After graduation........

Ow. My thighs hurt. And so does my back. And my arm. All because of the insane combination of painting and paintball.

After hours of grueling practice, we officers are sentenced to finish the MURAL PAINTING community service the ETHEREAL batch started. Yup, we even painted those spans which extended deep into the heart of the PISAY JUNGLE. Grabe talaga.

Nagka-problem kami kasi bumaha na yung place... nag dry na ang paint [TO DEATH] at nauubos na ang officers. Biruin mo, 30 kaming OFFICERS, pero hindi nag abot ng 20 ang dumating! Wa. HELP. Tapos ka luod pa talaga ng stagnant water na ilang weeks na atang naipon doon sa green bucket. YUCK. EW.

In short, MAHIRAP MAG PAINT NG WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE.

To release our frustration sa paintING... nag paintBALL kami... Lingaw gud... kahit na first timers kaming lahat [save Enzo, who has the only non-officer player] therefore takot kaming magpaputok/tumakbo. In short... for very long periods of time sa aming game... DEAD AIR LANG. Hehehe. Naubos nalang ang bullets ni Enzo, wala pa rin. Buti nalang nadoon si Linus, Tomi, Godfrey [and Clemen?] at sumigaw sila ng instructions sa BLACK team. Whoohoo. Kaya natamaan ko si Chardi. Sorry bai, kung masakit yun..

Lucky for me, hindi ako natamaan... directly, at least. Grabe, sniper ata ito si Kim L, nag talsik gud ung fragments ng bullet niya sa akin.. near miss sa ulo ko! Whew!

Grabe gud ang sweat... kahit wala kang ginagawa sa game, pagpawisan ka pa rin. Nice gud siya na team building activity.... sana makaulit pa kami [sana hindi kami banned doon.. hehe]..

So that's why my thighs hurt [too much crawling and crouching] my back hurts [same reason], my right arm hurts [heavy paintball gun + naglaba ako ng marumi kong jeans].

Pero lingaw. AS IN. I will miss all the times we had together, CAT OFFICERS!!

LONG LIVE CAT! ~^..^~


-nEOnIX

Death by Singapore Scholarship Exam

Oh the emo-ness of the world cannot compare to what I am feeling right now...

I was reluctant to leave my cozy bed this morning to prepare for the Singapore Scholarship Exam. Effort kasi. And to think that I spent the last few days cramming in the library. Unfortunately, wala atang nag sink in, so patay pa rin ako. Sige lang. I mentally prepared myself for the barrage of INSANELY difficult questions that were sure to appear.

I arrived at around 8:32 am and I found myself wandering aimlessly at the Marco Polo Hotel lobby. Good thing somebody thought about clueless people like me - a sign greeted my eyes: Singapore Scholarship Exam... Level 3, Jade Room 3 & 4. I walked towards the elevator, [considerably calmer] and found Daniel S. and Geno waiting just outside. Whew. So I'm not lost.

The few people already present were cramming. NAks. Good thing Math is after lunch. :D I registered and found my seat number [28]. Wow, 22 out of 33 people pala ang galing sa pisay! ^_^ We were allowed inside the 'examination hall' at around 8:50am. Ka-table ko nga pala si Jan David at si Anne Go. Nasa harap ko si San.

Weeeeeee... ENGLISH! I spent the greater part of my time composing a 350 word essay on the dangers of plastic surgery... I loved the reading comprehension part - PAY-PER-CLICK advertising! Whoohoo! Nainis ako slight sa fill-in-the-blanks... But overall, it was an okay exam. I felt the first signs of hunger at around 10am, however, and by the time the exam ended (11:30am) , I was STARVING!

Me, Arie and Farrah went to Gmall for lunch... There, Arie's dad oh-so-kindly treated us to a KFC bucket meal! Thank you so very much!!! :D I ate more food than Farrah daw... hm. ewan ko ba. Basta I could hardly waddle towards the exit, due to the unnatural amount of food I consumed.

We got back to the hotel at around 12:40pm... people were still cramming. Naki cram nalang ako - malay mo, may makuha pala ako. :D Besides, I totally expected na wala akong ma-answer...

...and what do you know... it REALLY was INSANELY difficult.

