First week of college
Yeah, basically ended my first week as a college freshman in the Ateneo(they really have to call it the Ateneo. Why? beats me *shrugs*). Ended much sooner since we didn't have classes today because of faculty day.
Got to experience my first college class, my first block lunch, first free cut, my first english reading assignment thats thicker than all the assignments I've done during my highschool life(exaggerating? I don't think so) and so much more. What strikes me is my seemingly light schedule. Seemingly because some people told me even if I had that much free time it still would'nt be enough once the class work really starts. I only have 4 subjects during M-W-F starting at 7:30 with a 2-hour break after the third, except of course friday's lab day. Then 2 subjects during T-Th, PE at 9 am then 3 hours till my Fil class. See what I mean? It feels like there's so much time to kill in between. Time well spent though if it meant spending time with my block. Hi blockmates! I know your starting to read this na! Come read! Everyone is entitled to my opinion! Hehe, joking of course(no,not really). What I love is just walking around the campus(which in itself is a manner of killing time already), figuring out how to get from A to B. Great exercise, and saves trike fare too. Now I"ll need all the savings I can get after finding out how expensive college life can be. From the books that we'll need(can't find someone I can borrow from,damn) to the 2-inch thick pile of photocopied paper we had to pay for, college can quickly drain your allowance(not that I have an allowance). I even have to get a Php900 Arnis uniform, not to mention the sticks worth 200! Considering the price of Ateneo's - I'm sorry, the Ateneo's tuition fee, I don't want to burden my parents any more than I have too. I guess the only way I can repay them is if I do well, and that's something I have to work really hard on...
Friday, June 23, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
First Day in College
College is fun!(so far) Well its only been the first day so I can't really tell(yet). But I got to tell ya, it's way different than highschool. WAY different.
First on my M-W-F sched is 2 hours of english. What greeted us after our prof(at least I think he is) did was a diagnostic test. Finishing that rather quickly we found ourselves dismissed, an hour before our time. Well, that felt strange, in a wow-I'm-really-out-of-highschool-na-and-in-college sort of way. After that was college algebra, and to show you how I'm not really good in math I was placed in a beginners 0 unit course. We'll see if I can get out of it after the placement test. What was good though was that half my block was with me.
What I noticed with my classes were that the rooms were'nt airconditioned. I don't really mind that they weren't airconed its just that, well, were in college so I expected things to be different. It was really hot. They told me there weren't airconditioned because "student's should get to breathe the fresh air from all the trees". That makes sense, still, its hot.
I have a 2-hour break from my sched and so my blockmates and I went to Mcdonalds Katipunan to eat. At least now I got to know my blockmates better, and actually made friends, though I still feel a bit left out. Yeah, thats nice, eventually they'll be coming over here and reading my blog(yeah block JJ keep reading). After that, our Environmental Science subject, which I shall be enjoying(I don't know why my blockmates won't) then hung-out at Manang's for a couple of hours before I went home.
And that was my first day in college...
College is fun!(so far) Well its only been the first day so I can't really tell(yet). But I got to tell ya, it's way different than highschool. WAY different.
First on my M-W-F sched is 2 hours of english. What greeted us after our prof(at least I think he is) did was a diagnostic test. Finishing that rather quickly we found ourselves dismissed, an hour before our time. Well, that felt strange, in a wow-I'm-really-out-of-highschool-na-and-in-college sort of way. After that was college algebra, and to show you how I'm not really good in math I was placed in a beginners 0 unit course. We'll see if I can get out of it after the placement test. What was good though was that half my block was with me.
What I noticed with my classes were that the rooms were'nt airconditioned. I don't really mind that they weren't airconed its just that, well, were in college so I expected things to be different. It was really hot. They told me there weren't airconditioned because "student's should get to breathe the fresh air from all the trees". That makes sense, still, its hot.
