March 19, 2010
SMMC (a.k.a. HS Covered Court)

another great night!

batch 2010 rocks!

parteyyyyyy!

-Pa Alman

i feel like i should stop wearing a watch during class hours. every time i glance at it and find out that there's like 20 minutes left, i get all impatient and i glance at the teacher to see if he/she is about to wrap up. it's a terrible attitude towards learning but my late nights catch up with me during class. not at night, like it's supposed to.

speaking of late nights, i've been having those lately without good reason. i just spend my time on the internet, doing useless things. it's terrible. but i just can't pull myself away! (to the tune of ne-yo's closer. just saw it performed on AI) by some cool people.

tomorrow is personnel's day. as in the tribute stuff so i have no motivation to do any work at all. i did, a while ago. i did the codes for the computer project and organized the article assignments for the banahaw newsletter, but that's about it. i still have a ton of work to do that i just can't seem to bring myself to DO right now.

i hate believing in this saying: it's not homework 'til it's due tomorrow. i really don't want to believe it, but i do. damn it.

a while ago, we got to watch the ICM tribute of the grade school chorale in the revamped Social Hall. the social hall is really impressive now. it's air-conditioned, there's an area for the soundboards, the projector is well-hidden, the seats are decent, the stage and lights...truly impressive. i'm just really jealous that i may not get a chance to go on that stage and perform. haha! come to think of it, i don't mind so much because i the old social hall wasn't ALL bad. i can just imagine debates and forums being held there. STC is moving on up!

as for the tribute itself, it was worthy of the stage. it was obvious that they all prepared very well for the presentation and they took great effort to make it a really good show. i say the 50 bucks was well worth it. if i had to describe it in one word, that word would be: CUTE. just as a grade school presentation should be. the depressing stuff should be left to the high school presentations (dance pro? abuse of women? oppression? yes, yes?).

afternoon classes resumed and we had a quiz in physics. i didn't study at all, i didn't even bother. i blame that on my being absent. there's just something about actually discussing the lesson in class that makes you understand it more. self-study doesn't work for me. i conclude that if  you weren't there for the actual lesson, it's hard to care about it.

that concludes my day. sayonara.

i recently went to jakarta, indonesia to visit my sister. it was 2 whole days of sightseeing and picture taking. i really had fun at the safari even though it was crazy cold. my least favorite part would have to be the monas visit because it was ridiculously hot and it just got me into a really bad mood ('cause of the heat). it was a very short trip and i was really sad that it ended. my poor sister cried so hard when we left. i guess it's really hard to be away from family. i can only imagine how hard it is for those who go years without seeing theirs. at least my sister can visit every couple of months or so.

pictures are worth a thousand words so i won't elaborate anymore. i have yet to find a good photo sharing website where i can upload all the pictures. in this day and age, this is my problem.

i was absent from school last monday so i had to make an excuse letter. my mom has been worrying about that excuse letter since i left for jakarta. as in WORRYING. she wanted to say i was sick or some other crazy story. we settled for the truth in the end and when i gave the letter to mrs. sacdalan, she didn't even glance at it. all that fuss for nothing. tsk tsk.

i really hate being absent from school because then, you miss so much stuff. and it sucks to catch up. the requirements to be passed piled up because i didn't do any of them on the weekend. as i'm typing, i'm losing valuable study time but goodness, we all have to vent our frustrations somewhere, sometime.

the day i got back, an elective classmate reminded me of the computer contest i was part of. 3 PM rolled around and the competition started. what we had to do was really easy. the problem was the time limit. i guess we didn't really go about it strategically, dhanna and i. so in the end, we lacked pictures and video. which is probably really important to the final score. i'm glad to say the lyrics were appearing at the appropriate times. that's really the only good part. some pictures lasted for 30 seconds and there wasn't time to put any transitions. so it's time to kiss victory goodbye.

friday, before i left, we had the tle cooking demo. our dish was a success! everyone said it was really good and the best part is, it was really easy to make. hooray for seastrings (patent pending)! i don't have a picture of it, which sucks, but it's okay. i'm contented everyone enjoyed it. we couldn't join the food sale because our product was susceptible to spoilage. i'm cool with that though. my sister concluded that that meant our dish was not "feasible". which made a lot of sense to me.

i'll have more stories to share next time. entering nerd mode in a few minutes.

