College (part 1)

listening to: the comforting monotonous hum of the air conditioning machine
mood: bored
location: Computer unit 33, Station #1; UST library

I'm officially a three week-old Thomasian! :D

(faint background noise: "Go USTe~! Go USTe~!")

This post was supposed to be done back when I was a one week-old USTe student, but due to *cough* technical problems (i.e. this writer's damnable procratination), said post gathered cobwebs in the lonely draft folder of my blogspot account. D: Two weeks later I was able to beat my chronic psychological illness--and here I am! :D

But seriously, nowadays I have no time at all to procrastinate. Really. And I'm not just saying this as a lame excuse or an illogical reasoning for my online inactivity. Okay, so I managed to get online almost on a daily basis, usually in the ungodly hours in the morning. But what I mostly surf for are tutorials, picture references and other things that help keep my sanity intact.

The plates (not the dinnerware, I'm referring to the drawing plates) are starting to kill me. ;____;

Not much, but little by little it's consuming all my sleeping time. And I NEED to sleep. I love my pillow too much. ^_^

Anyhow, a recap of my three weeks:

Teh First Week
On the first day, I woke up early, anticipating the legendary traffic that supposedly plagues the UST vicinity. Legendary traffic must be a myth; I arrived at school 30 minutes early. Oh, the ennui of waiting! *woes* Oh, I wasn't able to buy a uniform, so I spent the day wearing casual clothes. :D

Our Design & Color (DC) prof didn't arrive, so we just chatted. The very first friend I made was Stel! ^_^ She's not into anime that much, but we talked about two periods of our class away. Everyone was quiet, as it was after all, the first day. The monotony of the air conditioner was broken when three officers of the College of Fine Arts Student Council (CFAD-SC) burst through our classroom.

So we met Kuya Paeng, the SC prez. He is sooo bishie! *le fangirl* Seriously. And the term does not pertain only to his physique, but to his overall personality. See, he was trying to cheer us up freshies, and he got us to play a name-game so we could get to know each other. And by the way he would tell stories about what was in store for us--he was just so animated. For some reason. RAABUUUU! ♥_♥

Through the game, I met Windy, Dess, Bettina, Marge, Kevin and loads of other people I would be hanging out with in the future. In the meantime, I had lunch with Stel. <3 In the afternoon our Freehand Drawing (FDR) prof showed up, and gave us the list of materials. I got to know more of my classmates much better. In the following days, we had our Anatomy (ATY) class, Filipino, Lettering (LETT), Mechanical Drawing (MDR), English, Theology and Math. We have each class once a week, with regular subjects lasting for 3 hours, and our drawing subjects up to 4 hours.

I've realized that these are the subjects that I really want to study; I'm so excited! But at the same time I'm a bit scared.

You know the feeling the you want something so badly, that once you get it, you feel such an overwhelmingly powerful inner bliss, that it gets at times too much, too overboard? Like the feeling is threatening to consume you, like you're spiralling down and out of control, like...

I get scared at times. And insecure. I mean, college isn't like high school anymore; I gotta wake up and smell the artificial fragrance of instant coffee.

Our class is full of really good artists and...

Where do I rank?

Frankly, I feel like I'm at the bottom a deep, deep well.

But I know I'll survive.

*stops being emo*

Anyhow, all our profs are great in a creepy kind of way. They're all professionals practicing their trade in the advertising industry, and they expect nothing but the best from us. They said they wouldn't allow a mediocre artist to work in the industry with them.

Our ATY prof told us he won't be teaching, he'll be training. He is good-natured, and is funny, and I know I'll learn a lot of things from him, but y'know, he's the all-business-let's-get-serious-now types of professors. Eeeee.

Our Lettering teacher is a bit nicer. At the start of every class, he said he'd give us "principles in life" that will be helpful in the real world. Our MDR prof is boring, and kinda... dull?

Our regular subject professors (Fil, Eng, Theo & Math) are just fine.

But of course, all of these are just first impressions.

My sched goes from Tuesday to Saturday, with 2 days 7AM-5PM; 2 days 7AM-3PM, and 1 day of 7AM-4PM.

Thus my first week ends.

***

The two other weeks will be posted this weekend. My one hour net time here at the computer station is almost up, and I still need to borrow some books, and to go home (I need to be home by 7pm).

Weirdly enough, the June floods I've been anticipating prior to classes hasn't arrived yet. Hmmm. Maybe it likes surprises. :D

Oh, and we had our Welcome Walk (us freshmen passing through the famous Arch of the Centuries as a sign of alliance/acceptance/point-of-no-return in our stay at UST.) Afterwards, there was a concert. But I wasn't able to attend it since I had to go home early. And I also promised my high school buddies that I would drop by Friday afternoon to catch up with them.

