Funny. Because I enlisted in FN 1 too! Haha :D Well, who knows. :))
Funny. Because I enlisted in FN 1 too! Haha :D Well, who knows. :))
I’m ROFL right now because of this. My chem friends are the best! HAHAHA! :D
Me: Like that face Hana!
Hana: Secret lang to guys ha… Kinakain ko na hilaw yung halaman habang hindi kayo tumitingin. LOOOL. Dafuuu.
James: Secret tapos public comment. :)))))) ...ano lasa? :P
Hana: You got a point therrrrr. :))) Ayun. Green. -__-
Me: lasang green?
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Chem16 2nd long exam tomorrow. I badly need a high score on it. This book is my company tonight and tomorrow till 5. But of course, God is my best help! So help me God. I really need you in this.
My favorite columnist in UP’s weekly newspaper, Kule, had finally bade farewell. Hayyy, I’m gonna miss his column. For a year, his columns never fail to have even just one sentence to tug at my heartstrings, and his words paint a picture of my unspoken sentiments and kind of brings them to life. Yet again, even for the last time, he wrote words that strikes hearts. Now, I’m posting my favorite parts of his last column article here, but I’ll be posting more of his previous works in the next days. Thanks for bringing up these words, Mr. Delfin Mercado. :]
(This article was first published in print in issue 31-32 of the Philippine Collegian on 03 May 2012.)
by Delfin Mercado
These days, I always find myself at a loss for words.[…]
I am at loss for words, even for this column. Looking back, I want to take back all the randomness that I’ve written, the self-indulgent words that filled this space for almost a year. I still remember the time when I was first offered the spot on the paper. In hindsight, I shouldn’t have taken it after all. Such a waste of space. The column could have served a higher purpose if it was offered to any other writer.
In the end, all we have left are regrets. Regrets for things that could have been and should have been. What if I tried to focus more on finishing my degree? What if I dedicated this column for a marginalized sector? What if I was less cynical? What if I never met you? Everything would have been different. In the end, there are no surprises, just regrets and questions that we ourselves have already anticipated.
As I pack the things that I have accumulated in the Collegian office – a toothbrush, some pairs of shoes, and some shirts, I realized that failure only comes to those who stop and do nothing. For if we continue, failures are nothing but minute pauses in time. I realized that for so long, this has been what I was doing wrong – I was always stuck with the past, half-thinking that something would gradually change if I let everything be. I drifted into nothingness, and here I am, still stuck in the same old road.
Next year, I’ll enroll a few more subjects, join a new organization, and find a girl or two. I’ll start anew, this time on a more positive note.
Next year, someone more able than me would occupy this space. I don’t know what he or she will become – a cynic, a critic, an artist? But as I go, I want to leave these parting words: struggle to continue, every single day.●
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I want to dedicate this post to all the graduating seniors this April in UP Diliman, particulalry to my orgmates and friends. I look up to all of you as I continue the fight till the end as an undergrad, knowing one day, I’ll just wake up and realize I am finally there, at what you’re in now. Congratulations my dear ate’s and kuya’s in UP! :D
Ate Lara Decano
Ate Ida:
“Salamat UP sa magagandang karanasan ko, mula sa mga unoable classes, pamatay mong requirements, lintik na haba ng papers, never-been-easy exams at mga benta, not-so-favorable at pati mga nakakapikon at nakakainez na professors at higit sa lahat, sa mga naging kaibigan ko.
And as I look back on my experiences as a student of the university, I am completely aware that there are worse yet better to come. Pero okay lang ‘yun, I am ready to face whatever it is! :)”
Kuya Kenn from UPLB
Ate Glai, UPLB
Ate Meggie Monzon
Some more PsychSoc Seniors: Annie Herrera-Lim, Alexei Flores, Glenn Agbayani, Mariz Dizon (PsychSoc president 2011-2012), and Chelsea Cruz.
Ate Issa Matibag
And another PsychSoc seniors: Mars Ignacio, Anj Rodriguez, Trish Uy, Chamie Lucena and Luis Locsin.
Finally:
“To all new graduates – congratulations! Enjoy this day. This is important to your parents, family, and significant others. Be proud, you now join the ranks of great thinkers, movers, and leaders of our country. You are now part of the great UP tradition. The legacy left to us by the best and brightest of the past. Do not do anything to taint this legacy.
