CHRONICLES OF A GROWLING STOMACH (#2)
Subtitled: Seeing Life Through Rose-Colored Spectacles

Quiz Time!!! What am I feeling lately? Select all that apply:

A. On a natural high

B. Strangely fine

C. Completely pleased

D. Head-in-the-clouds type

E. Crappily sexy

F. All of the above


...and if you answered ALL OF THE ABOVE, then you win a FREE KISS from moi through the net!!! *wet smackeroo* .. thanks for joining! :)

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1) positive thinking

you might be wondering why what the heck i did i munch on that i am in such a "zippity zappity fine n' dandy" mood for almost two weeks???... hey, i'm wondering myself too! so far life has been going really swell and i think everything's working in tune... i no longer dread much or scamper away the worries of college life as a neophyte, its many obstacles & whatsoever... i think (again) that i can tolerate all these, for the moment everything's still a-ok... no really crappy quizzes yet. i like the way i'm driving myself... that i listen and take notes in discussions (though sometimes my mind wanders somewhere else... must be because of hunger!) and that i also *try* to participate. (me pleased, prof pleased, end of story!) i have never seen myself this diligent for months. and not that i'm bragging, i got the top score in our philosophy exam! (it was surprising to think that 91 was already the highest... i actually thought my smarter classmates would've gotten the bacon) ... that really got me thinking that i'm not *exactly* out of the league with all the valedictorians / salutatorians / honor students in my class. i initially thought when i knew -- this class is actually a brainy one! -- that it was a pretty stiff competition, considering i'm a very "average a.k.a. bit of a slacker" stude in my sj years... and the fact that this freshmen batch of 1,477 would've slugged each other to vie for the -only- 500 slots for the accountancy major at the end of second year! my friends in the other sections told me they felt the same... but well, for the ambitiously sane side of me, i'm taking this as a challenge! it's actually great that many of us are taking this positively and strive hard for grades (and higher learning, of course) now that we're in college (as read from my batchmates' posts in the sj seniors ygroup) ...

and speaking of positive thinking, i would love to spread my enthusiasm over my almost-preferred subjects to those of my least apt: Math. i hate it when i automatically switch to the "i can't handle this!" mode (when we talk about equations and stuff) and bomb it off, then the regret part: "damn! i'm too careless!" i do think algebra is easy (waaay easier than geometry or even trigonometry)... save for the personal dogma brainwash that Math Is My Biggest Waterloo Since Grade One. i have classmates (good friends of mine) that has math as their favorite subject BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY LIKE IT. to them it doesn't matter whether the lesson is hard or they don't exactly understand, it's their enthusiasm over these numbers and expressions that gets the good of them... that's why they excel! as i heard these sentiments, i couldn't help but be amazed that the only solution (oft-said by my dad) for getting over a
pretty difficult subject is to have a pleasant, competitive mindset about it: I CAN DO THIS! Yes I CAN! :)

2) independent gal

i like to think that i'm now a more matured person (oh yeah, another news item: i got my entrance exam results and found out i have a 119 IQ! that's oh-so-f*ing fantastic! last time i knew, it was just 109... wisdom, wisdom! *LOL*) ... that i go to school by myself (now recently -but not often- taking buses), being *more* sociable, able to balance my studies & slack, become more perceptive & introspective of many things, and really take care of my arse... i amazed myself when i summoned to go to the MALL by my lonesome -- twice this week! i pushed aside all the worries and pessimism and comfortably strolled around, purchased stuff, let's not forget the eating, and had fun window shopping! now you can say i enjoy my "lonerhood" even outdoors... i actually like it that i'm not bound to anything because i'm the master of my ship! hooray, actual independence! :D

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