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
Thursday, December 11, 2008
officially done with the semester! =)
today was my last final... chemistry xD .. twas pretty tough.. he gave no mercy on this test xD .. 11 problems out of 100 with no bonus points unlike the last 3 tests.. and the problems were unusually twisty xD .. but i think i did ok.. i hope xD
bought some books from a couple of friends today towards the end of the day.. buying/selling books with friends is DEFINITELY the way to go xD .. so far, i've already saved up between $150-200 bucks xD .. and i have yet to sell my calc book to another friend.. that's gonna get me another 100 dollars back ^^
today was the last day at work already too... i did the math and it turns out, if i had worked and longer than i did today, i would already be working for free xD .. so said goodbye to my boss today.. he was the best boss ever! xD .. a couple of weeks ago, (even though it was about a month late xD ..) he talkd to the other boss people in the office and they got me cake and a 25 dollar gift card ^^ ..tpos today, he gave me another 10 dollar gift card ^^ .. ayos tlga xD .. too bad he won't be there next semester though.. he and his family are moving up to ohio.. he'll be missed for sure.. he definitely makes the office a lot more livelier.. i wish he coulda stayed....
last day with caleb too.. =( .. tis gonna be a bummer having no workout buddy next semester...too bad (for me at least xD ..) he's moving to UCF.. great guy.. he was definitely one of my cool friends.. he even gave me all his old organic chem and physics tests and quizzes along with the books i bought from him so im definitely set for next semester xD .. we'll probably do something this winter break before he leaves though.. prolly use up that gift card i got from work xD
another great news too! .. because i got my residency reclassification already, my tuition is really small compared to previous semesters such that im gonna get money back =) .. i hav X amount of pending aid and a much smaller Y amount of tuition due next semester so the difference im getting back ^^ .. it can be extra money to used on anything! it can be used to pay off loan too.. it's great... i've always heard from friends that they get money back next semester from financial aid in excess.. first time this has happened to me.. nice breath of fresh air.. ^^
un lng nman.. it's great to be free... no skul worries xD .. freedom! xD
that's it for now.. tc everybody =D
bought some books from a couple of friends today towards the end of the day.. buying/selling books with friends is DEFINITELY the way to go xD .. so far, i've already saved up between $150-200 bucks xD .. and i have yet to sell my calc book to another friend.. that's gonna get me another 100 dollars back ^^
today was the last day at work already too... i did the math and it turns out, if i had worked and longer than i did today, i would already be working for free xD .. so said goodbye to my boss today.. he was the best boss ever! xD .. a couple of weeks ago, (even though it was about a month late xD ..) he talkd to the other boss people in the office and they got me cake and a 25 dollar gift card ^^ ..tpos today, he gave me another 10 dollar gift card ^^ .. ayos tlga xD .. too bad he won't be there next semester though.. he and his family are moving up to ohio.. he'll be missed for sure.. he definitely makes the office a lot more livelier.. i wish he coulda stayed....
last day with caleb too.. =( .. tis gonna be a bummer having no workout buddy next semester...too bad (for me at least xD ..) he's moving to UCF.. great guy.. he was definitely one of my cool friends.. he even gave me all his old organic chem and physics tests and quizzes along with the books i bought from him so im definitely set for next semester xD .. we'll probably do something this winter break before he leaves though.. prolly use up that gift card i got from work xD
another great news too! .. because i got my residency reclassification already, my tuition is really small compared to previous semesters such that im gonna get money back =) .. i hav X amount of pending aid and a much smaller Y amount of tuition due next semester so the difference im getting back ^^ .. it can be extra money to used on anything! it can be used to pay off loan too.. it's great... i've always heard from friends that they get money back next semester from financial aid in excess.. first time this has happened to me.. nice breath of fresh air.. ^^
un lng nman.. it's great to be free... no skul worries xD .. freedom! xD
that's it for now.. tc everybody =D
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Finally 18
first of all, thanks sa lahat ng nag greet sakin =) .. i really appreciate it ^^ .. i know we can all be so busy, and yet you guys still remembered.. thanks =)
friday, i got done working at around 12:30.. went to the towncenter.. bought some stuff at publix (which is cguro katumbas ng puregold satin dyan xD ..) .. gave myself a toothbrush for my birthday lol.. then had lunch at a mcdonalds xD ..
then i went shopping for a pair of sunglasses (cuz the sun always gets me while im driving and such xD ..) .. ended up buying a pair of ray ban aviators B-) .. and it was a cool deal cuz they have a thing where, if u change your mind within 3 months, you can get a full return on it.. so ima try it out for a while (but im liking it so far ^^ ..) and then if i change my mind, ill exchange it for some other pair xD ..(might change my mind since my dad has a pair that's almost exactly the same xD .. goes to show our similarity in taste xD ..)
