There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, there are souls that are pure and true; Then give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you. – Life’s Mirror, Madeline Bridges

How could I forget such important formulas in ES11?! How could I?!!! My short-term memory failed me! >_<;;; I made my own formula too! Ha! I should make a law, my own law... “The Law of Inventing Formulas”! XP

It was so cold in the theater! (We took the exam in the engineering theater) I felt that the cold air was slowly seeing into my brain… brain freeze! My hands were trembling as I wrote down equations because of the temperature! When I got out of the room, I was cold as ice. :P That exam really drained me... I need to relax… *breathe in, breathe out*

The next exam on the list is EEE33 on Saturday. I will have to finish my review by tomorrow. I won’t review today because I don’t think I’ll be able to absorb anything.

Nothing succeeds like success. – Alexandre Dumas

I’m so early today! What an achievement! I came to school, 15 minutes before the class. That rarely happens, and I’m so glad I did it! Hopefully, I’m going to be early the whole week. :)

I saw Sultan Bolkiah today! Yes, you heard that right, I saw the Sultan of Brunei. *big grin* I attended the Awarding Ceremony and he was given the title “Doctor of Laws”(the highest rank given to a person from UP). Cool! He didn’t even enroll in UP! I wish it was that easy to graduate, especially in my course… Wish ko lang… ^^

'Tis a lesson you should heed, try, try again. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. - William Edward Hickson

I need to remember that quote! :)

I wish there was some way I could magically answer these problem sets. I remember the conversation Chrissa and I had last Friday. It's about our exams and the second Harry Potter movie. What if our exam papers were like the diary? We would only write 'Do you know the answer to number one?' Then the paper will answer 'Yes' and then I'll ask again 'Can you tell me?' and it will answer 'No'... 'But I can show you..' Then we'll be sucked into the exam paper and someone will show us how to answer the question. The problem is.. what if his answer was wrong? :P

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled; or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiams, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who never know neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt

What an inspiring quote! :)

Finally, the Consti hunt is finished. Now I can sit back for a while and do my duties as a good student. :) I have to finish this problem set by tomorrow and I haven't done anything yet! ;_; I really need to fix my attitude towards my studies.

Never, never, never quit. – Winston Churchill

My brother woke me up at 3am in the morning. And he kept annoying me that I couldn’t sleep until 4am. So when I finally got to sleep, I overslept. I woke up at 8am, and my first class starts at 8:30am! I got to school at 9:30... one hour late.. :P

I had no classes in the afternoon because of the ACLE. But I had to stay up to 1pm to wait for Tin, which was a good thing! Why? Because someone accompanied me! *super big grin* I was smiling all the time he was beside me. He gave me a logical problem, I love those when I was in high school but I couldn’t concentrate while he was there. He had to tell me clues just to get the answer but my brain wasn’t working! :D

Anyway, he left when he saw Tin coming our way. He had to meet someone. (His girlfriend… :P) And I had something else to do.

Thursday, January 23, 2003

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving – Oliver Wendell Holmes

I was so late for my first class today! I got there 5 minutes before the dismissal. :P Good thing I was still able to sign the attendance sheet, or else that would be my very first absent mark this sem.

Today is red shirt day! Although I wasn’t able to go to the rally because my teacher was there and giving her lecture. (There’s a rally today to protest against the budget cut.) I showed my support by wearing a red shirt. :)

Tin, Albert, Nikki, Chrissa and Ivy went to Cubao after class, I envy them because they were able to review ES11. I only reviewed it when I went to the make-up class and when Tin invited me to review with her and Albert. I’m not ready for the exam! Not yet! It took me hours just to solve one problem, and I wasn’t able to fully solve it! I had to look at how it was answered before I arrived at the right answer. I really need to practice but I don’t have the time. :(

Doubters do not achieve; Skeptics do not contribute; Cynics do not create. – Calvin Coolidge

I’m so messed up. I haven’t been able to accomplish all my tasks today, and now I’m in a fighting spree with my mom. Well.. part of the fight was my fault (because I came home with a really bad temper) and part of it was her fault.

I enjoyed my day, even though I had a bad start. I wasn’t able to go to the ES11 review! Why? I wasn’t able to go because I overslept. :P Anyway, after the review I met up with my friends and we planned on eating somewhere before reviewing. After eating we played billiards (not in the plan, but its free.. who can resist that? :P) even though I’m not really good at the sport. Afterwards, I went back to school to assist the bonding session of the applicants …while my friends reviewed ES11 at Tin’s house. ^^;;

The bonding session was fun, I got to play one of the games… Charades! I love it, I’m no good at acting out things but I still love it. :) I went home when it finished, and I saw Dayon (Tin: is this spelling right?) who was on his way home too.

But why am I in a bad mood? Probably one is the fact that I wasn’t able to accomplish today’s plan. Or maybe I was just tired. Oh well..

A wise man will make more opportunity than he finds.

Daddy’s home!

After 9 months abroad he’s finally home. Although I have to admit I didn’t recognize him at all because he’s skinny and he’s sick too (a slight fever). It makes me wonder, what did he eat over there? Did he get enough sleep? And things like that…

Techie stuff! Yes! He brought us really cool gadgets. *smiles happily* I still have to read the instruction manuals of course, but... I can’t wait to use them! :D

He also brought me a cute little bear. It looks like Mr. Bean’s teddy bear, and it’s from England too. :)

Status report: I’m finished with my written report for EEE34 and I’m still doing my EEE23 problem set.

