Almost an End

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Pagkatapos ng klase kanina, inanunsyo ng dean na hahayaang magkaroon ng isang oras na meeting ang bawat team, faculties, at iba pang involve para sa papalapit na intramurals sa Setyembre.

Nagkaniya-kaniya kaming punta ng club ng mga kaibigan ko. Si Rico ay sa student government office dahil isa siyang student council. Si Remz ay isa sa magpapa-audition ng bagong player ng team namin. Ako naman ay sa Torch Office, ang office ng school publication ng school. At kapag tuwing intramurals, laging busy ang editorial board dahil kaliwa’t kanan ang kailangang icover.

“We’re going to disseminate the task,” sabi ni Ruquefort, editor-in-chief ng The Torch.

Even I’m not that good enough with sports, at least I can be better with writing. I can even write an article with a length of 4-6 paragraphs for a span of 15-20 minutes. I’m the associate editor of our school publication and became part of it for six years by the way.

“Ramirez and Sencio, kindly take note that two of you will cover the sociocultural competition,” ani babae habang nagsusulat sa white board.

Si Ramirez ay civil engineering student at si Sencio naman ay pharma student. Hindi galing sa iisang department lang ang nagiging parte ng school pub. Kahit sino ay pwede hangga’t may dedikasyon kang maging parte ng organisasyon.

“Do you have anything to suggest regarding the tasks of photojournalist? Especially for the first day. There will be a parade which is crucial to cover.” Sabi ni Ruquefort na nakatingin sa akin.

Humilig ako sa lamesang nasa unahan ko. “If they will take my suggestion,” sabay tingin ko sa mga photojournalists, “It’ll be good if to tap all the photojournalists. The pub will become the primary source of this event and I think this is a chance for gaining more views and supports for our official page.”

“Maganda ang suhestyon mo, Alconcel,” tatango-tangong ani Neil, ang senior photojournalist at Isang criminology student, “tapos sa susunod na araw hatian na lang.”

“Paano naman po ang nasa last day? Iyon po ang day for search ng mr. and ms.” Pagtatanong ni Shela, second year accountancy student at ang sports editor.

“Mas maganda siguro rin kung lahat na lang ng photojourn. Kasi big day rin gaya ng nasa first day,” pagbibigay suhestyon ni Pilar, ang third year nursing student at feature editor.

“Then, to the photojournalists, do you all agree?” Pagtatanong ni Ruquefort. Sabay-sabay namang tumango ang mga kausap niya.

Lihim akong napangiti sa pagsang-ayon nila. Most of us are aware of the position we hold in this organization. However, despite the age gap and seniority, we still listen to each other suggestions as long as it’s for the improvement of our capabilities.

Hindi pa man tapos ay kinailangan na kaming idismiss, dahil naubos na ang oras. Isesend na lang sa gc ang summary ng napag-usapan at iba pang taskings. Pinaiwan pa ako ni Ruquefort dahil may kailangan pa raw kaming gawin.

“Kindly check this, Alconcel.” Pag-aabot niya sa akin ng isang papel. Kinuha ko iyon pero hindi ko alam kung sinadya ba niyang sabayan niya iyon ng haplos.

Bumuntong hininga ako bago binasa iyon. Article iyon ni Rhen, ang managing editor. Siya ang naatasang gumawa ni Ruquefort na ifeature ang mga bagong miyembro ng publication. Napakunot ako sa nakita. “I already proofread the article before giving it to her. Bakit unedited ito?”

In our school policy, particularly in school publication, before the specific editors submit the article to the next in rank, they will give back the proofread articles to the assigned writers. Then, the assigned writers will copy it and submit the polished articles.