next up: the things i missed because i went to jakarta.

currently listening to: love is gonna getcha - lucy woodward

it's amazing how tired i am versus how tired i feel. i feel like there is an enormous weight on my shoulders to get everything done. and the more time i spend thinking about what i have to do, the more time i waste. i want to taste freedom once more. wherein freedom means not having to submit anything tomorrow...or the few days after that. i've accepted that i'll eventually have to submit something at some point. i'm trying to finish everything because i won't be productive during the weekend. wherein productive means doing something for school. but gawd. i'm too exhausted to care. i thank musicians everywhere for providing music that magically takes some of the load off. at least for a few minutes.

filipino movie review! why can't you write yourself? i don't think i have enough to say to make 10 motherloving pages. i guess being a movie critic is out for me. but goodness. i consider myself a poet. wherein poet means someone who uses words economically to convey the most meaning.

school in itself is not that tiring. it's the monotony that gets me. it's the routine that irks me. getting up, going to school, laughing some, getting reprimanded, eating unhealthy food, waiting for the school bus, resting a bit, doing homework, do it until you can't do it no more. MY LIFE. thanks to the trip to jakarta, the cycle will be broken and i might feel some enthusiasm about school work.

this past week has been absolutely dreadful.

thing that made it dreadful #1: the long tests. these tests that are very long make my head spin. i hate that the teachers all planned their LQs on the same day, this week. can you say better time management. i'm a student, not a friggin' answering machine.

thing that made it dreadful #2: the physical activities. the batch dancing, that dance in PE, and all that other stuff. i'm not fit, but i'm not unfit either so saying that this week was not only mentally exhausting, but physically exhausting too is a lot. i just get so tired after i come home from school that i am in no capacity to be doing any more studying. i just relax a but, get some dinner down, open some book, and then fall asleep. I AM EXHAUSTED.

thing that made it dreadful #3: TODAY. FRIDAY. the mastery tests, the english long test, the TLE and religion "habol" sessions. ugh.

thing that made it dreadful #4:  the drama. who needs drama?

this week has been dreadful also for reasons that have not been stated above. i can't stand the bitching. not even my own.

currently listening to: time - cute is what we aim for

so, what happened today? today was bad so let's start with yesterday. the high school mass started near 8:00 because the priest was late. it was the first time that i really thought a mass wouldn't push through. well, the priest arrived and all was well and good. my part in the mass, which was to bring the tarpaulin of our lady of guadalupe to the stage was a major fail. my class adviser refused to go to the middle of the aisle, where the tarps were at so we started really late. first pa naman kami. gawd. stress that i don't really need! we unrolled the tarp and made our way to the stage. i stumbled on the way (in front of the principal and the special guest no less). hanging the tarp on the stand proved to be more difficult than it looked like. gawd. the mass ended and we had to change to our PE uniforms to practice for the batch dancing. it was hot in the lawn. very hot. after that, we were finally given our lunch break and daryll made me wait for her to take a make-up test in religion. she treated me to lunch afterwards, which is only fitting since it was a 20-minute (or more) wait. songfest practice ensued and we just practiced until it started sounding better and better. come performance time, i could feel the heat from the stage lights. we didn't win the songfest. boo. but it's okay. you can't win 'em all, right?

so today, we did the batch dancing during recess. it was fun and the mother superior/general gave a really good speech. right before the dance started, an ant bit me on one of my toes and it started swelling like crazy. i have no idea why that ant bit me. for fun? did i step on one of his/her family members? goodness! it's still blown up right now. after the dancing, we had our long test in trigonometry and it was...fine, i guess. i stared at test 2 for a long time before i remembered how to do it. then we had a quiz in english and then the practical exam in computer. i totally failed that one. sigh. goodbye computer grades. i really suck at math. programming is fine but mixing those two together is beyond me. eco period was fun as usual. lots of laughing. haha!

the first order of business when i got home was to finish the PE cloth. i finished it but it didn't turn out as planned. oh well. nobody said it had to be a masterpiece. i'm just happy with the fact that it's colored and is wearable. it's not project runway material, but it'll do for my PE class. i should totally take a picture and post it on here. that's after i find pictures for the micropaper due on friday.

good lawrd! i'm only one person!

currently listening to: true colors - glee version

this had to be the longest day of the week so far. and it's only monday.

