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I officially ended my third-year life yesterday. And after such a hell/heart-breaking FINALS week, I am overflowing with relief. And joy. And peace. There were so many moments since “holy week” started that I felt like breaking down. It was just all so emotionally and mentally exhausting. And the fact that I barely get any shut eye every day didn’t help.

A 3.5 for my Dacanay orals made it all so worth it though. :)

But I’m just glad it’s all over, and I can finally look forward to my most eventful Summer yet. I have tons of...

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The four-day “break” that started last Thursday was the beginning of an all-too-unbearable state of despair and frustration over PolSci requirements. And amidst the frying of the brain cells are the added emotional highs and lows by some unforeseen events (school … erm.. course related) that I will not bother divulging over here.

It was insane. I felt like a prisoner in my own room, shifting from reading at least 6 sources and then ending up glued in front of my computer the rest of the night. I had at least two seemingly impossible-to-finish final papers. I say that because...

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I’d like to take comfort in the fact that I just finished one seemingly psychotic week. Perhaps that is somewhat of an overstatement. But allow me the liberty to make that exaggeration, especially after just enduring one of the most extremely trying weeks of my Ateneo academic life. I’ve technically got less that two weeks left before I end my junior year. Unfortunately, I really don’t have anything to rejoice about until the very last day. It will end when it ends. For the mean time, I gotta make the most out of it. More importantly, I gotta do well....

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After reading my friend, Jed‘s blog about not missing a Feb 29 post, I decided I wouldn’t want to miss posting on a leap year!

It sucks that it’s a Friday night and I’m still studying a whole lot of powerpoints for my POS118 (Philippine Administrative System) finals tomorrow. And it also sucks that the internet is distracting me every now and then.

I am trying to find consolation on the upcoming concerts that I will get to watch next week, but the anticipation of the blackhole month that is March is something that I utterly dread.

Can...

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I know I have been very negligent with this blog. Living through The Sem, while experiencing the most trying courses and teachers takes its toll, and blogging doesn’t seem to be a priority. I’d like to change that of course. Someday. haha.

I’m killing time before I go to my next class here at the Ateneo RSF. I also just finished my second Theo131 orals with Fr. Dacanay an hour ago. And the extreme relief after undergoing such life-changing event (haha) is one of a kind. I’m happy to say that I got the thesis statement I second wanted, and...

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Just came back from Fr. Dacanay’s whole day seminar/plenary on Marriage as part of our Theo131 requirement. He hosts one and requires all his students to attend every semester. And I’m pretty sure than one sem after another, there will always be raves and positive comments about it.

Coming into Ateneo my freshman year and getting a hold of my 4-year curriculum, I was initially quite surprised by all the CORE subjects I had to take. More importantly, 4 Theology subjects and 4 Philosophy subjects as required courses were something that I wasn’t looking forward to, especially since my...

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I reckon I should probably be studying the assigned readings for the week by this time. But Sunday mornings are usually devoted to blogging, so I shall put studying in hiatus for awhile. A blow-by-blow account of the most academically intense week yet for this second semester could make up for neglecting my blog. However, I really feel quite all over the place, and cohesive thoughts are just not possible right now. Then again, I shall try.

Supposedly, midterms week is over. I had my Theo orals with Fr. Dacanay last Monday, my POS131 (International Political Economy) midterms last Tuesday...

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My first week of school for 2008 has been so exhausting. I have been sleeping past 12 everyday and waking up at around 5ish, which technically means a total of a little more than 24 hours of sleep for 5 freaking school days. That’s definitely a record in itself.

A year ago, I would’ve been shocked to know that I could be capable of depriving myself the beauty sleep for 5 consecutive days due to all these scholastic endeavors. My Political Science majors are all holding me captive, pressuring me to read and finish more readings that I ever had...

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Words would fall short to describe the overwhelming experience of the last week before the Christmas break and the warm and fuzzy atmosphere that the holidays bring.

I meant to update this thing, but the last week was just incredibly hectic and distracting. Finishing the remaining school work, while finding time to celebrate with friends and family allowed me very little time to rest. So every free time I had (although very, very minimal) was devoted to sleeping in.

But all is well now. I find myself well-rested from the past the past few days of joy, merriment and perhaps quite...

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At this point, I should be doing my issue memo on the Liberal perspective of International Political Economy due tomorrow. However, a sudden surge of emotion renders me quite incapable of doing it right now.

But I digress.

Life has a way of throwing in these little surprises during the most unexpected times. And I have this tendency to impulsively act on my current emotions and enjoy the present, while undermining the consequences that might occur. I’d like to think that after how some of those surprises turned out before, I have learned to handle it better. Now, I’m a...

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Sunday mornings are usually devoted to a bit of contemplation and reflection about the passing week. That has always been some kind of a ritual, allowing me some kind of comfort and refuge to handle the week ahead.

The past three weeks have been academically trying. Late-nights with around less than 4 hours of sleep every day are all very normal. And the December weather together with my long, long breaks only add up to more moments left for added contemplation, reflection and maybe come academic condemnation.

I wonder what’s in the December air that everyone seems to...

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• I have never really liked cramming. However, college just makes it quite impossible to not cram at least one thing every semester. It also doesn’t help that most of my peers are crammers, which makes the experience of collective cramming is quite comforting at the end of the day.
• When it comes to writing my papers, my “magic hour” usually just sets in just before dawn. I try to finish around 1-2 paragraphs early on (even days in advance) and end up taking a long break to review my notes and outlines. Then, I sleep/nap until I wake up at around...

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It has almost been 2 weeks since the second semester started, and I’ve never been this stressed this early. If you have been keeping tabs on my micro-blog, you’ll see my incessant whining over everything. What a pain.

But then hear me whine and rant some more.

Heavy workload is usually reserved for incredibly inhumane hell weeks that can be experienced some time February or March. Usually, everything before that, especially the first freakin weeks are light and manageable. Unfortunately, it has been anything but!

My subjects are pretty deadly when it comes to the reading assignments. For the past...

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Because exhaustion has taken hold of me at this moment, I shall update in list form. These are random and not-so-random thoughts of the past few days.

1. I’m in for a whole lot of workload and stress this sem. If last sem was killer enough, I think I have it three-fold this sem. Help me, Lord.
2. For one thing, I have Dacanay for Theo131. If you’re from Ateneo, I guess that speaks for itself. To add to that, my PolSci majors are more demanding than ever. Talk about weekly quizzes, an average of at least 200 pages worth of readings per...

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