The V Doohickey and the S Thingamajig

Warning. This post may not be written in a chronological manner since the author's mind had been entropic since last week.

V for Vendetta. S for Shitlord. Oops.

Well, V stands for Vices and S stands for Studies.

Oh yeah. HELLO PHILIPPINES AND HELLO MILKY WAY! I'm back. It was really a grueling week for me since HELL WEEK officially started last TUESDAY. Haay naku. We had to deal with tremendous workloads and yeah, next week would be bloodier and the week after next week would be the bloodiest, if not mistaken. Imagine next week, we had 4 exams to take and worse, on January 22, Tuesday, we had 3 exams scheduled on this day. Originally, it was only Bio 3 and Nat Sci 1 scheduled for their respective second long exams on this day until nakisinggit ang Math 14 of Sir Tecson. Grrr. Oh well, since lessons in Math 14 were not that hard, so the class opt to have an exam this Tuesday. If we move the exam by next Thursday, then the coverage would be longer. Gulay.

Oh yeah. I usually wake up at 7 am and as the day progressed, I become lazier than the usual day, got up at almost 8 am (everyday my first class is 8.30 am) and shivered whenever I took the shower. It's all because of the DAMN WEATHER. You could always imagine that at 7 am, it's still DARK, cold and yes, you've guessed it right, ang sarap ng feeling mo sa bed and nakatatamad kung bumangon. Hay naku. And I fervently wish that it would not rain every morning since I always took HH (Habal-habal or motorcycle) as my mode of transportation everytime I go to school. I don't want to get WET and WILD when I arrived at school. Sheesh.

As a child, I always ask mom kung kailan na ako pwedeng uminom ng coffee. She ALWAYS replied this statement, all over again: "BASTA, 'pag malaki ka na at may trabaho ka na". I was 4 or 5 years old then when I frequently asked that question. After 13 years, I'm semi independent to CAFFEINE. Yes. I'm still a student studying at the premier AND overrated university of the country, but I constantly drink coffee most especially during our examination week. Caffeine is my best friend whenever I study and answer those tiring assignments. Caffeine accompanies me to success. (Naks). Oh well. I just can't help this. I'm really hooked to CAFFEINE. Naha-high ako whenever maamoy ko ang aroma ng COFFEE. Ahhh. PLEASURE. Caffeine is the safest drug that I've ever known. But to much CAFFEINE in our system is not good. Again, I would like to reiterate that too much is NOT GOOD.

YES. Finally our Bio lab instructors had finalize the destination of our field trip. We'll be having our field trip this February 1-3, 2008 at Marasugan, ComVal Province - a good two-hour "land flight" from the city. YAHOO.

BTW, right at this very moment, mom got pissed with her N73. I don't know. She can't send outgoing SMS to dad. Wait. It's not the phone, it's the NETWORK. Sira ata ang globe ngayon. TOPAK. BALIW. Good thing, I'm a SUN user and it really helps, well if I had extra free text to the other networks. Ouch.

Awww. This is a sad sad sad story. We didn't took our PE class (Table Tennis). We were forced to CUT CLASS since we had an exam in Chem 17 Lab. Yeah, our Lab instructor told us that the schedule for the long exam would be outside the laboratory schedule. Oh well. I could hardly imagine the face of our PE teacher. He may looked like a confused dude because of the unusual attendance. He may scratch his head like a silly cartoon character. Whatever. Good thing, the Chem 17 Lab exam was not that DIFFICULT. Weehah.

Yesterday, Monz complimented me on the way I write on my blog (OOOWS?!). So he suggested me to join YUWEI. YUWEI is a website designed for social networking and small business enterprise. He said that if YUWEI liked your blog, they'll pay you, IN DOLLARS. So I was quite interested and joined YUWEI just 18 hours ago. But I don't have a bank account (I only have a piggy bank account though and that's not counted, hahaha), so I didn't signed up for the payment scheme, I just signed up for the sake that I'm gonna be one of the 900 plus newest members of YUWEI. I'll just think of this. If you're interested, just log on to:

YUWEI'S WEBSITE.

