17Feb / 2009

Next Sem’s Subjects Are Very Inviting

The semester on hand has been quite a sore in the butt. Will the next one be worse?

UP Cebu’s pre-registration for next semester through CRSIS (Computerized Registration System) has finally gone through. I am even thankful I got hold of the schedules that are the least undesirable than the rest. Pre-registration can be sort of useless come enrollment time. I just hope no more “schedule destruction schemes” will pop out on enrollment day. Anyways, I expected next semester to be less stressful than the current one. But boy I am wrong, sort of. Looking at the subjects, goosebumps!

And I thought Electives don’t come with laboratory classes. Damn. By the way, my subjects will be as follows (names, not codes): Software Engineering, Automata and Languages Theory, Interactive Computer Graphics, Accounting and Information Systems, Special Topics (probably GIS) and lastly, The Life and Works of Jose Rizal (doh!). Do you think I understand what those truly are? Nah.

One more thing, I hate the schedule. Despise. Five days of classes! I hate five, I love four. I grew up in college with 4 days of classes only. Now it is 5. No Wednesday, but there’s a Saturday. First, I’ll miss my summer vacation because of the OJT, next I’ll be missing my Saturdays because of a class. Ok, just click to enlarge if you are even interested in seeing it.

Should I even get excited? Software Engineering is gonna be here. I think I must be hyper-excited until it’ll hurt. Just wish me the best of luck for next semester. Wait, OJT. Damn.

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25Jan / 2009

Bioinformatics, Spare Me From Doom

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?

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22Jan / 2009

This Sem’s The Worst Sem Ever

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.

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