Saturday, January 11, 2003
ON THOSE DAMN COLD NIGHTS
The Damage Report - Ending Week #26
January begins and so has the Midterms. One week of catching up and head-on action into what a professor says "as the shortest and most busiest term of the school year.". Sadly, there are only three months left of SY 2002-2003, and it was only yesterday I had entered college and exploded into getting involved in the University.
Last Monday - Reunited in the New Year
I had txt'd my classmates that I was so excited to meet them that I would be sleeping inside JFH 204 overnight Sunday for Chemistry in early morning. I didn't do that, but I did have trouble sleeping. 50% Homesick (the comfort of home) and 50% Excited (seeing classmates again).
I arrived in class together with Tina. The class only had a few people in it that morning. I was glad to be one of the first few to be there. So I can sit down and await the others rather than rush when I would be late.
It was a day to re-integrate myself into the atmosphere of La Salle after being adjusted to home life in Tanza. For more details on what happened on Monday, click here.
Last Tuesday - Heartache in the House
I recall in NSTP we were all suited up just to get our names checked for attendance and that was it. What a waste of a perfectly fresh and recently ironed NSTP shirt. Tsk tsk.
Since NSTP ended early, I decided to assist Upper in their BioSci Project which was on Powerpoint. We travelled to Maycee's house beyond the bayan and I didn't know I wouldn't be leaving until the following day.
Maycee's house was simple and cute. She's the only one living there since her parents only come in on only one or two days. Upper went to work while the rest of us just listened to music or watched television downstairs.
Day became night and the girls I were with started to cook dinner. It made me ask "what if we all dormed together. well of course, we'd need to balance and add a few more guys, but what if this was the kind of 'Broadjourn Headquarters' thing I had playing in my head in the past?".
Around 8:30pm Kats suddenly said "Ok lang ba uwi tayo bukas ng umaga?". My heart stopped for a moment! I already missed out going to the gym with Alex and Vince (the first time in the year 2003) when I had all the go-signals to do so (my horoscope that day: Today is the best day to start being fit.).
Eventually and even after much deliberation, I decided that "majority wins" so I stayed with their group. I grew instantly guilty about not finishing up my work for my own project that Kate is working so hard on. For more details on what happened on Tuesday, click here.
Last Wednesday - A Semi G7 Reunion
I sat-in during "Pagbasa", the original Filipino class I had with Core JOU1-1. I just felt like it since I had no where to go during the break. It just greatly reminded me of how I miss having Dr. Garcia as a professor. He's just amazing at how he teaches us the way we need to be taught... as aspiring Broadcast Journalists.
Anyways, later during the afternoon break we all went to Waltermart to buy gifts for our REED class. Before Christmas Break, the professor Mrs. Planas (who owns a Photocopy Shop in front of the Main Gate), made us draw a name of a classmate in which we must treat extra special and that person must guess who is treating him or her special in the new year. A very fun and interesting way.
I already knew mine. It had to be Badge. It was hard though, because Badge is always nice to me. I mean, she always has that smile or notion of agreement or gesture of acceptance towards me. I guess the things that tipped my guess in favor of her was receiving a few extra txt. msgs. and quotes than normal.
You can sort of say it was a shopping spree at Waltermart. Weird place to have a shopping spree, but it happened and it was crazy trying to wrap gifts 5 minutes before class and still standing in front of [Expressions] supply shop.
The person I got was Jhen, and I had difficulty in getting to her since she's busy with the Teatro. But since I txt'd her in the middle of the night, she guessed it was me.
The guessing portion involved the entire class in a circle in the classroom while the guesser was in the center next to Mrs. Planas.
Later that night I ran into G7 Candy at the E-House and found out Ekai would be going to La Salle in the evening. I instantly joined the new plan of the evening and found myself with Candy and Erika at Net-o-Pia. Lance joined later on and it was now four of us. Missing is Nikki and Joy, and of course Bryan who is on the other side of the planet.
We ate at Frio Mixx and couldn't exactly fit at the same table. I just sat with Lance and we spoke about issues lately at the dorm if their were any.
We returned to La Salle in the evening and ended a brief semi-reunion.
Last Thursday - Cramps and Chaos
This was the worst day of the week. It just involved leaving swimming trunks in the dormitory and finding out only when you're half undressed at the swimming pool already. And then it also involved being very tired, getting two sets of cramps on both legs, and every room I walked to in the evening (dorm rooms) something would fall (cellphones fell), something would spill (lance's pepsi and water bottle), something would shatter (a glass shattered).
Click here to find out exactly what happened.