UPCAT results were released unusually EARLY. To those who passed UPCAT, congratulations! And for those who didn't, that's okay. :)). And dun sa mga nakapasa, I would like to encourage you, yes YOU (if you're an UPCAT passer, that is) to study at this overrated university. Nyahaha. It's just like being an iskolar ng bayan is wonderful occurrence in life - a once in a lifetime experience. It could also be a life changing experience. And yeah, don't waste your wonderful student numbers! Sayang. Oh-eight pa naman kayo. I like eight. And 2008 is our centennial celebration. :))

Speaking of centennial celebration, Jai gave me a suggestion to try another song regarding the centennial celebration of UP. It's from the UPLB music fest and it goes like this: (again, please click the play button since I didn't activate the autoplay. Thanks.)

I find "UP ANG GALING MO" a good song but I find "ISANG DAAN" better than the former. It's just like the former's message was quite self-centered (peace, no offense) like we're the best among the rest, etc., (which is TRUE :p), but the latter's message was simple yet outstanding. It showed about the progress of UP and how did UP molded it's students as one of the most outstanding and brilliant citizens of the country as time goes by. Somehow, the former had an intense LSS FACTOR while the latter one's quite feeble. Anyhow, I posted the lyrics of ISANG DAAN in one of my contents, I think sa VIDEO ata or sa LINKS. whatever.

AY NAKU. SABAW HAW HAW KARABAW!

May gagawin pa ako ngayong gabi.

Study for Bio 3 Lab exercise 5-6. QUIZ.
Study for Comm 3 for the midterm exam. Which I haven't started even one-eighth of it. Oops.
Answer the questions of our seventh experiment in our Chem 17 Lab.

Haay. tatlo lang pala. Kaunti lang to. Isang daan tungo sa karunungan. Isang daan tungo sa madugong labanan ng sariling utak at ng mga bluebooks. Aycaramba.

HAGGARD Boggart BOOGIE

Haggard Mode.

So this is it pinyokos, friends and my fellow isko[s] and iska[s], starting Tuesday and up to the first week of February, we shall experience brain damage, sleepless nights, caffeine addiction and had to deal with dreadful eyebags. Uggh. I'll be back, well sooner or later. I'll pretend that my computer's busted or what. Temptation. Ugh.

T GEE I EF

T G I F

in English: Thank God it's Friday.
in Tagalog: Hay salamat sa Poong Maykapal at Biyernes na.

but in our native tongue: PISTEEE. MIDTERM CRISIS NA! EXAM NA NEXT WEEK. YATI RA.

So yeah we had a final schedule for our midterm exams, and I promise to myself that I will perform better than the previous exams (though the results were GOOD, except for one. Just don't ask.)

January 16, 2008 (Wednesday) 2.30-4.30 pm - Chem 17 Lab 1st long exam
January 17, 2008 (Thursday) 2.30 - 4:00 pm - Comm 3 (AH3) Departmental Midterm Exam
January 22, 2008 (Tuesday) 4:00 - 5:30 pm Nat. Sci 1 (MST1) 2nd Long Exam
January 22, 2008 (Tuesday) 1:00 - 2:30 pm - Bio 3 Lec 2nd Long Exam - plant part
January (3rd week-4th week)* - Math 14 - 2nd Long Exam
January (3rd week-4th week)* - Chem 17 Lec 2nd Long Exam
January (3rd week-4th week)* - Bio 3 Lab MOVING Exam

[* - subject to prior change]

Let's do simple math, shall we?

Lab reports to answer, plus grueling assignments, plus surprise quizzes, divided by 24 hours, multiply by the number of neurons present in my brain, minus by the number of hours of my SLEEP, plus the number of hours of mere consciousness, minus the price of bluebooks, minus the ink of my gtec, plus the number of coffees that I had drank since last week

YIELDS TO THIS ANSWER:

Yes. A zombie. WHY? Well. Just take a look on my simple equation. It results to dreadful eye bags, heavy eyes, freaky DIET, nosebleed, blood dripping from my nose, ears, mouth, eyes (eew), sleep deprivation and most of all, MENTAL INSANITY. Crazy. Baliw. Buang. Sha-gue.

Oh yeah, our planned field trip to Camuigin was canceled due to the stern decision of our Dean. He had the point though but hopefully the place would be outside DAVAO CITY. Yeehee.