Have I mentioned that our batch at UST is extremely special? We are given special treatment 'cause we are the tentative graduates on the year 2011, the same year that UST will turn 400. Imagine that! 400 years! So, like, we're called the Quadri-Centennial Batch. :D

I will graduate on 2011.

...So I hope I pass all my subjects. And maintain a grade of 1.75.

God help me.

Oh, and belated happy birthday to Josh!

And I'm gonna plug all the DevArt accounts of my blockmates: Pilar, Kev, Alfonso, Alexa and Kuya Moody.

Have a God-blessed Saturday! ^_________^

The June Whirlwind

listening to: Sanbun no Junou na Kanjou - Siam Shade
mood: happy-sleepy

My! With the entrance of June, so maaaany things happened. Usually, I'm a homebody, but for the past few days I've spent my waking hours away from home. I hate being cooped up at home to vegetate, so the change of routine is welcome. I love travelling, walking, just being constantly on the move. I tire easily, but it's the I-feel-so-productive-and-content type. A recap of my havoc-spreading activities these past few days:

New haircut! Usually trips to the salon are treated with anxiety. My hair is anything but manageable, it's all wild and wavy and happy, so I have to make sure that the hair cut I get looks okay even if I don't blow-dry it or something. I'm not very prissy when it comes to my hair, generally my over-all looks, so... Anyway, I had a layered cut. S'alright but the bangs aren't exactly what I wanted...

Jzone and Dgroups! Last Saturday we joined a CCF youth group called Jzone. We met Elle, who let us join her Discipleship group (I'm not exactly sure if that's what it means). At first we were a bit uneasy since we didn't know anyone, but pretty soon we started to enjoy the presentation, talks, and the mini-concert thing. It was fun, and me and my sisters are planning to attend it regularly.

Family time! Consequently, after the Jgroup thing, we got to shop for a while. It's been a while since we really got together as a family and do those normal things we used to do when were still kids. My sisters and I wanted to buy anime DVDs; they had everything from Gakuen Alice, Ouran Koukou, to Death Note! *__* They were bootleg copies, though. After much debate with my practical side, I bought myself a versatile bolero instead.

Death Note! My sisters and I were able to visit Comic Alley again after some time. And OMGJkassksjsajhjhjku THEY HAVE AN L PLUSHIE! L! WITH THE HAIR AND THE EYES AND THE BAD HABIT (of teh fingers pressing against his lips XD)! AND THE SITTING POSITION! I MEAN, it was sooooooo cute. ;__; Which reminded me of the materials I bought last year for my plushie-making plans. Since I had no time last year, I decided to postpone it for this summer. Apparently, I forgot. On purpose. Maybe Dad's right, I do have time management problems.

And classes begin... I accompanied my sister to her school today for enrollment. Since our beloved high school was just beside hers, I paid a visit to some of my teachers. I saw my third year adviser, Ms. Batulan, and Miguel (your hair looks different when liberated from gel XD). I also got to talk to our much-loved (see the sarcasm dripping?) fourth year adviser, Ma'am Caingat. I thought she would bite my head off, say things like: what kind of irresponsible valedictorian are you? You are a disgrace! You do not deserve the title! However, she was civil. And actually nice. I knew that if she was separated from Math for even a few months desirable results would be produced. :D

In the afternoon my younger sister and I went school supplies-shopping. Just the two of us, and lots of food afterwards. :DD

I'll cut off here--Jeffrey Archer's Shall We Tell The President? is beckoning me again. And, yes, I'm quite sleepy with all the activities for today.

Oh yeah, I added some browser charms from Endless Rain. *points to upper right corner of teh blog*

God bless! <3

...Tag-ulan na.

listening to: Sakura Kiss - Ouran High School Host Club
mood: upside down

Hello, June is here. Tag-ulan na.

Minsan masaya ako 'pag umuulan, kese walang pasok. XD Masarap ang pakiramdam na nakahiga sa kama, may tasa ng tsokolate sa tabi, nagbabasa ng isang makapal na nobela, tapos ang tugtog ng radyo ay New Radicals. Ewan ko ba, kahit na parang pang-hippie ang tunog nila ay nakakapagpagaan ng aking damdamin. Kontento ang pakiramdam ko.

Habang binabaril ng ulan ang paligid, ako'y lunod sa mga kumot at 'di nilalamig. Masarap din kumain ng mainit na sabaw kasabay ang pamilya.

Pero may mga panahon din na nakakalungkot ang ulan. Ang lahat ay walang kulay at tahimik. Tila dinadala ng ulan pababa ang damdamin ng lahat. Nakababasag ng damdamin.

Hay.

***

Tee-hee. Just brushing up on my Filipino.

Anyway, a quiz! It's been so long since I took one:

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Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!You must be quite an erudite person.

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