sighs
haaaay nawalan ng ilaw!!!! I was really intendin gto post something new today then here comes power failure.. sigh... I'm really really tired.. ang init naman kasi.. grrr..
oh well, update soon..
Btw, I will be in cksc this saturday afternoon.. (July 2, 2005 at about 1pm) hope to meet some of my batchmates..
Tata..
ADVANCED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MONICA.. :)
Rundown
I never would have imagined school to be this busy.. Maybe it's just me, and my overly ambitious desire to have honors... But honestly, just trying to pass a subject is hard enough... Assignments keep piling up on top of one another.. Our math assignments usually have at least 8 questions. NOTE the words: AT LEAST... so far, our maximum was 12, but what the hey?? it's just the second week... Who knows what will happen next.
We haven't had Chemistry yet, which is a bit annoying since I read the first unit in advance... Grrr... I should have read our math book instead..
PHist is majorly annoying too... No, it doesnt have anything to do with the prof.. In fact, Ms Turingan seems to know her stuff pretty well... Its just that the book... IT'S IN FILIPINO AGAIN!!!!!!! Grr, I thought I had escaped CKSC's history-in-tagalog frenzy... It's not as if I hate Filipino... It's just that Filipino is being incorporated on a subject that would have been easier to understand in English... Oh well, as they say... "weather weather lang"
Values??? We-ell.... Our prof Ms Agustin seems nicer than my first impression.... I just really don't know if it should even be integrated as a subject.. Frankly speaking, values teaches people to lie.. Honestly, if the quiz asked you: What would you do if you saw your classmate cheating? a. tell it to the teacher, b. just let it pass, it's not my business.. Obviously you would answer a. because that would have been morally correct... but honestly, what you would really do is just let it pass especially if that certain classmate is a friend of yours... But you need to answer a, otherwise you would have a point deducted from your score.. Am I right? I just believe that values isn't worth the precious time it is given... We could have just added an hour or two to math or chem instead of values... Besides, values was integrated as a subject by the Aquino government to "bring back the values of the Filipinos who saw cheating, lying and stealing as a means of living (the preceding government being blamed for this matter)".. but honestly, isn't lying cheating and stealing STILL a way of life amongst Filipinos???? Sheesh, man.... I'll be damned if you believe otherwise.... Of course there are some people who are really valiant.. those who are righteous and truthful... But majority of the citizens are not so.. Why we even see these criminal acts among the high officials of our country..... and they were supposed to be our models...... Man, I just don't like it as a subject.. "What one wants to become is his own decision"... I believe you could teach someone all you want but it would still be in vain.. You could also not teach someone values but he will turn out to be good and nice.. It's all in the person... Thats what I believe in...
English is pretty good too.. We were asked on our first meeting to talk in front and say what we wanted to say... HAHAH, I'm pretty sure I was very very red when I was speaking, but still everything turned out alright.. (Thank God of course)
The hardest subject of all, (at least I believe so) is Drawing.. GOSH! just one activity would take you at least three quarters of a day to finish... My Gosh.... It's really exhausting, although I wouldn't say it's not fruitful.. I could now write Gothically pretty well.. so so at least, ( I wouldnt say its magnificently beautiful because that is not true ) HAHAHA.....
I still don't have a club though.. NECES (for ECE studs like me) doesnt seem very very intersting.. Sportsfest this sportsfest that... What does sportsfests have to do with engineering????
As for Varsitarian?? Well I'm not sure but I heard the tests to join it were already through.. (Bo0hhooo)
I really want to join One Voice though (the choir) although my throat is hurting like crazy... Sighh.. Guess I have a whole year dormancy.....
Well, have a drawing assignment to do.. Tata folks...
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SUPER CONGRATULATIONS TO JACKIE! GRABE GALING TALAGA.. YOU GO GIRL!! HAHAHAHA!!
