my 1st day of skul.. ^-^

alrighty! XD .. let's start XD

i left the house at 10 am and stopped by at the Christian store (Life Way) where i bought 2 shirts.. 1 red one that says: "Born to Worhip The Rock" and then the verse Psalm 95:1 saying, "Let us make a joyful noise to The Rock of our salvation, tpos may guitar sa background.. ^^ .. jangasness XD .. and then 1 white one that says : "I am called" and then a smaller text listing: .. 'to be empowered, to fight, to praise, ..." etc, and then may abstract design na parang ung penshoppe-ish type just to give u an idea =D .. ^^ .. jangasness XD .. i also bought a rubber bracelet (parang baller) na may WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?) na nakalagay ^^ .. jangasness ulit XD .. all this totalled $36 which is not bad for two shirts and a rubber bracelet ^^

after that, Tito Joel brought me to skul na..

so there i went.. XD

you may not realize it, but a whole new chapter in my life just started as soon as i stepped out of the car.. nkaka-wow kng icpn XD =D .. nuff said.. XD

i got there mga 10:30 with an ample amount of time to make it to my 1st class.. i made my way to the bookstore to drop off my lunch and check the shelf for my ENC class in case the books just got recieved last minute.. as i expected...... it wasn't there XD .. so after i left my lunch there, i went to Ms.Darla to ask here if i can get a locker =S

i was kinda worried kc i was told that you have to be a NON-TEMP employee to get a locker.. =S .. pero xmpre, because Ms. Darla is SOOOOOOOOOOOO nice to me (=D ..) pumayag xa.. at hindi lng un... she gave me HER locker!!! THANKS AGAIN MS. DARLA!!! ^^ .. she rocks!!! XD =D .. awesomeness! XD .. that makes me feel sooooo great btw cuz that kinda tells me that they intend to keep me there =) .. im not sure if ive explained this before but ill explain anyhow.. XD

at RUSH kc (which is the period of time encompassing the first few weeks before and after the 1st few days of skul), the bookstore hires 40 TEMPS .. TEMPS ha.. not PERMANENT employees.. in other words, they hire so many temps pag RUSH cuz they neeed the help..

working for the past couple of weeks, i'd sometimes overhear cla john, pam, jamie, danielle, brad, ms. courtney, etc (the people who've been at the bookstore for a long time lrdy) talk about who of the temps they'd want to "keep" working @ d bookstore.. so wen i overheard this, i found out that it's actually possible that they 'let me go' (aka fire me =S ..) after RUSH .. but thanks to God's favor, my hard work has definitely paid off.. ^^ .. let's just say i think they'll keep me.. ^^ .. which would be TOTALLY AWESOME esp. for this 1st year cuz being that i can't drive yet and it would be easier not just for me but for cla tito joel and tita jinky too since they dont have to pick me up after skul to bring me to work in a different place... (noting that my job @ d bookstore is on-campus) =D

nyweiz... XD .. after that whole episode at the bookstore, i made my way to find where my 1st class was gonna be.. ENC 1101 .. it was @ building 39, rm. 2039 .. wen i got there there were already a couple of students there waiting.. the classroom is small.. cguro mga 20-25 lng kmi dun sa class.. it turns out that we did have a prof lrdy (i explained kc in the last post na i felt that nothing would happen sa class na 2 kc la pang announced na prof XD .. abviously i thought wrong XD ..) .. his name is Wayne Francis.. ..

wen class started, he handed out a course syllabus.. we discussed it a bit and ung mga requirements for the class (a few of which was 4-1000 word essays, 2-1000 word in-class essays XD .. beat that XD ..,) tpos may quiz na kaagad sa wednesday (topic is ung syllabus XD ..).. we did an activity where we got a\ partner and asked each other's name and then u hav to introduce him/her to the class, (not the usual introduce urself to the class thing..) .. tpos later in the class, Mr. Francis showed us a video on Youtube XD about how the Ms. Teen USA South Carolina contestant answered the question that was asked to her in the pageant.. we discussed this.. etc etc.. mainly the point is that the class' purpose is to develop critical thinking.. the whole writing part about it is just the application and expression of that critical thinking..

this class looks like it's gna be an OK class ;) ^^ .. it has its seriousness to it, but it has its intimacy to it (kc small class) and u can kinda feel its potential to be a fun class ^^

after this, 1 hour break.. i went to d bookstore, got my lunch, prepared my lunch, and ate my lunch XD .. i was having trouble finding a table XD .. so i just ended up asking someone if i can sit where he was.. his name was kenneth.. ^^ .. nyweiz, after that, i got my books from my brand new locker ( ^^ ) and went to the library to explore and see what's there ^^ .. the library has 4 floors (bengga XD ..) .. it has books of course, a lot of computers, a media library, cd players, solitary desks (aka a desk with walls so you can't be disturbed XD ..), a starbucks! , etc.. XD .. in short, THE WORKS .. niceness XD ^^ (forgive all the "ness" words 2day btw XD ..)

so during this break, i used one of the computer there a bit (w/ SUPER BILIS internet btw :> ..) .. i even made a post on my multiply guestbook and blog cbox while i was there XD .. it just felt so freedom-ish XD .. so aun.. it's cool ^^ .. i can do my internet stuff ther wen im bored.. XD

after this, i went on to my STA class.. here i sat with Bobby, who also goes to my ENC class as well.. the instructor's an Indian (not to be racist but just to note her difficulty in speaking english =S .. which myt be a bit of a prob come lecture tym =S ..) .. her name is Pali Sen.. the room is a huge place (i think it can seat about 100 students.. @_@ ..).. so un.. =D

