EFF.

Ugh. Finals week na namin. Actually, it's not a week. It's two weeks. This term is such a drag. Sobrang bagal ng term na to. >< So many things to do and to pass. I can't even find time to have fun anymore. Kahit simpleng manood lang ng sine. I miss my high school days. Pwedeng petiks lang. Pag college, BAM! Hindi yan uubra. Kailangan magsumikap. I have a lot of exams coming up and I don't even know kung alin ang uunahin ko. ang dami ring papers na kailangang ipasa. Although most of them are by groups, mahirap pa rin siya. Especially if... Nevermind. I also hate the fact that no matter how much we try to get a good grade, laging may isang grupo na mas natataasan kami. They cram all the time pero kami we do everything on time. But still, they always get the upperhand. Is that how life's supposed to be? Alam mo yung pakiramdam na nageeffort ka ng todo-todo to get a certain grade pero in the end, some other person will get it. Ni hindi man lang nageeffort ng bonggang-bonggang katulad mo. Is college really that unfair? Edi mas mabuti pala na mag-cram na lang.

Haaaay. The effort we put in every thing we do is still not enough. Nakaka-disappoint and nakaka-frustrate lang. High school's really waaaaay better. Kahit madaming frustrations and disappointments, you can just laugh it off. Pero pag college, hindi. Masakit na your efforts are not appreciated fairly. ><

Oh well, ipagdadasal ko na lang na mataas makukuha namin sa mga papers namin. It's better to not expect anything great out of it.

Dancing - It Lives In My Heart >:)

Just finished watching some videos of The Skittlez Crew And La Salle Dance Company - Street. Yes. They're dance groups in my alma mater. While watching them, bigla ko tuloy namiss ang pagsayaw. When I was in elementary, I used to always perform for school programs. Dancing was always our performance. Whether it be hip hop, ballroom, folk dance or contemporary. Sobrang gustung-gusto ko talaga ang dancing noon. Pero, when I entered high school, wala na. Para bang naintimidate ako sa mga ka-batch ko na sobrang imba magsayaw. wala pa ata ako sa kalingkingan nila. Never naman kasi ako nakareceive ng dance classes in my life. Ayaw ako ipasok sa ganun ng mga magulang ko. Actually, nung first year, I wanted to join our cheering squad. Pero shyness took over me. >< 3rd year, I got a chance. Ayi, my friend, decided to put together a hip hop group. May isa kasing contest sa school na hip hop. I was really happy then. Kahit na medyo sabog yung performance namin during the competition itself. Tas nung 4th year, pep squad naman. Nakakapanghinayang lang na hindi kami nanalong first. :(. After that, hindi na ulit ako nagsayaw.

Anyways, my point is I'm really disappointed. Sa sarili ko, mostly. I had the talent in dancing pero I wasted it. Now, I miss it so much. SO SO SO MUCH. As in sobra. I want to enter a proper dance class para matutunan ko naman ang basics. The only problem is, laging kontra mga parents ko. Nagiisang talent ko na nga lang, na-waste pa.

My whole point is, I want to enhance this talent. AS IN. Dancing really is in my blood. I FEEL IT SO SO SO MUCH.

Wish List >:)

Malapit na birthday ko. To be exact, my 18th birthday. :0 I am really hoping na I can have these things kahit hindi sa birthday ko. Hopefully, bago ako maging 23 years old. =))))) HAHAHAHA.

1. HEADPHONES



Matagal ko nang gusto tong kind ng headphone na to. Mahilig ako sa astiging mga bagay and when I saw this, instantly nagustuhan ko na siya. Medyo pricey siya 'cause international brand and talagang maganda yung quality niya. I searched the net and it's like mga Php30 000. Sa ngayon wala pakong ganung pera pero hopefully, I will get one in the near future. :)

2. CAMERA



Ever since I started getting interest in photography, naging isa na sa mga goal ko ang makakuha ng isang high maintenance na camera. I want to take beautiful, breath-taking pictures so kailngan ko ng isang cam na imba. And also, my mom wants to have a photo shop and I want to fulfill that dream for her. I want to have photography not as a hobby but a passion and a talent of mine. :>