Fellow Iskolar ng bayan, as you begin to embark on your quest to earn your millions and live comfortable lives, in your haste to go to foreign lands to earn big bucks and drive big cars, I beg you - do not forget the people who sent you to school. Do not forget the taxpayers who toil everyday to pay for your tuition. Do not forget the people who gave you the opportunity to be iskolar ng bayan.
Mga iskolar ng bayan, huwag kalimutang pagsilbihan ang bayan.
UP FIGHT!”
(Speech delivered at the graduation of the Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program, Tri-college, Asian Center, April 2011.)
(Source: blush-on)
It was experiment 3: Titration. Thanks to my groupmate Denden who took photos of us! I love’em :))
During titration…
With James, another groupmate! I really love being in a labgown… Makes me feel so intellectual. Haha! :D
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We are so proud of you fellow Isko’t Iska!
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“The 1/3 class time rule.”
The 1/3 class time rule says that if a professor or instructor hasn’t arrived after a third of the class period has passed – that’s 30 minutes for the standard one-and-a-half-hour classes in the university – students are free to leave. Even if the professor arrives afterwards, those who have left cannot be marked absent. As you can imagine, this is one rule that UP students are more than willing to follow.
Unfortunately, this is not that firm a rule – in other words, this is not a university law. Some profs will come in late regularly and stipulate that you can’t walk out as per the 1/3 class time rule. If you have such a professor or if a professor advises you through text or whatever means in his power that he is going to be late but that you students should wait, there’s nothing you can do about it. Insist on the 1/3 class time rule and leave the class after 30 minutes if you want; no one’s going to stop you. However, your professor will be well within his rights to mark you absent if you do.
This isn’t as bad as it sounds. A perpetually late professor means you may be able to walk in late yourself and still be earlier than your prof.
Whatever the case, listen well and keep these things in mind. Let others make the mistakes and learn from them.
(Source: blush-on)
From Academic-Clinic
“They’re teachers, not babysitters.”
Be warned that UP professors won’t give a flying fark about you and your progress. This is, after all, the Next Level. You have completed high school and you’re in the University of the Philippines.
Think of it this way: your bosses in the real world won’t chase after you for forgotten projects and other deficiencies; they can and will just fire your ass. The same goes with University of the Philippines’ professors.
Technically, their job is to walk in, dispense the information as per your syllabus (your course outline) to the best of their abilities, assign you projects and give you exams to measure how well you’ve learned, and grade your performances. That’s it. Nowhere in there does it say they have to mother you, appreciate your efforts with praise and a pat on the back, or compensate for your chickenslag slacking or laziness.
UP professors can be as stimulating as the hum of the air conditioner – but it’s your responsibility to listen and suffer through their monotonous delivery. Heck, UP professors aren’t hired because they’re funny or witty or even entertaining – they’re just plain good with their subject matter. Of course, most UP professors and instructors can be funny, witty and even entertaining, as well, and you’ll be one lucky son or daughter of a gun if you get those in some of your classes – but that’s just a boon.
You’ll have to pull your own weight in the University of the Philippines. You have so much freedom here and you’re free to be good or bad as you will. If you don’t get good grades, don’t blame your boring professor. It’s you who did not listen and did not make the effort to learn. Even boring professors have a syllabus with a reading list as long as your arm. Why didn’t you read the materials listed there in your spare time?
In the University of the Philippines, you have to earn your grades. Style might get you in, but it’ll take skill to keep you in.
Note: If you DO find a prof that appreciates your work, gives you good grades and cares about what you end up becoming, treasure that prof like crazy. Such diamonds in the rough are rare. And for the love of Pete, make sure you deserve such humane treatment.
(Source: blush-on)
UP Hell Wait - n. the period that immediately follows the UP Hell Week, i.e., that time when you are anxiously waiting for whatever grade your professor fancies to give you.
e.g.
B1: Dude, how goes your hell wait?
B2: Epic, dre. It’s like…uh… hell! It makes me wanna go make bigti on a tomato tree and like, just end my life!
— KJ Biolena (via journalngisko)
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In the bag of an #IskolarNgBayan
:D
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