Dad's Day
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL DADS OUT THERE!! XD
Especially to my dad.. Thanks for everything... Thanks for being with me through everything.. for teaching me to be fair at all times.. for always showing me the right path when I have gone astray.. for teaching me not to let go nor give up when times got rough.. I owe so much to you.. I wouldn't have been able to be who I am now without you and mom.. Thanks.. :)
And to all other dads out there, thanks for giving me wonderful friends.. Mon, Jackie, Ron, Ken, Ke, Winnie, Sze, Bi, Yanni, and all the others I may have missed.. Thank you and happy father's day to you too :)
And of course, to God, Our Most Holy Father.... Thank You for giving me this life.. It is with You that I find the strength to carry on, and the courage that I seek... thank You for all the blessings You have given me, and also for the hardships and problems in my life because I know they polish my rocky facade to become a beautiful and brilliant gem someday... Thank You, Lord.. Praise be Thy name...
and again, to all fathers out there....
HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! God bless you always . XD
end of the week
Today officially marks the end of my first week as a college freshman.. and also the first taste of what really really seems to me as a hard life ahead...
My school day began promptly with my first ever drawing class (in my whole life)... Our prof, Ms Torralba is very nice, and lightened the air of a rather oddly quiet student body with occasional jokes every now and again... She was also the first prof to teach me something new, which was how to write letterings in gothic, which was a standard in all engineering courses within the campus.. However, she also gave us an assignment online.. (NO!!!!!)
We were dismissed from her class after 3 hours and we proceeded to the cadroom (comp lab). There, we were, again reminded of the school rules, and then, introduced to the program which we were going to take up for the sem which was autocad.. It is quite interesting, although I think it would have been a much much better if they taught it to the architecture studs.. My gosh, it is a drawing program!!!! I can't even handle paint! HAHAHAH XD oh well, hope i could learn something from that too...and btw, the prof didnt introduce himself... hehehe..
Theo (theology) was the last subject of the day.. Our prof is a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooot like Mr Enrado.. HAHAHA XD He's nice too btw, and he gave us a pep talk... He also gave us his number (voluntarily) which was mighty rare for a prof... He asked us to give him a class directory, the reason being he wanted to greet those who were celebrating their birthdays... Really really nice... XD
When we were dismissed from theo, I bought my alge book which cost 300 pesos and was as thick as two cksc ap books combined, and also my chem book which cost (get this.. prepare to be astounded!) 2000 pesos!! OMG!!! hahahah... my my, things are really really expensive nowadays... after the books, I bought my drawing kit (t square, triangles, tech pens, compass, ink eraser and refillables) for (prepare to be blown again) 1,500 pesos!!!! OMG! i was intending to buy a gift for dad so i brought that money.. boohhoooo...
well that ends my first college week...... gotta read the thick books i bought.. tata!!1
P.S. Happy Father's Day to all dads!!
P.P.S. Jackie, kaya mo yan!! Kaw pa??
P.P.P.S. Mon!!!!!!!! Miss na kita!! sana magkita tayo!!
P.P.P.P.S. to myself, galingan mo sa college!!!!!!! kakayanin mo yan!!
First Three Days..
*** WEDNESDAY:
I was expecting a tour, or an orientation of sorts as it was the first day of school so I woke up very early (about a little bit before 5, I think..) I took a shower, ate breakfast, brushed my teeth, and got dressed hurriedly and by 5:30, I was leaving home, full of excitement on what was the start of a college life.. I took the jeep and arrived at school about 6am...
I was about to enter the Roque Ruano building when the security guard stopped me.. "Bawal pang pumasok.. Naglilinis pa mga janitor.." damn that sec guard, there was not a single janitor cleaning anything!! the corridors were deserted... Grr... I was really annoyed because it was very hot outside, even when it's supposed to be the rainy season already... We ( that is to say the hundreds of eng studs who were waiting outside the building) were allowed to get in at 6:40... I really hate that security guard...
