What if....

Last Saturday we had a Personal Effectiveness Seminar for our careers. In the interview simulation, we were asked a question that really made me think as an orgcomm student. The question was asked to the whole class, but not everyone was given the chance to answer it because of time constraints.
The question was “What would you rather lose; you’re sense of sight or sense of hearing?” The immediate answer that came to my mind was to lose my sense of hearing rather than my sight, but on the second thought, hearing is equally important. I know it because I have experienced it. We had an activity in one of my classes wherein I was tasked to listen to an mp3 while we were building a tower out of playing cards. Other group members were also tasked to temporarily disable one of their senses. I thought that my task would be easy, but I was wrong. It was definitely difficult. I almost could not do anything. Even though I could see them, I could not exactly follow what they were doing. I could not hear the instructions. I was lost.
This made me realize how important all the senses are and how essential it is to my course. As an orgcomm student, I have been and will be dealing with communication. This question made me think what I would do if one of my senses will be lost. How will I perform the things I have learned if I would not be complete? How would I be an effective orgcomm practitioner? How would I experience life wholly?
Indeed, all the senses are important, but I had a second realization. I figured that whatever sense I lost, I should not lose hope. I could still compromise and make the most out of what is left. After all, I am an orgcomm student, I have been through a lot in this program, and I think I could face problems like this.