Seriousness to Sillyness

So I'm going to get right to it cause I'm tired and have a test to study for.

When we were doing the assessments of the past workshop I felt that everybody had a very good input. Although we had more deltas than pluses, it only shows that we as individuals were paying attention and also that we are not afraid to criticize each other in person.

When we were doing the plannning for the retreat, I felt that the process was very unorganized. I understood what JR and Pete were trying to do by having us do the planning of it, however I felt that they were too hands off with it. By being too hands off, we as a whole went down a number of tangents that took up too much time. Also, since we voted as a whole on everything it was very hard to decide. I feel that we should have broken up into groups and decided upon a list of options that we could present to everyone, because not everyone cared about the exact details of everything. Not everyone cared if we ate sinigang and spam misubi or kare kare and sisig. Not everyone cared what movies we had to watch or not. Just the entire discussion on exactly what food to eat was very time. Although it is import to have a sense of democracy in what we decided, to some degree(like debating about food) we should be able to compromise. That is a quality that I feel we should all have in order for us to become real Kasamas.

On the retreat there were many problems at the same time many laughs. There is nothing I can say on this blog that will make the situation better, so I won't and leave it up for those people to handle it. But like what JR said R.O.P.E.S. We must always be concious of how we are amongst each other and be respectful and sensitive. We must not be close minded to new things we share with each other. And at the same time we must not act too abrasive, because we still need to warm up to each. The relationships we have together are all gradual processes.

For the next week, I just hope that we try to learn from our mistakes and try to mend the bridges that have been damaged. I hope that we are respectful of the LKC and simply keep an open mind.

People tend to be the way they are by surrounded themselves by certain people. If I am random or silly to you. It is because of my bros here.

FYI: I'm not in this video, but these are some of my best friends from san diego. They had a part of making me who I am today.


Love & Faith,
Paul Simon Jaro Silverio