I have a 2-hour break from my sched and so my blockmates and I went to Mcdonalds Katipunan to eat. At least now I got to know my blockmates better, and actually made friends, though I still feel a bit left out. Yeah, thats nice, eventually they'll be coming over here and reading my blog(yeah block JJ keep reading). After that, our Environmental Science subject, which I shall be enjoying(I don't know why my blockmates won't) then hung-out at Manang's for a couple of hours before I went home.
And that was my first day in college...
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Orsem '06 Day 3
"NASASABIK SA UNANG ARAW NG ISKUWELA!..."
Its Orsem night!!! But before we got to it we still went through the last Orsem day. We had the usual Morning show where we watched the Orsem Idol finalists perform. After that we got our Org tour, presentations ranging from cheesy films to group demos telling us about the Organizations present in Ateneo. The films themselves were good, some cheesier than the rest, and others well made. We laughed at the Superman trailers spoof they did.
After that we went on group dynamics with our English block. Kenot is my english block-mate, so its kinda nce to have somebody to talk to. But I soon found a new friends to talk with. I actually enjoyed and had more friends with my english block than with my course block. There just a certain thing we had I guess.
Now let's get to the Orsem night!!! First there was of course the Orsem Idol and the winners of it. Then from 4 to 8 pm we rocked non-stop to the beat of famous bands. Each played 3 to 4 songs. Most bands are connected to Ateneo - either one or more of its members are(were)students.
THe bands that performed were Bloom(or Blue)Fields, Dicta License, Rivermaya, Parokya ni Edgar, Urbandub, Hush, Spongecola, Kamikazee..Did I forget someone? Hmmm..I think you get the point.
Those who had their Orientation Seminars in other universities and colleges,imagine ours; three days and with a free concert to boot. Now read those big names I listed above and EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!
ATENEO RULES!!!
"NASASABIK SA UNANG ARAW NG ISKUWELA!..."
Its Orsem night!!! But before we got to it we still went through the last Orsem day. We had the usual Morning show where we watched the Orsem Idol finalists perform. After that we got our Org tour, presentations ranging from cheesy films to group demos telling us about the Organizations present in Ateneo. The films themselves were good, some cheesier than the rest, and others well made. We laughed at the Superman trailers spoof they did.
After that we went on group dynamics with our English block. Kenot is my english block-mate, so its kinda nce to have somebody to talk to. But I soon found a new friends to talk with. I actually enjoyed and had more friends with my english block than with my course block. There just a certain thing we had I guess.
Now let's get to the Orsem night!!! First there was of course the Orsem Idol and the winners of it. Then from 4 to 8 pm we rocked non-stop to the beat of famous bands. Each played 3 to 4 songs. Most bands are connected to Ateneo - either one or more of its members are(were)students.
THe bands that performed were Bloom(or Blue)Fields, Dicta License, Rivermaya, Parokya ni Edgar, Urbandub, Hush, Spongecola, Kamikazee..Did I forget someone? Hmmm..I think you get the point.
Those who had their Orientation Seminars in other universities and colleges,imagine ours; three days and with a free concert to boot. Now read those big names I listed above and EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!
ATENEO RULES!!!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Orsem '06 Day 2
Fight A!(clap,clap) Fight T!(clap,clap) FightEFightNFightE Fight O!(clap,clap)
I had a stressful start to my day, but I rather tell you about the Orsem so I'll sum things real quick. I slept at 11pm, woke at 5, took me an hour to get to Sta. Lu because of the traffic, my jeep broke down 2 times, the second time I had to push, walked with Kenot from Greenpark to the Tropical,then walked all the way to Ateneo from Katipunan, stepped on mud, and arriving at the covered court feeling all tired and sweaty already. nice start eh? I thought so too.
