Nov.16, 2012, a Friday was the first time I attended the Ideas
That Matter group meeting. I felt really awkward at first, and very clueless of
what's gonna happen, I barely know the members except for my classmates. As I
walk around, I observed the people, some were just standing(maybe they feel
uncomfortable, too, like me), some were laughing and talking with their
friends. I told myself, nothing's gonna happen to me if I just stand here, and
stare at them. So I gave it a shot, walked towards a bunch of people in
civilian clothes(well, I was wearing my AB uniform, as well as my co-AB
students). I tried to make a conversation with another member, I started by
asking if the topic about blogging could be changed, 'cause mine was
about Ad Quest, but our class haven't started preparing yet. I might
end up composing something not related to it. So this member told me that
he isn't sure about it and he seemed busy so I backed off. I gave it
another try after having our photos taken, a group of mixed AB students and
CFAD students were talking and laughing. While walking towards them, I was
thinking on what kind of approach I will do, if I will just suddenly laugh like
I know what they were talking about, or if I will ask someone what they were
talking about and try to share something about it, too. So I opted to do the
second one, I imagined doing the first one and felt stupid, and the second one
looked safer. So I started asking, and the conversation went on,
the presence of awkwardness was still there, but it was lessened. There
were still some quiet moments but the meeting ended well. People might not have
noticed me, and it's alright. What's important is, I took some initiative to
know them and I learned something. Another thought came to me, if
I didn't approach them, I might drown myself with shyness until the next
meeting and I will not be able to make new friends.
I believe that initiative is a part of teamwork, and
if everybody took a little initiative, we are gonna get closer and closer
to our goals faster.
By Noelle Regine Reyes
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