You have to answer 4 questions, just like what our sample test told us. Unfortunately, it forgot to mention that there were only 4 questions to choose from, unlike the 5 the sample test made us solve. In short: ANSWER EVERYTHING.

Even worse, our answer sheets booklets resembled empty yellow filler notebooks. The only text you can find within was "Question Number...". In short: SHOW YOUR SOLUTION.

And REALLY worse, out of the 4 questions, it seemed to me that only #s 2 and 3 were written in English. It was something like this..

1. Assume that (b/a)^n is insignificant/very small when n = 4, 5, 6... Show that (a+b)^1/3 - (a-b)^1/3 = 3b/2a x a^1/3 [!*&^#$!&$#*]
2. You have 7 differently colored shirts. You have a ton of durian fruits. And dice. And chemical engineers. What is the probability of you getting this right?
3. Some guy died sometime ago. We found him 2 hours ago when he was 30C [degrees Celsius], but now he's 28C. Ah? We found him at around 8pm... So... when did he die, Detective?
4. Cartesian plane Argand Diagram complex numbers integrate y = cos^2c + 3 .......what?????

I spent the first 30 minutes (of the 2 hour exam) staring blankly at my paper, while the others where frantically writing their answers. I was seriously considering turning in a BLANK answer booklet!!

waa help. -headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk-

Only then did I realize that differentiation and integration is so super EASY AND SIMPLE. Only then did I appreciate the piece of cake that our 4th Quarter math exam was. I knew, right then na BUGO AKO SA MATH. WAYNE............... IS LIKE THE SMARTEST EVAR. This......... was HELL. INFERNO. SPARTA. by comparison. WHATDIDIDOTODESERVETHIS???????????/

In compensation, nag pool at nag rooftop kami. We found out na off-limits ang rooftop [kuno, hahaha] but we went there anyway... at natakot kami kasi mag-open na ang elevator...(oh noes, makita tayo ng executive!!) Buti nalang nandoon si Baula. HA! We're saved!!

Tapos nag visit din kami sa ADDU for like 10 minutes. And yes, I managed to get lost in that place in that short period of time. Grabe no? Feel ko nabuang na talaga ako dahil sa Singapore exam.

And to think na may Physics [and Chem, para sa mga special people] pa kami bukas.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
"An act of inaction is an act itself." -Janille
-nEOnIX

Rit squared.

That... wasn't exactly the best retreat of my life. I want my P800 back!!

I was expecting lots of physical activity, so I brought an extra shirt, shorts, slippers... but all I got was an airconditioned Function Hall. Which was very very cold, bytheway. I expected EMONESS, but all I got was annoyance. Arrgh.

I We made ourselves comfortable by grabbing seats nearest the speaker. I was dismayed when the boys were placed in front instead, since they were WAY taller, and thus I can't see much of anything. Later, I found out that it was actually a good thing, since the speaker wasn't that good anyway and I can't be seen (and therefore cannot be called on... hehe.. pahamak na nametag...)

So, the nun [whose name kinda sounds like mine] welcomed us to our retreat with a few rules and regulations and a ton of reminders. No biggie. I wonder if anybody actually bothered to get a room key though.. [P50 collateral. Ang saya.]

And so, the speaker [whose name I COULDN'T remember until Heidi mentioned it in her blog] rambled on.. and on... and on...

1st activity: Build/Draw your roadmap. I made a really crappy one. And had fun while doing it. :D Nag sharing kami - 1/3 of Neutron!

2nd activity: I am can have. Nag sharing kami ng six roomies ko: Karla, Yannah, April, Mariel, Mithi, Ashi.

3rd activity: You got mail!! Write 3 letters to 3 significant people in your life... One for Kim C, one for Tara, one for Kent, 11 letters for the others..

4th activity: Passion of Christ + Candle chuva

I was not really satisfied by the whole thing... I spent my time writing letters to my friends. If the speaker cannot invoke feelings in me, I might as well do it myself. You can't really open up to somebody who stereotypes you.. who hardly considers your ideas... who manages to douse your excitement and enthusiasm with condescending words.

I was very very annoyed.