The TnT's were still as perky and energetic as yesterday, and still bouncing upon chairs to the sound of rock music. There was still the morning show, but the thing that was impressive was the Blue Babble. In my Orsem letter its Blue Babble, but I saw a poster that says Blue Battle Battalion, and I heard someone introduced them as the Blue Babble Battalion. It maybe the Blue Babble Battle Battalion, but whatever their real name is, they are amazing. They are the ones in charge of revving up Ateneo's school spirit. They were the wicked sick Ateneo Drum line and cheer dancers. They even taught us the school cheers, but I don't think we will be remembering them anytime soon; they were pretty complicated.
After the kickass presentation they gave us, drum, cheers and all, we went to watch our Orsem film. I kinda thought that would be like an educational film about the school, like the ones I watched in career orientations. But oh was I wrong. It was done by students ofcourse, and it was titled "Lost"(in Ateneo). If you haven't guessed it yet, they did a spoof of the series "Lost". It was so funny, we kept on laughing during the presentation. Curly's bad numbers were grades. Hehe
we did some more Group Dynamics, playing stuff like the group juggling and others. Basically more get to know your blockmates stuff. Speaking of, I haven't talked at all about my blockmates, have I? Well, lets see. We are block JJ, and in a our block of 20 the girls outnumber the boys. We are a pretty diverse group. There's me, K, a Nigerian, some I guess to be Chinese-Filipino's, a couple of Assumptionites, and half of us are English-speakers. A pretty fun group to be with.
After lunch we went on wih our campus and org tour. Now that was as tiring as it was fun. We went from sponsored stop to next stop every 5 mins, in that time getting a quick introduction to the nearby area and whatever product happens to occupy the stop. After exactly 5 min we have to run off to the next one, cuz the schedule is pretty tight. We get had a general overview of the large number of different organizations.
In the end we did a recap of the Atenean cheers(not that that would help us remember it). I'm so tired. I better rest now. I still have to look forward to tomorrow, and Orsem night!!!
Fight A!(clap,clap) Fight T!(clap,clap) FightEFightNFightE Fight O!(clap,clap)
I had a stressful start to my day, but I rather tell you about the Orsem so I'll sum things real quick. I slept at 11pm, woke at 5, took me an hour to get to Sta. Lu because of the traffic, my jeep broke down 2 times, the second time I had to push, walked with Kenot from Greenpark to the Tropical,then walked all the way to Ateneo from Katipunan, stepped on mud, and arriving at the covered court feeling all tired and sweaty already. nice start eh? I thought so too.
The TnT's were still as perky and energetic as yesterday, and still bouncing upon chairs to the sound of rock music. There was still the morning show, but the thing that was impressive was the Blue Babble. In my Orsem letter its Blue Babble, but I saw a poster that says Blue Battle Battalion, and I heard someone introduced them as the Blue Babble Battalion. It maybe the Blue Babble Battle Battalion, but whatever their real name is, they are amazing. They are the ones in charge of revving up Ateneo's school spirit. They were the wicked sick Ateneo Drum line and cheer dancers. They even taught us the school cheers, but I don't think we will be remembering them anytime soon; they were pretty complicated.
After the kickass presentation they gave us, drum, cheers and all, we went to watch our Orsem film. I kinda thought that would be like an educational film about the school, like the ones I watched in career orientations. But oh was I wrong. It was done by students ofcourse, and it was titled "Lost"(in Ateneo). If you haven't guessed it yet, they did a spoof of the series "Lost". It was so funny, we kept on laughing during the presentation. Curly's bad numbers were grades. Hehe
we did some more Group Dynamics, playing stuff like the group juggling and others. Basically more get to know your blockmates stuff. Speaking of, I haven't talked at all about my blockmates, have I? Well, lets see. We are block JJ, and in a our block of 20 the girls outnumber the boys. We are a pretty diverse group. There's me, K, a Nigerian, some I guess to be Chinese-Filipino's, a couple of Assumptionites, and half of us are English-speakers. A pretty fun group to be with.
After lunch we went on wih our campus and org tour. Now that was as tiring as it was fun. We went from sponsored stop to next stop every 5 mins, in that time getting a quick introduction to the nearby area and whatever product happens to occupy the stop. After exactly 5 min we have to run off to the next one, cuz the schedule is pretty tight. We get had a general overview of the large number of different organizations.