3. LAPTOP



This year, my promised me that he would buy me a laptop before the school year started. Kailangan ko kasi especially kapag nasa school. Madami kasi kaming mga papers na sinusulat and stuff. Syempre, I was happy. He told me na notebook laptop lang pero still, I was happy. I never owned a gadget in my life. The only gadget I have is my phone so syempre masaya ako. NGUNIT, SUBALIT, DATAPWAT, katulad ng dati, that promise was broken again. Syempre, I was very disappointed. Pero, wala ako magagawa eh. Ganun ang buhay. Anyways, gusto ko talaga ng laptop. Aminin na natin. Kailangan naman talaga nating lahat yan eh especially when you're a college student. :)

4. NEW PHONE





Gusto ko talaga ng bagong phone. Kawawa na kasi yung luma kong phone. Sobrang laspag na siya sakin. Nabagsag na siya sa floor ng ilang beses, puro gasgas tas minsan nga naghahang na siya eh. IN SHORT, gusto na niya magretire. Gusto ko sanang sabihin sa daddy ko na palitan na niya phone ko kaso nahihiya ako. ANYWAYS, I-Phone talaga gusto ko pero nung madami nang lumabas na kamukha ng I-Phone, bigla kong nagustuhan yung Samsung Galaxy. Maganda rin kasi features niya katulad ng I-Phone. SA TOTOO LANG, kahit hindi yang dalawang phone na yan makuha ko, ayos lang. Gusto ko lang talaga ng bagong phone.

Naaawa ako sa sarili ko. Hindi ko kasi mapigilan ang mainggit sa mga taong nakapaligid sakin lalo na sa school ko. Puro mga gadgets na... BASTA! Minsan, nahihiya na nga ako ilabas yung phone ko eh. :( HINDI KO KAYANG MAKIPAGSABAYAN SA KANILA. >:(

ANYWAYS, simple lang akong tao. Masaya na ko kahit candy lang ibigay mo regalo sakin. Ang mahalaga, naaalala mong birthday ko. YANG MGA BAGAY NA YAN, PANSAMANTALA LANG NAMAN. Pero syempre, hindi rin maiiwasan na sana meron din ako niyan. I'M ONLY HUMAN. THAT'S WHAT HUMANS DO. THEY CRAVE FOR SOMETHING. :)

BV na naging BRIGHTY! :P

Kahapon, pumunta kami ng Recto kasama ang aking mga parents. I needed to find three books since yung Chem naman e problem-solved na. Pagdating namin dun, umuulan. Yung una naming tinanungan, sabi titingnan daw kung meron sila sa bodega nila. Kinuha nung isang bakla yung listahan ko. After mga 10 minutes, bigla akong tinawagan ni daddy. Pumarada lang kasi siya somewhere. Sabi niya huwag daw kaming maghintay at maniwala sa mga tindero na nagsasabing meron sila or kukunin lang sa bodega. Wala daw mga bodega yung mga yun at papatungan dawn g presyo yung mga ganung libro. Sabi ko na lang okay. After mga 5 minutes, wala pa rin yung bakla. Maya-maya tumawag na naman yung daddy ko. Sabi niya maghanap na daw kami sa iba hindi yung nakatunganga lang kami. Nainis na ko. Sabi ko wala sa akin yung listahan, kinuha nung tindero. Nagalit siya. Binabaan ko siya. After mga 3 minutes, bumalik yung bakla. Isa lang dala niya. Buti nalang yun yung librong hinahanap naming. Sabi ni mommy bilhin ko na daw para walang masabi yung daddy ko. Binili ko na nga. Php350 yung book. Ang mahal. Di na ko nakatawad. After nun, tumawid kami sa kabilang side ng mommy ko. Sabi ko sa kanya, naiistress ako kay daddy. Sobrang pikon na pikon na ko nun. Pagkatawid naming, nandun si daddy nagaabang. Tinanungan ko yung pinakaunang bangketa. Sabi niya meron siya nung isa. Pero kukunin pa sa bangketa. Tinanong ko kung magkano. Sabi niya Php400. Nung kukunin na sana nung babae sa bodega nila yung libro, biglang umepal yung tatay ko. Sabi niya huwag na daw dun kasi matagal. Edi umalis ako. INIS NA INIS na talaga ako. Hindi naman siya yung gagamit nung libro. Parang ewan. AAAAAMMMMP! Ang dami naming tinanungan. Gusto pa niya dun sa mga may sariling mga stalls na parang bookstore magtanong. E mas mahal nga sa mga ganun eh. May nakita ulit kaming ganung libro pero Php595. Yung isa naman Php630. edi sana kung naghintay nalang kami dun sa unang-una, tapos na. Ngayon naghahagilap kami ng mura. POTEK! Tapos may isa nag-offer Php500. ayaw ng tatay ko. Tapos nung nakaabot na kami kung saan, sabi niya balikan daw namin yung nag-offer ng Php500. Sabi ko kayo maghanap. Hinanap niya. Lumagpas na siya. Sinisigawan ko na siya from dun sa stall. Sabi ko, “DAAAAAD! Lumagpas ka na! Eto oh!” Sabay turo dun sa mama. Kinausap niya. Tapos binigay nung mama ng Php450. Sa wakas, natapos din. After nun may isa pang kulang. Sabi ng kaibigan ko, sa National daw siya nakabili. E may malapit na National Book Store dun. Pumunta ako. Sabi nila out of stock. Akala ko after nun, uuwi na kami since atat na atat na naman yung tatay ko umuwi. Pagtingin ko, papunta kaming Harrison Plaza. Tumingin kami sa National dun. Wala daw, out of stock din. Pinasearch ko sa Customer Service kung san may available na ganun. Sabi niya sa Super Branch Cubao pa daw. POTEK! Ang layo! Anyways, bumili na lang muna ko ng mga kulang kulang ko pa. nakapila ako sa counter tas biglang sabi ng tatay ko sabihin sa Customer Service na ipareserve na yung isang nasa Superbranch sa Cubao. Pagkatapos kong bumili nung mga bagay bagay, pumunta kong Customer Service. Sabi nung Miss sa akin php5 000+ daw yung libro. Sabi ko hindi yung text book hinahanap ko, yung manual lang. Lab Manual lang. tapos meron daw sa G5. Pinatawagan namin. Sabi naming i-reserve na. MAYA-MAYA, nagtext yung friend ko. Nabilhan na daw niya ko! GRABEEEE! Isa na namang savior. Hindi ko naman sinabi sa kanya na bilhan niya ko pero binilhan niya ko. So pinaka-cancel na namin yung reservation and PROBLEM SOLVED. THANK YOU LEXII! You’re the best! 

