It is also in the corps that I was able to experience many things that otherwise I would not have. I would surely miss the times I spent with my classmates, upperclass and lowerclassmen.

Furthermore, I harbor a sort of feeling of regret. I regret not being able to perform my best during my stay in the corps. I regret missing CQs and TDs. And most of all, I regret not being able to make all the plans we had, materialize. But nevertheless, I am glad that during our stay in the corps, my lowerclassmen were happy. I am grateful that somehow, they sought me for guidance and example. I am happy that in someway, I have contributed to the their development.

If I were to relive my college life, I would surely like to change some of the decisions I have made in my UP life, but never would I regret entering the corps.


*photo not mine.