In the end we did a recap of the Atenean cheers(not that that would help us remember it). I'm so tired. I better rest now. I still have to look forward to tomorrow, and Orsem night!!!
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
ORSEM '06! Day 1
OrSem day 1! Wooooot!! Hehe..
Ok, so I left the house 5:30 in the morning, planning to make a quick stop-over at Lorenzo just for the heck of it, and then go to Ateneo for the OrSem. I thought I will have plenty of time when I arrive there, maybe explore a while, but traffic was a killer. Even that early in the morning all the jeeps I could find was full already. I rode with Rj's dad's PhiSci-bound Revo until Katipunan then took a tricycle to Ateneo.
I love Ateneo for it's treeful-ness and fresh air, but its kinda ironic to suffer through so much smoke before you get there. Being stuck in traffic is fine and all, I'm a pretty patient person, but if you have to sit through it in a tricycle and get to breathe in all the fumes from the street, thats another thing altogether. And dind't I say traffic was a killer? I arrived there at 7:00.
I found the venue quickly, the 8-basketball court large Ateneo covered court. And what a surprise. A large crowd of color-coded freshmen and pink-shirted freego's standing on chairs and bouncing to the beat of rock music being blasted on large speakers. Freegos? Hehe. those were actually TnTs, our Talk and Tours guides. I just call them freegos cuz thats what printed on their shirts. Hehe. I've got to hand it to those freegos. Not only are they friendly, their incredibly energetic. I mean incredibly. It's been 2 hours in to the registration and they're still standing on chairs and shaking their groove-thangs. Now thats commitment.
Orsem was like a cross between the orientation, a concert and a game show. I haven't seen so much freebie's in my life! The Morning Show was great, so was the Lunch show with matching surprise downpour. That beatbox they did was outrageous!
The Group Dynamics was fun. We got to know our blockmates, even a little. We played games like the boink-boink game and the human knot. Now i'm looking forward to other group activities.
We got to finally know what we were getting ourselves into with the course/departmental talks. I was previously hell-bent to attempting to shift to Environmental Sciences when I get to my second-year but now i'm having doubts. Development Studies seems like a good course. I guess time will tell what course I will choose.
There is just so much things we did I can't tell them all. We ran around a little. I thought the John Gokongwei building was good. I guess you just have to be there to understand. And in a very Catholic way, we ended the day with a mass.
Stay tuned for my comments on OrSem 2006!!! I wish I vcould get hold of a bunch of pics so that I can post them...
OrSem day 1! Wooooot!! Hehe..
Ok, so I left the house 5:30 in the morning, planning to make a quick stop-over at Lorenzo just for the heck of it, and then go to Ateneo for the OrSem. I thought I will have plenty of time when I arrive there, maybe explore a while, but traffic was a killer. Even that early in the morning all the jeeps I could find was full already. I rode with Rj's dad's PhiSci-bound Revo until Katipunan then took a tricycle to Ateneo.
I love Ateneo for it's treeful-ness and fresh air, but its kinda ironic to suffer through so much smoke before you get there. Being stuck in traffic is fine and all, I'm a pretty patient person, but if you have to sit through it in a tricycle and get to breathe in all the fumes from the street, thats another thing altogether. And dind't I say traffic was a killer? I arrived there at 7:00.
I found the venue quickly, the 8-basketball court large Ateneo covered court. And what a surprise. A large crowd of color-coded freshmen and pink-shirted freego's standing on chairs and bouncing to the beat of rock music being blasted on large speakers. Freegos? Hehe. those were actually TnTs, our Talk and Tours guides. I just call them freegos cuz thats what printed on their shirts. Hehe. I've got to hand it to those freegos. Not only are they friendly, their incredibly energetic. I mean incredibly. It's been 2 hours in to the registration and they're still standing on chairs and shaking their groove-thangs. Now thats commitment.