Last Friday - Evolution and the Gospel According to Mark
I tried my best to recover from all of what happened on Thursday. Every left step, my left leg would cramp a bit reminding me of that painful experience while in the swimming pool. But I pulled through it.
Both Pagbasa and BioSci pulled out timeslots next week freeing up a "Giant Break" next Wednesday. In BioSci we watched three 15-minute documentaries all pertaining to Evolutionary Changes. At least it was something I could understand compared to a green board splattered with scribblings of white chalk and scrambled words. Someone please show me a tape of myself when I did have the Sciences as my favorite subject in the past.
After BioSci, we decided to use our "Year of the Goat" McDo tickets so we ate at McDo in Waltermart. It was a shorter trip, but still very fun.
In Re-Ed we had the quiz in which the highest rated score would receive an option: (1) Watch Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for free OR (2) Gain an exemption from a future quiz. Joanna Paraohao won! It was just funny. I didn't believe it, but majority of the top scorers were from the group that just went to Waltermart an hour before the quiz. Well, my friends did carry their bibles to Waltermart after all.
I got a passing score for something I didn't exactly read. The quiz was about the Gospel according to Mark. I read only the first three chapters than I got addicted to reading the Book of Revelation. Beats me how that happened. And the thrill of winning a prize like that simply didn't interest me. I was interested in watching the winner pick out his or her choice. I would be watching LOTR: The Two Towers no matter what.
And after that, the day ended. I went to ERS to surf and type about how bad my Thursday had gone. Surfing lasted two hours by myself. I retreated to my dorm room and that was that.
On Saturday - A Rose for Emily
In Foreign Filipino I was reunited with Judith of COM1-1 and Erick of BS Education. We had to make pilipino adjectives for these poster boards Mrs. Evangeline Encabo gave us. It was a partner-partner thing so I had Judy. It was really fun working with her since we were the only "Comm/Broadjourn" students there. Meaning, we felt the world of creativity fell right on our shoulders, not that I'm bragging, but we felt expected of.
A nice posterboard and it had a home-made theatrical poster on it. Some book or story entitled "A Rose for Emily" and under it was the caption "WATCH EMILY MAKE OUT WITH THE DEAD." or something like that. Sadista, Morbid, and other words like that emerged from us as Judy composed a creative story to explain it into further detail what we thought was happening by just looking at the strange poster.
After class I went to the dorms and packed up. Aldrich went with me. And we rode off out of La Salle.
The Damage Report - Ending Week #26
January begins and so has the Midterms. One week of catching up and head-on action into what a professor says "as the shortest and most busiest term of the school year.". Sadly, there are only three months left of SY 2002-2003, and it was only yesterday I had entered college and exploded into getting involved in the University.
Last Monday - Reunited in the New Year
I had txt'd my classmates that I was so excited to meet them that I would be sleeping inside JFH 204 overnight Sunday for Chemistry in early morning. I didn't do that, but I did have trouble sleeping. 50% Homesick (the comfort of home) and 50% Excited (seeing classmates again).
I arrived in class together with Tina. The class only had a few people in it that morning. I was glad to be one of the first few to be there. So I can sit down and await the others rather than rush when I would be late.
It was a day to re-integrate myself into the atmosphere of La Salle after being adjusted to home life in Tanza. For more details on what happened on Monday, click here.
Last Tuesday - Heartache in the House
I recall in NSTP we were all suited up just to get our names checked for attendance and that was it. What a waste of a perfectly fresh and recently ironed NSTP shirt. Tsk tsk.
Since NSTP ended early, I decided to assist Upper in their BioSci Project which was on Powerpoint. We travelled to Maycee's house beyond the bayan and I didn't know I wouldn't be leaving until the following day.
Maycee's house was simple and cute. She's the only one living there since her parents only come in on only one or two days. Upper went to work while the rest of us just listened to music or watched television downstairs.
Day became night and the girls I were with started to cook dinner. It made me ask "what if we all dormed together. well of course, we'd need to balance and add a few more guys, but what if this was the kind of 'Broadjourn Headquarters' thing I had playing in my head in the past?".
Around 8:30pm Kats suddenly said "Ok lang ba uwi tayo bukas ng umaga?". My heart stopped for a moment! I already missed out going to the gym with Alex and Vince (the first time in the year 2003) when I had all the go-signals to do so (my horoscope that day: Today is the best day to start being fit.).
Eventually and even after much deliberation, I decided that "majority wins" so I stayed with their group. I grew instantly guilty about not finishing up my work for my own project that Kate is working so hard on. For more details on what happened on Tuesday, click here.
