GREEN CIRCUS

It's been a month. A joyride that I haven't really gotten the hang of. It's an experience I must say, not extraordinary nonetheless.

During my first weeks, I must admit, I got really overwhelmed by the environment - all that spirituality and community that seemed too good to be true. It was... nice.

Nice, because things started to unravel in the succeeding weeks, that all those things that they say they stand for, do not actuate. People start to shed their skins off, that a sense of corruption gloom before their eyes. A glint of superiority materialize as soon as they lounged in their faculty thrones. And the worse of it all, the unbecoming immaturity and unprofessionalism that a number of members exhibit almost everyday. For instance, two female members immediately glistened with the scent of gossip and yak with outright tactlessness about the simplest of things. While a group of male faculty brush their machismo off, with uncalled for condecend as they remark homosexuals.

Jaded. Blase. Satiated. This is what I have been for days now.

I just feel so disappointed with how this kind of culture thrives within the walls of this supposedly understanding institution. And too ironic it is that they bank on virtues, and yet they have undeserving components inside.

Perhaps, a revolution is necessary. The real one. And I believe it will only materialize when we start to grow up and realize that we must act professionally eventhough we do not feel like it.

Whew.