the day started out innocently enough, with a faith sharing. i really liked the faith sharing this morning because i just sat there and zoned out. eco was fun because all everyone did was crack jokes. and i actually knew something about the issue we were discussing. someone just keeps on getting on my nerves for her parasitism. can she just stop? i've accepted that i'm not the most generous person so she really shouldn't push it. i don't know what's stopping me from telling her to get lost. after all, she's the one who'll suffer in the end. stupid leech.

the physics long test was...long. i felt like i was taking the friggin' exam. i didn't know what to do for a certain test she had in there. well, we'll see. it was really a bad idea to have a discussion after that brain-draining test. nothing was getting through my skull as she discussed the formula for bernoulli's principle. which begs the question, is there another name for bernoulli's principle? calling a principle by any other name does not make it easier to stomach. english period was the same. everyone was noisy and the reporters did their thing. there had to have been a better way to discuss dante's inferno.

research was cancelled so we had trigo instead. i totally failed that quiz she gave us earlier. i studied, i really did. i just studied the wrong thing. darn. double period of religion because we're a catholic school like that. and finally filipino where we discussed "cellphone".

hung about after dismissal. as we were going home, the craziest thing happened. and i do mean crazy. i don't wanna blog about it. that's how crazy it was. crazy in a bad way. crazy. and my neck and back totally hurt because of it. pshh.

i have no idea how to do my micropaper. whatevs. it's due on friday. you know it's not homework until it's due tomorrow.

currently listening to: makes me happy - drake bell

the last day of summer has finally arrived. i am pleased to say that i have been spending this day productively (until now, anyway). went to mass with the fam, had lunch, shopped at national bookstore for some last-minute school stuff, and had a haircut.

i'm not super happy about my haircut. actually, it's not really a haircut. it's more of a trim. i'm not pleased with it cause it seems (to me) like a total waste of money. i mean, i had a haircut barely three months ago. bit extravagant, no? oh, well. no use crying over spilled milk. but i still feel super bad about it.

in other news, i still have no idea what to bring tomorrow to school. you'd think i would know by now, after the dozen first days i've gone through. i called up a friend to ask what she would bring and she answered, "a few notebooks, my wallet, a big filler, and coloring materials". makes sense, right? i'll just copy what she's doing.

she already knows who her class adviser is. (drum roll please) ms. tsaby! i didn't really think she'd be following us into the fourth year. other recurring teachers are mrs. blanco, ms. ilano, and mrs. miranda. i bet there are more surprises in store for me tomorrow. i can't wait.

song of the moment: I'M NOT GONNA TEACH YOUR BOYFRIEND HOW TO DANCE WITH YOU by the BLACK KIDS :)

ahhh, so long sweet summer.

currently listening to: hot - avril of the lavignes

It would be a regular school day today, if we didn't have the card distribution. We got let off at 2:30 and my mom arrived soon after. That's not really exciting. But what happened before that might be worth telling.

my mom actually forgot to pay my tution so she handed me a check and told me to go to the treasurer's office. damn. that sucks since i alreayd told her to pay two weeks ago. this reminds me of a conversation i had ---

friend: (sees long queue of parents at the TO) bakit kaya ngayon pa lang sila nagbabayad?
me: they probably have better things to do
friend: ...better things to do vs. their priorities...?

come to think of it, my these parents might consider other activities higher up on the priority list than 'paying for daughter's tuition'. it's possible. just look at my mom.

i don't blame her though. i can easily think of better things to do than paying for band fest tickets, class pictures, etc.

in other news, research is killing mikka.

currently listening to: wams - fob

i'm too good at invading other people's privacy. tsk. i'm kinda disappointed in myself. i just can't butt out, eh? mea culpa.

tons of homework to get to. i'll do them after this blog post.

the play production i finally over. i'm super surprised that it wasn't terrible. after holding 2 useless practice sessions, we were actually able to get it together during crunch time (haha). nobody forgot their lines. i mean, they did at some point but they were able to say something similar. good job, act III! we killed it! :D

my exam results turned out well. filipino and algeb results weren't so hot though. i'm comparing my grades from the second quarter to the third. i'm not really that grade conscious but i put 'em on the same page in my homework notebook (not on purpose) so i get to do that. got 4 mistakes on the soc sci exam, just like in the last quarter. what's up with that? no improvement? got 2 points less on the religion exam. major improvement in the chem exam. damn. TLE will be bad. anyway, enough about that.

