REPORT, OR DROP.

it came from my MPs 10 professor. apparently, he knows that someone's been absent from his class for five meetings already.

so i'm dropping that subject next year. right at bat for 2008, eh?

and there goes my mom randomly uttering, "wow, may anak akong cum laude!"

no, i haven't told them. yet.

hoooo, i feel down.

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a high school pal greeted me happy valentine's day this early. told me that he wanted to be the first one to greet me that.

some people are really strange, not wanting to waste a single minute. heh.

and speaking of high school, i seriously browsed my yearbook for the first time ever.

gave me lots to think about... and fits of laughter.

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tagaytay today, baguio tomorrow. it's the perfect christmas break... but for two reasons.

i have a sprained foot. and sprains hate cold weather. as luck would there be, i also got the flu from santa!

and... how about homework? don't forget the exams too!

anyway, i played tennis here with a newfound friend this morning. i was owned miserably. either i really suck, or she was really damn good.

and yes, sprain or no sprain, it would've been the same.

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more tennis whatnot:

"balls are meant to be lost
rackets are made to be broken
in the name of tennis,
love [matches] happens!
(amen!)"
-rj? and gab

tennis + acads = stress
but tennis is love! and love = 0.
thus, acads = stress.
furthermore, no acads = no stress!

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Tennis UP will celebrate its first anniversary next year! special events in connection to that will be posted as a follow-up.

with that, happy 2008 to the world!!!

CRS...

...made my day. again.

19 units, good schedule, a 2.25 in tenpin bowling. no cwts, but that can wait.

and i was thinking of signing up for an RA slot. there was no need for that, apparently.

CRS loves me, i guess - i know some freshies who are still waist-deep in the "underload" mire.

next up is this "manual online" enlistment, which sounds like the newest oxymoron to me.

and more good news: tri-coll priority. but that's bad news for everyone else, 'no?

GC?

true happiness is when you expect it not. -anonymous

and of all things that could make me happy, here's a very unlikely source: CRS. yep, the very CRS which we [UP-Diliman chumps] all condemn for its slothly behavior and unrelenting favoritism [to those who have priority status].

well, it hasn't let me down yet, out of my five tries at the system. 16 out of 19 units isn't bad at all, and i got them in one solid run. but the better part? ahh, two days ago, i checked the View Grades section, and it brought mixed reactions out of my innards:

german 11 (3 units): 2.0
geog 1 (3 units): 1.25

a 2.0 in german? that's very much undeserved. i got a 4.0 in one of her exams, and, well, it was like i gave up on that subject even before the semester's halfway mark. but then... 1.25 in geog? that sucks. i took this subject a bit more seriously than one of my two majors. and i get this out of a virtually uno-able course? damn you sir!!! [haha, kidding :)]

last night, i checked it again, and it had me dancing on my heels.

psych 108 (3 units): 1.0
lingg 1 (3 units): 1.0
psych 110 (5 units): 1.50

this sem was supposed to be my worst, in terms of motivation and effort, especially in my two majors. but given the fact that i learned a lot while having loads of fun, i didn't care what happened to my grades. until now.

psych 110 was a major bummer; well, i didn't like statistics that much. but i did in his exams well enough to earn that grade. but psych 108? heck, he gave me a flat 1 for my half-page papers and awfully below-par quizzes? and lingg 1 - i computed my projected grade here, and it stood between 1.25 and 1.5.

nothing short of a miracle, but i'll take it. (thank You Lord!!!! GWA after 3 sems and 1 summer: 1.314)

just like that, and my morale is on a high... but then again, it always is. (",)

[Fully Updated Week Slam, accomplished!]

Logically random.

random chaos eventually molds into perfect logic - anonymous

two days ago i opened my own Multiply account, mainly so that i have access to others' pictures and whatnot, but otherwise it's virtually empty. what caught my attention, however, was Mutiply's conception of a network, something i haven't seen anywhere else yet. it distinguishes a friend from a colleague, neighbor, life partner, family, and business partner. so american, pretty much like my attempt at eenglisch. funnily, however, it's the latest fad, even in the confines of the Filipino context, which is good proof of the existence of neo-colonialism. hmmm.

i sent my first five drafts to my employer-slash-benefactor today. if everything goes well, i get paid; but if there's even one typographical or grammatical error that i overlooked or was unaware of... my pay gets cut in half. and my full pay goes at Php400 per 1000-word set, which is more or less cheap labor, given the quality of write-ups that they expect... but here's hoping that i get a bonus for passing my drafts three days ahead of schedule. (heh!)

ahh, that's all thanks to this damned rain. i planned to play tennis or jog in UP today. worse, weatherpeople are hinting 'typhoons' as of presstime. (lesson learned: sembreak + rain = stagnation) so i planned to please myself by watching Prison Break's season 3, but video streaming sites deleted them all (i can clearly imagine hearing one atenean friend of mine - copyright issues? CHE!!!). same went for Heroes, and i don't want to download videos yet, i fear that something might go wrong...

which reminds me of something that actually went wrong: 1st Semester, AY '07-'08. you see, Geog 1 and 1.25 don't sound like they fit to be next to each other, right? then there's that German 11 choke - i had to take a final exam! heck. and i'm not talking about my majors yet!

anyway, enough of that. tell you what: don't mess with ol' Grampy Time. you'll end a loser - i adjusted all our house, mobile, and computer clocks to half an hour advanced; same with all the personal wrist watches. this morning i was supposed to pay some bills for my dad in the bank; me, being the ultimate procrastinator, completely forgot all about it until 2:30 pm, when he called to ask me about the payments. i lied to him, then after the call ended, i rushed to the nearest bank, which was a half-hour away from the house. banks close at 3:00 pm sharp; when i arrived there, i learned that it was just 2:00 pm... and that i was a big sucker.

with that all said, i'm off to play 3D ping pong. auf wiedersehen!

