So I lost. I've had two days to let it sink in. Now it's about that time where I break down a little like the human mind usually dictates. I'm disappointed at being disappointed. I figured myself stronger than this but it seems I am not. I really did believe I could make a difference.
It just seems that all my friends around me are moving to bigger and better things. Most of them are in strong relationships, have secure jobs with the necessary skills and are generally happy where they are in life. I'm getting older and still have never done anything of any great significance. I have hardly any money in the bank, no experience in the industry I want to break into, I'm in a "relationship" with a girl I've not seen for the last seven months and my mind seems to be getting distracted quicker as time goes by.
I'll bounce back from this. This is just a moment of weakness in a vulnerable time. I'll bounce back, it's time to become robotic. I've fallen but I'm about to grow wings.
Thank you to everyone who did support me. More than five hundred of you chose me to lead you and that means a great deal. Congratulations to Jess as well. She deserves this so much and she's going to make great things happen. This is just the beginning for her.
Monday 29 March 2010
Friday 26 March 2010
Today is the day
Today we find out the result of our hard work. Today we find out our future.
Jess Green is going for Vice President of Activities and no one deserves that position more than her. What she has done for The Looprevil Press over the last year has been nothing less than amazing. How can anyone argue with that?
Decisions of this magnitude are still only popularity contests. Especially amongst students. It's not in the interest of fairness but it's democracy none the less.
Anyway, today is the day. I'm nervous. I want this position. The linchpin in my life right now. The difference between staying or going. We've put the work in. Now let's just hope the old saying is right that hard work pays off.
If you've not voted yet then please vote #1 Sham Patel for VP Community and #1 Jess Green for VP Activities.
Either way, thank you all for the support.
Jess Green is going for Vice President of Activities and no one deserves that position more than her. What she has done for The Looprevil Press over the last year has been nothing less than amazing. How can anyone argue with that?
Decisions of this magnitude are still only popularity contests. Especially amongst students. It's not in the interest of fairness but it's democracy none the less.
Anyway, today is the day. I'm nervous. I want this position. The linchpin in my life right now. The difference between staying or going. We've put the work in. Now let's just hope the old saying is right that hard work pays off.
If you've not voted yet then please vote #1 Sham Patel for VP Community and #1 Jess Green for VP Activities.
Either way, thank you all for the support.
Saturday 13 March 2010
A Ramble...
Recently I find myself incredibly restless. I can't even sit through a movie without getting to my laptop or phone to do some work. Ever since I was a young Sham I would get addicted to things very easily. There was the comic book phase, there was the whiney screechy rock music, there was getting peirced, there was bodybuilding, there were the girls, there were the months where computer programming took over my life so much so that I suffered my first migrane after hours and hours of the blue Pascal screen. These are to mention but a few.
Now I'm addicted to work. To creating. I find that it's not such a bad thing but I fear I may have overdone it in the past few months as now my body is giving up on me at the most crucial time when final year assignments are due in and when I need to get this electoral campaign in gear. But even the body adapts. It will evolve or I'll punish it.
Time is ticking away and I need to make something of myself. I need to make something out of the nothing I used to be because that's the only way to make a greater change out there in the big bad world. If I get this job as the VP of Community...it's going to align things perfectly. I will still be able to be involved in the Student Media, I'll be working with people committed to helping others and I'll be able to change things from the inside.
Here's hoping!
Now I'm addicted to work. To creating. I find that it's not such a bad thing but I fear I may have overdone it in the past few months as now my body is giving up on me at the most crucial time when final year assignments are due in and when I need to get this electoral campaign in gear. But even the body adapts. It will evolve or I'll punish it.
Time is ticking away and I need to make something of myself. I need to make something out of the nothing I used to be because that's the only way to make a greater change out there in the big bad world. If I get this job as the VP of Community...it's going to align things perfectly. I will still be able to be involved in the Student Media, I'll be working with people committed to helping others and I'll be able to change things from the inside.
Here's hoping!
Thursday 11 March 2010
The Beating Heart
What a union should be
A university, any university, should take pride in it's union. The two should be linked, a bond that benefits students. The union is a place that students can come too for shelter from studying. It should be that safe haven where they can escape to when academia comes rap-tap-a-tapping at the door. A union should be the beating heart of the university.
Our union
Using the analogy of a union as a heart, I would have to say that ours needs a pacemaker (even I'm cringing at that line). What our union doesn't have is presence. It lacks charisma, it lacks that je ne sais quoi. Our union is dull and drab in comparision to others around the country. It needs life. The conundrum here is that to get it lively we need student involvement and to get student involvement we need that passion and to get that passion we need the place to be lively. A full circle.
What our union is good at
There are two main elements our union is great at. One is supporting students. When I first walked into the union with fragmented ideas they were open to me straight away. They listen. They create opportunities. They provide. Sometimes things get frustrating but any business has it's hiccups. The second thing our union is good at is probably the first one again. I had to put two down. One is a lonely number.
If I get voted in I'm going to make sure that our university know about the union. I plan to build a body of students around the beating heart. I plan to create a community. For now I need to run off in search of that giant pacemaker.
A university, any university, should take pride in it's union. The two should be linked, a bond that benefits students. The union is a place that students can come too for shelter from studying. It should be that safe haven where they can escape to when academia comes rap-tap-a-tapping at the door. A union should be the beating heart of the university.
