Tuesday, May 25, 2004
The Regular at Room 41
The security guard has got to be the most underrated personnel on campus. Yes, even after the cleaners and their trash trolleys. Current circumstances have caused me to be in frequent, if not daily, contact with these men. Men who have never ceased to be friendly even with their peanut-sized pay packages (note service is not always about remuneration), men who never fail to stop an oncoming vehicle for a student and more so importantly, men who remain on our side despite campus administration pressures. Indonesian friend S deserves special mention at this juncture, for proudly taking on the role of our school's security guard in some short film although he better be more friendly during the shooting this coming Wednesday if he wants to better portray those men whose uniform he is donning.
The security guard has got to be the most underrated personnel on campus. Yes, even after the cleaners and their trash trolleys. Current circumstances have caused me to be in frequent, if not daily, contact with these men. Men who have never ceased to be friendly even with their peanut-sized pay packages (note service is not always about remuneration), men who never fail to stop an oncoming vehicle for a student and more so importantly, men who remain on our side despite campus administration pressures. Indonesian friend S deserves special mention at this juncture, for proudly taking on the role of our school's security guard in some short film although he better be more friendly during the shooting this coming Wednesday if he wants to better portray those men whose uniform he is donning.
