What drives me to social pariah-ness

This.

This.

These crystals are driving me mad! Not that I've already done a lot. In fact, I'm still 14,500 words short of my write-up 21 days to the deadline. Seems like I've still got a lot of time in my hands. Sure. Problem is, I often find myself spacing out in the middle of attempts to try to figure out how to interpret my ridiculously-looking, all messed up results. And I mean that literally...

like THIS!!! ---------------------->

To be honest, I've spent more time thinking and worrying about what to do than actually doing something. So now instead of merely staring at my monitor, I choose to just write a dorky blogpost.

I'm sometimes socially awkward, alright. But please don't turn me into a total social pariah, like most serious science people are. Harhar. I just can't wait for all these to be over and done with and me to move forward already.

Je m'appelle...

Cramming outside the exam room. Starting in 25 minutes… :) (Taken with Instagram at University of Bradford)

Pretentious at the park

RnR while reading some scripts. (Taken with Instagram at Esterházypark) Because studying at home never worked for me. Home is too much of a comfort zone with food, TFC, and the Inet. :D

Swot attack

Last piece of utterly pestering shit before I go go go…!

Best uni perk yet: 24/7 library

At 2am. Where else would I be…? #swot

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Transition state = high energy, PV = nRT

Today on Facebook, my college batchmate posted a link to her new blog entitled "transition state = high energy".

That definitely caught my attention obviously because I think she got the idea from my comment on her post. :)

In a chemical reaction, it is in the transition state where the highest energy is needed.

Similar to life, whenever there is a transition taking place it takes a lot of energy to cope with the transition. Be it a transition from school life to work life or from bum life to work life.

Also on Facebook, I remember a friend posting this as her status:

It's no surprise that I figured that outright (hello, chemistry major!). And I love the statement! This is from the ideal gas equation PV=nRT, where P is pressure, V is volume, n is the number of moles of gas, R is the gas constant, and T is the temperature. Do the Math and you'll find out that "nakaka-[nRT/V]" translates to "nakaka-PRESSURE". This friend is studying for her upcoming board exam and trust me, I can completely sympathize with her.


I hope I'm not making noses bleed here... :)

All work and no play makes Raph a dull girl

What a life! Never-ending strings attached to acads. Huh, for what? The love of studying? Crap.

When will I ever breathe the freshest of airs? Funny how, days ago, I ranted over not having anything to do and yet now STILL rant over having no time for play, eh? Ano ba talaga?!...I guess it's human nature --- d*mn human nature.

On second thought, it's not totally an all-work-and-no-play for me at all. See, I still find time to spend my precious time here. It's just annoying how my eyes hurt from reading (and sleeping? hmmm...) yet I can't afford to concede defeat against this hurting...I have to finish my thing before going to bed. No more ranting and raving for now. For that, oyasuminasai.

Butterflies all over my stomach

It's 5am and I'm having butterflies all over my stomach. Today's my last exam for my BS Chem degree...hopefully. I'm having all sorts of jittery feelings and I can't help but "blog" it.

I'm still anxious as ever towards graduation day! Am I gonna make it? Though uncertainty strikes, I still wanna believe that I'm gonna make it. It feels like 10 years already even though it has barely been two weeks. I just started to realize for real that I really really need to graduate! It really scares me...

I survived!

October 5, 2007


Haggard talaga ang araw na 'to for me. Imagine?! Kahpon, natulog ako ng 2pm-6pm. Tapos from 6pm(04Oct)-4:40am(05OCt) eh nagmarathon ako ng pagre-review ng chem 145 at chem 125, take home exam sa PI 100, at thesis! Whoah! By 4:30 am, tapos ko naman ang thesis proposal at PI 100 paper. Pero di pa ako aral na aral sa dalawa kong exams. Pero umidlip muna ako til 6am.


