It’s a Friday. My Freeday. And since today is boring* and yesterday’s not, I’ll go back in time and focus on that.

My first class was FA 28**. I was late. Again. Kasi naman naunang naligo si kuya at hindi niya ako ininit ng tubig. To be fair, I didn’t tell him to. I just assumed he would. Oh, the stupidity of assuming. And, while sudoku-ing, I just realized that I forgot to sign the attendance. For the second time. Hmph. That means, what? 4 cuts nalang ang pwede sakin. Haha. But that’s okay. I have no plans on cutting FA anyway, since it is my FAVORITE subject, so far. Kakatawa kasi sobra si Prof. Dakila Fernando. Andaming jokes, as in every minute matatawa ka. Tapos pag tawa ng tawa yung class sasabihin niya “Bawal ang masaya sa klase ko!” which cracks me up even more. Sobrang animated pa niya magkwento. At nakakatawa rin yung mga pumapasok sa utak niya. Tulad nalang nung Hawaiian dance na violent daw, kasi yung mga hand movements sa una, small wave, small wave, small wave, tapos yung ending TSUNAMI! Haha. Basta sobrang nakakatawa pag nakita mo. Marami akong natututunan sa kanya, hindi lang tungkol sa art (art is man-made! It has a plurality/horizon [favorite words niya] of meaning and interpreted based on a person’s psychophysical [favorite rin niya] experience.), at semiotics (a vertical line is not just a vertical line… it can symbolize power, strength, etc.) kundi pati na rin sa psychology (iisang floor lang usually ang mga preschool dahil ang bata maiintimidate pag malaki yung building, at pag one-floor lang parang bahay lang so they feel secure; at ang mga piazza tulad nung mga nasa Europe ay usually pabilog, like an embrace because it makes people feel safe and secure) at iba’t–ibang kalokohan tulad ng mga acronyms na to:

YAMAHA
You Are My Angel…Happy Anniversary!    

BALIWAG
Beauty and Love I Will Always Give.

HOLLAND
Hope Our Love Lingers And Never Die.

At ang pinaka malupet sa lahat:

PHILIPPINES
Pumping Hot I Love It Please Please I Need Erotic Sex!

So kung sabihan kayo ng “honey, Philippines, Philippines!” alam niyo na kung anong gagawin. Haha. Panalo talaga si Sir. Ang bilis nga ng oras sa klase niya eh. Kaya mag FA 28 na rin kayo under Prof. Dakila Fernando sa susunod na sem! So para sa mga next batch, sulit ang 3000 niyo (if ever maimplement yung TFI) pag kinuha niyo tong GE na to. Hehe.

Pero kahit na gusto ko ang mga klase ni Sir, gusto kong mag art production na at sumali sa lantern parade. Sana talaga matuloy ito, kahit na mukhang malabo. Please kung sino mang nag-aarange ng lantern parade, Christmas gifts niyo nalang samin? T_T Na-excite pa naman ako nung sinabi ni Sir na baka makasama kami. Sana talaga. Sana next mtg ay art production na, para rin walang test. Hehe.  

So after my FA class I proceeded to Philo1, a subject which, I hate to say, I kinda dread. I don’t know. There’s something about my prof which I find a little disturbing. While I sat at the third row, looking at her, it hit me.

She looks like Professor Umbridge.

Probably not the Professor Umbridge in the next HP movie, but the Professor Umbridge that I pictured in my mind. And to see that imaginary face brought to reality, discussing Socrates and philosophical ideas, was uncomfortable. She even had that smile – a wide one, which is quite unsettling. Haha, ang sama ko. My imagination was in overdrive again. But hey, I won’t let this thing get in the way of me learning some philo. Sana lang si ex-Professor Lupin yung nagmaterialize. Hehe. Pero magaling rin naman si Ms. Umbridge (Ansama ko talaga.)

Next class was Geog1, which most of us boycotted (or boycut? cut?). Grabe first time ko nakaranas ng ganito. Dumaan sa classroom yung mga nagrarally: students mostly in red, chanting VERY VERY LOUDLY.  I doubt that given all that chanting we would still have class; we would probably not have heard each other (sa may engg bldg nga rinig yung rally eh, nung naggather sa harap ng AS.) I don’t know if Ma’am even appeared, or if there were some who stayed. Regarding the TFI: 1000/unit is heavy on the pocket, but if the STFAP is effectively implemented, meaning those who cannot pay won’t, plus stipends for those in need, as is said in today’s newspaper, then sure, why not? It will help in UP being more globally competetive as opposed to its degradation. But why does the military get so much more?

