Time Management

"I haven't slept nor eaten yet" has been her usual line whenever you see her walking to her next class or organizing matters for the college's student council.

Gail Orduna is a junior journalism student. She is also the Journalism Representative in the College of Mass Communication, and an active member of four organizations.

That explains then why she deprives herself of the basic necessities of life: food and rest. But according to her, she does not neglect herself but only practices time management.

True enough, with the piles of papers required in journalism classes combined with those of the electives and GEs, the busy schedule of a student council member, and the time-consuming activities and tasks in her four organizations, she would have very little time left for herself in her hands. And I literally mean little.

Sign in on your Yahoo Messenger at 9 p.m. and you'll see the familiar yellow face next to her name. Come back seven hours later and you'll still see her online finishing up on whatever requirements due that day. Call her a crammer as you may. But what is there to do if only during those hours she could do her academic requirements? Like she said, it is just time management. She just forgets to sleep and sometimes eat.

No one can blame her. She focuses on her every responsibility to make sure they are of prime quality. For one, she sees journalism to be "human flourishing" as she puts it, an "i-learn-from-you-you-learn-from-me" concept. This is why she tries to excel in the field so she could contribute and learn from it. She also makes sure her role as the Journalism Representative and a member of organizations to be as effective as that of a good leader.

But don't think she doesn't get to have fun. Just hope she has slept and eaten already when you see her.