Nasa school na ako ng 7am at dun ko na lang tinuloy ang pag-aaral ng chem 125. After ng exam 10:30, tinuloy ko ang pag-aaral sa chem 145 exam for 11:30. Ang hirap ng exam sa 145 kahit multiple choice kasi uber objective at di ako nakaaral. SANA MA-EXEMPT AKO SA DALAWA!


After ng exams, 1pm, sa PH 1205 naman ako para gumawa ng 125 lab special project at i-finalize ang collaborated papers namin nina Joel at Kristel sa PI 100. Tapos nagpa-print, then pumasok sa PI 100. Tapos at 4pm bumalik sa PH 1205 para sa chem 125 project. At dahil magagaling naman ang groupmates kong sina Carlo, Ace, at Jebs, eh almost tapos na ang project pagdating ko dun. Pagkatapos nun, nag-demo na kami ng ginawa naming water-level indicator kay Sir Lim. Eto pa nga yun o!


Yung black device ang gawa namin, di kasali yung pinagpapatungan. Yun yung experimenter. Ang cute noh? Akalain mo yun? Nakagawa kami ng electronic device! So ok na. Pero di pa dun nagtatapos. Pinuntahan ko pa si Kristel ng 5pm sa FC kasi may play sila sa Theatre class niya.


At last! 6pm nakarating na ko sa bahay at TULOG!

All in a day

August 28, 2007

Na-haggard ako! Reporting ko kasi today sa PI 100, 4pm, tapos may midterm exam pa sa Chem 125 ng 8:30am. Pinilit ko talagang gumising ng 3am. Actually 2am yata ako nag-alarm pero 3am na ako nagising. Minutes before midnight ako natulog. Pagkagising ko at 3am, nag-start na akong magbasa ng Rizal in His Centenary, pages 35-60+. Then at 6am, I took a bath. After that, aral ulet ng Chem 125.

Fortunately, okay naman yung exam – that is, kung tama ang mga sagot ko. After ng exam, may class pa ako.

Buti na lang na-dismiss kami nang maaga sa Chem 145 just so I had the time to study my PI 100 report on La Liga Filipina. Reporting really stresses me more than exams. Okray “Queen” pa naman ang prof – Sir Jesus Ramos. Scary.

Sa pabigla-biglang pagsulpot ni Sir Len Lim (Chem 125 instructor), ewan kung narinig yung conversation namin ni Krystelle (ka-Chem) about him. The conversation more or less went something like this.

Krystelle: Is he mabait?

Me: Oo. (Nodding)

Krystelle: Is he tamad?

Me: Slight lang. (I gestured with my thumb and forefinger)
Hindi pala – ganito (I gestured with my two arms wide open just in time for him to appear right in front of us.)\

Oh my God! I just convinced myself that he didn’t hear the latter part of our conversation. Geez.

So much for the previous kamalasan kasi natuwa naman ako sa PI 100 kasi di ako pinag-report ni Sir! Sana lang hindi naman ako singko. Wala na kasing time kaya siya na lang nag-explain. Prior to our reporting, may exciting scene na naman.

Sir: O, plus 1 sa final grade. Anong kahalagahan ng La Liga Filipina sa buhay ni Rizal.

(Knowing na report namin ‘to, na-force akong sagutin.)

Me: In writing his novels, Rizal was merely a political analyst. But with La Liga Filipina, Rizal became a political activist.

Sir: Tama, noh? So, blah blah blah. (Then, may next question siya.)

Me: Uhm sir, ok lang ba? Report kasi naming yun.

Sir: Kaya pala tawa ka nang tawa, pinagtatawanan mo ‘ko kasi mukha akong tanga na tinatanong kita. Ang yabang-yabang mo. Sige, plus .25 na lang. A Sige, wala na lang plus. Report mo pala yun. Ok, continue (referring to the reporter in front).

In fairness, good mood si Sir ngayon. Kasi kahit inokray nya ako eh laugh trip naman ang buong class kasi nakatawa din siya. Haay…thank you, Lord!