this is the life you'd love to lead
on board
Monday, June 7, 2010 9:02 PM
hey! just a quick post before i get ready for my FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TOMORROW. let's see. i don't know what i'm going to wear yet and i don't even know how to get to my first class. frankly, every moment i spend not solving those problems makes me extremely anxious. but forget about that for a moment as i share what happened today.
i had to wake up at 5:30 so i could leave the house by 7. i really didn't want to be late for the orientation. (as a matter of fact, i don't ever want to be late for anything ever) i got up at that unholy hour because it was my first time to go to UP all by myself via jeepney rides and i had to give myself a lot of time to learn the route. i had to make time for the slip-ups that would undoubtedly happen to me. and this is what i have to say about that journey:
seriously. it wasn't without its embarrassing moments and lots of looking around wondering where that jeep to UP was but it went rather smoothly for a first time. i guess that's what you get for planning ahead. i got to the building at around 7:30 AM, just in time for the beginning of registration.
so the first activity was HUMAN BINGO. as the hosts said, bagong bago yung game, grabe. i didn't finish mine because i really didn't have the balls to go up to someone and say they're my crush. :))
after that, it was all about the different BA organizations. another game ensued, a treasure hunt for blue and gold foil triangles scattered around the BA building. our block lost spectacularly since we didn't go with the divide and conquer approach. what else happened? all of us were asked to consult with our student council "buddy". whaddayaknow? my buddy was nowhere in sight. i did find the other people who were under his group and we kind of just stood awkwardly together, waiting for something to happen. so many gay babies were born from that.
so the final part of the orientation was the Block Acquaintance Party. to be honest, it sounds so much cooler than what really happened. but it was fun, nonetheless. everybody was just extremely friendly and outgoing and i guess you really need to be like that in college if you wanna make the most of it.
that concludes the CBA freshman orientation. i was really impressed with their freshie kit. it really shows how much effort they've put into this. :D
okay. see ya!
Labels: college, freshman, public transportation
hi again
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:15 PM
currently listening to: on to the next one - jay-z
hey! it's been a while since i wrote on this blog. all i do on the internet lately is reblog stuff on tumblr. it's crazy. i remember a time when i said that my tumblr account would be for posting pictures that i don't think is relevant to the purpose of this blog. and now, my tumblr has taken over my whole life. i don't mind that much though since i don't have too much to write. my life is that boring.
so the last post ended with my enrollment for college. let's continue with celebrations now because there was a lot of that going on.
MOTHER'S DAY. to celebrate this hallmark holiday, my sister and i got our mom a cake. it's just the two of us this time so we didn't get to do much. we actually celebrated it on the 8th since ate ida had to go on duty at the medical city. i also made my mom a card/poster thing that i put op on the hallway mirror so everyone would see :D
SAM'S 17TH. ahhh! sam's birthday. on the day itself, i just greeted her through text since i wouldn't be able to see her that day. the next day was where the real celebration began because we went to trinoma for the partay. so the movie we saw was nightmare on elm street (after much debate between that and miley cyrus' the last song). the movie itself wasn't scary. it was the suspense that had me covering my eyes halfway. after that we ate at taco bell. while we were waiting for the food to arrive, koko, daryll, and i snuck out saying we were headed to the bathroom while we got sam a cake at red ribbon. we just joined forces because the three of us didn't get her a birthday gift. (sorry, sam! i wanted to get her this shirt that had the word LONDON written on it in bold. the lettering was a loud neon green. but i decided against it because the style of the shirt had this wraparound thingy on it and it just didn't look good) anyway, here's what we had written on it:
Oreo Cheesecake
(i totally effed up on editing the "AND" part. the "LIVE" part also looks like it was taken under different lighting. haha. i'm too lazy to fix both.)
sam is a big star trek fan after all (the movie not the series, as i've heard her say once). when koko and i were discussing what we wanted the inscription to be, i suggested "every day you grow older, but today you get a cake". in the fashion of 500 days of summer. but it would have been too long to put on a cake so my next suggestion was "i am your father". it didn't really make sense. XD i just figured sam would appreciate it since she's also a star wars fan (she's so geeky. haha. not really). belay caight up with us and we just walked around the mall. sam showed us this adidas hoodie that had a star wars design that we're gonna get when we all come up with 500 bucks. we wanted it to be like a sisterhood of traveling pants type of thing where each one of us gets it for two months a year. i believe it was this one:
i have 500 bucks already guys! :)) let's get it!
