Bababa ba?

Summer! <3 You’re finally here. Oh summer! Sweet, sweet, sticky, sweaty summer. :D

I have approximately two weeks before I go back to damnation, err, chemnation. HAHAHA.

Chem17 for summer = aaaaaaargh.

But yeah, I have two weeks to bum around.

… kailangang kumakain ako.

Kaya siguro ang taba-taba ko, ano?

Tingnan niyo kuwarto ko ngayon habang nag-aaral ako, kasama ng mga bolpen, notbuk at libro, may nakakalat na Maxx’s, Snickers, Nagaraya, Hany, Stuffins, Chippy, etc etc. HAHAHA.

Anyways. Dumaan akong Chem Pav kanina para tingnan yung pre-final grade ko. Potek, naka 68.1% pa ako. Di naman kataasan, pero pasado, mehn! Mga 2pointsomething yun. Pero kailangan ko pa ring mag-finals. At sa finals, kailangan ko lang maka30something points, pasado na ako sa Chem! Yahu! Hahaha. Talk about mediocrity. Parang kami lang ni Casey nung nagfafinals sa Math55.

“Pare, makasagot lang tayo ng isang tanong pasado na tayo sa Math55!”

HAHAHAHA. :D

Panimula: Hindi ako naging estudyante ni Ginoong Xiao. Naging kaibigan ko lang siya dahil sa mga panahon at pagkakataong nakatambay ako sa may Bulwagang Rizal o sa ika-apat na palapag ng Bulwagang Palma. At sa kaunting panahon ng aming pagkakakilala, aking natanto ang kanyang libog sa pagtuturo, at ang kanyang libog para sa Pilipinas. Kaya isa ako sa mga taong naniniwala sa kanya, at nakiki-isa sa paghahanap ng katotohanan.

Kakaiba lang talaga ang balitang bumulaga sa akin ngayong hapon sa isang mensahe sa aking selepono at sa mga ilang sulating nabasa ko rito sa internet.

Hindi raw pinayagang magturo muli si Ginoong Xiao Chua sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas.

Nalabuan ako nang marinig ko ang balitang ito. Hindi ko na-gets kung bakit hindi nila siya pinayagang magturo muli.

At karamihan ng mga estudyante at kaibigan niya ay nagsisigawang sabay-sabay, hinahanap ang katotohanan. Isang malaking “BAKIT?!” ang naka-ukit sa mga noo ng bawat isang nakasalamuha ni Ginoong Xiao sa mahigit na tatlong taon ng kanyang pagtuturo sa unibersidad.

Ako’y nakikiisa sa mga nagtataka, sa mga nagtatanong, at sa mga naghahanap ng katotohanan.

Sabihin na ninyo ang totoo. Bakit? Bakit hindi niyo na siya ipagtuturo muli?

Walang mananahimik sa amin hangga’t wala sa inyong nagsasalita’t nagsasabi ng katotohanan.

Let’s go, UP!

Fireworks + friends = LOVE.

Whenever I’m home and I’m in front of a computer, I can’t help but think that I should stop schooling and start working from home. I see my mom or my brother sitting in front of their slick laptops at night, and earning while sitting and typing and chatting and writing, having breaks whenever and however they want. I could be working like that right now and earning real money, but no. I’m still stuck studying in university.

I doubt I already have this professional maturity when it comes to these type of things. Do you think I could sit down for a few hours and finish a deadline early enough? Right now, if ever I was given a deadline, I think I’d still be finishing things at the very last minute, delaying and procrastinating at every opportunity.

I guess that’s what school teaches you: responsibility.

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Joey will be in St. Stanislaus Kostka Chapel in Ateneo de Manila High School, starting tomorrow morning.

There will be Masses tomorrow and on Friday, both at 8pm. There will be an interment Mass in the Church of the Gesu on Saturday morning, I’m just not sure what time.

He’ll be buried this Saturday, December 8. Where? I don’t know.

Prayers, please, for the family, friends, and school community that he left.

To the fine young gentlemen of Indayog ng Atenistang Kabataan,

First of all, I want to congratulate you for bagging second place in the recently concluded Skechers Street Battle Year 3. You guys just don’t know how proud and happy I am.

Truly, you have matured. I can’t help but remember the rebellious kids of a few years back. I remember how we used to fight regarding our practice sessions, which dances to dance, which kids could dance. Yes, being a baby org, we were hardly organized. Members would fight amongst each other, the company manager, and the moderator. Guestings, competitions, and practices were sudden, out of the blue, and usually against everybody else’s will.

But now, the org is different.

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I always wrote here in my blog how highschool can be so different from college. How true you can be to your friends in highschool, I thought, varies greatly with your friends in college.

But this weekend, I was proven wrong.

Well, blame it, I guess on the two consecutive parties by two groups of people: my high school crowd, and my college crowd.