Our union
Using the analogy of a union as a heart, I would have to say that ours needs a pacemaker (even I'm cringing at that line). What our union doesn't have is presence. It lacks charisma, it lacks that je ne sais quoi. Our union is dull and drab in comparision to others around the country. It needs life. The conundrum here is that to get it lively we need student involvement and to get student involvement we need that passion and to get that passion we need the place to be lively. A full circle.
What our union is good at
There are two main elements our union is great at. One is supporting students. When I first walked into the union with fragmented ideas they were open to me straight away. They listen. They create opportunities. They provide. Sometimes things get frustrating but any business has it's hiccups. The second thing our union is good at is probably the first one again. I had to put two down. One is a lonely number.
If I get voted in I'm going to make sure that our university know about the union. I plan to build a body of students around the beating heart. I plan to create a community. For now I need to run off in search of that giant pacemaker.
Tuesday 9 March 2010
A taste of success
Success is measured in so many ways. Perhaps too many ways as every little hurdle we overcome becomes a monumental achievement in everyday life. It's what we need to keep going day to day. It becomes addictive.
Yesterday was the Mock & Roll event at the Students Union. Looprevil's third event of this academic year. And by far our most successful. Yesterday was proof that our newspaper is working, that it's building up a solid reputation. Just one and a half years ago The Looprevil Press was nothing more than an abstract concept. Now we have a dynamic website. Now we have a quarterly print edition. Now we host strong events showcasing student talent. Now we have a team of more than forty people proud to be part of this. And now we're venturing into radio with the introduction of Looprevil Radio to the LSU. Yesterday felt like what a students' union should feel like.
Just one and a half years ago our union or university didn't have any student media. Now, most importantly, we've set up the city of Looprevil where students can showcase their skills. Hopefully Looprevil will grow into one of the strongest student mediums in the country within the next five or ten years. Hopefully Looprevil will teach students skills that they need in the dreaded world of work.
So has Looprevil been successful? I'll leave that for you to answer.
Yesterday was the Mock & Roll event at the Students Union. Looprevil's third event of this academic year. And by far our most successful. Yesterday was proof that our newspaper is working, that it's building up a solid reputation. Just one and a half years ago The Looprevil Press was nothing more than an abstract concept. Now we have a dynamic website. Now we have a quarterly print edition. Now we host strong events showcasing student talent. Now we have a team of more than forty people proud to be part of this. And now we're venturing into radio with the introduction of Looprevil Radio to the LSU. Yesterday felt like what a students' union should feel like.
Just one and a half years ago our union or university didn't have any student media. Now, most importantly, we've set up the city of Looprevil where students can showcase their skills. Hopefully Looprevil will grow into one of the strongest student mediums in the country within the next five or ten years. Hopefully Looprevil will teach students skills that they need in the dreaded world of work.
So has Looprevil been successful? I'll leave that for you to answer.
Saturday 6 March 2010
Why should you vote?
That's the question isn't it. Why should you, or come to think of it, why should I vote? Democracy. Hope. Future. Vision. Change. Are all these just subjective concepts that are dangled as bait in front of students naive to the whole voting process?
The reason I have advertised this blog on my group is so that I can have real time communication with the students who are voting for me. It's so that I can keep them up to date with what I'm doing as well as inform them about the electoral process at the Liverpool Students' Union.
So, why should you vote? I think it's safe to assume that our generation has grown up with a veil of negativity cast onto it. From terrorism to life threatening diseases to a global recession, we've seen events like this in the last decade alone. Our generation has grown up to believe that it's a dog eat dog world out there and that we must possess an innate but relative selfishness to succeed.
So that's why you should vote. To be selfish and make a choice that's totally yours. It's to reclaim that little power that we have in an attempt to form the collective. It's to make sure that our voice doesn't disappear in the system. I mean, why should you remain silent while others around you make their thoughts known? Why should your opinions matter less? They shouldn't! So don't let them go to waste.
So many students complain that they are not represented well enough. Many students feel that they don't have a voice. In my experience, organizations such as the union have a lot to offer but they're misrepresented by this overshadowing reputation. The only way to change things is by becoming more involved. I mean we must retain some pride for our university. I personally hate the fact that LJMU comes second in the list of Universities in Liverpool. So it's up to us as students to better things.
All in all, just vote. Preferably for me but even if it's not for me. Just vote. Because at the end of the day it's about making our union and university better.
The reason I have advertised this blog on my group is so that I can have real time communication with the students who are voting for me. It's so that I can keep them up to date with what I'm doing as well as inform them about the electoral process at the Liverpool Students' Union.
So, why should you vote? I think it's safe to assume that our generation has grown up with a veil of negativity cast onto it. From terrorism to life threatening diseases to a global recession, we've seen events like this in the last decade alone. Our generation has grown up to believe that it's a dog eat dog world out there and that we must possess an innate but relative selfishness to succeed.
So that's why you should vote. To be selfish and make a choice that's totally yours. It's to reclaim that little power that we have in an attempt to form the collective. It's to make sure that our voice doesn't disappear in the system. I mean, why should you remain silent while others around you make their thoughts known? Why should your opinions matter less? They shouldn't! So don't let them go to waste.
So many students complain that they are not represented well enough. Many students feel that they don't have a voice. In my experience, organizations such as the union have a lot to offer but they're misrepresented by this overshadowing reputation. The only way to change things is by becoming more involved. I mean we must retain some pride for our university. I personally hate the fact that LJMU comes second in the list of Universities in Liverpool. So it's up to us as students to better things.
All in all, just vote. Preferably for me but even if it's not for me. Just vote. Because at the end of the day it's about making our union and university better.
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