So pagkatapos ng pagboycott, pumunta ako sa pangunahing silid-aklatan para maghanap ng microfilms ng mga dyaryo na pinapahanap ni Jasmine. At bakit ba nagshishift nalang bigla sa tagalong o ingles o taglish ang entry na to? Kaya lang malas ako dahil breaktime sa media room kaya pumunta muna ako sa FA lib para ipa-xerox ang kelangang ipa-xerox, pero break time rin at 1 pa magbubukas, kaya tumambay muna ako ng halos isang oras sa FA at nagbasa ng Kiko Machine Komix blg 2. Mas nakakatawa yun kesa sa una niya. Bilhin niyo sa AS walk, 110 lang. Hehe. Laughtrip guaranteed. Tapos nung ayun, bumukas na yung lib, hindi naman ako pinapasok dahil hindi pa validated yung ID ko. Langya naman, dapat pinavalidate ko na nung tuesday o wed, grr. Kaya ayun, nilakad ko papuntang masscomm, at nakakapagod talaga. Buti nalang mabilis lang magpavalidate; bumalik ako sa FA lib, at hiniram ang kelangang ipaxerox na libro. Pero shiznit, walang photocopier sa loob ng lib nila, at wala rin sa FA mismo. Ano ba yun! Anlayo pala talaga sa sibilisasyon ang FA. Tapos pumunta ako sa Villadolid Hall, dahil dun daw me Xerox, pero bwiset wala daw toner! At ang pinakamalapit na daw na xeroxan ay sa FC pa, at hello anlayo nun. Kaya pumunta ako sa main lib ulit para mahanap ang hinahanap ko at ipaxerox na lang dun yung libro, pero hindi ako pinapasok dahil wala yung ID ko, kinuha nga pala nung librarian sa FA! So ang BADTRIP talaga, at pumunta nalang ako sa AS para magpaxerox, at pagkatapos ko maghintay ng maghintay ng maghintay (daming kopya kasing pinaxerox ng nasa harapan ko), sabi sakin ni manang, Wala nang long bond. So ansaya diba? Sa may lobby nalang ako nagpaxerox. Kaasar talaga, pero at least 1st mission accomplished. Habang naglalakad ako sa kalye sa pagitan ng FC at AS, nakita ko si Mae, yung ka-doubles ko sa table tennis. So ayun, naglighten yung spirits ko. It’s amazing, really, that a simple hello from a familiar face can flush away the crappiness of the day (rhyme pa!). So masaya na ako. To make the long story short, nakuha ko na ang microfilm (ang saya palang gumamit ng microfilm...naaliw ako sa pag-iikot nung film reel) at pinaprint ang kelangan iprint. Looking back, para palang nag-amazing race ako, whoosh sobrang nakaka-drain ng energy. Sa wakas ay nakarating ako sa pit stop: ang Cello’s, ang meeting place namin ni Jasmine. Ang 2.00 na usapan namin ay naging 4.00 na, haha. At ayun, nawala na ang lahat ng kabadtripan ko nung araw na yun. Therapeutic talaga ang Cello’s donuts (adik ako sa cheese) at ang pakikipag-usap sa isang kaibigang matagal mo nang hindi nakakasama. So ayun, all’s well that ends well.

Whew, grabe ang haba ng entry na to. Well, I hope this makes up for the loooooong hiatus. Good night!

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*woke up at 9, read Lucky by Alice Sebold, ate my daily dose of Oreo O’s cereal [loved the marshmallows!], surfed the net, played billiards with Tatay and got CREAMED [5-2], slept, ate, watched Veronica Mars and some gymnastics competition [I liked the ones with the long red ribbons –whatchacallit?-  most. It’s like scribbling with air as the canvas.], ate, played the keyboards [forgot parts of minuet], ate, did very easy sudoku puzzles, and here I am.

**Arts in the Philippnes