Time goes so fast, Heaven is lost

Prof: O, bakit ganyan ang buhok mo?
Classmate: I was sleeping a while ago, sir.
Prof: Is it that time of the sem already?
Classmate: Sir?
Prof: Is is that time of the sem already—when you don’t get sleep?
Classmate: Yes, Sir, I think.
Prof: Ah, I don’t think it is yet. It is that time of the sem already when you have to content yourself with just eating instant cup noodles, and you don’t take a bath anymore.

[Whew. Darating din tayo diyan, sir. XD]

Prof: Ikaw, may bagsak ka na?
Classmate1: None yet, sir.
Prof: Talaga?
Classmate1: Yes, sir.
Prof: Dapat meron kang bagsak para masabing regular na UP student ka. Ikaw, may bagsak ka na?
Classmate2: Uhmm. Isa sir.
Prof: Ano?
Classmate: Math17 sir.
Prof: Dapat talaga may bagsak ka para masabing regular UP student ka… Kung wala kang bagsak… eh di hindi ka regular UP student.

[Haha, nasabaw ako dun.]

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Another two weeks to go and the semester’s going to end. Somehow, I want it not to, just yet. Or I want the time to stop altogether, because of two reasons.

Firstly, I have tons to do. I haven’t dealt with my regional literature paper seriously at this juncture. It’s the one about aswang, and although there are quite a number of books discussing it, my Prof’s preferences are driving me out of my wits. She wants me to do things about this stupid paper, which I don’t want to do. And I’m thinking, “Hello. I’m the one doing the research. Do your own if you really want that.” XD

Another paper is also due in less than 3 weeks’ time. This time, it’s for my J100 [History of the Press] class. And I haven’t thought of a clear topic yet, which should be about an issue of the Philippine media. Well, I have an idea or two, but I still would want to talk to my prof about them. Silly, really. Since she said at the beginning of the course that we should start doing the paper around August, because she noted that most (if not all) of her students only work on the paper when it’s due in about a month. My (our) case is probably worse. ((:

And then, I still have to make that scrapbook about my life for my Psych101. It would be a work-intensive project, I know. But I’m sort of looking forward to doing it. [I want to engage myself again in some sort of a creative project, which I haven’t done since high school, maybe.] That is, after I’m done with the first two papers.

Which brings me to the second reason why I don’t want this sem to end yet. I’m enjoying my Psych101 class tremendously. The topics are very interesting. During high school, I even thought of taking up Psychology, but let it go. It was a fleeting thought and I dismissed it because my tita was already pursuing her degree in the field, and probably one in the family is enough. XD But yeah, I really liked my General Psychology class. It’s one I class I feel so comfortable in, and I really looked forward to it every Wednesday and Friday. Well, psychology has sparked a new (or renewed) interest in me. I’m seriously considering taking it as my minor—3 more psych courses, and then maybe when I graduate, I could claim, “I’m a Journalism major, minor in Psychology.” XD

Sigh. Who doesn’t want good long days of rest? I certainly want to get through all these heaps of papers and exams, and stress. But for now, I wish this sem would get longer and time would slow down, since I couldn’t keep up with it in its normal pace, more so now since the colds finally hit me. [I really thought I wouldn’t get colds this year, even if I get wet frequently because of the unpredictable weather.] Now, I coulnd’t funtion well.

My workload’s screaming at me to get them done, and I want to scream back, 

“Dude, I need a Guido… I mean, a pit stop, too!”