Haay. This is the REAL Life. Things are getting tougher than last sem and it would get harder next year and the following year, and the year after the following year until I reached the Med school. Oh yeah. So, again and again, I would like to reiterate this to myself that CRAMMING and PROCRASTINATING are subtle forms of BAD HABIT - not a GOOD ONE which I formerly believed way back in high school.

Back in our PE class, about 9 hours ago, I checked my weight and guess what?! I DECREASED BY ALMOST 6 POUNDS! Damn it. Last sembreak, I weighed a good 107.5 lbs., and now? I'm only 102 lbs. God. I wish that I could still manage to weigh a little more than a hundred ten, but because of accumulated stress, that would be way TOO IMPOSSIBLE :(. So I once played Table Tennis and I already proved to myself that I am a CERTIFIED JAR-HEAD. Jar head. In tagalog or bisaya - BANGA. Such a crappy loser whothinksheknowshowtoplaytabletennisbutinfacthedoesnot thing. Hahaha. But at least I had a two hours session of physical exercise good for at least twice a week. HAHAHA. Out of seven games, I only had two WINS and 5 LOSES. Hahaha. I just laugh at this because I really ENJOYED table tennis despite of the numerous number of loses.

When I got home around 5pm (and it was drizzling moderately hard enough to categorized it as a light rain), I was playing the piano to relieve my mental stress when my mom, dad and brother arrived. They brought something important.

A wall clock for my room. Para maging PRANING SA ORAS.

DONUTS. yumyum.

MILK TEA - an answer to my stressful day

Even how stressful UP is, I still love Oble's academic institution. It is the place where young and bright minds meet on a chaotic and entropic environment. UP will always be UP. BTW, before I end this post, let me leave you a song entitled: UP ANG GALING MO sang by the UP Centennial Band. Promise, LSS to lalo na kung ika'y taga UP :))

please click the play button.

Narito kami [nagpupugay]
Sa [unibersidad] ng aming buhay
[Ikaw] pa rin ang [binabalikan]
‘Di pa rin malilimutan
[Ikaw ang UP naming mahal]

Salamat sa iyong mga [guro]
Salamat sa inyong pagtuturo
Taglay niyo ang kahusayan
Taglay niyo ang karunungan
Hinubog niyo kami sa kabutihan

Sandaang taon na tayo
Lagi ka pa rin sa aming puso
Kaya’t kami sumasaludo
[UP ang galing mo!]
UP ang galing mo!

[Wala nang iba pang maihahambing]
Sa [talino] mo’t [angking galing]
Daanin man sa siyensya
Hi-tech man o kahit ano pa
Ikaw UP ang [nangunguna]

Sa iyong mga dugo ang kasaysayan
Dumaloy sa [pag-unlad] ng ating bayan
Sagisag ka ng kagitingan
Bandila ka ng kalayaan
Pag-asa ka ng mamamayan

Sandaang taon na tayo
Lagi ka pa rin sa aming puso
Sandaang taon na tayo
UP ang galing mo!
UP ang galing mo!

Sandaang taon na tayo
Dangal ka ng Pilipino
Sentro ka ng pagbabago
UP ang galing mo!

Sandaang taon na tayo
UP ang galing mo!
UP ang galing mo!

Hopefully I could still manage to survive the so-called "HELL WEEK". Au revoir. Good luck to ALL OF US.

pesticide

Smart people talk about ideas and life. Average people talk about the usual and everyday things that a smart people can also do. Below average people talk about people's lives - and they're exasperated when you get to notice that they do.

Smile. Life is a wonderful story to tell."

And I couldn't just imagine why they STILL EXIST on this chaotic planet. Have a LIFE please, damn it. Palibasa mga walang magawa sa buhay. LOSERS always flock together no matter what.

To BLOG or not to BLOG

8.32 pm - 75% TAGALOG, 25%

First time.

I'm DEAD. Yes. Patay na ako. Patay in a sense hindi ko na alam kung ano ang gagawin ko. Should I study or not? Papasok pa ng school or mag LOA nalang at sa following semester nalang ako uli papasok sa UP. Haay. Ano ba?!

Well, as usual, 8.30 am ang klase ko kanina at Math 14 pa. Naah. When I entered the room, ABA-ABA! Agad naman akong sinalubong ng mga shocking revelations, "HOOOY REEEENZ! (insert hyper mood HERE) Alam mo ba? May nalimutan tayong assignment."

