Bioinformatics, Spare Me From Doom
Jan 25th
I have a very bad feeling. A very, very bad and negative feeling.
All I want to do now is to survive Bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is our elective. I failed in the first long exam. And this has been the first time I became severely affected of a failed first long exam. I know why — because up to now I haven’t wholly understood the lessons. But that’s not what worries me most. It’s what I heard from a classmate telling me about her past experience.
I heard this the first time before the long exam — that our teacher sort of holds grudges on students. Well, not really the most evil grudge type but those that will make the teacher give you a 5.0 instead of a 3.0 come marking time. And I think I’m a target. There’s a small percentage in me telling that I’m sure. I have been extremely talkative and restless in class since day 1. Well, either talkative or drowsy. And I’m insensitive. I maybe haven’t noticed that I’m already being too noisy and obvious. But don’t get me wrong; I’m not like this in any other subject. In our Database class, I interact and listen to the teacher, not to my seatmate.
I paid the initial consequences. I don’t want to pay it full! God forbid I fail in this subject. God forbid I fail in any subject. I’m helping myself now. I’m trying to change starting today. I hope the teacher sees that change — that I lowered down my naughtiness and became a good student. There’s two months for me to prove that. I hope I survive this two-month test.
I am still worried. Or am I paranoid?
Photo by Raúl Valladolid
I Like Plurk More Than I Like Twitter
Jan 25th
I am late-bloomer Plurker. I know Plurk like many months ago but thought, ‘hell, why would I waste my time there?’. And so I just ate and digested my words.
I’m with Twitter for a longer time now because for one, people are so hyped with it. Why not join, right? I saw Twitter’s potentials and dedicated a blog post about it in my other blog entitled Tips On Becoming the Ultimate Twitter User. I see how useful Twitter is. You could grab in a few more traffic amount by tweeting your newest blog post or anything in your blog. But I have one sentiment with Twitter — too serious.
Plurk on the other hand, which I am a member just recently, is like the ‘personal’ version of Twitter. I rarely see blog post links in the time line. I see personal activities, thoughts, ideas and more. Well, Twitter is serious, Plurk is fun.
In Plurk, I could say good morning’s, evening’s and any other personal greetings I may want to shout out. In Twitter, I noticed that when I do that before, a few unfollowed me. Arte. And one funny thing — when I mentioned Plurk in Twitter, about 5+ unfollowed me! Haha, is it my tweet or is it Plurk?
People in Twitter are business and goal-oriented. People in Plurk are real people telling about their real lives. Well, Twitter people are also real. It’s just that one should not be goofy in Twitter or else ‘bye-bye followers’.
So what now? I’m still in both communities but I’m just using Twitter to spread out an info or a new blog post. Besides, who I have with Plurk are all Filipinos, and mostly, Cebuanos. So there’s no problem. Plurk is home, Twitter is work.
This Sem’s The Worst Sem Ever
Jan 22nd
You heard the title right. I’m dying. No, my brain is. I can’t stand the pressure. I mean, I can, but the pressure’s new, so I need adjusting. As of the moment, this sem’s the worst sem in my school life. Aaaaaaaaaah!
To relieve my stress, I have to pinpoint the sources (subjects) that are causing me much much stress and brain fatigue. I’m sorry if you don’t actually care about the list but this is the only way for my stress level to go down by 0.5%!
- Bioinformatics – I just failed the first long exam. And my future’s a blur. It seems like my brain cells are born to misunderstand the marriage of biology and computer science. And I hate myself for being so talkative in class. This brought me to my doom.
- Literature 1 – I’m supposed to be stress free when it comes to GEs but this is an exception. The tasks are not difficult. They just devour much of my time. We have to make a cartoon skit due by February 17. We have a Florante at Laura short presentation/reading tomorrow with lines memorized. Ouch. Forty deep Tagalog lines kill me. And I don’t speak Tagalog.
- Computer Architecture – Not very demanding but the small demands are so HUGE. And I don’t know what to do though I’ve been updating myself with what to do but I guess I’d be crawling in this subject come March.
Haha, yeah I actually have only three stress-ers from six subjects. The rest are difficult but they kill me softly and silently so I don’t mind. Whooo all I want to do is scream and embrace summer and OJT. God please help me pass Bioinformatics and Computer Architecture and the rest too.
Wish I could bang my head on that door now.
Photo by programwitch
Sinulog 2009 Ayala Fireworks Display
Jan 19th
Here are the videos I took during the fireworks display at Ayala Center Cebu last Sinulog (yesterday) in January 18, 2009. I’m sorry about the unsteadiness of the video. My hands are so tired of shooting the fireworks for about 10 minutes. And I’m sorry of the circle stuff. The lights become circle when the camera goes unfocused. I’m just using digicam anyways. Enjoy the videos. The finale was nice.
Pit Senyor Kapamilya!
Jan 18th
Pit Senyor everyone! Phew! Another unusual mass experience for me.
We woke up at 2:30 AM so we could get inside Sto. Nino for the 4 AM mass. My eyes were so watery and they’re falling. Good thing we arrived 30 minutes before 4 AM and we were able to get in and stay near the Basilica doors. There were so many people in the area! Look at the picture. The crowd’s thickness is more than that! (though that picture is not the exact picture for the 4AM mass). People were also mumbling and arguing and some don’t actually care. Some are fighting the guard because he blocked the Basilica’s gate. But I wonder how thick the crowd is for the Pontifical Mass of Cardinal Vidal?
I loved the releasing of the balloons in the beginning of the mass. I remember we released the balloons two years ago after the mass. Now it is before the mass. But we don’t have any balloons. Only my grandma and my aunties bought balloons. The rest of the mass went on like any usual mass except we sang (my favorite part) Bato Balani in the middle of the mass. I like that song and I like the hand waving. We weren’t able to do the communion part because people are already PUSHING like there’s no tomorrow. So even before the mass ended, we started to get out. And that’s when more PUSHING happened. Just push and push and push. Your little guy here (I’m not little) just went with the tighty flow until we reached an open area, thank God.
What I noticed about this experience: Cebuanos are very devoted Catholics. I think we are the most devoted Catholics in the whole country.
For the rest of the day, I’ll be at home doing a programming project or memorizing a Florante at Laura chapter. Damn, teachers are so KILL JOY. I’ll just have to watch the dance and festivities in the T.V. Sad.
Anyways, I hope we’ll be watching the fireworks at Ayala later.
Update: We’ve been to the fireworks display and videos will be posted soon.
Pit Senyor to all!
Photo courtesy of rebelmind