Orsem was like a cross between the orientation, a concert and a game show. I haven't seen so much freebie's in my life! The Morning Show was great, so was the Lunch show with matching surprise downpour. That beatbox they did was outrageous!
The Group Dynamics was fun. We got to know our blockmates, even a little. We played games like the boink-boink game and the human knot. Now i'm looking forward to other group activities.
We got to finally know what we were getting ourselves into with the course/departmental talks. I was previously hell-bent to attempting to shift to Environmental Sciences when I get to my second-year but now i'm having doubts. Development Studies seems like a good course. I guess time will tell what course I will choose.
There is just so much things we did I can't tell them all. We ran around a little. I thought the John Gokongwei building was good. I guess you just have to be there to understand. And in a very Catholic way, we ended the day with a mass.
Stay tuned for my comments on OrSem 2006!!! I wish I vcould get hold of a bunch of pics so that I can post them...
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Fiesta!!!
Fiesta samin don't ya know? Hehe. Its our parish' fiesta today, and with all the wealthy people in this quaint little village of ours, that means alot of hoopla.
For instance, this morning there was a bunch of performing drum and lyre groups. That was okay, if you like hearing the same old tunes drum and lyre groups do over and over again. A little variety was wildy welcomed, like the one that performed Narda(by the way, sawang sawa na ako sa kantang Narda).
Tonight there was a concert. It was a very basic band concert thingy, very much like the so many ones I had gone to when I was once a high-school student in LRMS(Its nice to be able to say that,once a highschool student, hehe..),though far cooler - temperature-wise.
There's only one thing I always hated whenever I go to these kinds of things. Strobe lights. I'm trying to watch,SO STOP TRYING TO BLIND ME WITH ALL THE FRIKIN' STROBE LIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS YOU HAVE!
With both those things I did today, I went with my mom. Now, I love my mom and all, but I just get so annoyed when she keeps on reacting to everything. You know that thing mom's do, when they see something they don't like, they really go out of their way to complain about it. And they always wonder why teenagers try to break free already...
Fiesta samin don't ya know? Hehe. Its our parish' fiesta today, and with all the wealthy people in this quaint little village of ours, that means alot of hoopla.
For instance, this morning there was a bunch of performing drum and lyre groups. That was okay, if you like hearing the same old tunes drum and lyre groups do over and over again. A little variety was wildy welcomed, like the one that performed Narda(by the way, sawang sawa na ako sa kantang Narda).
Tonight there was a concert. It was a very basic band concert thingy, very much like the so many ones I had gone to when I was once a high-school student in LRMS(Its nice to be able to say that,once a highschool student, hehe..),though far cooler - temperature-wise.
There's only one thing I always hated whenever I go to these kinds of things. Strobe lights. I'm trying to watch,SO STOP TRYING TO BLIND ME WITH ALL THE FRIKIN' STROBE LIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS YOU HAVE!
With both those things I did today, I went with my mom. Now, I love my mom and all, but I just get so annoyed when she keeps on reacting to everything. You know that thing mom's do, when they see something they don't like, they really go out of their way to complain about it. And they always wonder why teenagers try to break free already...
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Three days back and three days to go...
Last Thursday we checked out this new LAN shop in front of the Village East Clubhouse; Park 12-something. Anyway, it was the grand-opening, so Rj and I went there since he also knows the guy who owns it. It a pretty nice place, airconed and hi-tech. You gotta love the flatscreen monitors that allows you to to look at your neighbors screen without the need to turn your head, though the lightweight optical mouse is a little to fast for its own good. We played Dota with "pros"-real tournament players. Well,after that, we found out that we weren't as good as we thought we were. We were so engrossed in playing that we didn't notice that the blessing had begun! We were so noisy that we didn't notice it until the priest was dousing us already with holy water. Oh yeah, we played for 5 hours that day. Head-wracking I tell you..