Napaisip tuloy ako. HUWAAAAAT?! (Sabay lingon sa kausap, with pa-slow-mo effect :p) Eh, natapos ko naman din ang Bio 3, tapos, AH! Pati ang Chem 17 prelab. Ano pala kulang natin?

Then ayon, nalimutan ko nga. NALIMUTAN ko na may assignment pala kami sa Comm.3 (AH3)!! Ay CARAMBA! Arrghh. Dalawa ang assignment namin. Yung isa, written, about the pros and cons of being multilingualism, bilingualism and its positive and negative effects to Filipinos pati make your own presentation showing bilingualism and multilingualism. Aba-aba. So nagbrainwash kaming mag-grupo. Una, kami nila Joie, Cha and Sheara. Then kinombine nalang din ang group ni Mikko, Mark, Ralph, Yuri at Princess. Haay naku. Adlib nalang kung adlib.

So dumating ang 8:45 am and take note, university rule namin, if 15 minutes late ang teacher, may right na kami na umalis sa classroom. So ayun, akala namin wala nanamang Math 14 for the second time in a row. But I was wrong. Indeed, may math nga kami. May formal lecture na si Sir Tecson. Oh well papel. Life must go on. Ayun, di pala siya nag formal lesson, he just gave the result of our first long exam. Medyo masaya ako coz nasali ako sa top scorers sa class namin, 4th ako, 84%. Haay naku. And ang mga mali ko? puros katangahan. SHEER stupidity. Tanga. tanga. CARELESS. Careless whisper, carefree pantyliner, WHATEVER.

So after ng Math Class namin, we headed straight on to our Bio 3 Laboratory room and as usual, we just compiled our activity sheets, kami ni Brigz nagpapakopya sa mga nais mangopya ng mga sagot at drawings (Iba na ang hindi nagcacram haahaa lol). And then we didn't have a lesson again sa LAB, we just discussed about our upcoming FIELD TRIP.

AND TAKE NOTE, hindi pala kami sa SAMAL ISLAND, kundi sa CAMIGUIN ISLAND!
Wooohooo! :D Camiguin, here we come!

Yes Galus galus. I'm really excited. Can you feel the beat Chickie??

Okay okay. So enough of that stupid excitement. First I was quite hesitant with the place because first of all, we should deal with the tremendous expenses - from traspo, to food, and of course sa PASTEL. hahah. Lol. I asked my lab teacher and more or less, 2,000 pesos ang siguradong magagastos namin EACH. Though, ang 2,000, lahat na yan. May matira pa nga diyan eh. So ayun, I asked my mom kanina the moment I arrived at home, mga 6.00 pm. Then pumayag na rin siya, siyempre wala siyang choice, eh part naman siya ng 9th lab experiment namin. And this was the best STATEMENT na narinig ko from mama:

TOTAL malaki ka naman, so papayagan na kita.

O MAY GAD. Yes. Sa wakas. Independence. The Emancipation of the Walking Toothpick ika nga. Ewan ko lang kung ano ang magiging statement ni papa since he's on Butuan right now, I think. Tapos my mom said pag 15, ipaglalaan na niya ang two thousand. YEHEY. So, pumayag na nga siya.

OKAY after ng Bio 3 Lab, kumain kami ng lunch, then after niyan, tumambay kami sa Bio 3 Lec room namin, for almost an hour. Maaga kasi kami dinismiss sa Bio 3 Lab. So ayun, laughtrip, si Angelyn, gumawa ng cast ng MAMATAY SA SINDAK SI BARBIE, tapos si Leizel, siya si CHELSEA, tapos ako ang voice over ni CHELSEA. HAHAHA.

Tapos ang food lover na si YURI (cge na nga, FOOD EXPERT), SHAKIRA SABING na name niya. HAHAHAHA. Then our laughter was temporarily suspended when Dr. Anabelle Novero, Ph.D arrived in our classroom, with her IBM laptop and her trusty brown envelope. Naku naman. The moment of truth - ibibigay na ang results ng 1st long exam namin sa Bio 3 Lec.