then i went to the apple store to buy me an apple accessory that'll allow me to play my ipod in the car.. i got a cassette accessory......... i know this is gonna sound reeaaally dumb xD .. but what happened was, when i got to the car, i realized it didn't even have a cassette player! LOL!! xD .. i guess i just always thought there was cuz it had a "CD Tape" button xD .. no biggie, i returned it and they gave all the money back xD
went back to school and swam ^^ ..(finally did a 1000m session! ^^ .. 20 michael-phelps-aspiring laps xD .. doesn't sound like that much but it aint as easy as u think xD ..) then went home, did chores, then went over to tita norie's place and slept over there =D
the next day, we (me, james, becca, tita norie, uncle dave, cole, tita jinky, and tito joel..) went to the Blue Angels air show in NAS Jax, Orange Park.. twas pretty cool.. bunch of planes and jets and stuff, some flying around and doing tricks and such xD .. hearing the jets was probably THE loudest thing i have ever heard in my life xD .. will post pics when i get them from my aunt's camera =D
after that, we drove back from orange park and had dinner at the towncenter.. cheesecake factory ^^ .. then tito joel and tita jinky bought both me and james some clothes at the sporting goods place.. (thanks! ^^ ..) .. went back to tita norie's, chilled, played blah3 xD
the next day (today).. went to church.. i drove becca and james since tita norie didn't come with us.. then on the way back, tita norie calls and says she was able to order guitar hero world tour at the best buy on atlantic blvd xD .. so we drove over there, got it, went home, ate super quick xD , set it up and played all day xD .. twas fun ^^ .. freakin short but fun xD
then i went to night church, then went back home.. and here i am now.. xD
again, thanks to all who remembered my bday =)
tc ya'll =D
friday, i got done working at around 12:30.. went to the towncenter.. bought some stuff at publix (which is cguro katumbas ng puregold satin dyan xD ..) .. gave myself a toothbrush for my birthday lol.. then had lunch at a mcdonalds xD ..
then i went shopping for a pair of sunglasses (cuz the sun always gets me while im driving and such xD ..) .. ended up buying a pair of ray ban aviators B-) .. and it was a cool deal cuz they have a thing where, if u change your mind within 3 months, you can get a full return on it.. so ima try it out for a while (but im liking it so far ^^ ..) and then if i change my mind, ill exchange it for some other pair xD ..(might change my mind since my dad has a pair that's almost exactly the same xD .. goes to show our similarity in taste xD ..)
then i went to the apple store to buy me an apple accessory that'll allow me to play my ipod in the car.. i got a cassette accessory......... i know this is gonna sound reeaaally dumb xD .. but what happened was, when i got to the car, i realized it didn't even have a cassette player! LOL!! xD .. i guess i just always thought there was cuz it had a "CD Tape" button xD .. no biggie, i returned it and they gave all the money back xD
went back to school and swam ^^ ..(finally did a 1000m session! ^^ .. 20 michael-phelps-aspiring laps xD .. doesn't sound like that much but it aint as easy as u think xD ..) then went home, did chores, then went over to tita norie's place and slept over there =D
the next day, we (me, james, becca, tita norie, uncle dave, cole, tita jinky, and tito joel..) went to the Blue Angels air show in NAS Jax, Orange Park.. twas pretty cool.. bunch of planes and jets and stuff, some flying around and doing tricks and such xD .. hearing the jets was probably THE loudest thing i have ever heard in my life xD .. will post pics when i get them from my aunt's camera =D
after that, we drove back from orange park and had dinner at the towncenter.. cheesecake factory ^^ .. then tito joel and tita jinky bought both me and james some clothes at the sporting goods place.. (thanks! ^^ ..) .. went back to tita norie's, chilled, played blah3 xD
the next day (today).. went to church.. i drove becca and james since tita norie didn't come with us.. then on the way back, tita norie calls and says she was able to order guitar hero world tour at the best buy on atlantic blvd xD .. so we drove over there, got it, went home, ate super quick xD , set it up and played all day xD .. twas fun ^^ .. freakin short but fun xD
then i went to night church, then went back home.. and here i am now.. xD
again, thanks to all who remembered my bday =)
tc ya'll =D
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Life part 3
so i guess another big thing i should mention is that IM DRIVING NOW xD
which yeah is a cool thing ^^ .. but when it started, it also kinda felt like i've been waiting for it for so long that it just kinda got spoiled by them time it happened xD .. but it's ayt.. xD
thing is though, is that i'm only driving it till grandma gets back from the phils oct 31st.. after then, i'll prolly become hatid sundo again xD .. why? cuz of money xD .. gas, car insurance, and parking is definitely something i don't have money to shell out for right now xD .. just the parking permit alone is 55 bucks.. and that's only for one term....
and yeah sure, i know i'm working and making money and can use money from work to pay for that.. BUT, kinda how it is right now is that all the money from work, i have to set aside for next semester's tuition since i'm still paying out of state rates (which is x5 the in state rates.... yeah, i know.. ouch, right? xD ..)
and that's what leads to me discussing (mostly ranting xD ..) about how i've been worrying about my residency all this time on the side.. on top of being busy enough already...
i guess i'll start from quite an early stage of this whole thing and say that at one point, we thought i really couldn't get it anymore.. the residency, that is.. and that i would really have to pay out-of-state rates throughout my entire 4 years of college.. which is why i almost started going to school back sa pinas............ (as in, we even checked out ateneo, la salle, and UP and researched on how the transferring processes are and such..)
