graduation day

today is my college graduation. i'm sure that i'll be bored out of my mind, while sitting down and waiting for my name to be called. what am i to do??... i have to bring gadget(s) to keep me occupied and not stare at my phone, checking the time every now and then. humidity is going to be an issue, as well. my toga is probably made of the worst fabric in the whole world; when i'm wearing it, i feel as if my skin is going to break out with rashes! if only i can go outside and just come back when we are about to go on stage...*sigh*...

good luck to me, not because i'm about to graduate (that's already a given, hehe!); i hope i can make it through the whole ceremony without going insane due to intense boredom and exhaustion.

that reminds me: bring bottled ice cold water!

3 and a half hours to go until graduation...

wrong shoe color

oh no!!!... my brand new pair of shoes is Fuchsia in color.

note to self: stupid mistake on not remembering DARK COLORED shoes are the ones allowed.

i hope my parents can find it in their hearts to buy me another pair with the right color, hehe (*evil grin*)... another new pair for me...

*sigh*

food! food! food!

lately, all i do is eat, eat, eat!!!... it seems like i failed to make good on my plans to lose some weight this summer...aaarggghhh!... well, it's too late for me to go to the gym, because the time won't be enough. i'm leaving for the US on the 28th (finally!)... i bet i'd be eating more and more food there. that means one thing: i MAY become a "fatty" once i go back home. (*knock on wood!)

i hope i can find the strength to keep my appetite in control.

perhaps, i need to stick to a diet!

the summer is just beginning...

back to blogging...

since my life in college is pretty much over in a few weeks, i can now allocate a portion of my time to posting. i'll be giving an update of what happened to me during finals week (feb 27th - march 3rd) until today, march 9th. it's just a quick rundown, and not a detailed chapter of an autobiography, hehe...

here goes...

feb 27th: ...first day of our finals week, BUT, classes are suspended!... it's good that i didn't schedule any written test/oral examination. ...wrote my philosophy paper on Mill's Greatest Happiness Principle, which i still think is not a moral framework because it's consequentialist approach on life seems too 'easy': as long as the action brings happiness, it is morally justified. (is that right?!) ...studied for my philosophy oral exam, scheduled on the following day. i really love cramming! well, i was not that worried because the oral exam is a group thing (i have a partner, haha).

feb 28th: ...around 8am, i almost died!...actually, i found myself being involved in a triple collision. (3rd strike for me.!) phew! good thing, my car was barely scratched. the plate was slightly bent out of shape. i was really trembling because i knew that i am going to face the ire of my parents, once they find out. it's the first time i went to a police station and be under investigation, sort of. to cut the story short, the matter was resolved by 12nn. i get to review for my philosophy oral exam with my partner for at least 3 & 1/2 hours.
...4pm, philosophy oral exam: it's my first time (also for Rizza) to take an oral exam in a garden setting. it probably encouraged us to 'philosophize' as philosophers did in days of yore. we got to talk about Aristotle & the Ring of Gyges and Aquinas & good will.

march 1st ...3am-8am: i'm still writing my final paper for European Cinema class. i really love this subject because of the good films that i got to watch. i now have a deep appreciation for European films. i really liked Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch), Europa Europa, and The Legend of 1900.
...1pm: i start preparing for my theology oral examination. at this moment, i still haven't read in detail the 10 thesis statements! i decided to take a nap, so that i'd feel refreshed to study by 4pm. unfortunately, i overslept!!! i woke up around 630pm. good thing, my friend dropped by to give me a very nifty reviewer. though i have a summary of what to study, i still felt tired, and off i went into deep slumber.

march 2nd ...9am: i arrive in school earlier, so that i can cram for my theology oral exam until 3pm. that gives me 6 hours or 360 minutes to cram all the knowledge in my STM (short-term memory); i can devote 36 minutes per thesis statement. as usual, my plan was disrupted! a slew of unwanted annoyances has ruined my schedule, oh well!
...3pm: my oral exam is supposed to commence at this time, but there has been a delay. this gives me 'more time to cram', but my nerves are starting to overwhelm me. finally, the exam begins. i draw #1 from a mug, what a relief! it's really weird to hear me babble and babble about Vatican II and Liberation Theology for about 5 minutes. i am not making any sense at all! good thing, my teacher asked me questions about the statement. i can say that i did well from that point on.
...620pm: finally, i got home. the day is far from over. 2 friends of mine spend the night to finish our paper for Ec177 (theory and practice of social development). as usual, we watched tv shows on my pc until 10pm!!! we had food delivered from McDonald's. we then proceed to reading the 1st draft of the paper. i have to say that our teacher's handwriting reminds me of Morse Code. it's soooo difficult to decode. by the time we had decrypted his comments, we fell asleep. i was not as "hyper" to pull an all-nighter, because i didn't consume any sugar at all.

