Update November 12, 2006
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , add a commentFirst 2 days of school are over with. Not necessarily meaning I’ve had schoolwork already. So far, I have not had 1 decent class yet.. just meeting with some (note, SOME) of my profs and filling out classcards. =P EDIT! oh yeah, nagklase na pala kami sa CS32, with Sir Quiwa. It was kind of refreshing, having a CS class where we weren’t sitting behind computers. They say 32 is terribly hard.. Sana kayanin namin. Haha. Hindi na ako pwede ma-delay any further. =P Anway, It’s been a lot of fun, though.. being back in school and going to class.. right. The fun of it is mostly from being back in the company of friends and orgmates. Something I’ve been lacking much since the sembreak started. Haha.
Anyway.. Eng’g week is coming up. Excited na ako! haha. Even if I don’t really know what it would be like kasi di ako kasama sa Eng’g week before. =P But still! Exciting pa rin. hehe.
I’ll be going back to the dorm later.. I’ve missed that place. It’s been fun going home everyday this past week, though. We get to go through glorietta and do stuff! But it can get really tiring. It would be nice to just cross the street to go home again.
And now I have to force myself to read on Chapter 21 of University Physics.. my very first assignment for this Semester. Hopefully I can muster up enough will power to actually finish the stupid task. Goodbye.
Enrollment 101 November 7, 2006
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , 2commentsAnd here’s all you have to know about enrolling in UP:
ENROLLMENT = PILA^infinity
And there you have it. That’s actually everything you need to know for you to be prepared to face the grueling task that is enrolling in the University of the Philippines.
I really can’t understand how it is that the best minds in the country (or at least the minds who THINK they’re the best) could not come up with a simple and systematic process for our enrollment. It’s like these small little snippets of instructions were pasted together in a crude arrangement and then proclaimed “Steps to follow in enrolling”. I mean, yeah, the RegComm does implement these procedures to the dot.. and makes it relatively easy to follow instructions for a certain college’s enrollment process, but then that does not mean that the entire process (pertaining to the tasks outside of one’s college) is EASY. In fact it is the utter opposite of EASY.. but it’s not just HARD.. it’s COMPLICATED.
I don’t want to go on bashing (because that would just make me more of a UP Student.. all words and no actions), so I will just narrate.
I didn’t sleep again last night. My insomnia has gotten to an almost intolerable high. So anyway, I was up all night trying to read myself to sleep.. and then just gave up at around 3 or 4 something A.M. So then I just went online, chatted, surfed.. whatever. At around a quarter to 6, I got up, took a shower, had a little breakfast, then rode with Mommy, who dropped me at McDonald’s, where I would be meeting Joelle and Rab. Then we went to UP.. got all haggard with the enrollment process (which we did not finish, by the way), and then stayed at the CURSOR tambayan for a bit before we went home. In the line for the BF-bound shuttle, we met my dad (who cut in line. haha). Then we rode.. it was a bit traffic on the skyway (I don’t know why). Rab got off at V-mart together with my dad. Joelle and I went to BF-Phase 1 where we had dinner then went around Ruins Night Market for a while before we were picked up by our fathers.
And then that ends my day. I am thoroughly sleepy right now. But I am betting I will not get any decent sleep tonight. I shall be going back to UP tomorrow to finish up where I left off. Then on thursday, the sem shall start.. and my stay in death row shall have started to take its toll on me.
Btw, I was asked to do stuff for the Publicity for UP Sigaw. It’s supposed to be this University-wide event that takes place during Eng’g week (?) I am still not sure about the details. Which makes me kind of skeptic on how I could handle this seeing as I have very little knowledge on the event itself. Goodluck to me. Haha.
So there. Goodnight for now, I really have to find a way to get some sleep. Even if it requires medication, I may have to ask for it at some point in this sickness.
Cold November 7, 2006
Posted by Mayee in : Literature , add a commentAnd it seems, once again, that some famous writer has robbed me of words that I deeply wish to express, although not so exactly. Therefore I am reduced to merely quoting him..
“She crouched on the floor like a wounded thing, and Dorian Gray, with his beautiful eyes, looked down at her, and his chiseled lips curled in exquisite disdain. There is always something ridiculous about the emotion of people whom one has ceased to love. ”
-From “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, by Oscar Wilde
I wonder if it is the coldness in those words that attracts me like a moth to a flame, yet that would be ironic. It is the truth, then, in that statement that I am drawn to. And this, in fact, in my life I have seen proven. It is true that some horrid creatures do grow to despise those whom they had loved so many years ago. Love does have its end. I detest hearing that love is eternal and forevermore. It is love that starts relationships between human beings, and it is the human beings who work to keep that relationship alive long after the love has faded.
