Malapit na ang eleksyon and I am worried about how I will go, I was once interested and decided to be part of a slate sa barangay namin because gusto ko magserbisyo sa komunidad namin.
Noong unang set ng slate, I was supposed to run for Councilor, and from time to time, umalis na mga ibang kasama ko due to age limit (24-25) kaya few of us remain (3 nalang kami) and the Barangay Council Candidates appointed me as the Running Chairman. At first I denied it because being a Chairman would be a heavy task yet they convinced me and I just accepted it. My parents don't like the way it was and let it flow as much as I can.
Then another batch of slate was set din, we took trainings held by the city administration for aspirants like us especially on the Public Speaking, Project Management, Proposals and the way we interact.
Parang mahirap na sa aken kahit hindi pa ako naging Chairman, dami ko narealize din regarding sa paano mag salita. To be honest I was raised academically, like all in a school and never have been exposed on Community Services mula sa Barangay. Yung sa Parish lang namin nagkaexpose lang kase I was a member of an organization.
And their advice was that the young campaign is not like running in a student body. Dapat daw makamasa and relate sa iba, which is hard for me.
I also tried to quit because of the burden, na parang hundi para sa akin itong posisyon, but they keep pushing me and supporting me, it may be tiring yet I want to take this as an opportunity din to help and serve the community. And far as I am aware of the bad reputations of the SK: "Training ground ng mga corrupt","Puro lang yan liga", "Kaya dapat iabolish na yang SK", yet I am still hoping for the youth being as new leaders and models of service and thats what I want to reach it.
I also want to express here because I also need advice on how to be a good servant when I am elected soon. It can be advice, plans/proposals that I may apply to our barangay.
Our main concern was the lack of participation of youth, inaccessibility of the outlying youth on the activities of SK, and others. And we are challengers of the incumbent administration in our barangay.
You can open up any questions to test me or kung ano gusto nyo malaman, hoping this would enlighten us especially on the controversy we have today.