Estudyante Blues

After almost a year, im back to posting in my blog. I created this blog for a certain class last summer, and now, people are suddenly into it and sending me their addresses. I guess I was inspired by a friend and an acquaintance into posting again. I found their blogs quite amusing. First, I knew my friend and a lot of intrigue surfaced after reading it; second, the other blog was surprisingly worth reading. He posted travels and pictures of the places he went to! It was awesome. I love travelling, except that it has chosen to bloom at a point in my life wherein i am not exactly financially capable.

So let's start over. I am student of the best university in the Philippines taking a certain maroon color, an officer in my organization, about to enroll in my last semester, and I am running for honors. Apart from that, I spend most of my time sleeping and watching my favorite movies over and over again. Not a bad way to relax, i must say. I just finished my Junior HELL year last week, which was basically filled with case studies, exams, bad professors, good professors, those that just don't teach, a handful of sleepless nights, and those few moments that I actually dropped everything and enjoyed. I am not expecting an easy last semester. I will be having 4 major subjects and my thesis, which would mean more sleepless nights, and a whole lot of pressure.

But before i rant about all that scares me in the near future, it is officially my summer vacation!! I'm going to galera this wednesday. Watch out for picts and adventure details coming soon!

Back to Basics

Good morrow to the people who do not or cannot do anything better than to sit in front of their computers and search for key words that they feel are most interesting. Fact of the matter is, despite the declaration of freedom as individuals and as a nation, we are forever restricted by our own flaws and needs. For instance, i, a student, can only go out and enjoy whatever i want when i have money or the means to travel (w/c also requires money). You see, this is a need that i have in order to get what it is that i want. The flaw here is i'm not self sufficient. I cannot live without a host. I am a parasite who pays for education so that , in time, i can be the host. By then, the next generation would cling to me as i have to my parents..Oh such irony... we spend a lot of money to study so that we can have a chance, not a certainty, that we will end up in decent-paying jobs that requires devotion for the rest of our lives. On a the other hand, this independence removes the flaw stated earlier, and eventually answers for the need. In this case, greed can arise. The new need now is to earn more money so that you can support both yourself and your dependents. At this point, your eyes are opened to possibilities. Bigger Wants, if i may say so. This requires more money. Greed is the flaw, but there is a thin line between that and just wanting success. It is a fight between Pride and Greed. Others who are kind-hearted escapes these by increasing their dependents..i.e. giving away har-earned money to charity. Basically, its all just a cycle. you try to earn money, then eventually give it away. Like all cycles, it goes back to basics. when we're old and wrinkled and helpless, we go back to being parasites. This time, the host is the one who depended on you at the peak of your career. Give and Take. What you reap is what you sow. All life's principles are happening around you. You just need to notice them.

Kwentong Freshman

• Papunta ako nun sa UP para mag-attend ng freshmen orientation. Strike 1: Wala pa sa Philcoa ay panay ang tingin ko sa paligid na para na kong bababa sa tabi na lang. Tumingin naman sa ‘kin ang drayber baka sakaling papara na ‘ko. Pero hindi, nakaupo lang ako dun na parang nawawala at tinatandaan ang circle. Habang nasa jeep ako, kinausap ko yung katabi kong hindi ko naman kilala. “Excuse me, alam mo ba kung asan yung Benitez Hall?” Strike 2. Kilala ang bulding na yun bilang educ at hindi Benitez Hall. Sagot naman ng katabi ko, “ah, oo. Dun din ako papunta.” Sa isip ko lang, yes! Freshman din! “So Freshman ka din?” Tanong ko. “yup”. Sagot naman niya. Naghahanap na ng damay kung sakaling mawala at hindi makababa sa Benitez Hall. Dumaan na ng AS nang sinabi ng katabi ko na malapit na. Kung hindi ka madalas sa UP, hindi mo malalalamang ang jeep ay nagbababa sa may waiting shed lang. Ito na ang Strike 3. Dumaan na ng PHAN. Walang bumaba. Pagdaan ng Educ… “mama’ para po.” Sabi ng katabi ko. Hindi pa rin tumigil ang jeep. Sumunod naman ako, ”mama’ para po.” Wala pa rin. Nagsisunuran na ng pagpapara na parang nagpapanic na ang mga nakasakay sa jeep at handa ng tumalon. “Wala hong babaan dyan”. At tumahimik ang lahat.

• Sa unang sem ko palang, nag-cancel mat na kagad ako. So, pumunta ako sa OUR. “Excuse me po, pano kop o maka-cancel itong nakalagay sa Form 5 ko?”
  “Ah, kuha ka change mat.”
  (Sa isip ko lang..anong change mat?? Change mattress? Change matrikula?? Tama ba pagkakarinig ko?)
  “Ano po?”
  “Change MAT.”
  “Saan po makakakuha nun?”
  “Sa college mo.”
  “College?”
  (Ang dami talagang tanong pag freshman)
  “Oo.” (Nahahalata na niyang hindi kami nagkakaintindihan) “Ano bang course mo?”
  “Business Economics po.”
  “Ah. Sa econ ka humingi ng change mat.”
  Kahit na sinabi niya yun, hindi ko pa rin alam kung ano ang gagawin ko sa econ at hindi ko pa alam nun na meron palang SE101. Pero nakaligtas ako at nabigyan ako ng recycled green paper na kailangan ko.
  Iba naman ang problema. May blangkong hinihingi ang college mo. Huh? College? ‘Di ba lahat kami taga-UP? Hindi siguro yun. Masyadong tanga ang tanong kung ganun. Better make sure.
  “Excuse me, college?”
  “School of Economics”
  “Ah, ok. Thanks!”
  Pagkatapos, nagpunta nako sa gym kasi kailangan ko daw hanapin yung prof o kung sino mang pwede mag-sign ng cancel mat ko. Laging may kulang kaya pabalik-balik ako ng econ at hk. At bilang freshmen na hindi pa alam ang mga daan, ikot lang ako ng ikot kahit mas malapit kung magto-toki ako pabalik ng econ. Ang tagal tuloy ng travel time. Pero nakaraos din. Success ang cancel mat!

• Pumunta ako ng infirmary para sa medical exam at hindi ko na ikukwento. (Ang taray nung asa front desk ha. Nanghiram lang ako ng ballpen at nagalit sa ‘kin. )Pabalik na ‘ko sa econ pero hindi ko alam kung pano. Lapit ako sa guard at nagtanong. Sagot naman sya, “pwede ka sumakay ng katipunan o kaya mag-tuke ka.” Hindi ko naintindihan kung paano ako magtu-tuke kaya nagtanong nalang ako sa iba.