final stretch

Only one test left before my semester is officially over.  If I can ace that long test, I believe I can get an A in Physics *fingers crossed*.

One year of college will be finally over after that Physics long test.  One year of having useless English & Literature subjects (I didn't learn anything), having a relatively easy time in the NatSci subjects (as compared to what we'll experience in sophomore year), writing lots of crappy papers, wondering whether I made the right choice in choosing Ateneo, studying (hard) for Math (I merely flipped through my notes the night before a Math test in high school), living in a dormitory & being away from home for a very long time, meeting new acquaintances, and having new friends.  Things can change in a day, let alone a year.  I hope I still recognize myself.

Sophomore student.  No longer a freshman student.

Time does fly so fast.

thoughts as the semester ends

Today marks the last regular school day of the second semester. By that, I mean the normal day where people still attend their classes and see their teachers and all of their block mates. In just a few months, I will no longer be a freshman, but a sophomore student. I will no longer have classes with my entire English block and I will no longer have any NatSci subjects. To think that one year ago, I was just thinking about entering college and what kind of life I will have in Manila. But now, I am almost through with one year of my existence in college. High school seems like a faded, distant memory...

Anyway, the regional level for the Metrobank-MTAP Math Challenge just finished today. Unfortunately, the representatives from my school finished 5th for both individual and team. They had mental block while they were in the contest... so sad. Perhaps next year is the time that our school could rule the regionals, and possibly go to the nationals (and rule it, while they're at it). I guess I'm still living out my frustrations of not finishing first place in the regionals for both individual and team (our school only finished 2nd place for both team and individual... we were so close! damn carelessness ). I told my teacher that I would make my school proud by going to the nationals... too bad that didn't happen. Next year, I hope my school would rise above the challenges and bring home a really good bacon.

Yesterday, I realized that I still would not reach DL status. Although I don't care that much about being DL or not, I still do get affected by it (who wouldn't?). Here is my tentative grades (based on the advisory marks and known marks):

En101 - C
Lit14 - C+
Fil12 - C
PS1 - B (i'm just assuming this)
PS2 - A
Ma21 - A

I'd get a QPI of 2.97. Assuming that my PS1 grade would miraculously be an A, my QPI would be 3.13. Supposing that case is true, I need at least one letter grade increase for each language subjects I have (which I believe is impossible, since I suck in Filipino, and I'm not good enough for my English class) to reach DL status. Oh well, screw being a DL! As long as my QPI is greater than 2.50, I can still maintain my scholarship, and that is all that is important. Being DL is only an added bonus of my hard work(?). To myself: Be content! You still have your scholarship!

To finish off this entry, here's the product of all my studying for Math (along with having an extremely nice teacher) this sem...

F**k It

I'm just so mad right now.  F**k.  S**t.  Pakchet.  P***** **a.  Pisti.  Gi-atay.  Leche.  [insert more swear words]

hating writing

Some block mates ask me how I study math.  I just tell them that I just solve the exercises in the book and the long tests in the ACADS CD.  Come to think about it, maybe the reason why I keep on solving math is because I'm procrastinating on other subjects - like English and Filipino.  I just hate writing papers that are required.  It's annoying.  It doesn't inspire me.  So I prefer procrastination.  But I want a valid excuse.  So I study math.  I study math because I'm procrastinating on my papers.  I study math because it's easier to solve problems than to write papers.  I don't know whether my studying of math because of these reasons is a good thing or a bad thing.  But I just hate writing for now.

Papers Galore

Why is it everytime I need to do something related to academics (like writing a paper), I always procrastinate by writing an entry in this blog?  This week is papers galore week for me.  I'm still not finished writing all the papers I need to pass.  I'm already done with the personal/science essay and the prufrock essay because the deadline is today.  I still need to edit my article for the En101 magazine (which the editors will butcher).  By the way, I'm going to use the essay "A Modest Proposal for a Doomed Planet" for the magazine.  However, with all the editing that's going to be done, I think my essay is going to lose the passion and the essence it had when I first wrote it.  I need to start writing the two articles for the Fil magazine.  And I really think that I should accomplish all of this before the weekend ends.  Goodbye "Thank God It's Friday" mentality.  No more weekends (that is, until the finals end).  Nothing to do but work, work, work (which I am not doing right now because I'm procrastinating).  Anyway, this is to be expected since the semester is ending soon.  Teachers always pile up the workload during the end of the semester.  Many students tend to do things on the last minute (in other words... cramming).  However, all of this will be over in two weeks.  Two weks!  I cannot wait for this two weeks to end!

I got my first exemption for a final exam this semester!  It's for Physics laboratory.  I'm thankful for having OC and perfectionist groupmates (*cough* Flip *cough* Carol *cough*).  Without them, our group would not get an A standing in lab.  Speaking of exemptions, I am really hoping for an exemption in Math *crosses fingers*.  I really hope to do well in the last long test.  And I hope I got a nice grade in the 5th long test (which hasn't been returned).  I want to get exempted!!!

Oh no... this entry is about to end.  This means that I have to face MS Office!  In life, everything has to end.  There's nothing we can do about it.  How can we reverse entropy?  We can't.  Wahhh!  I don't understand what I'm writing about.

the art of delay

The to-do list on my planner daunts me.  My resolve weakens when I know that there are so many things that need to be done.  The voices of fatigue and laziness call upon me.  They get louder and louder.  Reason tries to fend them off.  All to no avail.  He fails.  I blogged.  I procrastinated.  I delayed myself.  Reason tries to fight once more.  I stop blogging.

