red and black

I woke up with THAT song in my head. Hehehe. Not exactly one's expected marching anthem en route to my first day of actual C2.

So when I arrived in the Vito Cruz area, I had time for a quick coffee before running to Harrison Plaza..only to find that my class' jeeps weren't there yet. After running for inquiries and meeting up with classmates, I had to concede to the reality that we would be tardy and that we were some volunteers short. We were supposed to leave Taft at 7:30. We left past 8. We got to Barangay Banaba past nine instead of at 8:15 as planned.

We divided up the work as follows: JL and company went to do the environmental awareness seminar. Char was in charge of the tutorials for the smaller kids. Trisha headed the plant nursery group, while I joined Wong, Nina, Marco, Justin, and Hanz in fixing the reading center.

Now I know that some of us know something of uncomfortable libraries, but this is a case beyond belief. An uninsulated roof, no real walls to speak of, bamboo slats coming loose yet serving as railings, shelves with mushrooms growing out of them (see it to believe, mes amis/es), a floor that is prone to flooding. And no books for kids either.

We're coming back next week with more and more things to help improve the reading center. We have a lot of bases covered with the rest of our programs, but this part requires MORE time and effort than I thought.

It's almost like building a barricade.