At yan ang nangyari sa isang napaka-IMBANG SATURDAY. Una, inis na inis at pikon na pikon ako sa Dad ko. Buti nalang, pina-brighten up ni Lex ang aking mood. :>

It's My Second Day, already!

Last May 31 was my second day of being a sophomore. I met the last set of my new professors. Friday is my least favorite ‘cause I go home late during Fridays and both of my lab days are during that day. Anyways, I’ll describe my three professors na. They’re all girls. They’re all in their early and middle twenties, according to my point of view. =))))

First is Ms. Charisse Tan. She looks like a fellow student because of what she was wearing during that time. She wore a dress with a cardigan and some flats, I think. Anyways, our class is from 8am to 11am. It’s three hours ‘cause it’s my lab subject. She teaches Experimental Psychology – Laboratory. So, it means we’ll be doing all our experiments, surveys and everything in her class. She discussed about the course syllabus and the rules we need to abide by in the lab. She asked each of us a topic of interest. We were supposed to do a PowerPoint presentation each based on our topic of interest but since the other room was occupied, we didn’t. YES! So, it means that we were dismissed early. She only took 35 minutes of the whole duration of our class. Our next class was still 11:20 and we got 3 hours to spare so my Jenine, Ezra (my friends) and I decided to go to Ezra’s condo. Our prof just told us to do the Powerpoint presentation at home and we’ll present it next meeting. DAMN! I thought we wouldn’t do it. Good thing my topic was kind of easy. Gender differences. Anyways, I think her subject is kind of tough, ‘cause at the end, we’ll have to come up with our own experiment to do and we’ll have to defend that experiment in front of a panel and that experiment will determine if we can pass or fail her subject. OMG! Parang research lang during high school pero mas mahirap. Anyways, buti nalang by group so it’s still quite okay.