I’m healed! Although not completely, I’m still suffering from this annoying cold but other than that… I’m perfectly fine. :)

Thinking well is wise; Planning well wiser; Doing well wisest and best of all. - Persian Proverb

I've got a fever. It was so cold this morning even though I have two blankets and wearing pajamas. I couldn't sleep well.

My brother came home really late last night. Mom really grounded him for doing that. Good for him. :P

This the first time I'm sick this year, and hopefully this will be the last time.

Don’t wait for the ship to come in. Row out to meet it.

I don’t feel well. I think I’ve got a mild sore throat. :( Just when I’m ready to study and do my homework, this comes in. I hope it doesn’t get any worse.

Mam Sotto substituted for ES11, which, in my opinion is much better than Mam Zomil. But even though she’s good, I can’t help but feel really sleepy. My eyelids were drooping as she discussed ‘belt friction’. Good thing I snapped out of it when she left us an exercise. Sleepy head... :P

Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time… Let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait. – A Psalm of Life, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tin, Ivy and Chrissa went to our house today! It was fun although they didn’t sleep over. They went here to do the flags for our ARMazing race and to do our homework in EEE23. But I haven’t read the topics for EEE23 so I couldn’t contribute much about it. I’ll try to go over the topics later.

Tin got free 1 hour tickets at the ice skating rink! Now we can go there and make a fool out of ourselves on ice! :P I don’t know how to skate, so I’ll probably fall a lot of times. But there is a problem with our schedule: we’ve got lots of exams in the coming weeks. I hope we can squeeze in a day for skating. :)

If better is possible, good is not enough

I love Lord of the Rings-The Two Towers!

Frodo is super cute! Legolas is so cool! I love elves. I want to be an elf in my next life. XD

I just watched it, thanks to Chrissa. :) Although we were a bit late.

Can you believe it? I ate a 6-inch sub for 15 minutes. That’s a record! :D

We went bowling afterwards and I’m improving! Yes, my bowling skills are definitely getting better. My current highest score in ten pin bowling: 41. I know, it’s not much but at least it’s much better than the last time which was 27. :P


My crushes!

Not in the time, place or circumstance, but in the man lies success

My day went perfectly fine. Despite the 25-minute late attendance in my first class. And for the first time! I understood what Mr. Noche was talking about! (My discussion teacher in electromagnetics.) I'm so happy! It motivates me to read more about it. :)

I still have to do my assignment in EEE33. I almost forgot all about it. :P

Somebody said that it couldn't be done, but he with a chuckle replied that "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one who wouldn't say so until he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done, and he did it. - It Couldn't Be Done, Edgar A. Guest

A moment of insanity. When we went to the buy the grocery a while ago, I tried to mentally add all the items my mom put in the cart. I added everything up to the last centavo.^^ But when we reached the counter, I was short by 8 pesos! That's 0.6 percent error! ^^;;; Oh well... at least I'm 99.4 percent accurate.. Hehehe... :)

Mary Grace called! Yes, after months she finally called me up again! :) I'm so happy, although the line was a bit blurry. How I miss her...

I hate my first exam in ES11. I really hate it.

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."

Just a thought, what if I started my blog with a quote? I already have lots and lots of inspiring quotes from Ivy's christmas gift.^^

I'm feeling crappy today, probably because my cousin's house burned down last night. :( I was really worried about their safety because they don't answer my texts or calls. My mom was worried too. The only one who didn't wasn't entirely concerned was my brother. >_<;; He's too obsessed about me changing my attitude! Why doesn't he change his attitude first?!

Mom already packed some old shirts to give them. I'm just glad that nothing terrible happened to them. :)

I know the perfect thing to do with my readings... I'll schedule them! :) I just bought a planner/diary... Hopefully this will help me procrastinate less..

School starts today!

Argh! I haven't read 'The Republic'. I'm still on the first page, 50 pages more to go.. x_x

I enjoyed myself too much. Bad, bad me. I forgot to do my homework! >_<;;

I haven't been online much too. Oh my, what is happening to me?




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Sleep overs... :)

I went to Bulacan to bring my niece back home. I was supposed to go home after I drop her off, but my cousins begged me to stay there for the night. ^^ So I slept over.

It was fun being there, its already 2 years since I last went to visit them. I was feeling nostalgic throughout my stay because I used to spend my summer days over there with Mary Grace. I really miss her, I hope she'll come back soon. :(

First day of the year.

Going to a reunion feels overwhelming. I was surprised to see my nephews and nieces all grown up. I missed them all. I’ve always loved playing with them when they were little kids, but now they are young men and ladies.

I’m adopting a niece for a day. :) She’s 5 years old and I wanted her to spend this night with me. (I promised that I would personally take her back home tomorrow just to convince her to stay with us.^^) But I don’t know if she’s enjoying herself. She was crying when we got home, I guess she already missed her parents and sisters. Although when we went to the mall (because I promised to treat her ^^) she was lively and gay. I don’t really know. ^^;;

I tucked her to bed already. We’re supposed to get up early tomorrow, so I have to sleep early today. I’ll sleep after I finish sending today’s pictures. :)