PATAY ako. I'm dead. Mag harakiri nalang ako. Ugh. Crap. Suicide are just for big-assed losers. May word ba na assed? Naku. Ang noun naging verb. Who cares. Okay back to the topic. Since Sunday night, I felt a bad omen regarding my result in Bio 3 Lec. Bagsak ako. I failed. Lagpak.

YES. I was right. Definitely right. Nahiya tuloy ako. Asar! bagsak nga. Walo lang ang nakapasa. I only got 52%! Arrghh. Okay lang, di ko naman sineryoso ang pag-aral ko sa Bio 3 since nung time na yun, malapit na Christmas break and yung weekend, mas pinili ko pang manood ng STARDUST and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW than studying. Tapos, I crammed pa naman the day before exam. Nakakatuwa maglecture si Prof. Novee. Haha. Wala lang. Basta. No further explanation needed. Secret na namin yun. Hahaha lol. =))

Oh yeah, may presentation pa kami sa Comm. 3 (AH3), so ayun, laugh trip as usual at biglang tumilapon ang wall clock sa room namin at muntik nang matamaan si SIR DENNIS. ABA! Parang eksena sa PATAYIN SA SINDAK SI BARBARA, just replace Barbara to DENNIS! HAHA lol.

Then, we had our last class for the day, which is Nat. Sci 1.

So I got my four results of my long exams from different subjects and three out of four subjects, pasa, and BIO pa ang binagsak. Naku.

Sa Nat. Sci 1 - 91,
Sa Math 14 - 84,
sa Chem 17 - 75,
then Bio 3 - 52.

Sounds low kung if we compare this to my highschool standing, but hell! ANG HIRAP maka 80 pataas sa LONG EXAM, at sa Chem/Bio maka 75 and above ka na sa long exam, INSTANT CELEBRITY KA NA! Hahay. UP kasi.

So bukas wala kaming klase sa Chem 17 Lec because aatend kami ng isang forum about PHYSICS and aba! Kano ang maglelecture, live via videophone pa! Sosyal. Part to ng Centennial Celebration ng UP!

Oh, BTW, I just realized that our dining table looked like a traffic light. Haay. Parang nag ALA-MMDA ang dining room namin.

STOP. LOOK and LISTEN! Kainan NA!

Hindi ko pa rin narereceive ang PDF file from Prof. Novee. Ay naku. PASAWAY. Lecture niya yun and naka PDF file pa talaga presentation niya. WOW.

So ayun. I did enjoyed this post since nonstop ang kamay ko sa keyboard. Dere-derecho. Kaya paalala lang kaibigian, maaring may na-misspelled ako na words jan, kaya pagpasensyahan niyo nah. First time ata to na dominant ang TAGALOG sa post ko since October 2006! Hahaha lol.

Til then. Au revoir. At biglang bumawi sa FRENCH.

9.36 pm

BIG Brother

No. This post is not intended for the Pinoy Big Brother, a worldwide, unparalleled, divisive and conflict-ridden television series of ABS-CBN. Just read.

Being an eldest in the family is not an easy task. I mean, you take all of those heavy responsibilities in home, in school and in your family, most especially to your younger siblings. A minor mistake would mean a disaster to us. Even if it’s our sibling’s fault, our parents often blame us. Such arduous task made me realize that being a “kuya” could be a disastrous and tiring one. I’m not complaining about my status in my family, but I just want to point out things that are crappy, especially if you deal with your younger siblings.

I consider my brother as my alter ego. He is my total opposite. We rarely talk the same language, idiomatically speaking. We often fight even for the simplest things. He’s EMO and I’m not. We don’t have any similarities on physical looks except on our figure – we’re both thin. He’s very athletic and I’m not. He abhors math and I love math. I’m quite serious with my life and HE’S NOT.

One thing for sure, we always argue on a regular basis. My mom’s getting tired of us. I’m not saying that I hate him or what, but sometimes, this mayhem can’t be avoided. I am really disappointed and frustrated with him for the past few weeks. I just observed that as he grew older, he gets more stubborn and hard headed than before.

