ill make this short considering it's unlikely entertaining to read a long rant xD .. this is really more for me than for you xD .. just wanna get this out of my chest, i guess...
got a 200.5 out of 250 on my first organic test.. which, yes, is relatively bad.. i mean, sure it equates to a B still... barely, though.. 80.2... lowest grade i've ever gotten in my entire college life xD .. i need to average roughly 234/250 on the rest of the tests for me to get an A.. which is TOUGH.. and knowing it was supposed to be the easiest of all organic tests is not the least bit encouraging...
so yeah... you know.. bugs me a bit.. but early this morning today... i get a 5 out of 10 ( 6, if he's merciful...) on a physics quiz.. which there's a ton of, so it's not that much of a big deal.. but it's the first one i haven't gotten a 10 on.. and it's timing is TOO perfect.. just a day after i find out how bad i did on my organic test xD .. digs that slump a little deeper..
and then in organic lab this afternoon, i get a 48 out of 67.. which is a 71.6... barely passing.. pasang awa... i just freakin' missed one single carbon and it screws the molecular weight and all the calculations after that.. ugh xD .. it would've been fine if it was a weekly quiz... but there's only 3 in the entire semester... so i'm kinda in deep sludge xD ..
it's funny cuz some people tell me to just suck it up and do better next time xD .. sure they're right.. but what utterly annoys me is this one little thing.. the one major difference between them and i... they have a life... (haha) .. i kinda don't... school, work, and homework IS pretty much my life xD .. so i can't just settle for not getting the A i'm sacrificing my life for.. ya know what i mean? xD
sorry.. i don't mean to make it sound like it's the end of the world... and mom and dad, don't worry i'm fine.. xD .. i just feel so unsettled.. and i probably will keep feeling this way until i get myself out of this slump.. which is hopefully a good thing cuz it'll drive me to work harder.. or well... at least it should... otherwise, it's simply vexing xD
so yeah.. in summation.. .. .. i'm in a slump.. a ditch.. no biggie.. i hope.. i'll letcha know when i get out of it...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
the following is an article we were required to read for my anthropology class =D .. after reading, scroll down to the bottom of the blog entry.. DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO THE END OF THE BLOG ENTRY UNTIL YOU FINISH THE ARTICLE.. otherwise, you just suck xD
in case you haven't caught on, Nacirema is backwards for American and if you read carefully, you'll see that the article is actually about Americans xD ..
"Notgnishaw", for example, is backwards for Washington -- referring to George Washington presumably
the "box" or "chest" refers to a medicine cabinet
"medicine men" refers to doctors
"but decide what the ingredients should be and then write them down in an ancient and secret language" -- refers to doctor's prescriptions and their ugly writing (what a stereotype xD ..)
"holy mouth men" = dentists
"hog hairs" = floss xD
"women bake their heads in small ovens for about an hour" -- refers to when women would have their hair done under those things that gush out steam to condition the hair xD
"latispo" is backwards for ospital, obviously referring to hospital
"permanent group of vestal maidens who move sedately about the temple chambers in distinctive costume and headdress" -- refers to nurses xD
"magically treated needles" = injections xD
"listener" = psychiatrist
"other rites are used to make women’s breasts large if they are small, and smaller if they are large" = breast implants / breast reduction xD
and there are tons more symbolisms in there xD
i'll admit though that i didn't catch on nung una xD galing kc how it's written e xD .. such that you wouldn't really think about it that much xD .. and i thought that since it's an anthro class, baka meron nga tlgang ganun na tao xD .. i found out na lang in class na it's referring to americans pla xD .. tpos i read it again and everything just dawned on me xD
la lng, just thought i'd share.. hope you enjoyed the read =D
in case you haven't caught on, Nacirema is backwards for American and if you read carefully, you'll see that the article is actually about Americans xD ..
"Notgnishaw", for example, is backwards for Washington -- referring to George Washington presumably
the "box" or "chest" refers to a medicine cabinet
"medicine men" refers to doctors
"but decide what the ingredients should be and then write them down in an ancient and secret language" -- refers to doctor's prescriptions and their ugly writing (what a stereotype xD ..)
"holy mouth men" = dentists
"hog hairs" = floss xD
"women bake their heads in small ovens for about an hour" -- refers to when women would have their hair done under those things that gush out steam to condition the hair xD
"latispo" is backwards for ospital, obviously referring to hospital
"permanent group of vestal maidens who move sedately about the temple chambers in distinctive costume and headdress" -- refers to nurses xD
"magically treated needles" = injections xD
"listener" = psychiatrist
"other rites are used to make women’s breasts large if they are small, and smaller if they are large" = breast implants / breast reduction xD
and there are tons more symbolisms in there xD
i'll admit though that i didn't catch on nung una xD galing kc how it's written e xD .. such that you wouldn't really think about it that much xD .. and i thought that since it's an anthro class, baka meron nga tlgang ganun na tao xD .. i found out na lang in class na it's referring to americans pla xD .. tpos i read it again and everything just dawned on me xD
la lng, just thought i'd share.. hope you enjoyed the read =D
Thursday, January 22, 2009
As if that wasn't bad enough...