but it didn't happen (or at least, for this year..) cuz i had enough federal aid granted to me such that abot-kaya this semester and next semester..
so the plan became: go back to jax and finish this year at UNF .. try to get the residency and hopefully be able to continue... if not, pwedeng sa pinas, pwde reng d2 pa rin pero bengga sa utang.. pero when dad researched about becoming a doctor here sa states, having graduated from the philippines, is too hard to plan on doing.. so we kinda decided that it's best to at least get my bachelor's here so that i have the choice on whether i got to med school here or not... (and yeah, prolly a lot of you didn't know that i sorta decided on wanting to become a doctor already xD ..)
anyway, so what happened was that my aunt from new york so happened to know jim owen, who is the director of the student service office here at UNF, so she was able to talk to him and ask if there's anything that could be worked out for me.. (thanks Auntie Evan! ^^ ..)
so eventually (1st week of school i think it was...), i met jim owen and we talked about it..
that first meeting, meydo na confirm nga lng tlga na ndi ku tlga makukuha ung residency.. so he suggested to just go for federal scholarships next year.. BUT, for me to be eligible for those scholarships he pointed out, i have to be a technical juinor by fall next year.. which means, i'd have to take my summer semester here already, so as to have enough credits to be technically declared a junior... ultimately, that means...... can't go home this summer T_T T_T T_T
so at some point, we sorta just accepted that fact already, but again, because i was busy, was never able to announce that....
AWESOMELY THOUGH, the same week (i think it was just the next day nga lang e xD ..) .. i just so happened to pass by one stop (the student service place) to ask about a financial hold i had on my account and surprisingly, jim owen called me into his office, and only a day later from seeing him, here we are again xD ..
he researched and it turns out that if i can get legal papers declaring my uncle and aunt as legal guardian, i could finally get my residency reclassified and finally start paying in state stuition .. (YAY! xD ..)
so that's what i've sorta been on past week or two.. getting that guardianship.. thing is, is that i only have till my birthday next month to get it, so medyo time pressured.. hindi medyo... SOBRA xD ..
past couple of days, i've been calling family law firms in jacksonville asking whether majority of the lawyers think i have enough time to get the guardianship processed, and hoping to find someone who CAN do it within the fiven time frame...
so yeah, what kind of a freakin' 17 year old is is calling up lawyers up and working for his own tuition? xD .. me, i guess... but i'm prolly not alone....
anyway.. just had to get that out of me.. xD .. been really stressin' out over that recently cuz if i don't get it, it pretty much equates to about 20-25 THOUSAND DOLLARS more in tuition i have to pay to get through the rest of my 4 year college experience xD ..
yun lang nman i guess... that's pretty much how it's been lately.. that's life i suppose xD
gotta grab dinner and get back to studying xD .. later....
which yeah is a cool thing ^^ .. but when it started, it also kinda felt like i've been waiting for it for so long that it just kinda got spoiled by them time it happened xD .. but it's ayt.. xD
thing is though, is that i'm only driving it till grandma gets back from the phils oct 31st.. after then, i'll prolly become hatid sundo again xD .. why? cuz of money xD .. gas, car insurance, and parking is definitely something i don't have money to shell out for right now xD .. just the parking permit alone is 55 bucks.. and that's only for one term....
and yeah sure, i know i'm working and making money and can use money from work to pay for that.. BUT, kinda how it is right now is that all the money from work, i have to set aside for next semester's tuition since i'm still paying out of state rates (which is x5 the in state rates.... yeah, i know.. ouch, right? xD ..)
and that's what leads to me discussing (mostly ranting xD ..) about how i've been worrying about my residency all this time on the side.. on top of being busy enough already...
i guess i'll start from quite an early stage of this whole thing and say that at one point, we thought i really couldn't get it anymore.. the residency, that is.. and that i would really have to pay out-of-state rates throughout my entire 4 years of college.. which is why i almost started going to school back sa pinas............ (as in, we even checked out ateneo, la salle, and UP and researched on how the transferring processes are and such..)
but it didn't happen (or at least, for this year..) cuz i had enough federal aid granted to me such that abot-kaya this semester and next semester..
so the plan became: go back to jax and finish this year at UNF .. try to get the residency and hopefully be able to continue... if not, pwedeng sa pinas, pwde reng d2 pa rin pero bengga sa utang.. pero when dad researched about becoming a doctor here sa states, having graduated from the philippines, is too hard to plan on doing.. so we kinda decided that it's best to at least get my bachelor's here so that i have the choice on whether i got to med school here or not... (and yeah, prolly a lot of you didn't know that i sorta decided on wanting to become a doctor already xD ..)
anyway, so what happened was that my aunt from new york so happened to know jim owen, who is the director of the student service office here at UNF, so she was able to talk to him and ask if there's anything that could be worked out for me.. (thanks Auntie Evan! ^^ ..)
so eventually (1st week of school i think it was...), i met jim owen and we talked about it..
that first meeting, meydo na confirm nga lng tlga na ndi ku tlga makukuha ung residency.. so he suggested to just go for federal scholarships next year.. BUT, for me to be eligible for those scholarships he pointed out, i have to be a technical juinor by fall next year.. which means, i'd have to take my summer semester here already, so as to have enough credits to be technically declared a junior... ultimately, that means...... can't go home this summer T_T T_T T_T
so at some point, we sorta just accepted that fact already, but again, because i was busy, was never able to announce that....