Murphy's Law

remember him who said something like this: if something might possibly go wrong, it definitely will go wrong sooner than later.

looking for proof? well, yesterday, i was intent on reviewing for my psych 108 exam the next day (which is today). however, when i was to start on my ever reliable bluebook-notebook, a glass of water decided to tumble smack on my shabby notes. drying it took overnight, and i was fortunate enough to recognize my handwriting through the mess.

here's another one: this very post should've been published one hour ago, but by pure chance, my dad came along and shooed me off the desktop. now i'm sitting pretty on front of mommy's laptop... rewriting in verbatim some portions of this text.

anyway, it's one more month to freedom for the UPD studentry. yes, i considered the two-week lag, and yes, this tireless guy needs a good dose of rest. i won't mind bloody red x's on my papers, i just want to lock myself up inside the house, enjoy the cushions for once.

i'm quite sure most of you would agree, as i'm probably not the only one who had three exams in two weeks, practicals in bowling, loads of tennis practice, a six-game match, intermittent asthma attacks for three weeks, and bill payment errands, among others.

the roadblocks? maybe some reporting tasks, exams, quizzes, 15 hours community service, job orders, financial constraints, bad hair days, shallow-breath tempests, and more trivial stuff to come. take my word, friends: remember Murphy.

anyway, some announcements:

1) UP lost again, this time to our Katips neighbors... again. duh. why am i even including this? because, the final score is 59-93, the largest losing margin this season, and probably one for the record books.
2) to all UPD Psych majors: does pavlov ring a bell? the new Psych shirt is out now, for only Php 150! reservations can be arranged at PHAn Lobby until september 11, for only 50 bucks. (tiff, i hope this counts as spreading the word, hmm? :D)

for the last time, take heed, and remember Murphy.

caught up... barely.

(last of a 3-series special)

i'm *cough* dead *sneeze* sick *faint*. lately i've been snacking on caps and tabs like they were popcorn, hoping that drinking water encourages a placebo effect, and experiencing early morning asthma attacks twice its normal occurence rate. and ever since i accidentally slept on my eyeglasses, i've had five days worth of sore eyes (and nearly a long exam), a very strained left eye and a virtually helpless right, deep-set eyes being showcased to everyone, and not a day without eye-mo, as my eyes seem to be waiting for just one big kamot before all turns red.

all these, plus the irregular weather, the slew of national holidays, a glaring lack in extra-curricular activities, the absence of friends and usual companions, and mental pressures led to a school life burnout, wherein everything seems to be tiring and/or boring. imagine: i have 12 units worth on mondays and thursdays, and those are the days when either a professor called sick or classes are off by chance. i mean, what are the odds?

my dad would tell me half-jokingly that it's all in the head. i hope he's right.

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three incentive papers.
two film showings.
a quiz, a practical, an exam, tons of readings.
15 hours community service. 0 hours completed.
a prospective cssp reg assistant.
19 units next semester, including two 5-unit courses.
2.5k pesos of expenditures before the end of this month.
borderline balance in my atm.
another UP loss.
two months before their application process ends.
a still empty, partially crumpled tennisUP sigsheet.
muscle pains and slight weight loss.
a need for inspiration.
nostalgic dreams.
a dismissing smirk.
a cheery smile.

p.s. happy birthday to everyone who had birthdays from june to tomorrow. dami nyo eh.
p.s.s. jessica zafra rules. jessica alba is hot.
p.s.s.s. errata: sorry for raising your hopes a bit too early, UP fans. the writer was referring to preseason performances. but they'll do great nonetheless.

catching up: two

(part 2 of an n-series special)

so far, we've had four suspensions of classes virtually nationwide. and i'm not complaining, but... i wanna learn! and having a bumlike lifestyle doesn't help, just when i learned how to wake up early and all those whatnot.

and the rains... ah. they came in two months late. why? remember hurricane katrina and that big earthquake back then? they both literally shook the world, tilting it off its axis by two more degrees. unfortunately, our government relies on a poor, outdated knowledge base, thus they didn't know about it, so two months later, and having a threatening dry spell at hand, they are forced to administer cloud seeding for the survival of our agribusiness sector.

well, as of now our lands are still relatively dry, and children are forced to stay within the confines of their homes (or commercial centers, probably), thus cutting short any academic momentum gained from early june up to last tuesday. at least that's how i feel right now, and there are more who share my sentiments, then it spells a potential problem for the current Philippine educational system as well, i.e. the start of classes being moved from june to september, american style.

but wait, at least two more holidays are to come. oooh, i can't wait.

p.s. talk about academic momentum being halted: i'm supposed to have made a write-up on cinemalaya 07's best picture, tribu, two days ago. until now i haven't started yet. sheesh.