sluggish

It's the middle of the sembreak and I feel lazy. 

Tomorrow, my HS friends are planning to go to Tinago Falls.  It's been years since I went to that place.  And yet I feel so lazy to go outside of my house, be with my friends & eat with them, swim & visit Tinago Falls, and have some more bonding time with them.  I was looking forward to this outing a few days ago.  Now that feeling has dissipated.  The 8 AM call time doesn't help either.  I hate waking up early.  Especially during breaks.

Until now, I still can't decide whether I'll go or not.

To go or not to go?

jeep survey

Got this from T2 people
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1. Ano'ng byahe ng jeep ang madalas mong sakyan?
=Tubod Rosario Heights (when I'm in Iligan XP)

2 . Ano'ng oras ka bumibyahe?
=about 5 something PM when I was in high school... now, it depends

3. Magkano pamasahe mo?
=P5.25

4. Gaano katagal ang byahe mo?
=10-15 min

5. Saan ka madalas umupo?
=malapit sa exit

6. Mahilig ka ba sumakay sa "patok"?
=hindi

7. Bakit?
=because I hate that kind of jeep

8. Habang nasa byahe, paano ka nagpapalipas ng oras sa jeep?
=thinking about anything

9. Nakakatulog ka ba sa byahe?
=nope

10. Ano'ng radio station ang madalas mong ma-tyempuhang pinakikinggan ng driver?
=I don't really know

11. Gusto mo ba ng loud music?
=nope

12. Ano'ng sinasabi mo kapag bababa ka na?
=Lugar Lang

13. Naranasan mo na bang di magbayad sa driver?
=Yeah... I only remembered I haven't paid when the jeep sped off

14. May nakaaway ka na ba sa jeep?
=None

15. Mahilig ka bang manlibre ng pamasahe?
=Nope

16. Mahilig ka naman bang magpalibre?
=If I get the chance ;D

17. Paano ka nagre-react kapag biglang nagpreno?
=uhm... I don't know

18. Naranasan mo na bang di masuklian?
=nope :)

19. Nakalampas ka na ba sa biyahe?
=nope... I think

20. Sa anong dahilan?
=see above

21. Nakasakay ka na ba ng maling jeep?
=see above

22. Naranasan mo na bang hindi pagbayarin ng mismong driver ng jeep?
=yeah :)

23. Naranasan mo na bang ma-stranded sakay ng jeep?
=nope

24. Na-hold-up ka na ba sa loob ng jeep?
=nope... thank goodness

25. Nasuka ka na ba sa jeep?
=nope

26. Maliban sa mga nabanggit dito, ano pa ang kakaiba mong karanasan habang sakay ng jeep?
=I was going to school and there was this crazy person (he looked decent) who got inside the jeep and started talking to all of the passengers inside.  I didn't understand what the hell he was saying.

27. Ano ang pinakamalayong destinasyon mo sakay ng jeep?
=err... city proper to naawan beach resort

28. Ilarawan mo ang pinaka-weird na itsura ng jeep na nasakyan mo.
=none that I can think of

29. Sasakay ka pa ba ulit ng jeep?
=yes

30. Huling tanong: May jeep ba kayo?
=nope

hungry

After reading a blog post and some comments about siomai... I am hungry.  Damn you Marnelle and Dyl for talking about food.  I want to eat siomai from JY Dimsum and meat bread from Lady Luck Bakeshop... *drool*

It's great that I get to eat home-cooked meals at home.  But there are no snacks available when I want to eat something at any moment.  I think it's because only my father is around since my mother is somewhere in the Philippines because of her work.  My father is not like my mother who always brings something edible when she gets home.  So what do I do to relieve my hunger?  I eat peanut butter or Milo.  Good thing there's ice cream in the fridge today (and it was not my father who bought it).  However, I don't like to brush my teeth and use mouthwash again.  I am still hungry even if there's food available right now.

All this talk about food reminds me of the "food trip" later.  I didn't even know that lots of food are available at Children's Park in Iligan.  I prefer going to the city proper and eat at Zoey's and JY Dimsum.

Hungry...

*edit: maybe the unavailability of food is all for the best... after all, I still have to attend Kyna's debut

Sembreak 07

Sembreak so far:
- visited (and will still visit) my high school campus
- finished season 1 of "How I Met YOur Mother"
- finished watching the Fushigi Yugi series (52 episodes!)
- watched Disturbia
- watched anything on TV (even a documentary about Atlantis O_o)
- read a tenth of Don Quixote
- swam at the local pool with high school friends
- went to the dentist for my teeth
- mindlessly surfed the internet
- successfully enlisted
- SLEEPING whenever I want to sleep
- eating home-cooked meals

Things coming up:
- Tinago Falls outing (?)
- more bonding with high school friends
- Kyna's debut
- more sleeping
- more eating


I know it's boring in Iligan.  It has no malls, coffee shops or even McDonald's (but hey, we have Jollibee).  Still, nothing beats the comfort of home.  I don't want to return to the fast-paced life of Manila!

