So near yet so far
What a loooong day. I just finished two crazy finals, so thank God for that. I just want to rest! Actually, the past few days have been extremely looong. After pulling another all-nighter with my POS53 groupmates last Friday, the next few days have been devoted to studying for my finals. However, before the stress that is this week, I still had the chance to hang out with the crazy BlueRep gang for Yen‘s debut held at Coconut Palace. (Yen played Sharpay in the recently held High School Musical.) The best part was the theme: Storybook. My friend, Emjo wanted to partner with me, so we contemplated on our costume for the past few days. We wanted to be deviant, but we couldn’t think of what to wear.
All pictures were taken by Jaja. Ang saya maging schizo grabe.
Alas, psychology class gave us a billiant idea. We decided to go as ‘paranoid schizophrenics’ complete with scrubs and all. So our brilliant idea was this: We were the only ‘real’ people in the storybook party. Everyone else are just figments of our imagination – or our created realities. O, diba? Kakaiba talaga. Galing namin ni Emjo! Hahaha. People had a hard time guessing who we were, but it was just fun to dress up as someone different. Amidst all the pretty ballgowns and princesses, Emjo and I were schizos.
With some of the other BlueRep storybook characters. We were the coolest, I tell ya.
Anyway. I digress.
You know how the end of the school year completely throws you off the nerd mode and you just end up distracted by the reality of summer nearing in? Tipong summer mode na summer mode ka na. Rawr. It’s hopeless! I try to study, devote long hours for readings, but then I either end up deciding...
Onwards to the Finals Week
Aaaahhhh… I just finished hell day number 2, and now I only have to work on our group POS53 Research Proposal. Needless to say that one is killer. It’s a 30% of the grade kind of paper that I just can’t dismiss easily. Argh and a half.
At least I have blocked off most of the things to do for the week. Despite the depressing days of worrying about my acads (specifically my Theo and Psych grades), I have done pretty well. At least for my recent requirements, tests, papers and orals. Let’s just hope it is good enough. The three 4.0s from Theo is sweet, and I can’t help but pause for a minute and just thank God. The last two Long Tests for Theo was hell, and I mean it to the hell-estness sense. It’s the kill-me-now kind of cry for desperation. Kahit na nadali ako sa objective part ng Theo, nabawi ko sa mga reflection papers ko. And yes, I meant all my 4.0 reflection papers. Sorry kung mayabang pero I need to boost my self-esteem after really, really crappy long test scores. Dalawa na nga lang yun, I screwed it pa big time. But oh well… I can’t do anything about it except make up for it during the finals. Sana talaga.
So today was another busy day. I had my orals supposedly scheduled at 9:40AM. All of a sudden nagkagulogulo yung schedules. I had no choice but to move it to 3:40PM. Big bummer. And to think I had a Psych test until 3PM. Oh shush. What can I do… I had hour long breaks before Psych, so I stayed in my nerdy little corner inside Rizal Lib 3rd floor and studied the time away.
That’s me with my trusty Psych book. There came a point when I was beyond sleepy that I resorted to some camwhoring. Shucks. I haven’t taken vanity pics for ages. hahaha. I...
Of my French orals and being weekend-less once again
Last night (a Friday evening to note too), I was up very late to finish all the transcriptions for our POS53 Fieldwork report due Monday. It was a pain, and a total struggle. But thankfully, I finished it. It really didn’t feel like a Friday because I barely did anything else. I didn’t even have the chance to turn on the television!
Today, I woke up earlier than my usual Saturday wake-up time (without the joys of going to NSTP so early…) and tried to fix more POS53 stuff for our meeting later. There are so many things I have to accomplish by this weekend.
To enlighten you and possibly serve as my own reality check, this checklist could be helpful:
- POS 53 Field Work Report due Monday.
- POS 53 Research Proposal due Friday.
- Psych Long Test on Tuesday.
- Sci10 Orals on Tuesday.
- French Album due Monday.
Heavy, dudes. The first two ones are killer already. I have mapped out all the hours of my weekend. My time-management skills can’t betray me now. The only constant thought that resonates through my head are the nearing days of Summer. Oh gosh. The piercing heat while walking to my next classes over in the Ateneo is horrible. I feel it. I feeeeeel it!
Yesterday, I also had my French orals. It was one heck of an experience! I say this because once I got there and picked my dialogue situation, the secretary told me that I don’t have any partner! Sacre bleu! I was super nervous. I went in and the lady teacher told me I had to do a monologue. I was like… Moi? Deux personnes? C’est possible? She agreed, and so forth my schizophrenic 10-minute monologue about going to the museum. In fairness, I trusted my theatric skills! Haha. I found myself incorporating several voices to distinguish one from the other. Oh gosh… it was hilarious! Fortunately, I managed to prolong the conversation by being three different people: myself, my...
On being ambitious, group presentations and 300
I have been yearning for some downtime lately. Being the busy bee that I am, people immediately assume that there is always something going on. Most of the time, they are right. Stress in its noun, adjectival and adverbial forms are constantly part of my constant updates. Oh sheesh. When I find myself less frazzled, I start contemplating on how my life has been reduced to. And yes, I don’t think I can complain. It is what it is. Of course, I find moments in between my constantly intense lifestyle that I ask myself why I do this to myself…
I’m leaving you guys with a picture from our monthly 4D reunion held at Karen’s house last Saturday. I’m so happy that despite going to different colleges, we make it a point to keep in touch and catch up every month. Good times.
Bloated and Stressed
Alas, I failed to finish my Blogathon duties. I was initially excited about it, but I just couldn’t continue blogging everyday. I blame it on the fact that there were just days that I was computer and internet deprived. So that is a good excuse, right? High School Musical took most of my time during the past week too. The experience was great, and I never knew I could have so much fun just being an FOH. It was one responsibility that I’m glad I took which turned out to be one helluva learning experience. No regrets.
A few more weeks till this SY ends, and I am beyond excited for summer. However, just thinking about the next few weeks fill me with both dread and excitement. As usual, it’s stressful. The work is heavy, and most of my teachers have no mercy. It’s scary. I really don’t want to rant about my acads because it’s depressing. Now I resort to food. Argh. I feel bloated. And stressed. Zheesh. It sounds like I look ugly.
Looking ahead, I have our Theo group presentation and my French orals. My wonderful groupmates and I have been busy preparing for the former. I am both nervous and excited for it. Panghatak ko to sa pagkababa-baba ng Theo grade ko. Shyet. As for my orals, I’m not sure how that will go. The past few simulations with the class have been really fun, but I never knew 10 minutes could go on forever.
For now, I will try to do as much as I can. I can’t cram. Thank God for musicals. Thanks to Marvin and Reb, I am soooo into The Wedding Singer, The Musical. It is beautiful. If you love Adam Sandler and the movie as much as I did, you will love this even more. I will upload some songs here in a jiff.
ADDENDUM: I badly want to watch 300. Everyone is talking about it. And being the...
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