The Orientation Camp seems to be the most exciting and most anticipated experience during the service year. It is nothing compared to what we now face. At camp you will find clusters of people with similar beliefs and you didn't have to go too far too meet someone from the same school or similar origin. You get your food at regular intervals, you didn't have to worry about what to eat. But here, reverse is the case, you might be a thousand kilometers from your friends, colleagues or kinsmen.
Blending with your environment is not an option, making new friends cannot be negotiated. Learning a new language might be necessary too. You have to drop ethnic prejudice to get the best of the experience.
I must say that all senior corpers who gave us gist and stories did actually leave out a lot of things. It's either they didn't mention anything similar to what we are now facing or we were carried away by the interesting part that we didn't take note of the not so interesting part.
All the same, I bid myself welcome to the real service year. Somehow, it seems I haven't woken up to the reality yet. I still push some things till a more appropriate time. "When the service year starts for real, I'll do this." But honestly, this is it. Time is going by and one more day without what you really want to do is one day less of how long you would do it.
This is officially the third month and time lost cannot be recovered. Fellow corp members, awake to the reality. You're three months into your service year, there's no better time than now to do what you determined to do. Businesses are waiting to be started, lives are waiting to be touched and service is waiting to be done.
Welcome to the real service year!
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