30 November 2006

Back from Hiatus

Looks like I have never posted for months. I've been to busy with academics and personal struggles. A good example would be trying to control myself from strangling my stupid laboratory workmates. Oh, it's really frustrating to be working with dumbos, don't you think?

Good news is, I'm still alive and still has the good study habits despite blockmates who are good in bringing bad influence. Just last Sunday, Shirlina invited me, Nikko, and Solomon to her MoA blowout. In the midst of fun, I suddenly remembered that I forgot to study part of my biology test. I'm relieved to discover that I'm one of the top scorers in the test. Whew.

Okay, why don't I start telling the story of Shirlina's blowout?

The meeting place was at Shir's house, 10AM. I woke up early (7AM) to accompany my mom to church, and at the same time make a good decision about the church I'm going to attend for my theology project. Anyways, I had noodles for breakfast at Ongpin and was texting Nikko all the way from the noodle house to Shir's house.

Upon arriving at Shirlina's abode, I gave her her gift and went to search for her laptop. Ugh, laptops make me envious....twenty minutes later, Nikko arrived. We waited for auntie before we set off to MoA. If you're wondering where did Solomon go, continue reading.

There was people mountain people sea at MoA during Sundays. Shirlina treated us to Italianni's for lunch. It was my first time to eat there. Yum yum food...and then Solomon arrived. He was always late of course...hahaha...he hurriedly ate his fettuccini. There was this complimentary dessert that the resto gave us and Solomon embarrassed himself in front of his friends by saying the "Grazie" word.

And that made all the tables at Italianni's ogle at us.

Next was ice skating!! Yey, and it was exciting to watch Shirlina. She was so afraid of staining her pants so she made it a point not to fall down. She can stand in the rink. More practice and she can glide....>:)

As usual, DMx. MY GOODNESS! Lady luck was on our side because there were no people playing the notorious machine. I made ubos my card's credits. We placed 34-36 credits. Needless to say, we burned calories and in the end, had our clothes soaked in sweat. The BIG THREE that is. Shirlina was relaxed in dancing.

OH MY GOODNESS...we're now crazy dancers....

The sky was dark now, and every time I go to MoA, I never forget to buy BreadTalk products. The line was long, but auntie and the guys waited. Nikko, the ever-so Starbucks planner addict, escaped and went to Starbucks without notifying us. Solomon bought his own bread too, but when he found Nikko with Starbucks drinks, he wanted to buy too.

I gave him money to buy me a drink too. Then I had another revelation: Solomonie left his bread for me (para sabay bayad) but then he DID NOT leave me money. I had no choice but to pay his bread and demand his payment later on.

We had dinner at Mann Hann. Memories were sparked during Nikko's treat a year ago at Glorietta.

I got home pooped and tired. I scanned my bio notes then went to sleep.

You can see the wacky photos Nikko and Solomon cooked up with these URLs:

Nikko's Multiply
Solomon's Multiply




posted by steph @ 1:33 PM 2 Comments

19 November 2006

Subjects That I Dislike

Every weekend I do a Post-it list of my to-do list and paste it at the wall on the table. It includes my assignments and academic whatevers that I should accomplish before the week starts. I have two more things to do, but they are too boring so I decided to do a blog post.

There are subjects that I really love, but there are a lot that I LOATHE like the microorganisms. Now, let me rank them from my hatest to the least.

1. Filipino

Of course! I don't need to elaborate about this. Ever since freshmen high school I'd never liked even an inch of this subject. Now that I'm in college, I have condemned the subject together with the professor coming with it. The prof gave us an assignment to answer two pagsasanay. To redeem myself from the 2.75 grade from the first semester, I did my HW. Afterwards, I was stunned to discover that we have already finished the first part of the book.

AND THE PROFESSOR NEVER TAUGHT US ANYTHING!

She would always call students and ask them to explain those crap-ass topics on the book.
I never saw her open her own copy of the book, and never even taught us about a
particular topic. She would just give specific people this and this and
tell them to report it to the whole class.

I hate her subject. I hate her mismo.

2. Math

I'd never loved math before; well except the time when algebra was introduced.
I never excelled in mathematics when I was in high school. Now that I'm in college, I have now met
what students hate the most: a teacher that explains crap.

She doesn't know how to explain a thing! Mag-eexplain siya, nakatalikod pa sa amin.
We couldn't see what she's writing on the whiteboard! She would be explaining
a topic for five minutes, and the rest of her time would be allotted for
seatwork. Seatwork questions that include questions she hasn't even TAUGHT us.


3. Philosophy

Although we're just in the introduction part of philosophy, I couldn't understand
a darn thing about what Aristotle and Plato are talking about.
Maybe this subject is not for me.

4. Rizal Course

Another no-use professor. He gives students the chapters and let them explain.
He gives tests that are out of this physical world.
He looks weird.
He stares at his students in a different way.

