Tuesday, August 26, 2003
DAY 1 of the MIDTERMS - SHOCK THERAPY
What the hell is the "fruit from the poisonous tree" doctrine?!
The Miranda Doctrine? Ano yun? Isn't Miranda a drink?
I know I sound stupid. But yes, that's exactly what I have been this entire day. Out of all the exams this week to change timeslots, it had to be the very first one- Computer. I woke up and planned on making the best of the first examination date. Only to find out around 9 o'clock in the morning that my classmates were calling me at the gate of the dormitory asking me where I have been and that they were finished with the exam in Computer.
The 12pm sched for the exam in computer was changed to 8am! I missed an exam... for the very first time!! Ahhhh. And to top that, wala pa akong permit at the time. Double Shit!!
I had a total of seven hours to review for Article III Bill of Rights for my Constitution exam at 4pm. But I spent that time gazing at my fixed study table in the dorm with the orange-cover of the light thing I had installed last night. I listened to music and meditated to restore the sanity of such an event of missing an exam!!
Luckily Kevin was there and we ate out at FIAT. Delicious food for a torn down morning. Ate Precious told me about her trip to China last Summer and about Nanching and about gigantic fishes and everything. It sounded dreamy... I wish I could get lost in a foreign land together with a close friend and just explore the streets of a provincial town in China.
That's a wrap!
I rushed back into the campus and went directly to the Computer Studies department. I went straight to the window and then internalized for a moment next to Kevin. I called the secretary and she called Ms. dela Cruz... she was there! She walked out of the faculty room and we spoke in the hallway.
"I'm sorry Miss... hindi ko alam iba na ang sched sa computer... I couldn't take the exam kanina..."
She kindly understood my situation and told me that I wasted such a good chance at a very easy exam this morning. She told me I can take my Special Exam next Saturday, not this Saturday.
I thanked her and walked away with Kevin and I returned to the Admin to pay my tuition. I had stub number 3174 and they were still calling out for stubs 3050 and 3051! After a whole hour from 2900 something. Kevin went to his exam. Umakyat na lang ako sa opisina ng Heraldo and I sat there reviewing the Bill of Rights.
Eventually I went back and forth from the office to the register and then on one return, the guard at the dorms was holding the microphone. I kindly asked him what number where they on and they were still on 3109. They were taking so long!
Suddenly he took my stub after looking at it and silently told me "Sige, pasok ka na."
I was shocked but I didn't make it obvious. I marched into the Register's Office and joined the short line there. I turned my head around to look at the guard and I noticed the Discipline Officer that usually holds the microphone had returned to his throne and started to call out for 3110 and 3111. I felt a surge of guilt... at the same time I tried not to smile from this sudden feeling that it was nice to have an "insider". Astig. I broke the rules once again... heheh.
After that I returned to HF and then eventually my dorm to eat Nachos with Kevin and then I tried to review but I couldn't. Eventually I ended up torturing the kitten that was there on Alex's bed. I didn't tear it's limbs or anything, but I held the nacho container with the cheese and salsa on it next to the cat and as it tried to reach for it, I pulled it away. Hahaha. Recent events have made Mr. Nice Guy a Dr. Evil. *grins*
I trashed that fucking problem I have recently. No, it's not that the News Feature's deadline has been suddenly changed for tomorrow... it's that other problem. I feel nothing but emptiness... and that emptiness suddenly filled up with fire... fueled by all this stress and the problems of the tropa.
I went to JFH 202 where our exam in Consti was to take place. I barely reviewed. I've had the book in my hands the past few hours but the words in it kept bouncing out of my head seconds after I read them. I took the exam and it was generally "easy" for someone who studied. Sayang. Because I couldn't answer key points of the exam that could've bagged me points to get greater than passing. Right now, I don't even think I passed.
I dropped Badge to her dorm since I was on my way here to NERO. Kevin and Kyle joined but now they are leaving for CYBERKADA to join the rest of the guys... who happen to be playing Starcraft there. Starcraft?!