ATE IDA'S 27TH. so after sam's party, i had to get ready for dinner out with my family to celebrate ate ida's birthday at this restaurant in tomas morato. we went to yakimix, this new teppanyaki restaurant that offers japanese and korean cuisine. i had fun cooking the food and all that. we even saw polo ravales in there with his girlfriend. is he even in showbiz anymore? my dad was really annoyed at this one guy who keeps cleaning out the lobster every time they refill it. so rude. some respect for the other people who want to eat lobster too! jeezus. i checked out the reviews on the restaurant beforehand and it was really mixed. some enjoyed themselves and promised to return while others swore it was the worst dining experience they've ever had. i liked the restaurant though and i'd recommend it. we probably won't be going back anytime soon because my mom really doesn't like to go to buffet restaurants any more.
flipping the food with the birthday girl :)
so that's it really. the rest of my days have been super boring and very routine. i was wrong you know when i said driving with my dad was the most stressful thing i've ever experienced. turns out, driving with my sister is 10x that stress. every move i make is scrutinized in a very bitchy manner. i hope she loosens up next time. i really dread having to drive with her in the car. *shudders*
13 days to go until college starts. but i heard on the news that deped is pushing the start of classes of public schools to the 15th. i wonder if that affects my school. but then again, it's CHED that has the final word on that now....i think.
a'ight. g'night. i'll try to blog more often and tumb'l less. :)
Labels: birthday, blog, celebrites, college, driving, family, food, mall
driving, UP, and being a homebody
Friday, May 7, 2010 9:38 PM
currently listening to: one time (my heart edition) - justin bieber
i totally just stumbled upon that edition of one time. being a fan of his music, i immediately had to get it on my ipod. haha. i'm pathetic.
anyway, i went to calapan last week to learn how to drive. i was taught by one of my dad's drivers there, Kuya Pikoy. during lessons, we were accompanied by either Lara or Angel. i really owe these guys for their patience with me. lots of driving around calapan ensued and at one point, we reached naujan, the city after calapan. but the real lessons started when my dad started teaching me. his teaching style often left me in tears which is really horrible. he would start yelling at me for not following his instructions. the kind of yelling where his face goes red and spit starts flying out of his mouth. i really hated him during those moments. honestly, how can you expect me to get it right immediately. the first time it happened, he was teaching me to get the car in reverse and turn it into the path. he would also get mad if i went too fast during reverse. boy, that really gets him going. he also can't comprehend why the car keeps dying on me and he hates it when i start the car in the wrong order. he's a really bad teacher in the sense that he can't understand it when mistakes are made. he's a really good teacher in the sense that you wanna get it right already so he can stop his angry shouting. gawd.
we get to manila and we practice driving around here some more. we were driving along quezon avenue, a really busy street with jeeps, buses, and cars galore. a jeep cut in front of me while the car behind me was trying to overtake. he really got mad at that one. he told me i should have stopped because the road in front of me was narrowing because of the two cars. he went on and on about it until we reached UP. he seriously did not stop shouting at me until i got out of the car for the freshman orientation. he just didn't stop which i thought was crazy. he really doesn't know when the listener has had enough. jeezuz. he says i'll be a better driver for it but i just scoffed at that. after all, i'm a teenager.
as for the UP experience, i said my piece in an email to my sister which i will share with you :)
Dear Ate Heny,
Hi! Mom, dad, and I went to UP today for the enrollment/registration. We had to get there before 7 AM because the car is color coding. Anyway, we went straight to the college of business administration for some orientation and advising. The college dean, Dr. Erlinda Echanis, gave some welcoming remarks then the College Secretary, Prof. Manny Manuel discussed the policies and curriculum of the 2 courses under CBA. Apparently, BSBAA gets 6,000 applicants a year, making it the most popular course choice in UPD. BSBA is the fourth. I found out that the guy seated on my right was a high school valedictorian and so are the two girls seated next to me on the left. At that point, i just wanted to transfer seats :)).
After the advising, we had to go to the OUR. We even got lost because the map i got off the internet was outdated. Loooooong lines at the OUR. From confirmation of the pre-enlistment course choices to the assessment of tuition fees. Especially the assessment. There were 3 people doing that and they weren't very fast about it. The line extended all the way outside the conference room. Since yesterday was a holiday, the people who were supposed to enroll yesterday joined us. SUPER HABA TALAGA NG LAHAT NG PILA. Good thing we got there early so we beat the rush hour. We left the OUR at 1:00 PM. I was in there for nearly 3 hours. Goodness gracious.
