i don't know why i haven't clocked in an entry for nearly a month. everything that has happened since seems to be such a blur, i thought i wouldn't have made it through the enormous blackhole that was august... but here i am, coming to the final week of the first semester, ridiculously sleepy. wtf! :)

as i usually do after blog withdrawal episodes, here's my redemptive post:

growlin' hot!

to start off with a high note, a huge CONGRATULATIONS to UST for winning the uaap men's basketball plum! although i admit i'm also a sycophant loyalist for admu (since '01), nothing beats school spirit! watching the games on tv basically ate away most of my afternoon leisure time (and sanity!) last month -- screaming, praying, praising to the high heavens for a victory long coveted. indeed, nothing is impossible. we did win, and to me it still feels like a dream.. a really sweet dream. (now if only they wouldn't raise those fees once we're thrown back to reality.)

meet the homicidal propsman

preparing our class play for literature, in the classic sense, was a pity when it started. but the 2 weeks that led to our presentation last sept 27 entailed a lot of stress, anxiety, sacrifices and impaired relations on everyone's behalf. (for that our section didn't join the quiz bee anymore, since it conflicts with the sked. awwww too bad.) hoping we could stage the whole thing well that afternoon, we worked through the entire thing on one rehearsal! and believe it or not, i actually only knew my job as a propsman ON the day itself! it was such a frantic rush moving things for the scenes... i even had a big bruise on my leg moving 'em! but i guess it all paid off. we all get a perfect "1" since our prof loved the play! :) she says that our class worked with 'great chemistry', and i second that. :)

hell hath no fury...

... like a man 'stormed'?! milenyo surely beat the hell out of the country when it came on full force sept 30 - day after our play, whew!, leaving us on a four-day electric disruption, non-ideal class suspension, and terribly early sleeping cycles. our house was quite battered, the streets were so messed up, and i felt like an ugly, miserable skank throughout the duration of the blackout. my cellphone died on me on the first day, but i'm very glad my music player kept me company... or else... xp ... it was this time that i discovered panic! at the disco (crazily LSS-forming), and my favorite song in those dark boring nights would be "chasing cars" by snow patrol. (and oh, "save room" by john legend!) .. i hope no storm like this happens ever again.

handball.. no regrets

our PE ended this tuesday with a practical test on making a goal... you don't have to know if i fared well on that ;p .. the thing is, handball season's over! we are the 'champions' with regards to the games (4-0 sweep! -- thanks to my teammates esp zizou!), which means my final grade will be totally fine. honestly, i think i enjoyed handball more than the other 2 i had last year... felt the vibe of playing, baby -- running around, getting the ball (and flouncing it! haha). it's very enjoyable, i tell you. now what will i sign up for next sem -- the last PE ever? i'm mulling over table tennis.

finals, finals, finals: 100 or bust

i have exactly seven days to salvage whatever self-respect i have left to still manage a DL status... because in the rate i'm at right now it won't happen. my 'a' is in such a terminal wreck i don't know how to rescue it through the exam -- which the prof said would be very, very difficult. i'm really going to try my darndest even just to pass. after that, i can breathe.

.. with that, i know i won't be able to post again until the start of sembreak, so for all of my alteregos here, good luck with the exams! *zapping off*

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