Passed and P.S.

We may not have passed with flying colors but Communication Research is no longer a problem. We braved through the stomach-twisting mock defense. The worst part was when none of the four of us could answer Sir Henson’s question on why we didn’t provide an alternate research problem. He already made corrections just on the title itself! But at least we passed with a score of 7/10…

Postscript: Remember the prick I talked about a few entries earlier? Well I bumped into him again and as usual asked for my notes in Economics. Since I wouldn’t write another entry about it, I’ll cut the story short. I told him straight to his face that…

“You’re not the only one who needs to study for Economics, I need my notebook and why don’t you borrow from someone else for a change? And I don’t like the hassle of lending things to people.”

Damn. Many people are like that. They only approach you if they need or want something from you. Afterwards they forget that you’ve done them a favor shoo you into the sidelines.

Then again it felt good to be frank for a change. At least now he knows the truth by being stabbed in the front.

You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon’s Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Sonic Delinquent

11:45 am. Right now I should be at school listening to Dr. Sicam’s lecture on feature writing. I chose not to attend classes for now, I’ll just do so at my next class which is Statistics. That’s the syndrome that plagues most students (including myself). The closer you tread to the Final Exams, the more you lose your will for school. At least I’m not likely to fail or get an FDA at anything

I spent this lazy morning toying away with the GameBoy Advance emulator. I was sickly nostalgic when I got to play Sonic Advance 3. It felt so reminiscent to the old-school Sonic games for the Sega Genesis. Now that I think about, I don’t know where my Sega Genesis or Super Famicom (not SNES) is.

I feel sorry for the blue little hedgehog now that SEGA (Service & Games) is now software-exclusive. I can’t feel the same for the Dreamcast though. I never had one and the PlayStation franchise is still tenfolds better.

One feature I like about SA3 is the “Tag Action.” Each character has unique skills of their own depending on who their AI-controlled partner is. For examples, Sonic does a slide tackle when paired with Knuckles and anyone paired with Amy Rose can whack a hammer. I still have no idea what Cream the Rabbit is capable of.

I feel overwhelmed by the many 16-bit legends available for my wanting. I’ve just beaten Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest twice with 34 DK coins, vanished Pete in Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse and decapitated Sigma in Mega Man X.

Currently listening to the OST of Threads of Fate by the coveted Squaresoft, another game I sorely miss.

One Class Too Many

I may or may not commit an act of delinquency today. This is not the first time I’ve done this in my entire college life and it won’t definitely be the last. Once again I don’t feel like attending classes. Typical of any burnt out college student.

Statistics is the only class for today at 2:30 pm-4:00 pm. Life must be so bad to give me that horrible subject. That’s not necessarily whining though.

That’s the problem if you have only one class for a day. The temptation to skip is so magnetic. I must be partly out of my mind to go on a roundtrip from Las Piñas to Intramuros for three hours and spend around a hundred bucks just to attend one class which in turn is my least favorite subject of the semester. I just think it’s not worth the investment.

‘Sides, if I do skip today’s class, I’ll be making only a total of four absences. I’ll still have three more spare absences which will definitely suffice for the last three weeks of the semester. In Lyceum, getting an FDA will require you to skip class for eight times. Absences aren’t what I consider a violation but a commodity.

6:30pm – I could have ridden through Taft Avenue from Lawton to Buendia in a mere ten minutes but thanks to the nefarious traffic, I got stuck in Taft for an entire hour. The sectors with the heaviest traffic were Arroceros and of course De La Salle. If only that school has a parking space equivalent to how big they claim their bank accounts are.

Oh God now I wish I just stayed home and wasted that one hour with my blog instead. Even if we had lesson updates in Statistics, I still can’t help but mull over the lost three hours of traveling and the P50 bus fare.

Major Pain

I do not let schooling get in the way of my education.
-Mark Twain

Just three more weeks ’til the Final Exams and I’ll be over with this bloody semester. I set my expectations too high on the majors in Journalism. I was expecting “better” subjects dealing with realistic situations, pragmatic lessons and classier, straightforward professors. Turns out some of them (at least not all of ‘em) are just as dull as those irrelevant minors.

News and Feature Writing
Ah, the bread of every Journalism student. Which journalist has no idea on how to write news stories? The thing is how can you teach excellent news writing? Sure you can be taught the different kinds of leads, the inverted pyramid, kinds of news stories and the 5 W’s and 1 H and so on and so on. BUT I believe one can never be taught the best style to write. It’s intrinsic. I daresay I don’t have to pay for three units just to be taught those. And as for feature writing, that’s my forte. I used to be feature editor back in High School. This subject is more or less a reiteration of Introduction to Journalism last semester.

For a moment, I could have learned everything from Intro to Journ.

Broadcast Media
Had I not shifted from Broadcasting, I would have enjoyed this tenfold. There has been little classroom lectures, mainly projects and other practical activities. For our Prelims, we were to create a radio drama and go on a radio station tour and gather profiles and data. And now we are taught video lingo and the different video shots. We even have screenplay writing for music videos! One of those what I’d call the “Minor Majors.” – Major subjects which have little or nothing to do with our choice of profession.

Communication Research
Mainly an introductory subject to our future nemesis in fourth year, Theses A and B. During first meeting, I thought my heart was gonna stop when we had to write another research paper. Basically we just have to sit in the classroom for more or less two hours listening to our professor’s long (but interesting) tips in writing a research paper regarding communication. I guess it’s still worth my three units after all.

Photojournalism and Event Coverage
My most and least favorite major ever. Why the irony? Firstly weekly expenses have doubled thanks to film and processing. Yet thanks to Professor Oblena, my interest and skill in photography have fueled greatly. Our biggest and final (and most expensive) assignment is to create a photo essay. Things have been smooth sailing since I discarded my ex-partner.