Both groups can be very different, but I can be very me in both of them. :)

I had fun on “prom night” friday and highschool attire saturday. :D

This was bothering me since 12noon, and it was already 10:30pm when I finally discovered how to answer it. Para lang mapakawalan ko ito, isusulat ko rito ang problema at ang sagot. XD

Show that sin(x+iy) = sinxcoshy+icosxsinhy
Given sinz = [e^(iz) - e(-iz)] / 2i and cosz = [e^(iz) + e(-iz)]

Proof:
a. sin(x+iy) = sinxcosiy+cosxsiniy (by trig identity)
b. cosiy=coshy (by given, definition of hyperbolic cosine)
c. siniy=isinhy (by given, definition of hyperbolic sine)
d. sin(x+iy) = sinxcoshy+icosxsinhy (by substitution, a, b) QED

Finally, I’m done enlisting. And that means, I can already post my schedule! Woohoo!

After 3 semesters in UP I finally have a decent lunch break squeezed in the whole week’s schedule. My lunch breaks back then were disaster. I had to eat lunch either in class, or in between 1 and 4 in the afternoon. :p

But, Thursdays 11:30-1:00 are reserved for Jen and Kara. The Tuesdays with Jen and Kara series are now over. It would be replaced by Thursdays with Jen and Kara. HAHAHA. 1:00pm is reserved for Vince, as I would have to pick him up from Ateneo. :p

This schedule seems lighter, but it’s actually not. I’ve extended my semester to 19 units, compared to the 17 units in the two sems in my first year, and 18 units in the previous sem. I guess it’s in the visual sense, as the most number of consecutive subjects is 2. Try comparing it to my previous schedules (1.1, 1.2, 2.1). I even had 4 consecutive subjects last sem (see Friday of 2.1)!

Also, I guess it looks more free because I’ve group together the MTh and TF. It’s because my schedule today isn’t as irregular at last semester’s. But I had to sacrifice my free Wednesday just to make my schedule seem regular. And I don’t have PE! :p Darn

My TFs were supposed to end at 2:30. But, since the instructor in the 1:00-2:30 class was the teacher who failed me last semester (huhuhu singko), I ended up enlisting in a different section. Good thing they opened that section up while I was loitering in the Math Building.

I’m excited for this semester. Chem sounds interesting all of a sudden. Physics 72 sounds awesome. And English 11? Yeah. Hello to my terror instructor. :D

For ONE NIGHT ONLY, we’re bringing together the good ol’ high school bands (most of them disbanded only) of high school batch 2006.. Halo-halong schools to! It’s an excuse to see each other again! Magkamustahan tayo! Nasaan na ang mga tao? Mga dating kaklase! Go go go!

“High School Musical: The Reunion”

Featuring:

Bandwidth Enzo (AHS)
Vanderfox (AHS)
Chive (AHS)
Tala (Pov)
Finding Mikko (AHS/STC)
Chronic Star (MC)
Tinkerbel (AHS)
Larry Puyat and the Stomachaches (AHS)
Xamxara (STC)

with guest bands! (tentative)
Aki
The Oemons

When: Nov. 16, Friday
Where: Freedom Bar, Anonas corner Aurora Blvd.
Gate: p130 (with a free drink)

(more details to follow)

If only all my second sem grades were like this:

Uno galore. HAHAHA.

Pahabol:
Physics111: 2.50 (OYEAH!)
Math55: 5.00

To my parents: I deeply apologize for the 5.00 listed up there. I know both of you work very hard to put me to school, and failing that 3 unit course was like throwing P900 away, but, don’t worry, I’ll try to make up for it next semester. I was just too distracted and affected in the final stretch of the sem (and I think you know why). Pero promise, hindi ako nagpabaya nung sem na yun. I have 7 units worth of uno, so that’s like P2100 worth of uno, diba? :D Love ko kayo! :D

Geol11 3rd LE - Oct 4, 2007
Physics111 3rd LE - Oct 5, 2007
Math55 3rd LE - Oct 6, 2007 (was allowed not to take it)
Physics71 3rd LE - Oct 8, 2007
Geol11 Final Exam - Oct 9, 2007
Physics111 Final Exam - Oct 11, 2007
Physics71 Final Exam - Oct 11, 2007 (exempted. got a measly 75.9 but I’m willing to grab that exemption)
PanPil 19 Final Paper - Oct 12, 2007 Oct15, 2007
Math55 Final Exam - Oct 13, 2007 (weight is doubled)

FREEDOM

And the funnest classes just had to end first. Tch.

Physics lab ended yesterday. Wonderful, wonderful classmates. Although not so wonderful labwork (and effing practical exams! Deymn). Hahahaha. We all shared our laboratory woes.

Geology lab ended this afternoon. And that was my favoritest class this sem! And no, I’m not making sipsip. Though work-heavy, it was the funnest because of the people, and most especially the teacher (promise, hindi ako sumisipsip). The last session was the most memorable one because of the little Jen-let, 4-year old Issa, who was ordering us around (don’t sit down yet! Jump! Can you draw me dog? No that’s not a dog, that’s a telescope!). Hahaha.

Oh well. I guess that’s how a lot of things go in college. Just when everybody’s starting to get along, all of a sudden the 15 minute grace period comes, and you’d have to move on to your next class.

EDIT: My PE class was concluded by Wednesday’s Dancing in September. I’m gonna miss my Itik-itik mates.