Hehehe... I was just about to say that our term as College Student Council hasn't started yet, but then again I remembered that we just got inducted yesterday! And we had 2 meetings already, meaning, I've already made 2 minutes of the meeting as well.
Gaya-gaya ako kay Rox!
This sem has been the most stressful one for me. The most emotional, most horrible, and other mosts you can think of. But nevertheless, I did enjoy it.
First of all, Chorale. December 14 concert, A Glimpse of Forever. Gigs that made me miss class. Rehearsals. April 18 concert, En Route to Europe (Please watch! 7 pm at the UCCP Cosmopolitan Church, Taft Ave., Ermita, Manila. Tickets for PhP 120 only!) Salkzkammergut competition... these took so much of my time. Masaya siya, pero hindi madali. Kung nagrerehearse ka araw-araw, at sa buong linggo na yun eh nasesermonan kayo, aba... sino ba namang hindi mapapagod, magdadamdam. Chorale did not just give me physical stress, but emotional stress as well... But it's okay, because once you start singing... believe me, all the stress just goes away...
I blame the Chorale for taking most of my time, but I only have myself to blame for doing bad this semester. I did not manage my time. I forgot my priorities. Hindi ko binalanse ang Chorale at acads... pinili ko ang Chorale. I promised myself that it's going to be different next sem. May pangarap akong grumaduate ng laude, makapasok ng UP Med... and at this rate, with this performance... I might as well stare at those dreams while I can because it's all going down the drain... Pero ayoko. I still have 2 years to pull myself up.
Secondly, acads. Haay... I'm guessing you've read my previous posts... I really did have a hard time. Fortunately, I passed them all. Meron nga lang slight problem with Hum 2, tumawag ba naman raw yung prof ko dito sa bahay kahapon, hindi raw ako kasama sa isang group project! Huwhat?!?!
Grabe... sobrang gapang talaga. Parang Chorale din... masaya siya, pero hindi madali.
HISTO 4: I took this subject because there were no more slots for Soc Sci 2. Francine, Kristine and I were deciding whether to take Histo 3 or 4, and I thought that Histo 4 would be very interesting. Oh yeah, History 4 is Kababaihan sa Kasaysayan sa Pilipinas. And yes, taking this subject made a feminist out of me. I was able to understand feminism better. Sobrang saya ng class. Kalog ng prof namin, si Prof. Jose, as in. Para pa siyang clothes model. Hanep kung pumorma. Dami nga lang requirements... readings, papers, reports, readings, quizzes, exams, oh, did I say readings? SOBRANG dami, nung linilinis ko na sha, kasing kapal na sha ng Hickman (a Zoology book)! Pero masaya talaga.
HUM 2: Ang pinakamaingay na class na meron ako... NOT. Literal, yung prof lang namin yung nagsasalita. Nobody answers her questions. She's very closeminded. I'd rather read the book than listen to her teach. Nagustuhan ko lang sa class na toh eh yung group report and project na ginawa namin, and the time when we studied architecture. Hehehe... funny how I kept identifying architectural structures on my way to school that day when we were going to have our exam on that.
PI 100: The study of Rizal and other historical events and figures. Definitely interesting. Magkaroon ka ba naman ng prof na sobrang daming alam... as in henyo... Prof. Esguerra rocked. Actually, he didn't teach much coz he let the reporters do the talking. Isang sem kaming nagrereport, biruin mo? But all his comments and other stuff he taught... grabe, to the higher level na. At manghuhula siya! But I don't want to mention here what he saw in my palm... hehehe. Basta, madami akong natutunan kay Sir Esguerra. Si Maria Clara ay utak biya. Hehehehe.
PE 2 KARATE: Haiiiiyaaaa! Hehehe... One sem of kicking, punching and blocking! Excellent teacher we had, Prof. Cantomayor. Black belter, RP team... duh, kung di siya ganito, sino namang maniniwala sa tinuturo niya diba? Hehehe. Basta, galing niya. Especially when he demonstrates, we all just go, "Waaaah?" I love the kicks... Front, Roundhouse, Side and Stepping Side, and Back kick. I love the combinations. And I love the part in our final exam wherein we made our own 7-kick combo, ON THE SPOT. Sabi nga ni Sir, "Sige! Basta sipa lang ng sipa!" LOL. Pinakamalakas kong sipa ay Roundhouse, HIGH. So don't get any ideas. Hindi lang ako peminista ngayon, bayolente pa. Har har. I already know how to punch properly! I hope I can remember all of these so I can easily defend myself in times of need.
PE 2 TPBW: BOWLING!!!!! Yeaaaaaah! My favorite subject of the sem!!! Hehehe. I slightly know how to bowl already... manggaling ba naman sa pamilya ng mga bowlingero... my dad, my mom and my kuya bowl. My younger brother beats me at bowling. Kaya, naisipan kong mag-PE na bowling. Si Prof. Nuestro ang naging instructor namin, eh naging prof ko na rin yun sa TBT (Table Tennis... and I also now love that sport). Hehehe... and wow, I got scores that I could not even imagine getting. My highest was 140+, and my lowest (Ick.) was 80. Eeew. But I think I have the highest number of pinfalls... yeaaaaaah!!! I finally got the right form towards the end of the semester. I am now more consistent than before. I can't wait to try it out again... sana nga magawa ko pa. Hehehe.
ZOO 102 LEC: Yey! Multiple choice exam! Ilang items? 105. Shyet. At buti sana kung madali, hindi!!! One exam would mean reading 3 chapters of Kent. At di maikli ang mga chapters na iyan! Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy... you would memorize the systems, the parts of not just one animal, but more than 3 even. Geez... Pero masaya ang 102 lec, lalo na with Prof. de Guzman. Hehehe. Laging may joke. And she's very considerate. Mabait, kalog. Masaya... dami nga lang pinag-aaralan. It's fun to know scientific-sounding terms... hehehe... meron kang chelazione (sp?) sa mata. Hehehe! Masaya din yung pagmememorize ng Classification of Chordates! Kaya tuloy yung iba, makakita lang ng butiki sa ceiling... "Ah, Lacertila!"
