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: 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!
Sir: O, plus 1 sa final grade. Anong kahalagahan ng La Liga Filipina sa buhay ni Rizal.
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!
Na-kornihan ako kasi sa Batangas lang ang field trip…I can just go there any time -- this was before the trip. Pero naisip ko…hindi rin. Kaya happy na rin ako – this was after the snorkeling experience! Yahoo!
The vastness of the ocean seen from the surface was spectacularly overwhelming. As I plunged into the open ocean with my life vest on, there was much more vastness – incomparable. At first, I had to get used to the snorkel, which was really difficult for me. I had to learn it on my own because that’s what the others did. When I asked my classmate, who has already experienced snorkeling, why am I having a difficulty in breathing, she merely said that I was just panicking. I wanted to ask how exactly can I do it right, but it really seemed that I had to find it out on my own. And so I explored on my own, convincing myself to calm down and relax. Don’t panic. Until I finally did it and I was just so amazed by the fact that I did it.
The next thing I knew, I was swimming without my life vest. Whew. But I couldn’t risk going too far from the shore.
The marvel of that fact that I was actually seeing different kinds of fishes (you know the ones you see in aquariums) and I was there swimming with them was enough to take my breath away, sometimes even literally. But as I swam and moved farther from the shore (this I assumed when I could see a more vast area), it actually scared me to go on so I always ended up going back and not being able to explore more. I don’t have the guts. I wasn’t able to do manta towing as well, a water activity where you get to be dragged by a boat while viewing the deep with your snorkel on.
August 29, 20072pm
Prior to the CHEMbot event, nag-FRIULI muna kami ng blockmate kong si Matet. Tagal pa kasi ng 6pm na event. Ayan…excited na naman ako! First time ko sa
9:30pm
Then after ng CHEMbot event, nagpalibre pa ang isa kong blockmate na si Lubai sa McDO-Katips. Oh well, burger and fries meal lang naman. Sige, go lang. Ayan…baboy. Nakita ko pa si Claire (chupekwa 
