on service and loyalty

August is Lambdan month. I've been meaning to write something about the Lambdans but I've been really busy lately. I was almost done with a post in-between my heavy workload but my multi-tasking ability failed me. I pressed the wrong button and I have to restart my post. Perhaps whatever I have written there should be delivered some other way or shouldn't be said at all. Ehem Ehem!

So it's Lambdan month! This year we turn 50! This golden anniversary has made many people excited even way back when I was still a resident. My housemates are my sisses so it's like an extension of the soro house in Pasig. All of us talk about our anticipation for the grand celebration. This is really one of the things I am looking forward in 2007. Come August, the set date fall in between my finals week but it didn't stop me from going to the ball. Then talk about standing on the bus from Ortigas to Calamba on a sleepless weekend. I would easily pass as a zombie that week! And of course zombies don't have money. hehe.. The reg fee was more pricey than expected. All of these were okay! What the heck! This may happen only once. I can't be sure if I can make it in our 75th anniversary or some monumental nth anniversary. To my surprise (and slight disappointment) though only a few alumnae sisters were thinking that way! Only a few came. I am not saying that I did not enjoy the event. I enjoyed it very much but I know we could  have enjoyed it more if more came.

When we were applicants, we pledged of our undying loyalty and service. Of course time may course us to changing priorities but sometimes it's just disappointing because you feel that for some, there isn't any effort exerted. I'm not just talking about the sorority. In general, when we want something so hard, we pledge out loud of our commitment to it but once we have gotten hold of it we easily forget how important it was when we were still aiming for it. If there's a will, there's a way. This applies to EconSoc, and sadly even to my closest friends.

Anyway, so much for the drama, I'd like to take the chance to thank my dearest sisses for being as good as, if not better than, blood sisters. Thanks for the good and bad times. I only regret that I knew you a little later but it's not important now. Way back in college, H6 has been one of my comfort zones in UPLB! I knew then that I would have friends for life. Sa centannial anniv, kasama natin mga apo natin ha at naka-cocktail drinks pa rin tayo! Cocktail drinks do taste better with you girls! haha… Cheers!

Happy Golden Anniversary!

Wheresoever each loving heart shall roam, Delta Lambda Sigma shall bring us nearer home.