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Just as when I thought I could no longer escape the dark cave of thesis, horrendous losing streaks, and wild stuff I couldn’t think of anymore, the rays of sunshine struck my eyes. Lo and behold, I saw awesome people and with that I turned into a happy wiggly penguin again :“> 

Enough of Encyclopedia Dramatica and move on to life lately - a very, very delayed edition that a bunch of stuff happened a month ago! 

What happened in November: mustache everywhere, four weeks of blood, sweat and tears because of thesis proposal, getting all the white hair from worrying about a bunch of stuff, the MSMEDIA speaker series, all the ups and downs of PRODUCE, the internship at the Tullao Lecture Series, Aldrin’s birthday lunch (with Cadbury galore), and the Penguins going on their annual November hump once again.

What happened in December (so far): SMO Christmas Party, PRODUCE trailer shoot for our horror anthology series, caught up with TV shows and films, an enticing dinner at Bagnet 8065 with ze friends before the PRODUCE shoot yesterday, applied for the 1st Communication Conference central committee to celebrate the Comm Department’s 40th anniversary in February, distributed Green & White registration kits, and I’m getting DESFILM (Design for Film) and INDIFLM (Independent Film) for my electives next term. 

Christmas break, better be grade-A amazing! 

raeenroes:

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One of my favorite Simpsons episodes ever. 

vintagegal:

Gold of sunshine in her hair, lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose.

I will return to blogging as soon as I pass my thesis proposal.

I’m glad I’m almost done with my drafts, only have to work out on my revisions. Just a friendly reminder: the annual “November Sucks” trend has just hit its stride once again. Nevertheless, I’m glad my friends and family have been awesome and to be honest they’re the only pluses at this time. 

Well at least December has always been a great month for as long as I could remember. 

Good News With Thesis

It’s been two weeks late (yeah I know lots of stuff to do) but I’m proud to bear the good news that my topic proposal for thesis has been finally approved last October 16! The best part is, I was not asked to defend as three out of four panelists have approved my concept beforehand. The only one who gave me the verdict of “defend” was Dr. Diaz, but other than that I’m truly blessed to see the fruit of all my efforts to improve my thesis topic. 

A week before the second reading, I was in shambles. There wasn’t a single word typewritten in front of my laptop’s screen. My mind was point blank of interesting, crisp ideas. My future, whether to graduate next year along with the rest of my Comm Arts batchmates or extend for another term, was in doubt. I wanted to quit and drop the course altogether because I couldn’t get it together. I wanted to get off the monkey off my back but it was stuck with me. 

Then I was enlightened by my family, friends, my mentor Sir Doy, and God to not surrender and continue with what I’ve started. Besides, I’ve taken so many sacrifices and hardships just to get where I am right now. Moreover, not everyone has been given the opportunity to be part of the University’s most renowned degree programs. So I said to myself as I was writing the final draft of my topic proposal, “I’m a few steps away from fulfilling my lifelong dream, so why give it up now?" 

On October 13, before my PRODUCE class, I left five copies of my proposal in Sir Doy’s pigeon hole. 

Three days later, I finally got the yes I always wanted to hear. 

I cannot wait for my final term beginning in January of next year. I am almost there.