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Phase 1: Empty Well, Empty Bucket

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     In my last post,I talked about how waiting is inevitable and how important it is to develop patience. However, not all waiting ends well. Sometimes, even though no matter how long you wait, you will realize that you are waiting for nothing. And no, I am not talking about love.

      I was sent to cover the council meeting in La Trinidad Municipal Hall. The council meeting was set at 2 in the afternoon. I had no idea where the council meeting would be or how it goes so I decided to come early and find out. I came at around 1:30 PM and ask the information desk of the municipal hall. She told me it was upstairs, but I couldn't find it. She didn't told me that I should use the stairs at the end of the hall, and what office I should go.

      I went around the municipal hall hoping that I don't seem like a lost like child looking for her mother. Luckily, one employee told me that the council meeting would be held at the Sangguniang Bayan. It was quarter to two, but the time is moving like a turtle in a race. I looked at the bulletin board to see anything good that I could probably ask to anyone, but most of the posts were dated 2011. The latest was issued last June, a few months ago. An employee ask what I was looking for and I said I was assigned to cover the council meeting. He kindly offered me a seat and in front of me is the table for the council meeting.

      It's ten minutes past two, and still no meeting. A councilor or two arrived, however, they didn't even stayed for five minutes and they went on their way. I asked another employee, I think she's the secretary or something like that, if there would be a council meeting, and guess what? She said no without any hesitation.

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        I was dumbstruck! The money, the time, the effort. I calmly asked her a few questions trying to get out of the awkward situation. I hurriedly texted my supervisor and she said that I take the day off. She added that I did good (probably for covering the Adivay the entire weekend) and I thought that I at least I got a praise for my efforts. I empty handed left the municipal hall and went back to Baguio.

        I felt like I was asked to fetch a pail of water from a well, just to find out that the well had dried up after all going through all the trouble to get there. In the end I went back home with an empty bucket.
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