Bottled Sky

The semester is about to come to a close. I only have to get through my finals next week, and I’ll be footloose and fancy-free for the rest of the month. I’m feeling all tingly just thinking about it. Ah, freedom! I can almost smell thee!

My plan to shift into another course (also known as my plan to forever rid myself of ECE hell) is now officially in its second phase. I have actually managed to complete step 1, which is to submit my application before the deadline. It might sound like an utterly simple thing to do, but you must never underestimate the ability of the Queen of Procrastination (i.e. me) to screw up even the simplest of tasks. That’s why you should all join me in counting my successful completion of step 1 as a victory. Cheers for me!

And in even more exciting news, I’ve decided to torture the Internet community with a couple more photos of me and my friends! Click here and let the sadism begin!

All right…that’s enough mindless chitchat for now. Feel free to pretend that this post never happened. It’s just the sleep deprivation talking. It’s now 5:00 AM, and half my brain cells are sleeping. And I think the other half’s just about ready to join their slumbering friends. Good night, all!

Happy holidays, everyone! Right now I’m enjoying my much needed Christmas break. I had to get through a barrage of exams first, though. Two of them I’m pretty sure I passed, one I’m not so sure of, and one I can bet my dog’s life on that I failed. Miserably. I know because of the 3 hours we had for that exam, I spent the first hour thinking of creative ways to answer mathematical questions, the second drawing cats and fish bones on my answer sheets, and the last sleeping while drooling on my questionnaire. I may have managed to get a 10% on that exam, but that still remains to be seen.

It’s actually been a pretty eventful break so far. Last Thursday, Convergence, a techie magazine show on Net-25, came over to do a feature on me for their E-life segment. I was really apprehensive about the whole thing at first, mainly because I didn’t want to embarrass myself on national television, but it turned out to be quite a fun experience. I suppose it was partly because I managed to coerce Aggie and Chrissa to keep me company during the shoot, and be interviewed for a little bit, too. At least we can all look silly together! The people from the show were also really nice. They weren’t at all intimidating, and Jar, one of the show’s hosts, even sounded so much like our favorite high school teacher.

Then on Friday, Chrissa and I hit the malls for some last minute gift shopping. I wasn’t able to finish everything, but I think I did pretty well considering how many other last-minute shoppers I had to compete with that day. I managed to stay more or less on budget, too! I still have to find gifts for a few more people, but I know I won’t be seeing them until after the holidays, so I’m not too worried.

My old high school class also had its annual Christmas reunion party last Saturday, and that’s always loads of fun. It was great seeing the old whackos again. I even made sure not to drink too much so I’d at least remember how much fun I had

Last weekend my grandparents (we call them Ima, which means mother, and Tatay, which means father) celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by renewing their vows. Almost all their kids and grandkids were there, the guys in barongs and the ladies (that includes me!) in gold gowns. The whole event was pretty cool. I mean, imagine being married for half a century…wow.

And this weekend I watched “Star Wars Episode II” with my barkada (Filipino slang for clique). It was actually the first Star Wars movie that I really watched. My parents took me to see “Return of the Jedi” when it was re-shown a few years back, but I fell asleep half an hour into the film. This one, however, was quite fun, especially the last 20 minutes or so. Hehe, Yoda kicked some serious butt! It was so funny when he did the “kung fu hands” pose

After the movie we had an impromptu sleepover at Aggie’s house. We stayed up until dawn talking and raiding their fridge for munchies. It’s funny because it seems like I actually see more of my barkada now that we’re studying in different universities than when we were all in the same high school. Maybe it just seems that way because we have so much more fun together now. I mean, in high school we just had lunch together and went on occasional night-outs, but now we actually take long vacations together, have sleepovers all the time, and generally just go out more often. Yup, the old quantity vs. quality thing