AWESOMELY THOUGH, the same week (i think it was just the next day nga lang e xD ..) .. i just so happened to pass by one stop (the student service place) to ask about a financial hold i had on my account and surprisingly, jim owen called me into his office, and only a day later from seeing him, here we are again xD ..
he researched and it turns out that if i can get legal papers declaring my uncle and aunt as legal guardian, i could finally get my residency reclassified and finally start paying in state stuition .. (YAY! xD ..)
so that's what i've sorta been on past week or two.. getting that guardianship.. thing is, is that i only have till my birthday next month to get it, so medyo time pressured.. hindi medyo... SOBRA xD ..
past couple of days, i've been calling family law firms in jacksonville asking whether majority of the lawyers think i have enough time to get the guardianship processed, and hoping to find someone who CAN do it within the fiven time frame...
so yeah, what kind of a freakin' 17 year old is is calling up lawyers up and working for his own tuition? xD .. me, i guess... but i'm prolly not alone....
anyway.. just had to get that out of me.. xD .. been really stressin' out over that recently cuz if i don't get it, it pretty much equates to about 20-25 THOUSAND DOLLARS more in tuition i have to pay to get through the rest of my 4 year college experience xD ..
yun lang nman i guess... that's pretty much how it's been lately.. that's life i suppose xD
gotta grab dinner and get back to studying xD .. later....
Life part 2
on top of all my classes, i have work.. right now, i'm working a college work-study job at UNF hall, which is a building sort of separated from the main campus so i have to take a shuttle bus to get there everyday.. no biggie..
i basically just scan documents and index 'em into the database then file them.. that and various basic office tasks.. nothing hard, really.. and it pays pretty sweetly .. 9 bucks an hour B-) .. i have an awesome boss.. really makes you feel relaxed while working.. never any time pressure.. lenient when it comes to taking breaks.. jokes around xD .. and even lets me do homework when there's nothing to do xD .. (it's only happened twice so far though xD ..) .. AND, what's great about the job, being a school job, they are very mindful of you being a student -- so they're not so strict about what times you do your shift, and you can just call in and say "can't come in today" and they'll let you take the day off..
i've also made a couple of friends and met quite a few people.. joya, justin, josh, michelle, rahim.. without other students to work with, and thus no one to talk to xD , time can get real slow in the office so it's nice workin' workin' with them ^^
so yeah work's been pretty good..
i'm working 20 hours a week though.. and 20 hours really is a huge chunk of time that's taken off from your week if you think about it.. that's like 4 hours a day that you could be doing so many other things -- chilling, relaxing, homework -- whatever.. .. which is why i'm not as on top of some things as i know i would be.. which is also why i've been pretty busy... i work everyday till 5 starting at different times, then at 5, i workout at the gym (swim on fridays)..
so basically, a regular day would be:
classes in the morning..
lunch..
work in the afternoon till 5..
workout..
get home and eat dinner, usually ending at about 7:30..
then i pretty much only have about 3-4 hours to do homework cuz i usually sleep at around 11:30 now since i'm tired from everything during the day, especially the workout, and then i have to wake up early again the next day..
chores and hw on saturdays, church and more homework on sundays xD
so it's pretty much a full sked 24/7 -- thus the busyness.. but i guess it's not as bad as it sounds.. i think xD .. i do wish i was in touch with more of ya'z.. but i understand if we're all busy...
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i basically just scan documents and index 'em into the database then file them.. that and various basic office tasks.. nothing hard, really.. and it pays pretty sweetly .. 9 bucks an hour B-) .. i have an awesome boss.. really makes you feel relaxed while working.. never any time pressure.. lenient when it comes to taking breaks.. jokes around xD .. and even lets me do homework when there's nothing to do xD .. (it's only happened twice so far though xD ..) .. AND, what's great about the job, being a school job, they are very mindful of you being a student -- so they're not so strict about what times you do your shift, and you can just call in and say "can't come in today" and they'll let you take the day off..
i've also made a couple of friends and met quite a few people.. joya, justin, josh, michelle, rahim.. without other students to work with, and thus no one to talk to xD , time can get real slow in the office so it's nice workin' workin' with them ^^
so yeah work's been pretty good..
i'm working 20 hours a week though.. and 20 hours really is a huge chunk of time that's taken off from your week if you think about it.. that's like 4 hours a day that you could be doing so many other things -- chilling, relaxing, homework -- whatever.. .. which is why i'm not as on top of some things as i know i would be.. which is also why i've been pretty busy... i work everyday till 5 starting at different times, then at 5, i workout at the gym (swim on fridays)..
so basically, a regular day would be:
classes in the morning..
lunch..
work in the afternoon till 5..
workout..
get home and eat dinner, usually ending at about 7:30..
then i pretty much only have about 3-4 hours to do homework cuz i usually sleep at around 11:30 now since i'm tired from everything during the day, especially the workout, and then i have to wake up early again the next day..
chores and hw on saturdays, church and more homework on sundays xD
so it's pretty much a full sked 24/7 -- thus the busyness.. but i guess it's not as bad as it sounds.. i think xD .. i do wish i was in touch with more of ya'z.. but i understand if we're all busy...