These frustrations had led me to write something about him because I’m really tired of his behavior. Sometimes when he needs help, especially on his math assignments or simply he wants to clarify things about algebra, he would be the nicest person that I’ve ever met in this muddled planet. Sometimes, he would be very fastidious to me ‘coz makigamit siya ng cellphone ko para makatext niya ang kanyang crush and the next thing I knew he would be mean to me. Take this situation as an example. He will not allow me to use the computer because he’s still playing FREESTYLE – an online basketball game. “Wait lang beh! Pa level up muna ako” – he always said that statement to me many times in an irritable manner. Well, talking about being petulant. I just wanted to use the computer because I need to search something important for our Bio 3 Lab. I just waited for four and a half grueling hours (while doing my homework in a traditional way, that is through books) until he finished his DAILY RITUAL. Man, he’s an ADDICT. Everyday, he opts to play online games rather than studying. I just waited like a moron and I don’t want to start another disturbing fight. Sometimes, when I grumble about his addiction, he would just curse me with foul words. I want to tear his left ear lobe using his sharp earring and bind his mouth using soldering iron. But I can’t. All I can do is to control my temper. Ooooh, and I’m not playing Saint Renzy Benzy in this annoying situation. Sometimes, my brother and my mom would end up shouting and fighting because of his ruthless behavior. I also consider myself as ruthless, but I know the limitations on it. The problem is, he’s very uncontrollable but not violent (like Baron Geisler, hehehe). I could partially understand this particular behavior because he’s fourteen and he’s living in a chaotic teenage environment.

Yes. I consider myself as an imperfect brother to him because I know, I had some weaknesses. But what I am trying to point out is that he must change his behavior, well at least I could see some minor improvements on to him. I don’t hate him. I just want him to change his negative attitude. It’s already 2008 and he’s going to be fifteen this year. And I’m just afraid that he will be wilder than today. All I can do is to talk with my mom about his unusual behavior because talking to him would be unnecessary and pointless. All I want is to respect me as your older brother.

I know you can do it. Sana baguhin mo ang bad attitudes mo (ako rin). Peace.

HOLIDAY CRISIS

We came back to school last January 3, 2008. And guess what? We only had TWO OFFICIAL CLASSES (AH3 or Comm3 and MST1 or Nat. Sci 1). YES, just two classes. At first, we were already informed by Prof. Novero via email that we will have no class on Bio 3. Then the next thing we knew, we also don’t have lectures on Math 14 and Bio 3 Lab. Oooh. So all we did in the whole morning was to make and complete all six Bio 3 lab exercises.

I really think that our professors celebrated NEW YEAR for three straight days. Haha.

Oh yeah, I’m quite excited for our upcoming field trip in SAMAL Island. Yeehah! Well, it’s for our 9th experiment in Bio 3 Lab. I do hope that we would have LOTS of adventures in SAMAL ISLAND.

Oooh yeah. I would like recommend this effective stress reliever: INDAY’S BLOG! Just log on to http://blogniinday.com and I guarantee this antidote. It’s more effective than Stresstabs and other stress reliever capsules/tablets. NO SIDE EFFECTS. :))

I will still update my blog but not on a regular basis. You know, I have to concentrate with my academic lifestyle, mahirap na talaga ang ma-left over sa mga lectures. Ohhh my gulay.

Today's 2008 and it's the CENTENNIAL YEAR of UP!

MABUHAY ANG PAG-ASA NG BAYAN!

Twenty Oh EIGHT

On New Year's Eve, my mom confronted me, with her sympathetic face. She said:

"Kuy, mahal naman ang medicine diyan sa DMSF (Davao Medical School Foundation)."

I asked her, "Magkano pala dun ma?"

"mga more than hundred thousand pesos per semester"

"So, hindi nalang ako mag proceed ng medicine?! [Ugghhh. C.R.A.P.]"

"Hindi ah! Ipa-proceed talaga kita ng medicine. Baka sa UP MANILA kita ipa-aral ng medicine. Diba sabi mo sa akin noon, nung sembreak ata yun, mga 20 thousand pesos per sem lang. By that time, you're 20 years old na and I think you're capable of being independent. Sayang din ang potential mo kung di ka mag medicine."


GOD. THAT WAS THE BEST GIFT THAT I'VE RECEIVED ON THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!

All I have to do is to perform my NMAT well, at least have an average of 90 [percentile rank] to qualify in UP Manila College of Medicine.

This motivates me to strive hard in my studies.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!