watching pineapple express. not rolling on the floor laughing yet.

currently listening to: twilight soundtrack

twilight is my guilty pleasure. but does it have to be? ugh.

total relaxation from the moment i got home. this day was way too stressful.

it wasn't the talumpati, the computer program, or the algebra quiz that made this day classifiable as one of the worst days ever.

it was the speech symposium. i was so hoping we wouldn't get picked. as luck would have it, we did. and i wasn't even prepared. i made a total fool of myself and my group mates. i so wish that it could have happened differently. i wish i could be a different person at that time.

oh well. it's over. i'm just gonna have to do better at the speaking task thing. make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.

i have realized that the merchant of venice can be understood without outside help. i so regret spending my 200 bucks for the 'no fear' version. maybe it'll be of help during the play production. hopefully.

there's that fit-well thing tomorrow. i don't wanna go. but as my mom said...do we have a choice? i'll just have to stick it out. hopefully it rains. hard.

my day is ruined. go have fun with yours.

currently listening to: i'll run - the cab

my sister is all annoyed downstairs because someone parked in her spot here in the village. we can't find the owner. she doesn't want to have to move it again later because she's taking my other sister's spot right now.

anyway, i was just doing my homework for Filipino due tomorrow. we have to find someone who has a disability but was able to succeed anyway. naturally, i don't know anyone who fits that description except Apolinario Mabini. i asked my mom and she told me about Padacas. i did some research and that turned out to be a life saver. thanks, mom.

Grace Padacas is impressive. check out her wikipedia page.

the report cards were given out two days ago. my grades turned out really well. my chem lecture grade improved substantially, thank heavens. my computer also got a 7-point upgrade. yeah, men!! the only bad thing is my chem lab grade, which decreased by a point. and the biggest surprise of all...my algeb grade climbed up a notch. can't get it any better than that. :)

my school will have a PAASCU accreditation this coming week. the school has had a lot of minor improvements. the changes have made stc look 10x better. hopefully, changes in my school don't have to be brought on by an accreditation board.

my class is going to have our field trip on friday next week. it hasn't sunk in yet. what i mean is, i'm not feeling the excitement i normally associate with a field trip. hmm, i wonder why that is? could be the onslaught of homework we are expected to stay on top of.

our class was chosen to do the magic show. frankly, i was hoping that the other class would get it. yes, i have more faith in them than in my own class. i guess that makes me...a traitor(?). IMO, the storyline we have right now is kinda weak. it needs extensive work before it fly with our audience (freshmen and sophomores).

finished the chinese fan dance today (chinese!). it was all going really well until we got to the line performances. line one (sadly, that's my line) messed up the circle formation part. some veered to the right, some veered to the left. it was funny but i'm guessing that didn't do a lot for our grade.

the other palihan leaders officially launched the PASKO drive. it was really successful. :)

happy birthday to aira, patplan, ms. gineta, and all the others. November seems to be the birthday month, eh.

that's it really. i just felt like blogging today :)

today was a really tiring day. which fittingly describes every day of school. there are quizzes, lessons, and activities that are done daily. homework is rapidly piling up. i don't know about you, but i feel like spending all my time doing nothing for once. i have a semi-splitting headache and i have no idea what to do next. every time i do something that isn't school work, i feel as if i should be doing school work. no wonder my body clock is all messed up. can the voice of responsibility inside my head please shut up for a few hours? that would be awesome, thanks.

no classes tomorrow because of Ramadan. i'm gonna spend the free time studying for the upcoming exams.




not.

i practically did nothing today. we have computer for two periods, geometry, then religion. then the rest was for the interaction. computer became stressful again. i came back to my old unit too soon. the effin' thing is still broken so a day's work is completely wasted. i'll have to redo it on the trusty extra units in the last row. too bad there's a group work that needs to be done.

geometry was about correspondence and congruence. easy enough. seriously. during religion, we had our long quiz. it wasn't too hard. i saw the enumerations coming. i'm so glad i forced myself to study last night. i literally had it beside my pillow, waiting for me to read it. i ignored it and read Can You Keep A Secret by Sophie Kinsella. finally, the guilt ate me up and i read my blue book. thank heavens for in-your-face reminders.