After hanging out sa crib ni Ezra, we headed to our next class. Our next class was PSYCHM1 or in short, General Chemistry. Tinatakot kami nung isa naming friend na baka si quevada daw prof namin. Si Quevada ang isa sa mga pinakaterror teacher sa Chem Department. Tapos worse case scenario pa is nasa harap kami. Kaming tatlo lang nandun. Habang nagaantay, pinagdadasal ko talaga n asana hindi si Quevada. And then, BOOM! Hindi siya! =)))) Isang girl. Bata pa siya. Siguro mga 24-27 years old. She really has a loud voice. So, she handed out the course syllabus at isa-isa niya kaming pinabasa nung mga magiging lessons namin. Hindi naman ako actually natakot sa kanya. I thought she was nice and all. And then, binalaan niya kami. She told us that we really had to work hard to pass Chemistry. Although, parang review lang siya of what we learned during our high school Chemistry, it will still be hard. Her tests are mostly problem-solving ones. SHIT~! Ayoko ng ganun! I actually had the feeling na medyo nakakatakot din siya. And to my disappointment, oo. Tama nga. She is a little bit frightening ‘cause you can’t actually decipher what she’s thinking. Mahilig din siya magbigay ng surprise quizzes to determine if may natutunan kami sa mga lessons niya. Mahilig siya magpa-board work. Yung isa kong friend, ayaw sa kanya. =)))) Anyways, we needed a book na naman for this subject. She told us na yung book nabibili sa bookstore and it costs Php1 100. Effin’ what?!? Wala akong ganung pera so nagisip ako ng paraan. Buti na lang naalala ko na si Marvin, Chemistry major. So, I told him na kailangan ko ng ganitong Chem book and meron siya. WOOOH! Savior ko talaga si Marvin! Makukuha ko sa Monday yung book sa kanya. Sobrang grateful ko talaga sa kanya! THANK YOU TALAGA MARVIN! 

Okay, so last but not the least is yung prof ko sa Chemistry – Laboratory. Habang hinihintay kung sino ang prof namin, nagdadasal na naman ulit ako na huwag sana si quevada. Oo nga pala. Grabeng init sa lab namin. As in walang hanging pumapasok kasi sealed talaga yung room. Isa lang yung bintanang nakabukas. Hindi gumagana yung electric fan at ang tanging way in ng air is yung tatlong pintuan. Grabe. Pa’no kaya pag nag-experiments na kami? Anyways, at last dumating na prof namin. AND, it’s a girl na naman. Newly graduated BioChemistry major. Last year lang siya gumraduate from La Salle din and she’s already a professor. WOW! Imba. Idol ko siya. Ang kulit nga niya eh. Parang mga magkakabarkada lang kami. Pero, strict siya when it comes to grades. May pagka-OC daw siya pagdating dun. So, kailangan pa rin daw naming maging masipag when it comes to experiments. Pero still, I like her. I think I’ll be enjoying my Chemistry Lab. 

So, that was my Friday went. Maaga pala kaming pinalabas nung Chem Lab prof ko since first day naman and wala naman kaming ginawa kundi i-explain lang yung syllabus at mga dadalhin at kailangan for lab.

First Day High! :>

So, okay. Obvious naman sa title ko na first day ko ngayon pero hindi bilang isang high school student ngunit bilang isang second year college student. High ang nakalagay dun kasi di ko akalain na ganun pala kasaya ang magiging first day ko. I didn't actually expect to have fun on the first day 'cause I was not really anxious nor excited about coming back to school. Anyways, today I met my four new professors.

"Upang mabatid ang tadhana ng isang bayan, lubhang kinakailangang buksan ang aklat na nagsasalaysay ng nakaraan nito."

- Jose Rizal
First was Sir Michael Charleston Briones Chua a.k.a. Sir Xiao. So yang quote na yan, nakita ko sa course syllabus niya. Favorite nya siguro yang quote na yan. Naging prof ko na siya nung 2nd term when I was still a freshman. Kaspil1 naman yun. Ngayon Kaspil2. He is an avid Ninoy Aquino fan. He graduated from The University of the Philippines. He's a historian. He taught in U.P. for about three years but got into some trouble so he had to leave his beloved alma mater. After a few months of being jobless, he was hired by DLSU. And voila! He is now on his third year as a History professor in our university. Personally, I do not like him. I can like him but at the very core of my heart, I don't. He keeps on saying he doesn't have any favoritism in his students kahit pa crush nya yung estudyante pero that's not true. Narealize ko na kapag crush ka ni Sir or tipo ka niya, you have a big chance of getting a very high grade even though you don't do well on papers and stuff. Pero I wouldn't worry about that. Hangga't babasahin mo yung mga readings niya with full understanding at nagrerecite ka paminsan-minsan, pasado ka na sa kanya. I'll survive him. Nakasurvive na ko sa kanya dati eh. Although, he gets on my nerves at times. TEEHEE! >:)

"CARPE DIEM"

Next is Dr. Jeane Peracullo. She teaches INTFILO or in short Introduction to Philosophy. She's a bit weird. She always laughs for no reason. She likes to joke but it's not funny. But still, I like her. I think that she will teach us well. It's important that a professor is great in this subject because Philosophy is a bit complicated as it also pertains to logic. I'm quite hoping that I will be good in this subject. Although it can be a bit boring at times, I have a feeling that what she will teach us will be of good use in the future. I'm just a bit sorry for her 'cause she really tries hard to make us laugh and not be awkward or bored.