Last Wednesday - A Semi G7 Reunion
I sat-in during "Pagbasa", the original Filipino class I had with Core JOU1-1. I just felt like it since I had no where to go during the break. It just greatly reminded me of how I miss having Dr. Garcia as a professor. He's just amazing at how he teaches us the way we need to be taught... as aspiring Broadcast Journalists.
Anyways, later during the afternoon break we all went to Waltermart to buy gifts for our REED class. Before Christmas Break, the professor Mrs. Planas (who owns a Photocopy Shop in front of the Main Gate), made us draw a name of a classmate in which we must treat extra special and that person must guess who is treating him or her special in the new year. A very fun and interesting way.
I already knew mine. It had to be Badge. It was hard though, because Badge is always nice to me. I mean, she always has that smile or notion of agreement or gesture of acceptance towards me. I guess the things that tipped my guess in favor of her was receiving a few extra txt. msgs. and quotes than normal.
You can sort of say it was a shopping spree at Waltermart. Weird place to have a shopping spree, but it happened and it was crazy trying to wrap gifts 5 minutes before class and still standing in front of [Expressions] supply shop.
The person I got was Jhen, and I had difficulty in getting to her since she's busy with the Teatro. But since I txt'd her in the middle of the night, she guessed it was me.
The guessing portion involved the entire class in a circle in the classroom while the guesser was in the center next to Mrs. Planas.
Later that night I ran into G7 Candy at the E-House and found out Ekai would be going to La Salle in the evening. I instantly joined the new plan of the evening and found myself with Candy and Erika at Net-o-Pia. Lance joined later on and it was now four of us. Missing is Nikki and Joy, and of course Bryan who is on the other side of the planet.
We ate at Frio Mixx and couldn't exactly fit at the same table. I just sat with Lance and we spoke about issues lately at the dorm if their were any.
We returned to La Salle in the evening and ended a brief semi-reunion.
Last Thursday - Cramps and Chaos
This was the worst day of the week. It just involved leaving swimming trunks in the dormitory and finding out only when you're half undressed at the swimming pool already. And then it also involved being very tired, getting two sets of cramps on both legs, and every room I walked to in the evening (dorm rooms) something would fall (cellphones fell), something would spill (lance's pepsi and water bottle), something would shatter (a glass shattered).
Click here to find out exactly what happened.
Last Friday - Evolution and the Gospel According to Mark
I tried my best to recover from all of what happened on Thursday. Every left step, my left leg would cramp a bit reminding me of that painful experience while in the swimming pool. But I pulled through it.
Both Pagbasa and BioSci pulled out timeslots next week freeing up a "Giant Break" next Wednesday. In BioSci we watched three 15-minute documentaries all pertaining to Evolutionary Changes. At least it was something I could understand compared to a green board splattered with scribblings of white chalk and scrambled words. Someone please show me a tape of myself when I did have the Sciences as my favorite subject in the past.
After BioSci, we decided to use our "Year of the Goat" McDo tickets so we ate at McDo in Waltermart. It was a shorter trip, but still very fun.
In Re-Ed we had the quiz in which the highest rated score would receive an option: (1) Watch Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for free OR (2) Gain an exemption from a future quiz. Joanna Paraohao won! It was just funny. I didn't believe it, but majority of the top scorers were from the group that just went to Waltermart an hour before the quiz. Well, my friends did carry their bibles to Waltermart after all.
I got a passing score for something I didn't exactly read. The quiz was about the Gospel according to Mark. I read only the first three chapters than I got addicted to reading the Book of Revelation. Beats me how that happened. And the thrill of winning a prize like that simply didn't interest me. I was interested in watching the winner pick out his or her choice. I would be watching LOTR: The Two Towers no matter what.
And after that, the day ended. I went to ERS to surf and type about how bad my Thursday had gone. Surfing lasted two hours by myself. I retreated to my dorm room and that was that.
On Saturday - A Rose for Emily
In Foreign Filipino I was reunited with Judith of COM1-1 and Erick of BS Education. We had to make pilipino adjectives for these poster boards Mrs. Evangeline Encabo gave us. It was a partner-partner thing so I had Judy. It was really fun working with her since we were the only "Comm/Broadjourn" students there. Meaning, we felt the world of creativity fell right on our shoulders, not that I'm bragging, but we felt expected of.
A nice posterboard and it had a home-made theatrical poster on it. Some book or story entitled "A Rose for Emily" and under it was the caption "WATCH EMILY MAKE OUT WITH THE DEAD." or something like that. Sadista, Morbid, and other words like that emerged from us as Judy composed a creative story to explain it into further detail what we thought was happening by just looking at the strange poster.
After class I went to the dorms and packed up. Aldrich went with me. And we rode off out of La Salle.
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