The month-long celebration of PSYSC's NSCM 2010 is over. Memories, fresh from photographs of yesterday, linger in mind. Of course, the best snapshots came from our dear students and teachers. Those uplifting smirks of fun-oriented science clubbers really made my day. It was as if all the worries eased off, a reason why I love being an ECAT.
Once you commit into a responsibility, there's no turning back. What kept me alive all throughout, putting forth little sacrifices and making big decisions on my own, was that irreplaceable trust I lent everyone, that no matter what happens, my co-volunteers won't live me hanging on the edge of the cliff. If ever that did happen, they'll run towards me and pull me off the situation.
Someone might ask, why do these ECATs stay in the organization despite their hectic schedule, barrages of academic load and complicated personal lives? It's because we still believe that the youth can help the Philippines pull it out of the median and leverage it higher up to an outstanding status. There's this big room of improvement for everyone, and the key to this room can be found through aiming for excellence in whatever thing we do, and we do it with fun.
As ecats, we envision a Philippine society where Science, Technology, and Environment (ST&E) is a culture, a mindset, an orientation, an outlook, and a way of life, where;
- Learning ST&E is easy, fun, simple, and comprehensible;
- There is a free exchange of ST&E concepts and ideas by, and among ST&E enthusiasts;
- ST&E is applied for the improvement and development of the individual, the family, the community and the society, and;
- There is a concerted action by all individuals and sectors for making this vision a reality.
I was once a tranquil part of the past. Today, I am an awakened giant - one who, with all the mix-ups brought about by the uncertainty of life, was made stronger and turned into a monstrous supporter of science clubbing.
Usually, I don't write this long, but somehow for some reason something made me do it.