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Life
It's been about a month since the first day of school. But for some reason, it feels like it's been months since then -- like last semester and this semester just connected without any break in between. I guess that's how fast summer was -- that frickin' fun.
ok tama na, ndi ku na kaya idire-diretso ung 'proper' na pagsulat xD ..
anyway, just an update, i guess, on how school's been past several weeks..
it's only 3 classes but 2 of them have labs, bio and chem.. bio has been ok, lots of reading and super hateful pop quizzes xD .. the past 2 pop quizzes we took, we (and i say we cuz the quiz is taken as a group) kinda sucked cuz we were sorta caught off guard each time xD .. you tend to prioritize other things for other classes, and generally, other things in life over randomly studying biology for a quiz you never know when when it's going to happen xD .. so yeah, really didn't feel like we pwn'd those suckers xD .. tomorrow is the first big bio test -- actually even the first of the semester.. been studying big time for that....... lab is good so far though.. had a quiz today which i'm pretty sure i did good on ^^ .. and today was a cool lab too cuz we went out to our school's nature trail with a big lake and and lots of trees and vegetation and crap xD .. we collected bugs and worms and other cool things, so i thought that was kinda fun ^^ .. prolly the funnest bio lab so far xD
chem II has been the most demanding class so far.. and it slowly grows more and more notorious for being a hard class, specifically cuz of the teacher.. i know so many people who dropped the class at least once before finally finishing it xD .. medyo boring kc pakinggan ung teacher e xD .. and he goes through the lectures too fast, practically just reading his notes, saying "kow how to do this" and "know how to do that" without even explaining or going through it at all, at least once xD .. past 2 homeworks have been tough, and the second one i even had to skip lunch just to finish xD .. big chem test on tuesday, tpos 3rd chem hw due on the same day.. kinda behind on my reading for chem cuz i was busy over bio, and definitely behind on the extra credit stuff too.. gotta get back on my feet....
calc has been awesome though.. 3 quizzes so far, aced 'em all.. he teaches at a REALLY comfortable pace and practically baby's us on the quizzes.. which i hope he continues doing xD
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ok tama na, ndi ku na kaya idire-diretso ung 'proper' na pagsulat xD ..
anyway, just an update, i guess, on how school's been past several weeks..
it's only 3 classes but 2 of them have labs, bio and chem.. bio has been ok, lots of reading and super hateful pop quizzes xD .. the past 2 pop quizzes we took, we (and i say we cuz the quiz is taken as a group) kinda sucked cuz we were sorta caught off guard each time xD .. you tend to prioritize other things for other classes, and generally, other things in life over randomly studying biology for a quiz you never know when when it's going to happen xD .. so yeah, really didn't feel like we pwn'd those suckers xD .. tomorrow is the first big bio test -- actually even the first of the semester.. been studying big time for that....... lab is good so far though.. had a quiz today which i'm pretty sure i did good on ^^ .. and today was a cool lab too cuz we went out to our school's nature trail with a big lake and and lots of trees and vegetation and crap xD .. we collected bugs and worms and other cool things, so i thought that was kinda fun ^^ .. prolly the funnest bio lab so far xD
chem II has been the most demanding class so far.. and it slowly grows more and more notorious for being a hard class, specifically cuz of the teacher.. i know so many people who dropped the class at least once before finally finishing it xD .. medyo boring kc pakinggan ung teacher e xD .. and he goes through the lectures too fast, practically just reading his notes, saying "kow how to do this" and "know how to do that" without even explaining or going through it at all, at least once xD .. past 2 homeworks have been tough, and the second one i even had to skip lunch just to finish xD .. big chem test on tuesday, tpos 3rd chem hw due on the same day.. kinda behind on my reading for chem cuz i was busy over bio, and definitely behind on the extra credit stuff too.. gotta get back on my feet....
calc has been awesome though.. 3 quizzes so far, aced 'em all.. he teaches at a REALLY comfortable pace and practically baby's us on the quizzes.. which i hope he continues doing xD
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Ok Gonna Need Your Help Again Please.... PLEASE
ok desperaduhan na.. xD ..
umm.. in a nutshell, if you help me out, i can win $2500 for school and i would REALLY REEEAAALLY appreciate it if you would =D
basically, it's like the referrals thing i asked you guys to help me out with for the guitar =D .. just click the link below and make an account with fastweb =D
THANKS IN ADVANCE GUYS!!! =D =D =D
*fingers crossed*
xD
umm.. in a nutshell, if you help me out, i can win $2500 for school and i would REALLY REEEAAALLY appreciate it if you would =D
basically, it's like the referrals thing i asked you guys to help me out with for the guitar =D .. just click the link below and make an account with fastweb =D
THANKS IN ADVANCE GUYS!!! =D =D =D
*fingers crossed*
xD
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
ANNOUNCEMENT: MAY 10 PARTY AT RAYA IS CANCELLED
i've announced this already in a few other places and to a few other people already, but just for the record, here goes =P
there was supposed to be a big gathering out our place sa raya the saturday of the week i got there.. but due to the following reasons, it's cancelled ...