had our interaction today. i thought the whole thing consisted of more class presentations than actual interaction. it's ok. i still had fun. my partner was nice enough. he wasn't as talkative as my partner last year but i still consider myself very lucky with him. mikka's partner hardly talked to her because he "wasn't feeling well". we barely used the shutter shades. we didn't really need it. it was all just part of keeping with the theme. the snacks at the end of the interaction wasn't good, to say the least. it was mcdo but it was what it was. stale cook and a nasty burger. i don't mind. we got our money's worth :D their token to us were these bracelets. lucky mara got candies apart from the bracelet. her box was filled with all kinds of candies. :) our token to them were mini flashlights. not bad at all.

i've got the coastal clean-up tomorrow which kicks off at 5:30 AM. sigh. the things they make us do.

hey! i made a tumbleblog today. i can't believe how quick it was. the temptation to try it out was too great. take a look: Dump Site. excuse the picture of zac efron. i just haven't seem him in a while :)

so instead of posting useless posts in here, i'm gonna do that over there. haha. i'm really making great use of my time here, eh?

tons of things to do. i feel guilty for blogging. heck. i feel guilty for opening the computer. i feel guilty for watching 90210 when i could be doing homework. oh well. sucks for me. on the upside of the homework front, i am done with the easy homeworks. i've left the hard ones for tomorrow. ugh.

i'm third to the last in the monologues. i consider myself very lucky. lots of time to prepare. i'm pretty sure my teacher is eager to see all of us finish and move on with our lives. unfortunately, since i'm one of the last, my pain will be one of the longest.

i read the partial draft of midnight sun on stephenie meyer's site. edward's thoughts are cool. i especially liked the parts where he describes how it feels when bella touches him.

since i'm a materialistic fool, i am going to post another picture of what i want.

The new Sidekick is better than ever, with enhanced Web browsing plus video recording, playback, and sharing capabilities. All the features you know and love are here—best-in-class IM, texting, e-mail, and phone; the cool swivel screen; and a high-quality camera. And it’s a quick-change master, with fully customizable shells that snap on and off to match your outfit or your mood.

its priced at $149.99. that roughly translates to PHP 7,000. that's 2,000 pesos more expensive than my current cellphone. no lie. of course, i don't know whether a T-mobile sidekick will function in the philippines. i doubt it will. but wouldn't that be so awesome?

it's 10 in the evening and i should be asleep by now. who cares? i'm gonna be laying awake all night anyway. might as well put my thoughts here.

tomorrow is the "giving of cards". i don't even wanna talk about it. when i think about it, my stomach gives this horrible churn.

by some stroke of bad luck, i have a guidance session tomorrow, second period. i'm gonna miss all the monologues. i really need some pointers before i go on.

ahhh...don't we all?

the retreat is on wednesday and i haven't wrapped the tokens yet and i don't have the thanksgiving cards ready. i haven't even written a single letter. on the upside, i'm the only one in the class who knows who our facilitator is. big whoop. nobody is even wondering. it's not a mystery worth cracking since everyone is gonna find out soon enough. makes me wonder why it was even a secret in the first place.

as usual, i feel as if i have nothing to wear. i think my wardrobe is at this awkward stage where half the things don't fit and the other half consists of my school uniform. but that's just my opinion. my mom seems to think everything is just dandy.

i read this article on the Philippine Daily Inquirer about Skullcandy headphones: LOL.

the day started badly. we had computer class - double period. i know for a fact that unit #2 has serious problems regarding MS Access. the activity for the day was all about getting formulas right and whoever gets it right can write their class number on the board. intense competition. but i gave up before we even started. since i had my average wrong, everything else was bound to be awry. and i was right. typing the formulae was useless. even if the formula was right, i wouldn't get credited because nothing works. i finally explained my situation to the teacher and she tried fixing it but she couldn't. she had to agree that something was wrong with the computer, not me or my formulas. i ended the computer period with a smile on my face.

the day continued without a hitch. i feel extreme jealousy towards those who are done with their monologue. they don't have any more pressing worries. they can enjoy their weekend...knowing that the worst is over.


i'd love to do my homework right now. but i just don't feel like it.

what brendon looks for in a girl (kerrang! interview)

i just finished reading the bell jar by sylvia plath. it's about a descent of the protagonist to madness. it's a bit disturbing and hardly a light read. as i was reading, i didn't feel/notice the change of events. it felt like i was stuck in one moment, like the narrator. like i was also inside a bell jar while i was reading.

