Darn scholarship.

i was able to enroll because of the **** this semester. she helped me get a scholarship via the recommendation of *** **. it relieved me most knowing that i would be able to save the money that i will be receiving from my dad. fine, i knew that dad can still support my schooling and on this point I am not in dire need of such a scholarship. but then is this not a good opportunity for me to be able, if not to help my parents lessen the family’s expenses, at least to put up some savings? plus, this has been a major factor in my decision to stay in ust. i would have shifted and transferred before the semester started.

i thought everything was okay by then. if it were not for the preliminary examination, i was not able to find out that this scholarship is all but a hoax – a sham! i was not able to have my permit come examination day. so what i did is to check it out.

i went to the dean’s office, discuss the problem with ms. ***** and she told me to ask about it in osac and accounting. so I went there. osa told me that scholarship grants from ***** office are not within their jurisdiction. the accounting office told me to bring at least some necessary documents from the dean’s office. But since the dean was out, i was not able to have it processed. hate bureaucracy. hate the way it works.

the next option was to get a temporary permit.

i talked to ******, she told me she cannot do anything about it because, in the first place, she doesn’t know anything about it. the agreement was between the **** and i, so i should be talking with the **** not with her. No problem with me, I waited for mr. ***** instead. He gave me a pseudo-permit fortunately i was able to take the examinations.

come thursday, i went back to the office to talk to her. she was there. presented my case. the almost five-minute conversation ended up with me not getting any scholarship anymore, and worse, hearing unkind words. she raised three points: first, that she was, allegedly, still looking for a sponsor, unfortunately none has been found at this time; second, that i should have been satisfied and glad that she assisted my enrolment this semester, it is enough; and third, that there are more who are in need of scholarship than i, my dad is still with me and works i should ask from him.

i admit two mistakes. one, i have been confident and assured that everything is fine and smooth-sailing that the thought of processing it occurred to me less and when i checked it, it was very late. two, i had relied on and upon it too much.