1. the money xD .. i know it's sort of weird to say the actual amount but i don't really care so i'll say it anyway xD .. the catering and the reservation would've totalled around 30k xD .. bengga denggz.. also, with what happened to mom, nung nahospital xa, napagastos din kami.. so it's kinda tight =D
2. i don't know how many people would be able to come.. kng konti lng pmnta, edi bummer xD .. pero kng marami nmn, ayoko din kc ndi ku rin mkakamusta lahat ng maayos.. ndi lng kc school friends, pati church friends, and family, too.. it woulda been chaotic for sure..
3. pde n lng daw kau pmnta whenever ^^ .. pde mag-swim etc etc.. tska every now and then, they'll provide money para mag-order ng food or something =D .. also, provided din nila pera ko pang-labas xD .. u can think about it this way.. mas ok na ung may pera n lng aku plagi for going out kesa i-gastos lahat on one single party na iilang oras lng nmn tpos chaotic pa para sakin for sure xD
that's pretty much it.. just wanted to annuonce it d2 sa multiply para mabasa nung iba na ndi pa nkakaalam =D
see you guys next week! ^^
there was supposed to be a big gathering out our place sa raya the saturday of the week i got there.. but due to the following reasons, it's cancelled ...
1. the money xD .. i know it's sort of weird to say the actual amount but i don't really care so i'll say it anyway xD .. the catering and the reservation would've totalled around 30k xD .. bengga denggz.. also, with what happened to mom, nung nahospital xa, napagastos din kami.. so it's kinda tight =D
2. i don't know how many people would be able to come.. kng konti lng pmnta, edi bummer xD .. pero kng marami nmn, ayoko din kc ndi ku rin mkakamusta lahat ng maayos.. ndi lng kc school friends, pati church friends, and family, too.. it woulda been chaotic for sure..
3. pde n lng daw kau pmnta whenever ^^ .. pde mag-swim etc etc.. tska every now and then, they'll provide money para mag-order ng food or something =D .. also, provided din nila pera ko pang-labas xD .. u can think about it this way.. mas ok na ung may pera n lng aku plagi for going out kesa i-gastos lahat on one single party na iilang oras lng nmn tpos chaotic pa para sakin for sure xD
that's pretty much it.. just wanted to annuonce it d2 sa multiply para mabasa nung iba na ndi pa nkakaalam =D
see you guys next week! ^^
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
my first recording i guess..? xD
was finally able to record a song with the thingy i bought.. xD tis just a cover of Bamboo's These Days.. sorry about the weird sound in the intro that sounds as if the guitar cable got moved or something somewhere in the signal got screwed xD
here's a link to the song.. My SoundClick Page .. =D
would like to know whatcha think =D thanks.. ^^
here's a link to the song.. My SoundClick Page .. =D
would like to know whatcha think =D thanks.. ^^
Thursday, March 27, 2008
BOMB THREAT AT UNF !!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xD
what a way to start a blog of something that seems like such a serious issue huh? xD .. seriously though, if it really happened, we'd be on CNN for sure xD xD xD
i went to school today at around 9:30 and stayed in the library, reading and studying and using the computer till about 11:30.. then i get a call from Caleb who lets me know that there's been a bomb threat over by building 2, where the bookstore is.. that's also the building that has a microwave at the 2nd floor, and i go there all the time to microwave my baon xD .. so since they closed off the the area, i had no way to eat my lunch xD .. so we decided to have lunch out.. Caleb met me at the library, together with John who goes to his bio II class and who used to go to our bio I class last semester.. ^^
we went out the library and there were people clumping in groups everywhere talking about it.. traffic went nuts, the shuttles weren't getting to their destinations, emails were being sent out, it went on the news really fast.. it was all kinda exciting, really.. xD .. thing was, we had to get on the shuttle to get to the parking lot where Caleb's car was at.. but the shuttles weren't getting to the library.. so John called up his friend and hooked us up a ride.. ^^ .. we went to the towncenter and had lunch at chik-fil-a ^^ .. then we made it back on time, i got to my chem class, lots of people were absent, still had a quiz, xD .. then come bio class time, me and Bill got there and there was hardly anybody there.. i went to the bathroom real quick, then when i got back, people were starting to leave.. somebody with a laptop had checked there email and got one from our teacher saying that class was canceled ^^ .. FIRST TIME EVER IN MY COLLEGE LIFE THAT CLASS GOT CANCELED! xD
it was so cool xD cuz nothing out of the ordinary ever happens here at UNF.. xD twas nice cuz it kinda spiced things up a bit -- off the regular, daily routine that life becomes xD .. when people ask me how things are going, i always say something like: "nothing much.. just going by life almost routinely.." xD .. so when this whole bomb threat thing happened, twas kinda fun xD .. different it what it was.. i don't know why, but i felt that from the very beginning that it wasn't a real serious threat.. which is why for the most part, i was more excited than scared.. xD .. i felt more like "man this is so cool!" than "holy crap we're gonna die!!!! =S " xD .. we were mostly just joking about it xD .. so yeah.. today was fun ^^