I found out that classes were to resume as usual and orientations were going to be held some other time, which is really really really and I mean REALLY weird because orientations are supposed to come first... (Baliktad kaya!! Hmph!) Our first prof, Ms. Pimentel, arrived 15 minutes later than the bell.. She was our prof for Chemlab and she talked about the usual... No lates, no absences, blah blah blah... After the loooooooooooong talk, we were roll called... There was a total of 46 students inside, 40 boys and 6 girls, most of which are, not surprisingly Filipinos... Including myself, there were only 6 Chinese inside the classroom.. I was surprised to find out that Jansen (Lycans class leader) is my classmate although I never talked to him or anybody else...( I don't really feel easy yet being surrounded by a sea of Filipino blood... I feel as if I’m an outcast or something..) After the roll call, we were asked to proceed to the eng bldg AVR which was new but small.... We watched a film that reminded us to be careful in the lab and things like that... By 9, we were done watching it and was dismissed from her class an hour earlier...
At 10, we went to our classroom for phist (Philippine History), and like Ms. Pimentel, Ms Turingan arrived 15 minutes late also.. We were, again roll called and was dismissed by 11... Too bad I had vball at 1pm or I could have come home earlier...
After walking back and forth in the campus for one and a half hours and spending time in the chapel for half an hour (I didn’t eat.. heheh ^_^) I went to the gym for the vball orientation.... Mr. Cruz, our vball instructor seems really really nice ( I think I'm going to like vball this sem) and we were given a short rundown of the activities we’re going to have for this sem... By 2 pm, we were dismissed...
It rained heavily as I was waiting for a jeep.. OMG, I was soaking wet when I got home... Heheh... After a few hours of watching tv, sleeping and a whole lot of other nothings, it was...
THURSDAY:
I woke up later than the previous day because I knew that that sonofagun of a security guard would not let us in anyhoo.. I arrived at exactly 6:40 and I was delighted that I didn't have to wait a whole 40minutes just to get inside the building. I realized that the campus tour and the orientation was going to be held that morning and that afternoon respectively.... However, our first subject for the day, Values Ed ( oh no, not again!!!!!!) still went on...Our prof, Ms Agustin, is as nice as Mr. De Vera, although she did arrive promptly at 7... After the usual roll call, she hinted that there was going to be a test the next day about the various offices within the campus, the deans, the major officials of the university and the different landmarks of UST... (Ngeks!! Values ba un???????) By 7:45 we were instructed to go down to meet the other sections for the campus tour... We waited a good 30 minutes or so outside the building which is obviously not air-conditioned... you get the three letter H word right??? My, was it HOT!! Anyhoo, we were all given a beige UST bag, a UST seal pin and other paraphernalia and pamphlets which were the subject for our values ed test the next day... We toured the campus for 2 whole hours without stopping. It was like a death march, my goodness gracious!! It was terribly hot, basically since noon was nearing.... The museum was great though.... There were a lot of interesting materials inside—old coins, sculptures, replicas of animals found both here and abroad.. MY!!! I can’t wait to get to Louvre someday!! HAHAAHHAH ^_^ By 10:30 the tour was ended and we were reminded that the orientation was to be held at 1 to 5 that afternoon...
I ate lunch at bk (French fries—you call that lunch??????? Hehehe ^_^) and spent the remainder of the time at the central library which was huuuuuge!!!! Hehehe, I’m gonna love it there, I'm sure... ^_^ I read about web designing although I didn’t understand much because I was distracted by the rather noisy student body..
By 12:30 I was at the med auditorium for the freshmen orientation... As usual, and I mean AS USUAL, we were told not to be late for classes, not to be absent, not to smoke inside the campus, not to use cellphones during class hours... ( So what else is new???) Thankfully, we were dismissed an hour and a half earlie... I went to the library for quite a while, then proceeded to the chapel... At about 4:45, I decided to go home.. I slept at about 11:30 because I studied for the values ed test the following day.
FRIDAY:
We first had values ed at 7am, and thankfully, we didn't have a test.. YIPEE!! ^_^ Ms Agustin distributed our values ed books, which was like any values book, duh!! She told us to read pages 5 to 8 (although I'll read the whole unit this weekend) She also told us of the activities we're going to have for the sem, which included inviting an EC engineer to hold a seminar and interviewing a senior citizen... (Wonders what the heck does that have to do with values... )
We had Algebra at 8.. Our prof, Mrs. Amon, seems very very very nice.. (I think I'm going to enjoy Algebra this year too ^_^) We were roll called, and we were told to buy the Algebra manual/workbook at the faculty at the third floor... We were also asked to read the first chapter and answer the practice exercises for that lesson...