2 bummers was 1. ung her being not so well an english speaker, and 2. the bummer that we all bought ung package sa bookstore na sobrang kapal na may study guide and lecture cd asyd from the book tpos un pala, ung book lng required nya.. wamp.. XD

ung sa english speaking nya, nkaka-awang nakakatawa nga nun e XD cuz there were just some times where she'd say something that wouldn't make much sense pero gets p rin namin XD .. bsta.. XD .. di ku ma-explain .. XD .. even the simplest and normalest (forgive the coined word XD ..) phrases would become funny XD .. ewan q ba.. XD .. bsta comedy XD .. pero i think it's gna be an ok class.. ^^ .. we actually tackled some stuf today that we tackled sa stat natin nung 4th yr.. ung mga population, sample, qualitative, quantitative, discrete, continuous, etc..

nyweiz after this class, break ulit.. i hanged out ulit sa library, re-wrote the notes i made kc super messy nd pangit sulat (4 na buwan ba namang ndi nagsusulat XD ..), tpos used the computer agen =D

aftr that, i passed by the bookstore to load off my heavy heavy stat stuf XD, got my psych book, then went to my PSY class.. i sat next to a filipino guy hehe.. ^^ so aun we talked a bit.. ^^ .. he's a sophie.. a member of the Pre-Med Society (which i myt join if the Lord convicts me to going into med skul ^^ ..) .. his name is Mel ^^ .. hehe pinoy-ness XD ..

nyweiz, the instructor of the class is Minor Chamblin .. he discussed the course syllabus, grading system etc, (i wont explain that anymore since sobrang haba na XD .. maybe next tym ;) ..), etc etc .. he had a power point presentation and evrything.. which was nice ^^ .. it seems like he's very serious bout his teaching.. so yeah.. i think it's gna be an OK class too ^^ ..

at some point in the class, Mr. Chamblin was talking about this guy who cursed his prof saying "No you stupid s** o* a b***h" cuz he thought differently than the prof.. pero the thing is, ung prof liked him so much cuz he thought critically and had his own views and perspectives (though he was too 'in your face' about it XD ..) .. again (like sa ENC class ku) the point was critical thinking which is going to be a focus of the class.. la lng.. XD .. i just cant forget how he said the word b***h like he did.. XD .. solid e XD

nyweiz, this class ended early, mga 3:50 instead of 4:15 .. so i made my way to the bookstore to drop off my stuf and maybe just hang out a library till 4:30 for work.. pero wen i got there, i askd if i can clock in early, and since they were being so smothered with people XD, pumayag cla hehe ^^ .. kht 30 mins early aq mag clock-in XD

so aun.. then basically, it was just work till 7:30 .. =D

and THAT was MY 1st day of school .. the 1st page of this new chapter in my life.. College.

XD

hmm lemme make some views on some stuf..

it is SO different here.. iba lng tlga ung feel sobra.. ung feeling of independecy, and ung feeling of kanya-kanya ness.. you see people in pairs, only a few in groups of 3 or more, tpos so many just on their own which makes me feel that im not alone being alone.. which is y i was hardly nervous going into today despite feeling a bit excited and nervous in the past days of anticipation (na ndi din naman maxado ganun ka-major cuz thanks to work, i was there evryday anyway)..

college here is not like high school or even college sa pinas where may mga block at least whom you have the same sked w/ @ least for the sem.. d2 iba e.. kanya kanyang sked.. there would only be a handful or even less of people who goes to more than 1 same class as you.. you get the feeling din na evrybody has their own business.. may kanya-kanya clang lakad besides class..

the whole friends thing, it seems like it's not gonna be as automatic finding friends whom i could be as close with as im close to you guys. i mean, yeah sure i socialize w/ people nd all that, sa class, sa work, i talk to whoever etc etc, i sat w/ some1 at lunch, was with @ least one person in each class i had today, pero i haven't gotten anybody whom i can hang out with freely u knw wat i mean..? i mean dyan kc, i knw u guys have blocks nd all which is why you can easily make a few friends quick and after just a few weeks or less, may grupo k na b4 u knw it..d2 kc parang there's that feeling na ndi kcng linaw mangyari un because of what i just explained above.. xenxa na i cant really explain it too well.. bsta ganun nga..

on the other hand of this whole friend situation, im at peace about it cuz i know that God will assign friends to me.. ^^ .. pero till then, i just gotta wait.. know im kinda expecting things too fast.. i knw my friends will come.. pero that's just how it kinda feels ryt now.. then agen, we'll see.. ;)

dont wori bout it ya'll.. specially mom n dad.. cguro nga i just miss having the companionship and security of having a friend i can just go to anytym, u knw wat i mean..? i mean, it's been 2 months nd it kinda kicks in once in a while .. =| .. but im fine ^^

i know it's all gna be good ^^ .. i know im in God's favor =)

nyweiz ya'll i gotta go.. super haba na n2 amp XD .. 2 hours na aqng nagcocompose amp XD .. i gotta rest na.. till next tym guys..

miss you all..