ZOO 102 LAB: Eating a chicken has never been the same for me after taking up Zoo 102 Lab. Hindi ka makakatuloy ng kain hangga't di mo na-iidentify yung bone na pinagdidikitan nung mga muscles na kinakain mo. Hehehe. And I think cats are now afraid of me... they sense something... MUAHAHAHA. Hehehe. La naman akong ginagawa sa kanila eh... tinanggalan ko lang naman ng utak yung mga kamag-anak nila, binalatan, pinutulan ng ulo, kinalkal yung mga laman-loob, hinati yung puso... ano ang ikakatakot nila sa'kin? Hehehe. Masaya uli. At 105 items na exam uli! Multiple choice din? HINDIIIII... IDENTIFICATION. Lahat yun! Kaya... good luck. Hehehe. Taking this class made me think what I wouldn't want to specialize in when I take up Medicine. I would not want to take up nerves, arteries or veins. I'll get confused, hehehe. But I liked the Nervous system better than the Circulatory, but it's also fun tracing the flow of blood. Aaah... yes... the muscles and the bones. It's fun studying these without your cat because you try to identify the muscles and bones using your own body, even though there are some parts that are not exactly the same with the cat. Nung isang beses nga pinagtatawanan na ko nung blockmate ko while reviewing the insertion, origin and action of the muscles kasi ginagawa ko pati yung action. Hehehe. Nagmumukha na kong ewan. And Ms. Frisco was there to guide us, get us through all of this. Magaling sha, maganda pa! Visit our site!
Dahil nga pala sa Zoo 102 Lec & Lab ay nasubukan ko na lahat ng energy drink. Baccus, Lipovitan (pati Ira), Red Bull, Extra Joss... kape. Amazing, hindi pa ko nanginginig!
CHEM 31.1: I LAB Chem Lab. Hehehehe. Corny ko talaga. Mr. Robidillo, aka Sir Robbie to us MHCDers, had been great! To me, he is the god of organic chem nomenclature. Hehehe. Sa kanya ko natutunan lahat ng pagne-name ng organic compounds, at masaya siya, kahit wala kami lahat tinama sa mga quizzes nya sa nomenclature. Hehehe! Ang saya saya ng Chem 31.1. And in the last exam, I even had FUN. Imagine... having fun by taking an exam. Wahahaha. Saya kasi with Sir Robbie, ang bait bait. Laging may kwento, laging nakikinig sa kwento mo. Pero magaling rin siya magturo! Mag place ba naman sa Chem board, duh. At mas matanda pa nga sa kanya kuya ko ng isang taon! Kaya close, hehehe. Lagi pa siyang nag-aassist pag lab. I loved the experiments, but hated the lab reports. Hehe. Yan ang lagi kong pinagpupuyatan. Reporting nga pala! "WHY?" is the question we all dreaded to hear. Hehehehe. At may tono pa ang pagkasabi nyan. Pinaka-masaya yung last parts na nung lab, synthesis, qualitative analysis, elemental analysis. After nun, nainspire nga ako... kung hindi ako matuloy ng Med, I would pursue the Researcher career, yung sa lab. And our lab experience ended in FRUCTOSE. Hehehehe. Mabait kami ni labbie Ryan. Hehehe.
CHEM 31: Last, but definitely not the least. A low grade is what I get for imitating Prof. Yao, wehehehe. Ang hinagulgulan ko ng tawa (sawa na kong umiyak). The subject that made me almost quit chorale, but woke me up to reality. I failed the 3rd exam, pero bumawi ako ng 4th, just enough to make my average passing. AT if it wasn't for finals, tres lang sana ako. Pero hindi ako tres. Hehehe. At I'm proud to say I got 70+ in the finals. Woohoo! I do not hate the subject, in fact, I liked it... escpecially when I was able to get it already. Nung naiintindihan ko siya, nakita ko finally yung kagandahan niya... how the mechanisms can actually be interesting, how amazing that the presence of peroxide can make the reaction not follow Markonikov... stuff like that. Nagpapasalamat ako sa Chem 31.
Thirdly (hindi ka pa tapos?!?), friends. I've never felt so lonely in my 2 years in UP. Sinong hindi malulungkot kung magmumuni-muni ka sa Rob mag-isa ng 3 oras, 2 araw sa isang linggo? Not only did I lose my slot in Soc Sci 2, I also lost my slot in Hum 2. So I'm taking Hum 2 MTh 1-2:30 while my friends have theirs TF 10-11:30. And since then, I have had a hard time catching up with them. Lagi na lang akong huli sa balita, kung minsan, di pa dumadating sa'kin kung di ko pa maririnig sa iba. Lagi akong naiiwan. Minsan pag kasama ko sila, sila sila lang rin nag-uusap. I missed them. Haaay.
I will not include anymore my first-time experience of dancing in front of the PH population during SIMULAW. Heheheh. But it definitely made me want to dance again... basta ba nakapag-practice ng maayos, hindi 2 araw lang!
And of course, I am now the Secretary of our college's Student Council. Na-inspire ako tumakbo after holding a position sa choir namin last year, secretary din. Nag-evolve na nga yung minutes ko eh, hehehe. I hope I do a good job.
Well, my sem-ender report ends here. Ilang oras na kong nagta-type dito, it's almost 12 pm. Hehehe.
Oh yeah, Ryan is leaving for the States! Happy trip!!! Pasalubong!!!
Plugs: Rox, Ryan
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