breaking records
Classes start tomorrow and for the first time in all my whining history, I'm not that bothered.
It is, more often than not, at these times I reflect or regret what I did and more importantly did not do for the duration of the break. It is also with mild curiosity that it seems I do not regret anything at all.
Yes, I know this layout's good as trash and I have been anything but up-to-date but I've pretty much resigned to the idea that I wouldn't only be able to change it unless any form of internet connection at home resumes which I really hope would be soon enough or unless a good samaritan from Israel volunteers to do me one. *ehem*
Despite that and the fact that I wasn't able to finish my scheduled anime marathon which consists of Tenju Tenge, Peacemaker Kurogane, Hale Nochi Guu, and Naruto (the latter, i haven't even begun) --- I still feel somewhat productive for the whole of the 3 weeks devoid of classes.
To start off --- just last night, I made one helluvan accomplishment.
I, for the very first time, felt my femoral pulse!!! *wahahaha!!!* It's silly -- i know, i know. And its nothing perverse mind you, but for days since that dreaded practical for the red cross thing I got myself into, I've been groping, err, feeling XD for my femoral artery just about my inguinal area aka *singit*. If it wasn't for dear old (and I mean, really old) Dr. Lito Maranan, the UST Red Cross head and our instructor, by default, for the Basic First Aid and Life Support Training, I wouldn't pretty much give a fig about any other pulse I have but the ones on my wrist. But sheesh, like some perverse loony, he insisted we felt every single supplying artery we have with a not so discrete *ehem* attention on our femoral ones.
And if that wasn't enough, I think about 4 out of 6 sheets with the same question we had to pick one of had a 'femoral pulse' in them just so he could see us grope through our partners. *dot dot dot* ...SICK, just plain sick! Good thing I had a female partner, else, I think I would have quitted right then and there. ..Well, not really, but that would have been pretty weird.
At times during the span of our training, specially on those not so rare moments when my neurons have ceased to make logic of things, I even thought I was in some kind of subtle but equally strange sex occult. Who the hell invented those 'proper' carrying procedures where one has to be on top of the other in an almost missionary fashion?! What was it called? --- fireman's drag, I think. Despite our efforts of disposing of the most obvious traces of malice and simultaneously, trying our best not to snigger our wits out... it just didn't and wouldn't look good to just about anyone.*sigh* But what the hey, it was fun overall. I got to meet new people from different colleges and a few sempais from our own.
Anyway, thats where I spent most of my semestral break, undergoing various trainings a part of UST's Crisis Management Team --- to my dad's dismay.
dad: "importante yung presence mo dito sa bahay, ang ikli na nga lang ng sembreak mo, parati ka pang wala!"
me thinking: 'its not like i don't go home...' *sigh*
dad: goes on with his bantering to the tune of --- 'what if i die one day, you'll realize how much time we missed' and so on and so forth...
me thinking: sheesh, ill only be gone for a couple of hours... and if you only knew, I'm actually doing this so i know what to do in the case you get a stroke or something....
me: *sighs more audibly* asks for 'pamasahe' and leaves....
elk... drama. XD
Now onto more happy matters:
- I have saturday to look forward to... we'll (meaning, the red cross folks) be wall climbing/ rappelling somewhere in Pasig. Oh joy... ^__^
- I've got good grades!!! The hell I don't know what my Physics professors ate but I'm sure as hell grateful for that 1.5 in lec and 1.75 in lab in place of the passing grade 3 I was expecting for both. I would also definitely kiss ma'am dapa, my chem prof for giving me those two unos in lec and lab. The rest aren't that bad at all, with psychology being my lowest at 2.0 all in all added up to a 1.5 general average... OH JOY! *grins like an idiot* ^___^
- Although, I still chant 'What have i gotten myself into' from time to time since I accepted that stage decor head position for our college week's Phyt and Tempo, a sort of variety show type contest --- well, at least I've got the wheels turning.. (That was actually a bad pun.) The theme for College Week being 'Thirty Years Wheeling ahead and beyond'. I think that was supposed to be somewhat profound - relating the 30th anniversary of our college to the wheels found in our college logo's wheel chair. It's kinda dumb actually. I thought of Lightyear's "Through infinity and beyond" when I first heard of it. Anyway, to give you concrete visuals, this our official college logo:
Yes, Its pretty bland. That goes without saying. And this *points
downward* is the outcome of my initial attempts at tinkering the logo. Just to make things clear and to prevent any humiliation on my part -- the guy at the back is actually supposed to be dancing, and the one one the front is singing while sitting on a wheelchair made of '30' just to integrate the concept... *sinks down the ground* ..hey! what would you have done?! given that lousy concept to begin with. *sigh*
This is the latest version, so far:
Its not much considering I just played with some newly downloaded brush from somewhere but it certainly is much better than the pic where it all started. Right!? *sweat drop*
- I've also finished with a design proposal for our org shirt. Apparently, along with the stage decor job, Ive been requested if not 'assigned' to make our org's shirt design. Not that I'm complaining... that much. It was worth a try anyway so lookie here:
Can anyone please tell me whether its better without the grunge thing? Heres the plain one:
Hmmmn... that's that. What else have I missed. Probably -- "Yipee, classes start tomorrow!" ----- NAAAAHHH!!!
Posted at 08:24 PM by kieru
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