i find that very weird since i don't usually get so attached to a character. does that mean the bell jar is an excellent book? after i read the whole book (i was determined to finish it last night) i felt bothered, so to help me sleep, i listened to my shuffle. disturbia by rihanna came on. perfect timing. i felt even more disturbed because of the lyrics and the beat. and then outta my head by ashlee simpson followed. really? that's so odd.

the bell jar ended on a happy positive note, but i couldn't shake the feeling of foreboding. i wish ms. calderon didn't approve the book. it's psychological and a bit haunting. too complex for me. it's an excellent book to analyze and the story is quite simple when you get down to it. the themes are just a bit heavier than what i was expecting. after all, it was recommended by teen reads. com. the writing draws you in.

i still can't decide if it's good or not. sigh. but it does have the literary value ms. calderon was talking about. it had symbolism, heavy themes, motifs, and whatever else a book report calls for.

one requirement down, two more to go:

1. filipino - finish noli (today; write monologue today, ideally)
2. religion - prayer service (do that monday)

i can do it.

"I am, I am, I am"

clearly, i was not happy the last time i posted. exams were on going and i still didn't have tickets to patd.

BUT NOW.

exams are over and i got to go to the concert! i went with mikka, my unofficial "concert buddy". we were nearer the stage this time than at the FOB concert. it was so much fun. the opening act was pretty cool, a band called "crowned king". that's something new. their songs reminded me a little of red jumpsuit but they do have a distinct sound. probably because of their trombone. the singer's voice was also good. album quality, at most.

panic at the disco was so awesome. they played a lot of their songs so i feel the concert was worth every peso. here are the other reasons why i think it was worth going out on a school night:

• they had choreographed lights
• there was a big screen behind them showing misc graphics
  
• brendon's voice was amazing
• they interacted with the crowd a lot
• they made me like them even more!

to be honest, the patd concert was 10x 5x better than the fob one. i love fob but patd was more entertaining. they actually dressed up. fob was in shirts and jeans. sigh. i guess patd exerted more effort.

whichever. i love both bands and i'm so fortunate to have seen them perform live. i sang along to every song i knew. too bad i didn't know all of their songs. i felt like a student who didn't do her homework. i WANTED to sing along to every one of their songs. damn. school work stopped me from drilling all the pretty. odd. songs into my brain. as of now, the drilling is in progress.

the concert was so much fun. being there with mikka was also so much fun. my brother deserves a special mention for being our driver. he didn't have to but he serviced us to and from the concert. thank you, dear brother. i got a poster as a souvenir. i had to take down my harry potter poster to make room for the patd poster. haha. someone's growing up.

mikka took lots of video and i took lots of pictures to forever cement the moment in history. sigh.

we got there at 6:30 pm so we had time to get dinner and wander around gateway. we ate japanese food. i had the effin' gyudon. i was not aware that there would be raw egg involveed. ugh. should have looked at the picture more closely. after dinner, we stopped by fully booked. (excuse the shift in language) himala ng himala! merong The Bell Jar ni Sylvia Plath. pagkatapos kong maghanap ng buong miyerkules sa lahat ng bilihan ng libro, nasa cubao lang pala ang solusyon sa lahat ng problema ko sa term paper para sa english! (back) so i bought the book for a whooping P558. dayum. it was pricey. it better be good.

I would just like to commend Fully Booked for stocking The Bell Jar. I have burned down the phone lines tracking it down in other book stores. Thank heavens you guys still have it in stock. You have saved me and my partner from the old english of Jane Eyre (no offense to Charlotte Bronte). Congratulations, Fully Booked. You are now my favorite bookstore.

since we're in the subject of school anyway, i have three important things to do over the long weekend:

1. religion - prayer service (First Commandment)
2. english - read book for term paper (The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath)
3. filipino - make my monologue (Elias)

i have to get those three things done. when those assignments are done, i can rest. seriously.

ok. i'm going back to Pretty. Odd.

bye!

*oh! i forgot to tell you about the exams. we have all of the results with us. i did ok on most of them. my worst three subjects are advanced algebra, filipino, and religion (worst-bad). hopefully what i did was enough to make the grade. wahhh!