Chem was next (it's different from Chemlab) Our prof (forgot the name), checked if were all present, and gave us a syllabus... She told us she gives 100 items in her quizzes (OMG!!!!!!!) and told us that she had a meeting to attend to, so we were dismissed an hour and a half earlier... most of the others went elsewhere but I, along with Jansen and another 5 or 6 people, remained in the classroom....
When it was 11, classes for phist were supposed to start but Ms Turingan gave us the no-show.. OMG!!! If I had only known I would have gone straight home... I went to the faculty to buy the alge manual but the professor there told me that they were not selling it, and it was sold at the second floor.. Grrrr... It was 12 noon so I just went home because I didn't want to spend a whole hour just waiting for them to finish eating before I could buy the book... Guess I'd just have to buy it tomorrow.. Oh well...
I was starting to read a few pages from my values book this afternoon but was rather pooped because I dint get much sleep last night so I accidentally slept for two and a half hours.... HAHAHA ^_^ oh well, I still have Sunday and Monday anyways.. (I have classes on Saturdays...)
Well, gotta go.. tata!! ^_^
Tomorrow
This is where, it all begins.. again......
--- R.I.P. ---
Dex, you can do it!! Do your best...
Fulfilled
College is very very different from high school... I know things would really change from now on... I can't afford mistakes, and I can't let anything get into me... No infatuations, no teacher grudges, no distractions, no nothing... Maybe I'm just too obssessed with college. But after all, I can't blame myself... I want to be the best... I don't want to feel that sense of emptiness I felt in highschool graduation when I graduated with nothing... I want to top this one.... I want to make this hurdle perfect so I wouldn't have regrets.. After all, I am striving so that I could work abroad, and leave this stinking country where improvement is a mere word with no meaning at all..
Some say I expect too much from myself, and that is the reason why when I fail to get something, I am utterly broken and shattered... But I know.. I just know, that there must be something else inside me.. just waiting to be honed.. and finally unleashed.. And until that certain moment comes.. there is no way for me to feel fulfilled...
And that is why I must persevere.....
...... to be all that I can be......
...... and to feel..
....for once in my life....
fulfilled........
--- R.I.P.---
Goodluck to you, Dex!!! You can do it!!!
Adjustments
In only a span of six more days, my college life is about to begin... I'm particularly excited about it... I'm not sure why though, but it feels as if I am going to be reborn after dying for four years.. Maybe because high school life was a major drag and I graduated with nothing to be proud of... Or maybe because there were a lot of bad memories that I want to forget about.. Whatever the reason is, it really doesn't concern much. I'm just glad that I can begin anew again in college.
I would be lying if I told you I'm not nervous about it.. In fact, I've been quite restless fot the last couple of days. For four days now, I sleep at a few moments past 12 midnight and waken every hour or so.. The usual pre-school blues of mine is sinking in too, and I feel a tremendous amount of pressure within me (which I let out by talking too much and being as insane and as crazy as possible ) but I guess there's just a lot of things I'm looking forward to that overshadows that feeling of doubt and unease.
I'm beginning to rearrange my schedule now, so I won't get that "summer vacation hangover" when school starts. I have also increased my time for meditation from 10 minutes to 20 minutes...
Sadly, however, my dad didn't approve of my idea of having a part time job... :( He said that I needed to know my priorities and that my priority for now is to study very very very very very very very very very very very very very very VERY HARD.. Good gracious, he wants me to eat the whole encylcopedia up.. Oh well, dad's word is law, and if he said it, he sure as hell mean it..
I'm thinking of taking taekwondo classes next summer vacation, seeing that negotiations for taekwondo would more likely end in the same fate as my part time job... Too bad, though.. I wanted to start as soon as possible. My cousin who works as a taekwondo instructor said that taekwondo might be my sport after seeing me kick a vertical height of 5 feet.. If so, I have one less aim to worry about in my checklist..
Oh well, aside from that, I think I shared everything here. Good luck to Thomasians out there... Good luck to myself too..
wahahahaha...