So kamikami nlng nag emo. And I'm glad that we actually took the initiative. I got.. 6 letters? :D Thanks talaga to Chardi, Berna, Tara, Gabby and April. I love you guys! Na-touch ako sa mga sinulat niyo. -sniff-

I enjoyed the night, however. I hated the fact na 30 minutes lng ang nilaan para maligo kaming LAHAT, pero lingaw talaga ang mga tao sa Room C. Tinabi namin ang mga beds... Tapos nag chikka kami about school and college and politics whilst snacking on Silver Light patatas and skyflakes. Natakot kami sa mga mumu and whatsover... Nagreklamo ako sa aking pillow na kasing tigas ng bato.. arrgh. 2:00am kami natapos, at nagising ako at 4:30am. Ewan ko ba.

That's why.. sa last activity... sa LISTENING tape.. when we were asked to reflect.. inaantok ako. As IN. I close my eyes... and down I go. I resorted to keeping my eyes wide open [which miraculously worked, despite the fact na bored ako masyado at conducive to sleeping ang place], which probably looked like ME being defiant and stubborn. Great. [and although i kept myself awake, I could hardly remember anything from that tape. :D]

U-S-E-L-E-S-S

Gusto ko rin mag complain sa kadamidaming technical difficulties and typographical errors. ARGH.

At least nabawi ni Father Andrew(sp?) sa kanyang lingaw na Homily about cellphones [kahit wala kaming phones @ that time] and God. Now THAT is something worth remembering.

I highly recommend na mag get-together ang mga seniors at mag retreat part 2 tayo. Kahit sa school lang. The actual retreat, although it was fine by material and physical standards, was sorely lacking in the emotional and [although not so] in the spiritual area. I think na... hindi nka sorry ang lahat na kailangan mag sorry.. hindi naka thank you ang lahat na may gustong mag thankyou.. at marami rin ata na hindi satisfied sa whole thing.

Further reading: Heidi's blog contains an excellent take on our retreat. Read it here!

"An act of inaction is an act itself." -Janille
-nEOnIX

Sudoku + Rubix Cube

SudoKube!

Sudokube, short form for Sudoku Cube takes two beloved brain bogglers and merge them into one. This unholy amalgamation of Sudoku and Rubik's Cube will definitely send your blood pressure even higher as you frantically wrack your brains trying to think of the possible moves in order to arrive at a solution. This puzzle game will definitely be a great addition to a (brainy) child's toy collection, while those who tend to waste away in front of a console shooting aliens from outer space could do with a little bit of thinking instead of just exercising their reflexes.
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I bought this 'unholy amalgamation' in NCCC Maa for a mere unholy P45. The sales..er..guy.. told me that 'maka kutaw gyud ni ug utok!', but I bought it, despite the warning. And stir my brains it did, for it took me last night + this afternoon to complete the puzzle.

The reason why it took me a long time to finish it was that I had excitedly scrambled my newly bought cube before paying attention to its orientation, arrangement, etc. Naturally, I ended up with a scrambled cube in my hands, with the black-and-white numbers dancing across my vision. :(

I sought the help of Grand Master Juneh who solved the cube just this morning! I didn't get a chance to examine it though, as it was already scrambled by Master Recy. :((

The cube is about twice as hard as the regular Rubix cube, as there is ONE and only ONE solution to it, orientation and sudoku rules included. !%#&^!*&#(!#^%#&*!#

I finally solved it!* Whoohoo! Grabe na brain exercise yun ba. Now YOU try!


*special thanks to Jana for finding a help guide for me!
"The reason of the unreason with which my reason is afflicted so weakens my reason that with reason I murmur at your beauty." -Eng4 Achievement Test
-nEOnIX

whew!

Those two weeks are probably the toughest I've experienced- EVER! Between the lab reports, projects, exams and RESEARCH, I could hardly get a moment for myself, much less post in this wonderful blog.

The worst part of high school life is over! And now, I only have 1 month left to enjoy my freedom.

Before I leave Pisay.

-emo-

This month better be the best one yet.

"The reason of the unreason with which my reason is afflicted so weakens my reason that with reason I murmur at your beauty." -Eng4 Achievement Test
-nEOnIX