march 3rd ...6am: we woke up knowing that we still have an unfinished Ec177 paper! at that point, it's so difficult and impossible for us to finish the revisions, because the stress of not getting a good night's sleep during finals week is already devouring our consciousness. then again, it's a major requirement, so we had to push through with its completion. there have been moments of utter hopelessness and despair. i just wanted to curl up in my bed, hug my soft pillow and get lost in the countless REM cycles. still, we persisted.
...1230pm: we are almost done with the paper. i almost learned how to make a cost-benefit analysis, thanks to Jared, hehe. Gerald accidentally (nay, INTENTIONALLY!) sent the message "I Love You" to all the people in my yahoo messenger list! aaargghhh...i'm really embarrassed by what he did..er, i mean, what "i did".
...2pm: after having lunch in ISO, i, Jared and Gerald went to the registrar's office to get our clearance forms. i can't believe it! it's another step towards graduation, yipee! i thought we'd be able to accomplish getting all the signatures with so little time. then again, i'm just too excited to graduate, hehe.

march 4th ...12nn: driving along katipunan avenue, i thought i was going to die again. i almost hit the van in front me. sometimes, i can be so 'detached' from reality. perhaps, my mind was drifting away and i somehow lost track of what i was doing. as fate with have it, i stepped on the brake pedal just in time and avoided another "vehicular mishap' (sheesh, if it pushed through, it'd be TWICE in a week!).
...1pm: my blockmates and i are in the Henry Lee Irwin Theatre for the Seniors' "Pabaon" (some sort of send-off). personally, the event has made me feel more appreciative of being part of my school.
...3pm: during the break, my friends and i get the chance to be in a photo op with THE Fr. Ben. yeah, it has been an exciting moment, hehe. in my count, i had 3 photo ops with him.

march 5th ...9pm: finally, i start editing our powerpoint presentation for theology, as part of our group report the following day, 9am. as usual, it takes me hours and hours to tinker with each slide and finish with the intracacies of putting all the necessary format 'touches'.

march 6th ...2am: i am still awake!; thanks to 3 cups of Lipton orange pekoe and pekoe cut black tea. i haven't consumed so much caffeine in my life. after doing the powerpoint, i then proceed to making a slideshow of the pictures from the immersion of my groupmates, coupled with mellow piano music. since the caffeine has reached the inner regions of my bloodstream, i decided to search for a music clip of a prayer by St. Ignatius.
...830am: i arrive in school with minutes to spare for some preparations for our report in theology. i tried to check the files on my groupmate's laptop. much to my dismay, the slideshow played without the pictures! it seems the world crumbled before my eyes. i lost the enthusiasm to go on with the report. i felt a sense of disappointment.
...920am: during the report, i suddenly felt burned out. all the stress had managed to squeeze the 'life' out of me. indeed, technical difficulties plagued the presentation. nonetheless, our teacher appreciated our efforts, saying that it was'organic' and honest. what a relief!!

march 7th ...10am: i am lining up to get my graduation pictures. personally, i thought my pictures were just 'okay'. i really find it very weird staring at myself on a photograph, especially the framed one. i can't explain such feeling.
...1130am: Arvi, Karlo and i are off to Makati to watch a film at the Powerplant mall. One moment ruined my afternoon there. I was about to purchase a plain brown shirt at a shop, when both of them 'criticized' my choice of clothing. i was really annoyed. how dare they say that i should pick another one, a "better" top. i lost the drive to buy the shirt. afterwards, we had a scrumptious lunch at Dulcinea.
...330pm: later, we went to Galleria, hoping that the film we planned to watch was being shown there. unfortunately, it was no longer playing in theatres. we decided to view Jet Li's film "Fearless". i thought the movie turned out to be better than i expected. i liked the fight scenes; they seem so fluid onscreen.
...720pm: after the film, we did some window-shopping. as it turns out, i bought the brown shirt, hehe. next time, i won't spend time shopping with guys; they just get in my way!
...825pm: we get back to katipunan to have supper at McDonald's. while eating, it just hit me that my life in school is about to end. i have no more papers, tests, and projects to keep me awake in countless sleepless nights. i'm certainly going to miss being a student.
...9pm: as i was about to drop my friends at the parking lot, Arvi realized that his car had a flat tire. moments later, i was observing someone change a flat tire. i learned something new during the evening. it wasn't as difficult as i thought it would be.

march 8th ...10am: it's officially vacation time for me. i can relax, but i had discovered that our internet connection "died". i'd spend the entire day not only staring at the two computers in my room, but also trying to reconfigure our router.
...930pm: after hours and hours of reading pc forums on the internet about setting up a home network, i finally found a way to bring our internet connection back to normal. i swear, i felt i was the smartest person in the world, haha. my bed never looked so good to lay myself to sleep.

march 9th ...today, i was bored to death! i suddenly miss cramming for a test or trying to write a paper barely hours before the deadline. i have to do something, anything to keep me busy! then again, i have hours and hours of tv shows and films downloaded from the internet. this is the reason why i slaved for almost an eternity fixing the internet connection here at home, haha!


whew! this the longest blog entry, as far as my life is concerned, hahaha!... my hands are now sore from typing. at least, i did something worthwhile (i think?!) today. :)

tomorrow is another day...