Yesterday (June 9) I went with my father to Ateneo. Simple reason: to learn how to get there.THe way to commute to Ateneo was easy enough. The only thing I don't like about whole thing is that I have to pass through the deadly Katipunan intersection. The normal commute would be a dance with death. Piece of cake. I just hope it would'nt be splattered cake. Hehe
Today was another 3-hour Dota day. Yeah,I know, my life is that boring.
And 3 days from now, Tuesday, is our Orsem. I'm really excited. Getting there will be my first big adventure into college life. Early morning commute all by myself, oh how I can picture it already. Hehe...
Last Thursday we checked out this new LAN shop in front of the Village East Clubhouse; Park 12-something. Anyway, it was the grand-opening, so Rj and I went there since he also knows the guy who owns it. It a pretty nice place, airconed and hi-tech. You gotta love the flatscreen monitors that allows you to to look at your neighbors screen without the need to turn your head, though the lightweight optical mouse is a little to fast for its own good. We played Dota with "pros"-real tournament players. Well,after that, we found out that we weren't as good as we thought we were. We were so engrossed in playing that we didn't notice that the blessing had begun! We were so noisy that we didn't notice it until the priest was dousing us already with holy water. Oh yeah, we played for 5 hours that day. Head-wracking I tell you..
Yesterday (June 9) I went with my father to Ateneo. Simple reason: to learn how to get there.THe way to commute to Ateneo was easy enough. The only thing I don't like about whole thing is that I have to pass through the deadly Katipunan intersection. The normal commute would be a dance with death. Piece of cake. I just hope it would'nt be splattered cake. Hehe
Today was another 3-hour Dota day. Yeah,I know, my life is that boring.
And 3 days from now, Tuesday, is our Orsem. I'm really excited. Getting there will be my first big adventure into college life. Early morning commute all by myself, oh how I can picture it already. Hehe...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
06/06/06!!!!
Its the dreaded triple 6 date today. Well, its not as bad as those apocalypse guys are talking about. Nothing bad has happened(yet, or that I know of). Its been actually a good day for me.
I got my physical exam over with, and had fun doing it too. I rather leave out what was funny cuz its uh, "private" so just take my word for it.
Yesterday I kept waking up in the middle of the night because I kept on dreaming that it was Orsem day and I was late. Took me 5 minutes everytime to realize that that was still next week. Thats to show you how excited I really am. Hehe..
I also got a haircut today. My parents said it did'nt look good anymore so I did it. Now I have short hair. I don't like when my hair is short. I already perfected my "top-flip" hair style coupled with the one-minute shower(no shampooing) and quick-drying. Now it's gone. Well, it will grow back anyway. I just hope Ateneo doesn't have a haircut policy so I can get my hair to that length I loved.
I read somewhere that Jupiter is visible to the naked eye tonight. Try looking out for it. I think they said that just look to where the sun rises, then look a little to the right.
Tell me if you see it!
Its the dreaded triple 6 date today. Well, its not as bad as those apocalypse guys are talking about. Nothing bad has happened(yet, or that I know of). Its been actually a good day for me.
I got my physical exam over with, and had fun doing it too. I rather leave out what was funny cuz its uh, "private" so just take my word for it.
Yesterday I kept waking up in the middle of the night because I kept on dreaming that it was Orsem day and I was late. Took me 5 minutes everytime to realize that that was still next week. Thats to show you how excited I really am. Hehe..
I also got a haircut today. My parents said it did'nt look good anymore so I did it. Now I have short hair. I don't like when my hair is short. I already perfected my "top-flip" hair style coupled with the one-minute shower(no shampooing) and quick-drying. Now it's gone. Well, it will grow back anyway. I just hope Ateneo doesn't have a haircut policy so I can get my hair to that length I loved.
I read somewhere that Jupiter is visible to the naked eye tonight. Try looking out for it. I think they said that just look to where the sun rises, then look a little to the right.
Tell me if you see it!
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