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Feeling Really Haggard

Posted on October 11, 2007 at 17:36 Down the Drain 2 Comments

When I came to school at 9 this morning, John Paul and Marc Jones were the only ones around. Subsequently, the rest came one after another. We finalized our answers in Stat105 4th long exam (thanks to John Paul who reviewed my green book – our answer sheet – or I could’ve lost some points!) and then situated at CL1 (Computer Laboratory 1). Academics is killing me softly. Name them: (Monday) CMSC131 and CMSC123 finals, (Tuesday) Stat105, SocSci26, and CMSC140 finals. Two of these are take-homes but it still requires great effort. Sometimes I can’t help but think that perhaps it would’ve been better if we had a ‘real’ exam instead. Plus, Java Calculator Applet and PHP Exercise with MySQL as deliverables for passing CMSC140. A project is also required in Assembly and, luckily, we’ve already presented it to Ma’am today. I’ll show our code below. ^_^

We had a little quality time in the lab this afternoon. I’d say that somehow, and even if it may seem pretty late, our batch has finally become close to one another. Well, should be. No man is an island, and definitely you won’t survive a course being alone. It’s Mary Glo’s birthday today and we asked – no, forced {lol} – her to buy us food. She bought two packs of that sweet buttered, err, toasted bread I usually eat. I was alone when I rode the tricycle going to the dorm. Then I saw my other classmates walking. Tsk, I should’ve left the lab together with them in the first place. Neh. And yeah, Charmie, a sophomore BroadComm student who’s a friend and classmate in Badminton, got her article published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Young Blood today.

Wet and Wild and Unwind

Posted on October 10, 2007 at 20:13 Down the Drain No Comments

I felt very down as the reporters discussed their respective topics on String Processing and Graphs in Java this morning. I was trying hard to answer our Statistics take-home exam but I just can’t seem to do so. Building castles in the air was the only thing I did when the topics covered in the exam were discussed. But I didn’t lose hope. As we finished lunch I immediately got my pen and green book and eventually got the hang of it in the end. This semester’s loaded with a lot of take-home exams (CMSC140 & CMSC123) which, despite their ‘friendly’ names, still contribute a big part to one’s time management.

We had dinner at Lola’s Inn and rain started to pour as we were about to go home. We were left with no other choice but to chase it and arrive at the dorm all soaked. I passed by Althea, a 4th-year Public Health student, and she called to me, “Basa.” (wet) and I replied, “Gani.” (yeah/yep). My roommate Hanny John invited me to go with them to town to unwind. I declined. I have no plans of doing such thing at all. There are still a lot to do. I should cope with my lazy days (argh, and these days happen to be the finals-week days!) and meet the deadlines. I merely asked him to buy me a burger. *grin*