My tuition fee amounted to P27,000+. (1,500 per unit * 17 units)
Dad left to go to the bank (to beat the bank deadline and the color coding) so mom and i took the jeep to get out of UP.
So ends the very headache-inducing enrollment. Mom said it was worse during your time because there was no pre-enlistment and computers :)) I have to go back tomorrow for the Freshman Orientation and again on May 11 to get my Photo-ID.
Check out my schedule for the first sem that i attached. My PE is table tennis which i find weird but i guess i could live with it.
Aight. Bye!
-Chica
so that's it. right now, i'm just enjoying the peace and quiet here at home. i'm even taking a break from driving practice because my body started aching in parts after 1 week of solid driving. especially my legs. curse you, clutch! but it's ok. i find it cool that i can get drive from one place to another now. the next hurdle now is parking. but i'll get it eventually. someday, i'll read "Defensive Driving" and "Understanding Road Signs". that day will probably be the day before i take the test for a non-pro license. but not if my dad has anything to say about it. and you just know he does.
Labels: bored, college, driving
start of summer days
Monday, March 29, 2010 8:06 PM
currently listening to: let's just fall in love again - jason castro
this morning, i woke up at around 7 because i needed to be at school by 8 AM. or so i thought. inna texted me that i needed to get to school at that time to turn over the payment for the senior's night photos to mrs. sacdalan. as i groggily looked at the time on my cellphone, i decided, it just wasn't worth the loss of sleep. so i buried my nose on my pillow once more and told my mom (who had come to make sure i was up) to come back at 8 instead so i can get to school by 9. after asking me about the sudden change of plans (which i answered with a grunt and an "eh, ganon eh") she left me in peace.
i got to school at around 9:10 and found a few of my classmates hanging out in front of our classroom. the teachers weren't around yet, apparently.
i saw sam and asked her to come with me to complain to ms. martha about the error in my OS gift. the note inside (signed by the principal) held someone else's name and that bothered my mom terribly. ms. martha was in the middle of a meeting or something so we had to wait a while. when the meeting was done and she was walking over to us, i realized the total stupidity of what i was about to ask her to do for me. i managed to stutter my complain and she totally got on the phone immediately to fix the mess. she sent me to the library where the note will be replaced. that was so nice of her. she truly is one of the nicest people i have ever met. the kind of person who is always happy to see you and the person who will listen and try to help you out as best as she can. she's a keeper, that one! i dropped the book off at the library and they told me to come back next week to get it since they still have to get the note re-printed and re-signed. they actually seemed apologetic about it and when i told my mom that, she was thoroughly pleased. see, we argued about it the night before. me, saying that it was ridiculous and we should just let is slide. and her, saying that the gift didn't mean anything if it wasn't my name on the note. geez. she told me to go to my adviser first (i highly doubted that my adviser would really do anything about it. the possibility that she would just scoff at me and my concern was high.) and then to the office of the principal if that didn't work. thank heavens for ms. martha. huge burden off my shoulders. i'm gonna claim it on monday since i have to be at school anyway for the usherette rehearsal for the undergrad's recognition day.
so i finally get to the classroom and my adviser immediately asks for the list of those people who haven't paid for the senior's night photos yet. i'm glad she was left in charge of that one. makes so much sense too. i hang for a bit with my classmates and then the card distribution began. i gotta be honest. not happy with my grades. especially trigo. friggin' 85! how am i supposed to survive college math with that? and eco was bad news too. 3 points lower! really, sir? so unfair. okay. maybe i did get low scores on the LQs but, c'mon! i recited so much more! pshh. maybe it's better to be good on paper than on the recitation thing. hmmm. definitely better to be good on paper. or else, strike a balance between the two. music and physics both decreased by a point. and the rest, i must say, is good news! on the comments part, it said:
She is a consistent outstanding student. She is generally well-behaved and good natured. Her quiet nature is sometimes broken by her cheerful stance and happy conversation with her classmates.
really? that doesn't sound much like me. but i guess i'll take it.
i ordered form 137 for college without really knowing what it's for. apparently i needed another form, 138 this time. goodness. we're not robots you know! you can name the thing! i went home and started the routine that scares me most because i fear it's what i'll do all summer. eat, computer, tv, eat. i even baked these effin' butterscotch brownies! arghhhh! help! friends! classmates! invite me to all the gatherings! please! save me from boredom and all those fattening food!
a'ight. bye for now.
stitch 'n bitch!
Labels: college, drama, grades, sleep, summer