First of all, let me get something straight: This is TUMBLR, not a diary. I know what it says on the title, but when I went to Tumblr to post this I SPECIFICALLY told myself to make a site that doesn’t say “private”. Why am I telling you about this? I want to make this school-related post ala Diary of a Wimpy Kid to shake things up. My first year in college is officially over, and I am now on vacation mode. Despite the excitement of having no obligations to wake up at 6AM and squeeze inside the LRT this summer, I miss going out of the house every morning to go to school, eat around Taft, and hang around with my friends. Oh no why am I being like this? This is strange for a student like me to say that after a very hectic school year. Like everyone else, I hate those long periods of doing the same forms of entertainment every single day without any recreation outdoors. Frankly speaking, I cannot survive staying at home a whole week not only because of the excruciating weather but also it is sickening to do the sleep-eat-surf-read pattern seven days a week without any interaction from the outside world.
Because school suddenly came in mind, let us take a trip down memory lane on my freshman year in college, from May 11, 2011 to April 20, 2012:
May 2011
- Attended the LPEP Freshman Orientation on May 11-12, 2012 where I first met my blockmates (LR23)
- Went home with Monzie on the very first day of LPEP and the bond began there:)
- First day of college was on May 24
- The line to the classrooms in Andrew building reached EGI Tower
- Inside the classroom, I met more blockmates who weren’t at the LPEP
- First subjects I ever had were CRITHIN, SCIENVB and ENGLCOM
- First time to eat at Agno and Gravy Fix
June
- June 3 - First out-of-school trip with blockmates at SM Manila
- June 4 - first meet-up with IV-3 since graduation at Mang Inasal and Mcdo Retiro
- June 16 - DLSU Centennial Celebration spent with blockmates and IV-3 friends
- June 23 - Stranded at UST with IV-3
- First time to eat at Red Spoon (RIP)
July
- Heard the most obnoxious things ever in class
- July 3 - SCIENVB Field Trip at Hidden Valley
- July 4-5: Worst days ever in college (long story)
- July 6 -Freshman Convocation + LR23 as Mad Men picture taking
- July 9 - First time I ever bonded with Monzie, Kevs, and Tisha
- July 18 - The day Jeline came to my college life (lol) through our surprise lunch at Yellow Cab
- July 20 - Bonded with some of my college girlfriends at Zaide :“>
- July 21 - ENGLCOM free cut + bonding at 7-Eleven
August
- August 6 - FWDANCE Culminating Party aka one of the best days ever! Bonded with blockmates at Animo Food Haus and The Coffee Bean
- August 7 - Koro, Kanta, Kultura at Philamlife Theater
- August 11 - Road trip at Recto with ENGLCOM groupmates
- August 20 - Kevs + Monzie’s double birthday celebration in Galleria / CRITHIN Final Video Project viewing
- August 21 - SCIENBV Day
- August 23 - Bonded with friends in school + first time at Zentea
- August 24 - Zentea + swimming in Sofia’s condo ;)
September (nothing really happened except these three things)
- September 1 - Failed to make the dean’s list on the supposedly easiest term in first year. Believe it or not, I was among the few people who wasn’t happy with her first term grades. While everyone was celebrating, I was sulking in a corner.
Bitter thoughts:
- September 2 - SE11ORS Reunion in STC to get our yearbooks! Went to DLSU + dentist + Mcdo Retiro + STC + Mang Inasal + Mcdo Retiro to be with IV-3 and other batchmates <3 Best day of September!
