Okay, I am writing because
1. weekends ngaun and for the first time this week, walang pasok bukas (sunday kasi X_X)
2. I am over my laziness to write...
3. something interesting happened today...
4. It is conducive to write because I am using my own laptop and not a PC from a computer shop (FYI: Iive in a dormitory, internet access is usually done through rented PCs) SUGOI!!
It is not that I have plenty of time to spare, it is quite the opposite. However, I believe in the wise saying that all work and no play make [insert name here] a dull boy/girl. (so? I made some revisions...) Anyway, it is good to take a break and breath from time to time. One should not risk burn outs, right??
Oh yeah, about the interesting thing that happened...
Well, the UP system is currently undergoing the Hell Month phase of schooling. It is an inevitable part of the semester which is actually the result of I-will-give-you-all-the-requirements-by-the-late-mid-sem-and-require-you-to-pass-them-all-by-the-end-of -the-sem professors. And mind you, it is as if the professors actually connived to fix the due dates on the same day!! Well, there are a few exceptions, but I believe few students will contend.
So there, I, being an ordinary student with limited resources and time is not immune to this Hell Month (please refer to the previous blog entry), and today, i found myself face to face with an impossible situation--attend the Nepomuceno class (Public International Law) without reading any of the chapters. The required readings?? Well, a mere six chapters! Not to mention that one of the chapters is almost equivalent to 2 chapters in length! If there's a part of the readings that I know, it would be the first chapter out of the six (chapter 10), and even with the knowledge that I have, I am not confident that I will do well in the recitation.
Anyway, I spend the morning thinking if I will not attend my ENLI (FYI: ENLI is a extra-curricular leadership class) lecture and read or do otherwise and jeopardize the recitation. After serious thinking (about 2 minutes), i decided to attend ENLI and adopt a I'll-cross-the-bridge-later attitude.
During the PIL class, our teacher decided to group us into 4, forming six groups. Each group will discuss, within 7 minutes, a chapter that will be assigned to them. The chapters to be assigned depends upon a highly technical process called simple random selection. It is when a person authorized to initiate the process writes the nominal representation of the matter at hand, in our case, the chapter numbers, into a small sheet of paper approximately an inch by a half inch, fold it and put it in a container or enclosed in the palm, shakes the palm or container and have representative of the groups pick one of the sheets. The group will discuss whatever chapter number is on the paper. (in short, bunutan...just messing with you... :P)
Upon knowing that we are to do such and given that I only know a chapter out of six, I think anyone will do as I did--wish/prayed/plead/begged/hoped to God that we get that Chapter 10! That is the only part that my groupmates and I--save one--knew. If we are to get the other chapters, I doubt that we will be able to a good job.
So after all the wishing/praying/pleading/begging/hoping, God, with all His grace and mercy, showed once again how much He cares for me. He answered YES! And we had a happy ending! la-la-la-la-la... Come to think of it, what are the chances that we will indeed get that chapter 10! Weeeeeh!!!
It seems that I was once again spared from a nasty situation back there. Happens all the time, actually. Sometimes, I think that it is too much pampering, but I have a sweet and loving God! Yey!!!
By the way, the seven-minute report did not materialized. We know the chapter all too well that my groupmates and I was able to discuss the chapter in detail--about 20 minutes!! O_O