Summer Vacation

Woohoo... It's summer vacation once again!!! The year flew by so fast... I can't believe my first year in AdMU has finally ended!

I remember one time I was studying for our math long test. My dad entered our room to make sure me and my sister were asleep and to make sure the air-con was on timer. He saw me sitting on my table, solving problems on right triangles and polar graphs.

"What are you doing?" he asked me.

I replied, "Studying for my math long test tomorrow."

"Aaaah... So, when're your finals?"

"Uhh... I think it's on March 20-24. Sometime that week."

"Aaaahhh..."

And then he stared at me. I stared back at him.

"What?" I asked.

He shrugged. "Nothing." And then he continued to stare. I shrugged too and went back to studying.

For a while he just stood there, staring at me as I punched the keys on my calculator, solving problems on Chapter 7.3 of my material. I ignored him, since it was normal that he checks upon us every night and that he would stare whenever we're doing something late at night. It was quiet, the gentle humming of the air conditioner and the soft rumbling of the car engines passing by the road outside the only sound that can be heard.

And then he broke the silence. "Your first year is about to end."

I stared at him. "Yeah, I know," I said.

He stared back... And smiled. "Your first year is about to end," he repeated.

"Uhuh... I know, pa."

And he just continued smiling at me, and I just stared at him with this uh-what-now-? expression.

"You realize you have only four more years left in college?" he asked. I nodded, the same expression on my face. "In four years you'll be graduating... WOW."

I laughed. "Pa, don't say that. You're scaring me."

And then he smiled again and bid me goodnight. He left the room, and I stared at the door as he closed it behind him.

Yeah... Only four more years left. My first year went by so fast, I hardly realized it. So much has happened this past year. I met my course blockmates and my english blockmates. I got close to some people, even to those not in any of my classes.

I went to watch three movies with my course block (two in Gateway and one in G4), watched two movies with Pao and Abby (both in Gateway), watched one movie with Matt (in Gateway), watched one movie with Christelle and Mafel (in G4), and went to Timezone G4 with Margaux and Ralen.

Me and my En11 groupmates went to QC Circle twice for our feature article. Both times we met up at McDo Katipunan and then together headed to the Circle. There we ate at Bacolod Chicken Inasal, Sonson was chased by a group of gay people, bought chicharon for 10 pesos each pack, bought milo and iced tea. When we got back to Katipunan we ate at Max's.

I cut one drafting class in order to get to DLSU on Assumption Day... And I was wearing red. Every Assumptionista I saw was wearing red... Even those who didn't know what day it was. Funny...:P

I sat in on section C's drafting class during the last three or four meetings of class... And on each meeting I had a cup on McDo hot choco because each time Paolo and I would meet up in McDo before 7:30.

Went to Paolo's house for his birthday... And got drunk with drinking too much Coke. Hehe. Headed there with Rodri, Ang and Tosh. Haha! I remember that was the day when the Tosh/Daph issue started.:P

Me and the Abubot core went to Quiapo for the project. How many times? Twice? Thrice? Twice we went with most of te members of the core, and once with only Paolo. Fun... Riding the LRT from V. Mapa to Katipunan to meet the core, and then from Katipunan to Recto, walking through evangelista all the way to Quiapo church, riding the train from Recto to Katipunan, and then home from Katipunan to V. Mapa. McDo played a vital role in this too... Most of the time this was where we met up before heading to Quiapo.

I had the first sem finals... Making yet more papers for Acuna's class, taking the Math18a and Chem with MRT tests and fearing failure, making ice cream for Chem lab, wasn't able to finish drafting, and submitting papers for Eng. I passed first sem with a QPI of 2.08... Not very high.

We had the ACP, got tired with all the running, crawled in mud, swam in spaghetti, climbed a tree... And of course ended the day with an Apple Pie and Mc Flurry oreo in McDo.

I went to Simbang Gabi in Gesu, and on those nights my dad had to pick me up because I didn't want to ride a jeep back home.

Paolo, Abby and I went to Cla's ballet recital at th Meralco Theater. It ended so late at night that the only thing way I could get back home was by riding the MRT to Shaw and then riding a jeep home. Turns out that the MRT going south was already closed, and I had to take a bus to shaw while Paolo and Abby take the train north. But then I got down the bus a little past Shangri-La because it was too dark and I couldn't see where we were, and I had to walk in the dark, fearing someone might kidnap me, to get back to Shangri-La and ride that jeep.

I attended the CYA Crossroads retreat which resulted in me being part of Ate Portia's Action Group. Which turned out to be a huge blessing.:D

I went to Luday's Pink party with Ralen and Trisha, where we got to see Bam, Sansan, and many other batchmates from AC. We got Trisha to drink Vodka Ice even if she didn't want to at the start.:) I spilled some on Ralen's hand as I attempted to pour some into her coke.

And a lot of people mistook SOMEONE as my boyfriend... Hahaha! Very funny.:P

Dota... I don't play, but I went with my blockmates enough times to last me a lifetime.

Oh yeah... and all the plays we had to watch... Those late nights when I had to get picked up at McDo...:D

Finally, had our finals for 2nd sem... Math18b and Lit14. CAD was cancelled. I hope I pass.

Yeah... a lot has happened, and I will really miss it. The people I'm not going to be in class with next year, the profs I'm not going to have anymore... Everything... Haaay... I hope the next years will be as memorable as this.