(before i start, keep reading at least till the middle.. cuz i'ma start out with sort of a superfluous intro xD ..)
organic chem took FOREVER tuesday.. pretty much NOBODY finished the lab in the 4 hours that were given xD .. so we had to go back on another day's lab to finish it up.. a lot of us came back to the next day's lab wednesday night.. we started at 6 and finished at about 8 (pretty much making it a 6 hour long lab in total xD ..) ..
but that's just a side-rant xD .. really what this entry is about is the following..
so i get back home.. have dinner and all that... get to my computer, check my email, and see an email regarding a financial aid refund (which is a good thing =) ..) .. it prompts me to check my bank account.. and when i get to it, i see two awkward transactions as follows:
CHECKCARD 01/21 GATE 1174 PONTE VEDRA B FL ...... $1.00
CHECKCARD 01/21 PUBLIX #713 ..... &85.19
both are for that same day wednesday, and i know i had not gone to publix or gate (which is a gas station) that day.. so i check my wallet and sure enough, my debit card is gone.. not only that, but my credit card is gone too -- the card which is hooked up to my mom's bank account =S
so i call bank of america, have the card blocked, tpos the person refers me to the claims department.. i file a claim, and they tell me i can get the money back =D .. so on my side it's fine.. or at least it will be once i really DO get the money back xD
but the bad part is on my mom's side.. of course, because the system is always screwed sa pinas xD it's not as easy.. they had us write a letter and all.. i had to sign it, scan it, then email it back to my mom , then she signs it before finally giving it.. so at least now we think it's ok.. but again, it'll only be fine once we actually get the money back..
so yeah that just sucked.. it got stolen either while i was at the gym or at the pool.. i've really got to get myself a lock xD .. goes to show that even america has low-life bastards xD
so yeah.. back to the title... as if that wasn't bad enough.. i got a 30 dollar parking ticket today for having an expired permit.. i mean c'mon! gimme a break xD .. i'm only having the car for a weak.. so being the pinoy i am xD i try to get away with it and just park with the old permit hoping it wouldn't be noticed and also since it's not as bad as other people who just park with absolutely no permit at all xD
un lng nmn.. just a bad day i guess.. lessons learned.. move on in life xD
organic chem took FOREVER tuesday.. pretty much NOBODY finished the lab in the 4 hours that were given xD .. so we had to go back on another day's lab to finish it up.. a lot of us came back to the next day's lab wednesday night.. we started at 6 and finished at about 8 (pretty much making it a 6 hour long lab in total xD ..) ..
but that's just a side-rant xD .. really what this entry is about is the following..
so i get back home.. have dinner and all that... get to my computer, check my email, and see an email regarding a financial aid refund (which is a good thing =) ..) .. it prompts me to check my bank account.. and when i get to it, i see two awkward transactions as follows:
CHECKCARD 01/21 GATE 1174 PONTE VEDRA B FL ...... $1.00
CHECKCARD 01/21 PUBLIX #713 ..... &85.19
both are for that same day wednesday, and i know i had not gone to publix or gate (which is a gas station) that day.. so i check my wallet and sure enough, my debit card is gone.. not only that, but my credit card is gone too -- the card which is hooked up to my mom's bank account =S
so i call bank of america, have the card blocked, tpos the person refers me to the claims department.. i file a claim, and they tell me i can get the money back =D .. so on my side it's fine.. or at least it will be once i really DO get the money back xD
but the bad part is on my mom's side.. of course, because the system is always screwed sa pinas xD it's not as easy.. they had us write a letter and all.. i had to sign it, scan it, then email it back to my mom , then she signs it before finally giving it.. so at least now we think it's ok.. but again, it'll only be fine once we actually get the money back..
so yeah that just sucked.. it got stolen either while i was at the gym or at the pool.. i've really got to get myself a lock xD .. goes to show that even america has low-life bastards xD
so yeah.. back to the title... as if that wasn't bad enough.. i got a 30 dollar parking ticket today for having an expired permit.. i mean c'mon! gimme a break xD .. i'm only having the car for a weak.. so being the pinoy i am xD i try to get away with it and just park with the old permit hoping it wouldn't be noticed and also since it's not as bad as other people who just park with absolutely no permit at all xD
un lng nmn.. just a bad day i guess.. lessons learned.. move on in life xD
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
First person in the library...
got here at 7 in the morning, right when the guy was opening the doors to the library.. 1st person, and only person here so far xD .. feels kinda weird xD
la lng..
la lng..
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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