5. PE

Hello? Who would like to be running from the building to PE class?
That was the first semester.
This semester, my PE classes are on a damning Saturday morning!







posted by steph @ 2:47 PM 3 Comments

13 November 2006

Steph's Hate List

1. First and foremost: LATECOMERS. Waiting for them when you have set a specific time is a waste of time and irritating. Don't they have discipline? Don't you know how hard is it to wait for latecomers?

2. Plastic people. They are pests of this world. You don't know if you'd believe them or avoid them.

3. Texters who send corny jokes, sickening chain messages, and other junk when they don't reply to messages that are so important than their ass - GOODNESS! Please stop sending TRASH when somebody needs your important reply!

4. Losers. Jocks. - Pathetic. All they know is to fail and to lull around.

5. Lazy people. - Need to elaborate?

6. Those who keep asking you questions and your homework. - PESTS OF MY LIFE! They give me pure hell!

posted by steph @ 6:42 PM 2 Comments

11 November 2006

Working with Lousy Workmates

I was reading my laboratory manual in chemistry just seconds ago, and the experiments this second semester are more challenging than the previous ones. There are a lot of calculations, practical applications of common sense, and a hardworking spirit.

The first semester chemistry lab was hellish for me because of I have a lousy workmate. I did all the work: take out the glassware, label the glassware, do the experiment (I do almost ALL of the experiment), write the data, solve for the problems, wash the glassware, and place it back inside the locker.

Let me tell you something: having a shitty partner in a laboratory course is the worst, worst thing you would ever encounter. Imagine that you're doing all the work, and all your partner has to do is copy down what you have written and submit it to the lab instructor. Hoo boy, the hardworking ones do the dirty work while the lazy ones just breeze around.

It is very irritating to have it like that. A one-man team like that is SO useless. If one man does all the work and the other sits down like a queen, that industrious person gets all the experience and knowledge. Then lazy person number two will just ask for the information? That is so BS.

What's more frickin' BS is that when it's a one-man team and you succeed, industrious person A doesn't get ALL the credit, but he shares it. Crap, man, crap.

Needless to say that I am grieving over the way my professor paired me and my blockmates. Some are lucky, some are stricken with plain bad luck. I have learned a lot of lessons in this pair-up, and let me share them with you.

1. Pray that you won't be paired with a loser, a jock, coquettish females, and dumbos. You are the one who is going to suffer.

2. If you are so unlucky to get paired with either of the above, TRY to stay patient as possile. You are smart, they aren't.

3. Lengthen your patience once again as you dictate to them what they are going to do. This way, you're not the only one who's going to do the work. (Although most of the time you are going to be.)

4. Like a horse, you have to hit them in the ass, metaphorically speaking. It's not your fault if you hit the horse to death.

5. If they do not work, reporting them to the professor doesn't make anything better. Depends though.

6. If they do not work, then do all the work. It's their loss though.

7. If they ask what they should do, it's either you act cold or SHOVE THE FACT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES.

8. Once in a while, be nice to them. ONCE IN A WHILE.

9. Remember that you are smarter than them. Tell them that you should cooperate with each other. You lower your standard, they increase their standard.

10. Of course, make parinig. From time to time, scold/insult them. You might want to curse them too, but keep them to yourself.

posted by steph @ 8:43 PM 2 Comments

01 November 2006

Energizer 

Bring it all back now

Don't stop never give up

Hold your head high and reach the top

Let the world see what you have got

Bring it all back to you


Hold on to what you try to be

Your individuality

When the world is on your shoulders

Just smile and let it go

If people try to put you down

Just walk on by don't turn around

You only have to answer to yourself

Don't you know it's true what they say

In life it ain't easy

But your time's coming around

So don't you stop trying

Don't stop never give up

Hold your head high and reach the top

Let the world see what you have got

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)

Dream of falling in love

Anything you've been thinking of

When the world seems to get too tough

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)


Try not to worry 'bout a thing

Enjoy the good times love can bring

Don't keep it all inside you

Gotta let your feelings show

Imagination is the key

'Cos you are your own destiny

You never should be lonely

When time is on your side


Don't you know it's true what they say

Things are set to try you

But your time's coming around

So don't you stop trying


Don't stop never give up

Hold your head high and reach the top

Let the world see what you have got

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)

Dream of falling in love

Anything you've been thinking of

When the world seems to get too tough

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)


Don't you know it's true what they say

Things happen for a reason

But your time's coming around

So don't stop trying


Don't stop never give up

Hold your head high and reach the top

Let the world see what you have got

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)

Dream of falling in love

Anything you've been thinking of

When the world seems to get too tough

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)


Don't stop never give up

Hold your head high and reach the top

Let the world see what you have got

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)

Dream of falling in love

Anything you've been thinking of

When the world seems to get too tough

Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)



posted by steph @ 3:43 PM 0 Comments