Iligan

It's good to be home 

finally first semester ends

The shelves of my rommates are covered with newspapers and manila paper.  Two of the beds are stripped off their bedsheets.  Two luggages are lying on the floor (one is mine and one is Karla's).  After 1 1/2 years living with these weirdos I call roommates, I am going to miss them when I go home for about 3 weeks (where I won't be Multiply-ing as much because of the slow internet connection at home).

As much as I hated the first semester, there will be some things that I'll miss and memories that I'll reminisce (the F in LT1 of Acc20; spraining my ankle and using crutches; the quirks and the evil witch laugh of Theo teacher; lunch at Matteo steps; useless Ma22 teacher... nah! not really; roommates bonding; surprise 18th birthday party; and many more).

Well, it's finally break time for me.  A well-deserved rest

\:D/

sembreak bay-beh!

someone's chat with Melton

five minutes ago, i asked my calculus professor when can i meet him so i could get my long exams.(i asked him through ym)

 this is our chat.
nag-vent amputa. haha.

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Setting:       Kenn at the Rizal Library;
                   Sir Melton in a place i wouldn't care about.

Characters: Kenn Costales - the clueless student.
                   Sir Melton - Kenn's Math20 prof.

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Kenn Costales: good afternoon sir; i'd just like to ask on what time are you available tomorrow.
Kenn Costales: i just want to see my results in my long exams for Math20.
Ray Melton: It's Hell week for both of us.  Catch me when you can.
Kenn Costales: okay sir. hopefully, i'll see you in school tomorrow morning.

Ray Melton: Wait, what math class are you in?
Kenn Costales: math20- calculus for economists (Monday till Friday)
Kenn Costales: Section B.
Ray Melton: This is Raymond Melton from the States.  I have hundreds of students and can't always remember who's who.
Ray Melton: I'm lucky to tell my wife from Darna. No joke.
Kenn Costales: hahaha  i completely understand sir. sorry i did not identify myself properly a while ago.

Ray Melton: Math20 has to be the most tiring class you can possibly take.  It would be easier to be an America Marine.  Why not just be MacArthur?
Ray Melton: And I got to deal with the Math Dept, and being the Dean, and deal with my Filipina wife.
Ray Melton: I'd rather be MacArthur,.
Kenn Costales: well, you chose that path sir, and those are the things you have to face.
Kenn Costales: those are the consequences of the decisions you made in the past sir...
Ray Melton: Listen up pal, sometimes life sucks, and sometimes life sucks shit, but every once in a while life doesn't suck quite so bad.  Deal with it soldier.
Ray Melton: Deal with our math class.
Kenn Costales: i am dealing with it; and i'm loving it. I love math, after all.
Ray Melton: nuff said

Kenn Costales: yes sir. good luck to the both of us! God Bless!

last blog post before finals

To any reader: What will follow is a rambling of thoughts.  Apologies for the lack of organization.

I will not blog after this entry (only after finals).  I will not spend as much time in Multiply in preparation for the finals.  Maybe I should stay at my mom's place so I won't have access to the internet.

Wow.  This week went by fast.  Tomorrow's make-up class in Accounting is going to be the last actual class for this semester.

And yet... I don't feel sentimental about this semester.  Screw this semester!  I feel this semester (so far) has the worst combination of teachers.  Good thing Chinese and Sci10 are not demanding subjects.  But the others?  Dream on!  I am supposed to have 15 units this semester.  Instead, it feels more like 18 units because I sit in de Lara's Ma22 class (because Melton doesn't lecture, he just solves problems on the board).  I don't even know if I'll get an A in Ma22 because Melton is very unpredictable.  Theo is not an easy core subject.  And sometimes, you need to BS and write in a manner the prof prefers for Theo.  Accounting has its ups and downs.  If it weren't for that idiotic first long test (I screwed up badly in this one), I would've gotten a better standing in this subject.  I know I'm going to have my lowest QPI in this semester.  I can see it coming.

On the bright side, I feel that I can maintain my QPI requirement of 2.50.  So yay!  I can still study here.  Haha.

Finals week left.  Ma22 on Wednesday (I hope it will be easy and that Melton will not falter in checking).  Th121 and Acc20 on Thursday (both in Escaler Hall... how happy).  I want October 12 to arrive!  And then I leave for Iligan this October 14   Home... where I have access to real food.

Claudia and I were thinking of a ME version for "What do you do with a BA in English" song in Avenue Q.  Can you suggest additional lines?  Here is what we've come up so far:

What do you do with a BS in ME?
What is my life going to be?
Four years, three summers
And plenty of numbers
...

In the original song, what follows after is "Have earned me this useless degree".  But I think "useless" is not appropriate for the ME version.  Still thinking of a two-syllable adjective to use...  I want to finish the "What do you do with a BS in ME" song.  Care to help?

while studying for math...

one item in a Garces long test:
[10 pts] After you have taken the two-calculus series (Ma21 and Ma22), what do you think is "calculus"?

-> is this some kind of joke? :))  I hope Melton will give a similar item.  hahaha