This is the motto of the Augustinian Peer Facilitators, my highschool club/org. I belonged in this club ever since first yr hs. I almost quitted here because I couldn't balance my academics with my non-acads. I couldn't forget those lines of Ms Go..."Gusto mo pa bang sumali?"... I answered "opo" and I never regretted that. I was the only girl freshman in APF (Augustinian Peer Facilitator) from the 3 freshmen members.. My goodness.. we were only three that time. It was because the club wasn't popular then especially to us being freshmen. Since I was the only girl, it was hard for me to adjust but thanks to some upper classmen, I felt very much welcomed. I wasn't active during my first yr in APF because I thought it wouldn't bring me anything good. One year passed and thankfully, the members of APF grew its number. We were already 6 in the sophomore year! namely: Matt, Daniel, May, Rhae, Tin, and I. From there, I started joining their activities and programs already, then I thought, it was fun after all. Third year came and yeah 10 na kaming Juniors! hehe... There I started counseling kids and I had my first outreach program. We conducted a christmas party for the gradeschool kids of our adopted school. It was very fun and heart-warming just seeing the smiles in the children's faces while they were playing. During my senior year, the APF members in the Senior year were also 10 (as what you can see in the pic).
One incident that caught my attention during the said xmas party was that when everybody else was eating, there was this one boy who didn't touch his food. I asked why is he not eating and then he replied me with nothing. I asked again if he's going to give it to his family and then he nodded then looked down. From that moment, I realized how that boy valued his family. He wouldn't mind his hunger as long as they would have food to share and that all of them could eat something.
Being a peer facilitator taught me lots of things but the most important lesson I got from it was how to LISTEN. Sometimes, we tend to talk too much not minding the people around us who have more interesting thoughts to share. It taught me that in order to LISTEN, we need to be SILENT at times. Being a counselor was a tough job. Lots of responsibilities hang on your shoulder and it also takes a strong personality in order to counsel others. Honestly, I never had the chance to be in a serious counseling in all my years of being a peer faci but hey, at least I had minor counseling.
Lastly, being a peer faci taught me the value of FRIENDSHIP. It was where I met other peer facis on higher and lower year level. I also got to know our Guidance counselors and most especially the people who really need our help, people who wanted someone to listen to the things they wanna say. Being an APF molded me to be a better person, more sensitive to my surroundings and always available to listen to others. :) wow... nostalgia -_-
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