Since the first day ng thesis, Van & I never expected na ganito magiging kasaya ang experience namin sa pagbuo ng research. From the day we learned na start na ng defense ng January 10, we immediately came up with titles. After the title defense was successfully done, Van & I made all the necessary steps para di kami mahirapan, knowing hindi magiging madali ang paggather namin ng data since half of our chosen respondents are Koreans, and the other half are students from provinces. Plus the fact na we are going to do this research outside the campus.
So Van & I decided na magpunta agad ng UP Diliman, isa kasi sa mga research setting namin ang UP Diliman. Since UP ang pupuntahan namin, we dont expect anything but hope for the best na sana maging successful ang lakad namin para di sayang sa pamasahe, yun lang. Early morning rush, nagkita kami sa Mini Stop sa Robinsons Nova, ofcourse kasama ang makulit na si Louie. We first went sa main building, thinking na dun marami since "main" nga e. At dun namin malamang pwedeng makuha ang respondents at the same time mga taong pwedeng mapagtanong regarding our concerns, plus yung permits necessary para legal ang paggather namin ng data. At syempre nakita namin ang oblation ng UP kaya, picture picture agad. Syempre documentation purpose narin.
After, lapit na kami sa guard. Kuya guard is very nice and accomodating, nagbanggit sya ng mga ilang buildings wherein we can ask daw. He mentioned, Vinzon's Hall. There are a lot of students daw dun na nakatambay, mga organizations sa loob ng UP. We thought na pwede lakarin, haha. Buti na lang we asked couple of students na parang nagpa-practice ng kung ano man yun, haha. They were very nice, di sila mga suplado at suplada, we better ride daw kasi malayo ang Vinzon's Hall sa UP main. At hindi nga sila nagkamali, kasi malayo nga. Haha! Kaloka, hitsura namin kung nilakad namin yun?
Pagdating namin sa Vinzon's Hall, syempre, we asked again kuya guard. They referred us sa OSA for permits, but OSA told us na sa website na lang daw kami tumingin. Slight, medyo napanghinaan kami ng loob, pero still have the courage na dapat maging successful ang lakad since sayang nga sa pamasahe. Haha. Kuya guard told us, if we need daw foreign students, then punta daw kami ng IC, short for International Center. Ask daw namin kung pwede dun. So, we just did.
Pagdating ng International Center, may bumati agad saming guard at isang parang head dun sa IC. We asked kung pwede, much to our surprise, hinanapan agad kami ng letter, para makapagconduct agad kami kinabukasan. Sobrang blessing talaga yung natisod namin ni Van. Kaya we went back immediately sa OLFU to produce the letter they need at mapapirmahan na sa authorities. :) While waiting napansin namin nila Louie at Van na parang walang dumadaan na jeep sa pwesto namin. Louie approached someone na papasok ng compound ng IC. He then asked, "kuya may jeep po ba na dumadaan dito?" The guy answered back, "what? speak english." Hahahaha, OMG, kasi naman diba International Center nga e, so meaning although they have features like Filipinos, most probably, foreign sila. :P We think he is an Indonesian ata or Malaysian, he looks Filipino kasi. Well, ayun napasabak sa englisan ang mokong. :)))) tanong ka pa ha?
After lunch ng makabalik kani ni Van sa IC. Habang binibigay namin yung letter we noticed, there were a lot of foreign students nga at IC. And many of those foreigns were Koreans, na syang subjects namin for our data gathering. They look nice naman and approachable, kaya lalo natuwa naman kami ni Van. We learned that the person we are actually talking to pala si Maam Andrea, who is the officer in-charge in IC. She told us na call na lang daw kami for schedule ng availability ng mga students, so that maging smooth ang takbo ng data gathering namin.
That very first day pa lang thankful na talaga agad kami ni Van, kasi parehas di kami familiar sa lugar, but with Louie around, everything becomes light. Ang kulit kasi kasama ni Louie walang dull moments, puro green moments. Haha. Plus, lahat ng napagtanungan namin sa UP campus, guards, authorities, students, even mga vendors, they were so nice and warm. Feeling talaga namin ni Van, everything that day was so perfect. Blessing na blessing talaga. Parang sign na everything will be easy and light. Tapos yung pamasahe namin, worth it.
Minsan kasi, its not actually the task itself, but the places and people that makes the hard task easy. At yun ang naramdaman namin ni Van that day. :)
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