Yes, Constantina....you saw my title right....as icky as it may sound (think one tree hill and oc), i'm actually using that. Let
me explain.....
Tuesday, November 8. 2005
This day, I continued on my long trek of enrolling as a UP employee dependent student. (Grrrrr!) I know it's cool and all to be
able to pay just Php 98.00 compared to my original tution fee of Php 6000 ++, but the process I went through was so much
harder! I had to wait for my mother to get the new HRDO application form for enrollment or whatever it was called
and then I had to get all my classcards. After that I went to the Office of the College Secretary in AS 101 where students were
currently lining up for their Form 5as and Form 5. The RA who addressed me, at first, seemed like she did not know what to do
and then she consulted one of the older ones and she just told me to wait. When she told me to wait, I thought I would only
wait for just about five minutes but duh! I should have known better, this is UP afterall. Anyway, after just about waiting forever,
the RA finally gave me my signed copy of the HRDO form. After that, I went to OUR on foot from AS, and when I got there, I
heard people calling my name from behind me. Much to my surprise, it was Renee, and she was with Jessica Parto and
Ralph. Of course when they saw me my hair looked like limp linguini and was all over the place with my face streaming with
sweat. LOSER. But of course I couldn't get away from them and so, much to my dismay, I joined their group. Thank goodness
for Janeve who we saw when we got inside! It turned out that I was the only one whose paper was asessed. All the others still
needed to get their xeroxed copy of classcards to be signed by their college secretaries. From OUR, the five of us seperated
ways. I, however, remained with Janeve all the way back to AS where we chatted while we lined up in one of the longest lines I
have ever seen in my life to pay my tuition fee. And that was the only fun part of this day, chatting with Janeve.
Wednesday, November 9, 1005
This day is supposed to be my first day of classes. However, for the second time this school year, I have no classes
scheduled on Wednesdays! (Yehey! woohoo!)
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Okay...so this is really the DAY. It started with Math 14. I gusee my prof was okay. The only thing that I hate about her is that
she told us that there will be lots of boardwork which I absolutely loathe! The thing is, ever since elementary, boardwork has
just not been my thing. I'm just so afraid with what will happen if I don't know how to solve the problem she
wants me to do on the board in front of everybody I don't even know to see. Even though there had been a lot times already
that I've been embarassed in front of everybody, I just don't like being embarassed!. This is one of the reasons why I always plan
ahead and try to be careful all the time.
After Math 14, what can I say? That it rained so hard that even if I had on an umbrella I was still soaking wet and the ends of
my pants were almost functioning as a mop and had been absorbing all the rain water it could get from the street I was
walking on? Why do these things always have to happen to me? Probably because my luck's just been going bonkers all
year long. Like for example, in English 10, I have the worst possible teacher I could ever get! He's just so mean so and so,
well, discouraging! I hate teachers like that, especially english teachers like that! I mean if his passion is really teaching, then
what is he doing discouraging his students on the FIRST DAY of classes? Being a teacher is not only about being
knowledgeable about the subject matter but also about being an inspiration! Someone to look up to. There's no point about
being hard, stern and intimidating because these attitudes will only push students away from the teacher! Instead of doing the best they
can to please themselves, the students will only do the best they can for their teacher to be pleased! There is nothing wrong
about being strict but there's nothing wrong about being reasonable either! I know some teachers who give a whole lot of 3.0s
and a whole lot more of 5.0s (yeah, prof. datuin..you're one of them!). What's up with these people? It's as if they give these grades without having a second thought
about all the effort and time the students spent on their requirements. Maybe they even give these grades with a big smile on their
faces. Okay so maybe I got a little bit carried away and my teacher has not been able to give me a grade or 3.0 or 5.0 yet since
classes has just started today. However, they way that he appeared in class makes me not want to go back there again on
Monday. And another thing is the diagnostic test. How could he have given us a topic as broad and as corny as Christmas??!
What was I supposed to write about it? With only 30 minutes to finish my essay, I was able to submit the ugliest, yuckiest,
most ammatuerish essay I have ever written in my life since high school. I just wanna die of embarassment! Thankfully, he
dismissed us after passing our essay.
My next class is Soc Sci 2. I actually have problems about this because I have no break in between Eng 10 and Soc Sci 2. It
would have been easier if have both classes on the same building but no, my Eng 10 is on the 5th floor of the CAL while Soc Sci 2 is on the 4th floor of AS. I still have to figure this out. Anyway, I didn't have Soc Sci 2 since my
teacher is not present.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Nat Sci 1 is my first subject every Tuesdays and Fridays. When I got to NIGS, John texted me and asked if we could meet up in
CS on 8:15. Of course I told him I couldn't because I was already in NIGS. So then I went inside. I was actually already
panicking a bit because I couldn't find my room and so I decided to go down. And thank God I did because I bumped into
Joanna on the way down. It turned out that she is my classmate in Nat Sci. So along with her and one of my blockmates, we
waited for the room to be opened. When we finally got inside, Joanna and I got seperated and I was left with my blockmate,
but that was okay. We were not able to save a seat for John because there were 120 of us in Nat Sci and naturally, the seats
got filled up quite easily. But John found a seat behind us anyway. When my professer came, man, were my classmates in
trouble! Well actually, only all of my late classmates were in trouble. He got so angry at all of them but some found their way in without him noticing, like Janeve and Archer. I couldn't believe that they are my classmates too! Especially Janeve. I hope we can get
throught Nat Sci all together with our professor behaving like the Christmas Grinch. I REALLY don't like him. Joanna told me
that our prof is actually considered as a terror teacher. Oh My God.
After Nat Sci came Soc Sci 1. Even if he turned out to be the teacher I was supposed to avoid according to Faith (she had him
as her prof last sem) I think everything will still be okay. The pof was very funny and there was this cute guy who was wearing
pink shirt that says "tough guys wear pink" sitting behind me anyway.
I met up with Roxanne at lunch. After that we went to PHAN where we would have our first Psych 101 class. I actually know
the prof in this class. She is Khalil's sister and was my ka-schoolbus in elementary. In this class, where we are all Psych majors but from different
blocks, I already know 13 of them. Everybody knew each other prior to this class so that was cool. Ate Kay or should I say
Ma'am Anonuevo was really nice. Because she made us do this getting-to-know-you activity in which we had to draw and
color, I kinda thought of our class as guidance class in high school. But it was fun but i guess just a little um...corny.
Ehehehehe....I just had to say that.
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After this day, I kind of just thought about everything. I guess last sem, I know I did major hustling just so I can pass Math 11 and
get good grades in everything else. But really, I think that maybe I need more hustling to do. Maybe that was just a small bite
from college, and not at all how it is supposed to be. Kumbaga, patikim lang. I haven't experienced a whole lot of things yet
last sem, like knowing no one in my classes. Maybe I'm supposed to experience more hardships and challenges as I go
along. I know I will get through all these....Eng 10, Math 14, Nat Sci.....anyway. I just gotta work with it. Go with the freakin' flow
with a steady stance. So you know what? I think I'm just fine!

||'| still waiting @ 11:45 AM |'||

Saturday, November 12, 2005

waaaahhh!!