yun lang.. =D .. just something that doesn't happen everyday xD .. it's nice to have something different happen once in a while u know.. ^^
what a way to start a blog of something that seems like such a serious issue huh? xD .. seriously though, if it really happened, we'd be on CNN for sure xD xD xD
i went to school today at around 9:30 and stayed in the library, reading and studying and using the computer till about 11:30.. then i get a call from Caleb who lets me know that there's been a bomb threat over by building 2, where the bookstore is.. that's also the building that has a microwave at the 2nd floor, and i go there all the time to microwave my baon xD .. so since they closed off the the area, i had no way to eat my lunch xD .. so we decided to have lunch out.. Caleb met me at the library, together with John who goes to his bio II class and who used to go to our bio I class last semester.. ^^
we went out the library and there were people clumping in groups everywhere talking about it.. traffic went nuts, the shuttles weren't getting to their destinations, emails were being sent out, it went on the news really fast.. it was all kinda exciting, really.. xD .. thing was, we had to get on the shuttle to get to the parking lot where Caleb's car was at.. but the shuttles weren't getting to the library.. so John called up his friend and hooked us up a ride.. ^^ .. we went to the towncenter and had lunch at chik-fil-a ^^ .. then we made it back on time, i got to my chem class, lots of people were absent, still had a quiz, xD .. then come bio class time, me and Bill got there and there was hardly anybody there.. i went to the bathroom real quick, then when i got back, people were starting to leave.. somebody with a laptop had checked there email and got one from our teacher saying that class was canceled ^^ .. FIRST TIME EVER IN MY COLLEGE LIFE THAT CLASS GOT CANCELED! xD
it was so cool xD cuz nothing out of the ordinary ever happens here at UNF.. xD twas nice cuz it kinda spiced things up a bit -- off the regular, daily routine that life becomes xD .. when people ask me how things are going, i always say something like: "nothing much.. just going by life almost routinely.." xD .. so when this whole bomb threat thing happened, twas kinda fun xD .. different it what it was.. i don't know why, but i felt that from the very beginning that it wasn't a real serious threat.. which is why for the most part, i was more excited than scared.. xD .. i felt more like "man this is so cool!" than "holy crap we're gonna die!!!! =S " xD .. we were mostly just joking about it xD .. so yeah.. today was fun ^^
yun lang.. =D .. just something that doesn't happen everyday xD .. it's nice to have something different happen once in a while u know.. ^^
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
suweeeeet! ^^
limewire rocks! [period] xD
erased all 800 songs from my ipod and decided to put in new stuff and must have's =D .. i decided to keep the library organized such that i'll ONLY put in FULL albums.. no single songs, no incomplete cd's =D .. FULL albums.. and so far, limewire's had everything (although at some times, it gets tough to find other tracks such as interludes and such that you'd normally only get to hear if you buy the cd's.. =D ..) .. right now, i'm about to fill it up again at 750 songs!!! ^^
i built on what was already in my library off of what tito joel had me put in his ipod.. started at about 100+ , and put in some of the cd's i have here that i brought from the phils.. so let's say about 200-250.. but the rest was from limewire... full albums.. 500 songs.. 3 days xD
rock on limewire! B-)
erased all 800 songs from my ipod and decided to put in new stuff and must have's =D .. i decided to keep the library organized such that i'll ONLY put in FULL albums.. no single songs, no incomplete cd's =D .. FULL albums.. and so far, limewire's had everything (although at some times, it gets tough to find other tracks such as interludes and such that you'd normally only get to hear if you buy the cd's.. =D ..) .. right now, i'm about to fill it up again at 750 songs!!! ^^
i built on what was already in my library off of what tito joel had me put in his ipod.. started at about 100+ , and put in some of the cd's i have here that i brought from the phils.. so let's say about 200-250.. but the rest was from limewire... full albums.. 500 songs.. 3 days xD
rock on limewire! B-)
Monday, March 17, 2008
mow the lawn for 25 =D
gonna mow (did i spell that right? xD ..) the lawn tomorrow for 25 bucks ^^ (weeee! cash! xD ..) .. that'll include the actual mowing, edging, weeding, trimming, and all sorts of stuff with -ing at the end xD xD xD
hope i don't screw it up and turn our lawn into a dog with leprosy xD
haha =D
hope i don't screw it up and turn our lawn into a dog with leprosy xD
haha =D
Saturday, March 15, 2008
long time no blog... xD
hey ya'll ^^
how're you guys doin? =D
it's been quite a while since i've blogged.. (ok fine.. a LONG while xD ..) .. but don't worry.. nothing new.. xD
past 3 or 4 weeks have been real busy.. quizzes, tests, papers, reading, homework, and such.. (like i said, nothing new xD ..) .. but starting today, it's FINALLY SPRING BREAK!!!! ^^ weeeee xD .. which explains why i'm bloggin, since i have the time xD