Loyola Schools revised academic schedule for school year 2007-2008

date posted: 2007-01-24 13:49:45
(taken from http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&aid=3194)

Summer 2007
April 12-14	Summer 2007 Registration Period
April 12	Distribution of registration forms and lifting of hold-orders
April 13	Registration day for students REQUIRED to take summer classes
April 14	Registration day for students NOT REQUIRED to take Summer Classes
April 16	Summer Classes begin
May 24-26	Final Examination days
May 26	End of Summer classes
First Semester 2007-2008
June 4-9	First Semester Registration Period
June 4	Distribution of Registration Forms & Lifting of Hold-orders for ALL YEAR LEVELS
June 5	Sophomores Registration Day
June 6	Freshmen Registration Day
June 7	Seniors & Graduate Students Registration Day
June 7-9	ORSEM (Freshmen Orientation Seminar)
June 8	Juniors & Graduate Students Registration Day
June 9	ALL YEAR LEVELS Registration Day
June 13	First Day of First Semester
October 8-13	Final Examination Week
October 13	Last Day of First Semester
Second Semester 2007-2008
November 5-10	Second Semester Registration Period
November 5	Distribution of Registration Forms and Lifting of Hold-orders for ALL YEAR LEVELS
November 6	Sophomores Registration Day
November 7	Freshmen Registration Day
November 8	Seniors & Graduate Students Registration Day
November 9	Juniors & Graduate Students Registration Day
November 10	All Year Levels Registration Day
November 12	Start of Second Semester
December 21	Start of Christmas Break
2008
January 7	Classes & Offices resume
March 20-23	Holy Week (Non-working days)
March 24-29	Final Examination week
March 28 & 29	Commencement Days
March 29	End of Second Semester

akong bisdak na "entry"

Mga higala, unsa man intawon ni akong multiply na site?  Ingon-ingon ko na bisdak ko, pero sus intawon, ga ininglis ko sa akong blog.  Unsa ang pulos sa pagsulat ug "akong mga litrato", "akong mga huna-huna", ug uban pa?  Pag-abot sa mga huna-huna nako, nawala na ang pagka-bisdak.  Di na pwede.  Maong karon, maghimo ko ug usa ka bisdak na "post".  Sa mga dili kasabot, pasensya na lang.  Sa mga kasabot, sige, basa pa dira.

Unsa man akong ika-ingon diri?  Hapit na usa ka tu-ig na naa ko diri sa lugar na gitawag nato na Manila.  Naa ko karon sa Ateneo de Manila University... skwelahan daw sa mga datu ug sosyal. Tinuod kaha ni?  Hayy... wa ko'y mabuhat karon.  Dapat gasulat ko sa akong analysis sa Lit pero gikapoy pa ko.  Akong roommate kay natulog.  Milagro!  Ako ang pinakadugay matulog karong adlawa.  Duha ra mi sa room karon.  Ako ra ang mata.  Unsa akong gibuhat?  Ga-type-type ko karon.  Guba akong mouse.  Ambot ngano naguba.  Nikalit lang ug guba.  Baho pa jud ang mouse pad na akong gipalit sa A-shop.  Na-unsa man mo A-shop uy?  Giatay na kinabuhi.

Wa pa ko naligo.  Wa pa nako gi-ayo akong laundry.  Daghan pa ko wa gibuhat.  Katok man ko uy.  Tapulan pa.  Astang maayo na estudyante.  Wa'y tarung.

Unsa na man ni akong gipangsulat diri?  Wa na ko kasabot!  Bahala na uy... basta lang naa ko'y bisaya na masulat sa akong blog.  Ti-aw mo ana?  Sige, mao lang na.  Maayong adlaw kanimo dira!

so little time, so much to do

Three weeks until the semester officially ends. Wish me luck as I embark on the end of the voyage of my first year in college.

*sigh!* I still have so many papers to attend to. Papers for Filipino, papers for English, papers for Literature.... argh! I hate papers! Then there's the group projects!

After the papers and group projects, there's the final exams... Exams I have to face: Ma21 (if by some twist of luck I get exempted, then good for me), Lit14, Ps2 (Physics lab... I hope our group has a high class standing... we might get exempted), and Ps1 (technically, it's just a long test). After the finals, there's the debut of Claudia I have to attend (and perhaps Pam's birthday party too! haha). Because of that debut, I have to wear a dress and heels (which I just dislike)! And I have to learn that piece she wanted me to play (that is if I can do it, given my limited skills).

April 1 - I go home. Relaxation time during break (sleep, sleep, sleep, hang out with friends, sleep, sleep, sleep). April 11 - I go back to Manila. Sembreak - I go home. Notice that I can't go home after summer classes? The way Ateneo organizes its schedule for registration is very sucky. They never consider the plight of provincial students. I would have quite a short break if I go home after summer class. So why bother? Air fare is expensive. I might as well stay in Manila during that time. Maybe I'll just be a part of prepcourse and orsem.

Anyway, March 31 is drawing near. Aside from it being the celebration of my roommate's debut, it will mark the one-year anniversary of my high school graduation. Ahh... the toll of time. I will forever miss high school. I'm sorry college, but I like high school more. I miss my friends, I miss my town, I miss my dog... Can't April 1 arrive faster?

My mouse is not working!  It just stopped working while I was using my computer.  Why is the world against me???

My, my, my... I've been blabbering on this post. Total lack of organization in this entry. Who cares? It's my blog! :P


I am so irresponsible. I should've been working on the papers I need to submit. Until next time folks!