What the hell is the "fruit from the poisonous tree" doctrine?!
The Miranda Doctrine? Ano yun? Isn't Miranda a drink?
I know I sound stupid. But yes, that's exactly what I have been this entire day. Out of all the exams this week to change timeslots, it had to be the very first one- Computer. I woke up and planned on making the best of the first examination date. Only to find out around 9 o'clock in the morning that my classmates were calling me at the gate of the dormitory asking me where I have been and that they were finished with the exam in Computer.
The 12pm sched for the exam in computer was changed to 8am! I missed an exam... for the very first time!! Ahhhh. And to top that, wala pa akong permit at the time. Double Shit!!
I had a total of seven hours to review for Article III Bill of Rights for my Constitution exam at 4pm. But I spent that time gazing at my fixed study table in the dorm with the orange-cover of the light thing I had installed last night. I listened to music and meditated to restore the sanity of such an event of missing an exam!!
Luckily Kevin was there and we ate out at FIAT. Delicious food for a torn down morning. Ate Precious told me about her trip to China last Summer and about Nanching and about gigantic fishes and everything. It sounded dreamy... I wish I could get lost in a foreign land together with a close friend and just explore the streets of a provincial town in China.
That's a wrap!
I rushed back into the campus and went directly to the Computer Studies department. I went straight to the window and then internalized for a moment next to Kevin. I called the secretary and she called Ms. dela Cruz... she was there! She walked out of the faculty room and we spoke in the hallway.
"I'm sorry Miss... hindi ko alam iba na ang sched sa computer... I couldn't take the exam kanina..."
She kindly understood my situation and told me that I wasted such a good chance at a very easy exam this morning. She told me I can take my Special Exam next Saturday, not this Saturday.
I thanked her and walked away with Kevin and I returned to the Admin to pay my tuition. I had stub number 3174 and they were still calling out for stubs 3050 and 3051! After a whole hour from 2900 something. Kevin went to his exam. Umakyat na lang ako sa opisina ng Heraldo and I sat there reviewing the Bill of Rights.
Eventually I went back and forth from the office to the register and then on one return, the guard at the dorms was holding the microphone. I kindly asked him what number where they on and they were still on 3109. They were taking so long!
Suddenly he took my stub after looking at it and silently told me "Sige, pasok ka na."
I was shocked but I didn't make it obvious. I marched into the Register's Office and joined the short line there. I turned my head around to look at the guard and I noticed the Discipline Officer that usually holds the microphone had returned to his throne and started to call out for 3110 and 3111. I felt a surge of guilt... at the same time I tried not to smile from this sudden feeling that it was nice to have an "insider". Astig. I broke the rules once again... heheh.
After that I returned to HF and then eventually my dorm to eat Nachos with Kevin and then I tried to review but I couldn't. Eventually I ended up torturing the kitten that was there on Alex's bed. I didn't tear it's limbs or anything, but I held the nacho container with the cheese and salsa on it next to the cat and as it tried to reach for it, I pulled it away. Hahaha. Recent events have made Mr. Nice Guy a Dr. Evil. *grins*
I trashed that fucking problem I have recently. No, it's not that the News Feature's deadline has been suddenly changed for tomorrow... it's that other problem. I feel nothing but emptiness... and that emptiness suddenly filled up with fire... fueled by all this stress and the problems of the tropa.
I went to JFH 202 where our exam in Consti was to take place. I barely reviewed. I've had the book in my hands the past few hours but the words in it kept bouncing out of my head seconds after I read them. I took the exam and it was generally "easy" for someone who studied. Sayang. Because I couldn't answer key points of the exam that could've bagged me points to get greater than passing. Right now, I don't even think I passed.
I dropped Badge to her dorm since I was on my way here to NERO. Kevin and Kyle joined but now they are leaving for CYBERKADA to join the rest of the guys... who happen to be playing Starcraft there. Starcraft?!
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