(Sorry, this is going to be a big photo dump). Last week, I went on a three-day ‘leadership training seminar’ (LTS) for UST (University of Santo Tomas) Law student leaders, being a part of the student council this year. Other participants include heads of the bar operations committee, and representatives and heads of various organizations, student publications, fraternities and sororities in UST Law.

The first day, April 11, 2011 was held at the UST campus, which began with a mass. It was followed by a talk by Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares as regards the role of young law students and aspiring lawyers in social change in the context of Philippine social conditions. A student member of the National Union of People’s Lawyers spoke afterwards and emphasized on the points raised by Cong. Neri. The rest of the day was spent on team-building activities.

In the evening, the group proceeded to the Forest Club resort in Bay, Laguna for the rest of the LTS activities.

Since I’m a freshman, and a totally new student in UST, and because it usually takes me a longer time to warm up to people (compared to others), the LTS was a good opportunity for me to get to better know more people from my college aside from my classmates and batchmates (makes you wonder how I won the elections then–my position was unopposed). I have had this whole newcomer feeling that it took time for me to shrug off, especially when I had often felt like I have been ushered too fast into the student council. (It took me a while before I got convinced to run for the student council in UST, after having consistently been involved in campus politics in UP already, and given that I already play a role in the legislative office of Kabataan Party-List. I will write about this personal discourse in another entry, perhaps).

Anyway, the pictures from Day 2 and 3 and my other thoughts with regard to the leadership training seminar in general will be posted on another entry.