"There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end leads to death."
-King Solomon

Thirdly is Mr. Chester Howard Lee. He teaches Experimental Psychology. Now, this is the most difficult subject in this term and also it's my major so it is very crucial that my professor is the best in this field and I also must do good. At first, when he entered the room, I thought, "Ang bata niya pa ata para maging prof." Then he sat down and he looked at us one by one. He had a poker face and so I said, "AY! Mukhang strict ata." Then he went out. He came back after a few minutes. Then he started his lecture. Akala ko it would be boring. But, I was very wrong. He turns out to be a very funny teacher. He told us that he had his first kiss when he was 22 y.o. He loves to make powerpoint presentations out of the blue. I forgot kung ano pa yung iba niyang sinabi. AY! He likes the smell and the feet of a girl. Yun daw ang main attraction niya sa girls. FEET FETISH. He likes to spend his money on neckties and long sleeves. Mahahalata nga sa suot niya kanina. Lol. =)))))) Anyways, I like him. I am now positive that I will be able to understand well his subject dahil sa manner ng pagtuturo niya. Sinabi na niya mismo na mahirap ang subject namin pero he will try his best to make us learn. And for that, I like him already. HAHAHA. Basta. I just know a magaling siya. :)))

Lastly is Mr. Ariane Macalinga Borlongan. He teaches ENGLRES. ENGLRES involves both writing and research which is also very hard. He graduated from DLSU and already has a Ph.D. by the age of 23! Can you imagine that? Grabe. Sobrang hanga ko sa kanya nung sinabi niyang he already has a PH.D. He is a bit feminine, to be honest. Pero still he's cool. He also said na we don't need to buy the book because whatever is in the book, he will teach it two times better. I like him very much. :))

And that was how my day went. I met 4 cool, amazing professors. I am looking forward to tomorrow. I am very much looking forward to this term. Since I have only 18 units unlike last time, I am very much happy not to be too stressed this time. I have early dismissals and the professors are very nice and the subjects are easy to follow. Well, I am hoping for a good start this second year of me being a kolehiyala. HWAITING! :> :> :>

Friday The 13th

So, last May 13, I invited my best friend, Eka, to come to my house and play. HAHAHAHA. Since our house is kind of smelly because of our two new pitbull puppies, I just told her to meet at Cash and Carry. It's a mall near our house. I arrived there first. So to make time fly by fast, I decided to play in the arcade. The arcade there was really cheap. They didn't sell cards. Instead, they sold tokens which only cost Php7 each so that means all of the games available in there are Php7 ONLY! AHHHH~! It's heaven. why have I only discovered it now? AISH! Anyways, I decided to warm up by shooting some hoops. I haven't done that in a while. After a few games, I was tired so I went to the race cars. Eka was really taking long and so I had to play some more games. I just went back and forth from the basketball game to the racing game 'cause there's no Dance Mania and there are many people playing House of the Dead. =))))

I, then, decided to see if the latest copy of the "Sparkling" magazine was out. And luckily, it was! So, I immediately bought it. Just then, Eka texted me that she has just arrived. I went outside and there she was. I was really happy to see her. It's been a long while since we've met due to our busy school life.

We went straight to the arcade. We played some basketball and then went to karaoke. We sang a few songs just to relieve stress. Then some air hockey. The air hockey was really long. We had two games, I think. Then we decided to splurge our last tokens on the stuff toy machines. Eka tried first. She didn't get it. Then it was my turn. Just as when it was about to be dropped to the bin, it fell. AIGOOOO! I was really really disappointed. AAAAH!

After that, we ate and talked. It was really fun. We also bought some magazines. I had to persuade her to buy. HAHAHAHA. I hope we get to do that again some time.

That was how we spent our Friday the 13th. IT WAS A VERY FUN AND HAPPY DAY! neomu jowayo~!