hmm.. lemme think... what else........ well this one's a pretty old story for those whom i've told already, but the whole time, for about 6 or 7 or 8 weekse since the start of the semester, i was going to the wrong lab section xD .. well.. it was both mine and the teacher's fault.. my mistake was going in the wrong room that first class.. the professor's fault is that she never really took attendance so she never realized it until she started checking papers.. she was late in grading our papers (3-5 weeks late actually xD ..) which is why we found out SO late.. it started when she gave back the papers and i couldn't find mine.. i went to her and asked where my papers were.. she said it's in her office and she'll just bring it next week.. the week after, she says im not on her roster.. another week of investigation passes until finally she says im in the wrong lab section.. i check it for myself and yeah... i really was xD .. so we talked to the professor of the class next door, and we fixed it out.. no biggie really.. i've started going to the new class since last last week and it's pretty cool ^^ .. dami pinoy xD .. anim ata kami xD
in chem there's this thing our professor has called competency quizzes.. it has four units.. if you pass all four you can move on to extra credit quizzes.. there were four of us who finished it first (in two takes..) tpos it was kinda cool cuz we were called to the front that day xD .. and what's even cooler, out of the four, tatlo kaming pinoy xD .. well ok fine.. vietnamese ung isa.. close enuf xD .. (P.S. i've mistaken 3 vietnamesians as filipinos lrdy xD ..)
grades-wise everything's goin good.. i got exempted from my math midterm and i'm top of the class at the new lab section.. tests are going ok.. there are a few i'm still waiting for the results of.. as you can see, lotsa skul stuff.. it's real nice to have a break... ^^ SPRING BREAK BABY! xD
9 days of freedom xD .. prolly just gonna do a lot of chilling.. just doing whatever ^^ which i dont get to do often xD .. i might be going to a friend's house to jam ^^ sana matuloy =D .. and then starting thursday im sleepin over at my cuzin's house =D .. gonna go crazy over the new game he got for the wii xD
that's pretty much it....
on a serious note, a few of ya'll might know already, but my mom got hospitalized a week or so ago.. even had surgery.. she's at home now and still recovering.. thank God she's ok =)
ok now that's pretty much it.. xD
how r u guys? =D
how're you guys doin? =D
it's been quite a while since i've blogged.. (ok fine.. a LONG while xD ..) .. but don't worry.. nothing new.. xD
past 3 or 4 weeks have been real busy.. quizzes, tests, papers, reading, homework, and such.. (like i said, nothing new xD ..) .. but starting today, it's FINALLY SPRING BREAK!!!! ^^ weeeee xD .. which explains why i'm bloggin, since i have the time xD
hmm.. lemme think... what else........ well this one's a pretty old story for those whom i've told already, but the whole time, for about 6 or 7 or 8 weekse since the start of the semester, i was going to the wrong lab section xD .. well.. it was both mine and the teacher's fault.. my mistake was going in the wrong room that first class.. the professor's fault is that she never really took attendance so she never realized it until she started checking papers.. she was late in grading our papers (3-5 weeks late actually xD ..) which is why we found out SO late.. it started when she gave back the papers and i couldn't find mine.. i went to her and asked where my papers were.. she said it's in her office and she'll just bring it next week.. the week after, she says im not on her roster.. another week of investigation passes until finally she says im in the wrong lab section.. i check it for myself and yeah... i really was xD .. so we talked to the professor of the class next door, and we fixed it out.. no biggie really.. i've started going to the new class since last last week and it's pretty cool ^^ .. dami pinoy xD .. anim ata kami xD
in chem there's this thing our professor has called competency quizzes.. it has four units.. if you pass all four you can move on to extra credit quizzes.. there were four of us who finished it first (in two takes..) tpos it was kinda cool cuz we were called to the front that day xD .. and what's even cooler, out of the four, tatlo kaming pinoy xD .. well ok fine.. vietnamese ung isa.. close enuf xD .. (P.S. i've mistaken 3 vietnamesians as filipinos lrdy xD ..)
grades-wise everything's goin good.. i got exempted from my math midterm and i'm top of the class at the new lab section.. tests are going ok.. there are a few i'm still waiting for the results of.. as you can see, lotsa skul stuff.. it's real nice to have a break... ^^ SPRING BREAK BABY! xD
9 days of freedom xD .. prolly just gonna do a lot of chilling.. just doing whatever ^^ which i dont get to do often xD .. i might be going to a friend's house to jam ^^ sana matuloy =D .. and then starting thursday im sleepin over at my cuzin's house =D .. gonna go crazy over the new game he got for the wii xD
that's pretty much it....
on a serious note, a few of ya'll might know already, but my mom got hospitalized a week or so ago.. even had surgery.. she's at home now and still recovering.. thank God she's ok =)
ok now that's pretty much it.. xD
how r u guys? =D
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