Chapter 7: ReFRESHman-ing
The summer of 2000 was an amazing one. This was the summer I turned TWENTY-ONE. It was the day that I thought a bunch of people would actually come to TGIF's over at Valco. Although only a select group of people went, I wasn't really disappointed. It just meant intimate get togethers would always be my thing. I drank my first alcoholic drink on that day. I don't really remember which drinks people bought me, but I know for sure it wasn't over at the restaurant. I have a few pictures of that day at TGIF's, and I have a video taping of my night at e-dub - which I will never show any of you. I did the most interesting things that night. I ran around the block twice, I drank 151 as if was orange juice. I'll stop talking now before I release any boring memories.
The semester barely started and I was already tabling for freshman orientation. During those few days of sitting out in the sun, surrounded by the SAPhi and SOPi sororities, I knew I would have a crowd amongst my table already. Some of the people that signed up for Akbayan were the Villa twins, which I actually spoke to their parents, Urs, Meesh, Marius, Mark S. and mostly females. For some reason, the guys that signed up didn't really stay with Akbayan. That week brought many freshmen that kept the future of Akbayan stable.
Next, Akbayan and Delta Sigma Phi(?) worked together with BookCheck. I met even more people, like Plucky Duck on her shoulder girl. BookCheck was just two weeks of bag, staple, tag. I had the longest lines, but I didn't really care. The collaboration with the group didn't really last long. Fortunately, Akbayan was able to do BookCheck the following year, but that's about it.
Fall 2000 actually was a relief for me because I wasn't President, but at the same time, I knew I didn't have to be all serious with the organization. There was people who wanted Akbayan to succeed just like me. AJ was president and I was treasurer. There was enough backbone in the organization and people were interested in joining.
That semester was really just school. I will hopefully update this chapter after everything is done.