Nothing is ever permanent in this world. Nothing. I pity myself for knowing that, and more so in the way that I have come to learn it.
Enrollment (UP) November 7, 2006
Posted by Mayee in : Events , add a commentPila nanaman! Hayayay.
Painter Song November 5, 2006
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , 2commentsIf I were a painter
I would paint my reverie
If that’s the only way for you to be with me
We’d be there together
Just like we used to be
Underneath the swirling skies for all to see
And I’m dreaming of a place
Where I could see your face
And I think my brush would take me there
But only…
If I were a painter
And could paint a memory
I’d climb inside the swirling skies to be with you
I’d climb inside the skies to be with you
-norah jones
—-I love it. I just LOVE it.
I stayed at home today. Watched the covenant.. Blah Blah. Nothing new to post, really. I’ll be going to the dentist tomorrow, then prolly to Glorietta to buy some things, meet friends.. Bahala na. Hehe. Good night. ;)
Manresa Intrams! November 4, 2006
Posted by Mayee in : Events , add a commentThe Caffeine Treatment November 4, 2006
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , 3commentsHere’s the deal. This sembreak has proven to be bad for my health. I blame the SCRUBS Season 1-5 DVDs I bought. 
And let me just say it is THE MOST ENTERTAINING SHOW, next to FRIENDS that is, that I have ever watched. I love Dr. Cox! haha. Anyway, I have been doing episode-marathons this whole sembreak. I watch until early dawn (usually until 4:00 in the morning). Understandably, my wake-up time had changed.. I would wake up 1:00pm at the earliest, 3:00pm at the latest. Haha. And in effect, I skip breakfast and lunch.. then just scarf down my dinner. Then I start another marathon (with matching midnight snacks) til early the next day. Now, see, that’s just wrong.. but I couldn’t help myself. It’s like an addiction or something.
Then when I thought I was in the clear, here comes “24″. Darn it. Seasons 1-2 Marathon again. It’s also as entertaining as a very, very long movie. The whole 1-day-series is brilliant. Egad. I do think I have serious addiction. Don’t you? haha. I think I better lay off the series DVDs for a while (especially when school starts)
So anyway, It’s my highschool’s intramurals opening tomorrow (err, today I mean). I’m gonna be watching my sister in their cheerleading competition (how I miss being part of that), and that’s gonna be at like 8:00 in the morning. So I decided I’d sleep early. Turns out I can’t just change my body clock overnight. I tossed and turned til 2am and just gave up…
ENTER THE CAFFEINE TREATMENT.
Caffeine. Ah that magical substance that gets me that lovable high. Haha. Well anyway, I decided I would take drastic action to change my sleeping habits. I would run myself on caffeine today (Yes, I did not sleep a wink) and then hopefully crash early tonight. At least then I would wake up earlier. I have to do this somehow, school starts again next week and I wouldn’t want to be absent for all my morning (and early afternoon) classes. =P Call me desperate-pathetic.. coz that’s what I am right now. Haha.
So anyway, out of boredom (waiting for 7 am is not something exciting, believe me), I just decided to research the health effects of coffee.. here’s what I found (thanks, wikki)
Many studies have been performed on the relationship between coffee consumption and many medical conditions, ranging from diabetes and cardiovascular disease to cancer and cirrhosis. Studies are contradictory as to whether coffee has any specific health benefits, and results are similarly conflicting with respect to negative effects of coffee consumption.[23] In addition, it is often unclear whether these risks or benefits are linked to caffeine or whether they are to be attributed to other chemical substances found in coffee (and whether decaffeinated coffee carries the same benefits or risks).[citation needed]
One fairly consistent finding has been the reduction of diabetes mellitus type 2 in coffee consumers, an association that cannot be explained by the caffeine content alone and indeed may be stronger in decaffeinated coffee.[24]
Recently, coffee was found to reduce the chances of developing cirrhosis of the liver: the consumption of 1 cup a day was found to reduce the chances by 20%, and 4 cups a day reduced the chances by 80%.[25]
Well, whatever. It’s now 5:30 in the morning and I am not the least bit sleepy.. Okay, maybe a little. But I’ll survive. Haha.
I love the java jive and it loves me. =)
[edit] It would be too much if I made a new post since this last post of mine was just a few hours ago. So anyway, I’ll just rant on about my day here..