Monica is really, fabulously, magnificently, awesomely, starstruckingly, superbly, terrificly, SUPER COOL.. hahahaha... XD feel ko lahat na 2ngkol sa computer alam nya.. she was the one who introduced me to YM.. hahahah... grabe, kung nde dahil sa kanya, bored to death na ako ngaun.. YM na lang halos buong araw ko e... minsan sabay download rin ng mga kanta para sa mom ko and para sa sarili ko.. pero ano ung download client ko?? limewire!! c mon din nagturo sakin nyan!! hahahaha... if not for her, stuck ako sa kazaa which is super raming spyware tska mga virus... higit sa lahat, etong blogspot na ginagamit ko ngaun??? guess who taught me?? xempre c mon pa rin.. hahahaha... grabe galing noh???? gosh, super hanga ako kc bulok ako pagdating sa PC.. konting error lng panic na.. hahahah XD
mabaet rin yan... kahit asarin mo yan buong araw, nde ata magagalit eh XD haba pasensya grabe... i cant imagine na may enemy yan or watever kc super tlg sa baet..
kaya Railey!!!! wag mo papaiyakin si mon kung nde sasapatusin kita!!! HAHAHAHHAHAAH... ninong ako sa kasal ha??? WAHAHAH joke!!
btw binayaran lng ako pra ipost eto.. hahahah XD joke lng po.. XD
bsta mon, super thanks tlg 4 the friendship.. XD ingatz ka lage.. XD Mon and RAiley forever!!! wahahahah!!! :P
Aims for the First Half of My College Life
*** Study harder.
*** Have a much much closer relationship with God.
*** Strengthen family bonds by having more time and being more open to my parents.
*** Make more friends.
*** Preserve the friendship I have with my friends from CKSC.
*** Try to rebuild the bridges that I have burned with those who became my "acquaintances" ( this is probably the hardest one)
*** Write at least one poem a month.
*** Meditate at least an hour a day.
*** Learn to play at least one musical instrument, whatever it may be.
*** Engage in any sports. (OH boy, this is the second hardest one, I HAATE sports.)
*** Blog at least twice a week.
*** Try to have a parttime job.
*** Learn how to cook.
but most importantly.....
*** Enjoy my college life. XD
My 2 cents worth: ALL ABOUT EVE
The 10th of June marks the finale of, what I believe, one of the topnotch korean soaps of all time.
Yes, leaving only eight more episodes and still counting down, a close awaits my favorite koreanovela to date, "All About Eve".
Yeah, you heard it right... "My favorite koreanovela..."
I first fell in love with the filipino opening song.. I find it really superb with the mild voice of "whatshername" and the gentle accompaniment of ebony and ivory... I'm really trying hard to find the title of the song out but to no avail.. (So if anyone knows the title of the song, please tell me.. I'm dying to download it.. )
The plot is wonderful too.. It is quite rare for a plot to comprise of four people in a bizarre "love rectangle".
The story is set in MBS Network where the paths of Nicole, Kenneth, Erica and Warren met and intertwined.. Nicole was the usual sweet girl who always remained positive while Erica was the overly ambitious and devious b!tch (yes she really was a b!tch in the soap, no offense meant) who tried to steal everything away from Nicole. At first Nicole loved Warren, but because Erica wanted to make Nicole's life miserable, she seduced him and made him leave Nicole's side.. The two girls aspired to be news anchors and through drive and perseverance, they succeeded to be so in MBS where they met Kenneth... And this was the start of a beautiful love story between Kenneth and Nicole....
Unlike Filipino soaps which are boorish and sluggish in pacing, Koreanovelas are fast-paced and worthwhile to watch... However, Koreans have a rather distasteful urge for sad endings wherein the girl would die or would acquire a disease like leukemia or such.. Sometimes, it is disappointing to watch something and then it ends in a sad fashion ("Memories of Bali" and "Stained Glass" viewers be prepared). I am pleased to say, however, that "All About Eve" has a nice and sweet ending and everyone gets what he/she deserves...
All in all, a rather nice thing to watch... Enjoy watching it. XD