- September 30 - After a very lame month, my aunt and I went to SM for the sale and had fun
October
- October 8 - IV-3 bonding + met new friends at Ferica’s 18th in Greenhills
- October 9 - DLSU Animo Run at SM Mall of Asia + lunch at Mcdo, Starbucks, and Robinsons Midtown with Tisha and Kevs + went home and slept at noon after 24 hours of no sleep
- October 28 - Cups of extra rice at Hainanese Delights + Timezone + DQ = A hilarious yet memorable bonding day with T, K, and Jeline at Midtown
- October 29 - Last day of CWTS-C1
- Planned our FILDLAR video project
- November 11 - First time to pre-enroll, chatted with friends in FB until midnight
- November 17 - Ghost hunting with K and T in school
- November 19 - Watched Boses at Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium
- November 24 - Ultimate kada road trip!!!! Went to UST, walked endless kilometers to the National Museum to no avail, dinner at Jollibee
- November 28 - A very bad experience at the National Museum :/
- December 2-3 - Spent 12 HOURS (with a 30-minute nap) to edit FILDLAR final video project
- December 7 - Chem long exam + Starbucks twice in a day
- December 8 - Spent six hours editing my ENGLRES final paper
- December 9 - Last day ever with LR23 :( KFC for lunch + U-Mall + Mcdo for snacks + submitted ENGLRES paper + surprise trip to Midtown with friends
- December 12 - Played computer games in Midtown + Krispy Kreme with Kevs and Tisha
- December 13 - Went to Midtown again with these two but now with Monzie + dinner at Chef D'Angelo
- December 14 - Christmas gathering at Monzie’s crib! Shakey’s, chocolates, and movies galore :)
- December 16 - Went to UST Paskuhan and met up with some of my IV-3 girls
- December 18 - Flight to Singapore
- December 20 - Finally…I MADE IT TO THE FIRST HONORS DEAN’S LIST!
January 2012
- January 9 - Went back to school
- January 10 - First visit to Bubbletea
- January 18 - Malate Cosplay Competition + felt sick in the morning due to the chicken karaage
- January 19 - The day before my birthday, I treated my friends to Chowking + played Guitar Hero for the first time at Timezone!
- January 20 - My 18th <3 Lunch at 7-Eleven + dinner at MOA with dad
- January 26 - Interview with the Malate Literary Folio staff
- January 28 - Went to Trinoma for the first time since August 2010
- January 30 - Registered for dance class for LEAP 2k12
February
- February 1 - Malate Initiation Day at CCP Complex!
- February 6 - Forever Alone turned Hyper Monday = Mcdo + Amphi + KFC
- February 14 - Best Valentine’s Day ever! LEAP 2k12 + photoshoot at school + skating at MOA + dinner at Sbarro <3
- February 16 - Attended the Harlequin Theatre Guild’s Haunted Hall =))))))
- February 17 - Got jailed for not wearing green
March
- March 14 - Rehearsals for Telex Moon in the morning + Midtown + interview at the Philippine Daily Inquirer office for POLISCI media project + dinner at KFC
- March 16 - Tonying viewing
- March 17 - CWTS-C2 culminating activity + Choko-Choko fever
- March 21 - Performed Telex Moon
- March 24 - Och’s debut at iBar
- March 28 - FWSPORT Promotion Test in taekwondo + watched Pump Up The Animo rehearsals
- March 31 - Watched The Hunger Games with friends at Tri
April
- April 3 - Last class day! After so many weeks, the five of us bananaheads were complete again :)
- April 10 - Met up with Monzie and Tisha to submit POLISCI media project
- April 12 - Met up with M and Kevs to submit TREDONE requirements + lunch at Tapa King
- April 18 - Went to school for the last time this school year for the POLISCI grade consultation + bonding with M and T at Mcdo!
Last Thursday (April 19) was the penultimatum whether my first year in college would end happily ever after or in tragedy. To minimize the suspense, I first checked Twitter to get updates on my schoolmates whether they have viewed their grades on their MLS (MyLasalle) accounts already. Most of them were able to view them again already bringing them mixed reactions. My parents were so anticipated with my grades they even called me up to ask if I got them already. Several login attempts later, I was finally able to view my grades, and this is what my first reaction was:
"Yay!!! I don’t have a grade below 2.5 and I have lots of 3’s and 3.5’s and a 4!"
Using DLSU Frosh Tips’ GPA Calculator, I wanted to check if my grades sufficed the requirements to be a DL. A trial and error later, I was like this:
"I’m a DL again! Heck yeah!"
I can’t believe I survived the hardest term of the school year (read: third term). I thought I would not maintain the glory of being a dean’s lister but thank God all of my efforts paid off!
So to everyone who made my freshman year possible, namely professors, LR23, my forever fabulous Fantastic Four gimmick buddies / lunchmates (Monzie, Jeline, Kevs, Tisha), and friends from CLA and other colleges in all batches, here’s a heartfelt message from me:
