internship + school work + global recession

i have a lot of things in my mind right now. i am so worried about my internship. it’ll be february next week and that means i am running out of time in searching for companies to apply for OJT(on-the-job training)/internship. by march it should be finalized. i still need to go to Davao for our little vacation and of course to visit my grandma. i miss the Davao-life so much so i can’t miss that opportunity to visit before i start my OJT.

school’s boring me to death. i really hate my schedule. most of my classes are in the afternoon and it usually rains in the afternoon. so since i hate walking in the rain in the mud, sometimes i skip classes. fortunately, during my lazy days, our teachers don’t come to school also. haha. everything’s conspiring for my benefit eh? but what i hate more about my studies is that my teachers are not pressuring us. haha. i mean we still don’t have deadlines,  they are still not giving us hints that we’ll need to start sooner or else we’ll fail. ugh. i don’t understand them. i don’t want to panic when the end of the semester is nearing! is this some kind of a tactic against students? haha. i really need to start working on those requirements ASAP. as much as possible, i can’t let them win. haha

so Obama is now the 44th president of the United States. i honestly like him. he doesn’t only have the charisma that won him the presidency, but he has this vibe/feel that he really is someone very different from all the others. like anything he wants or orders, i won’t doubt if people will follow because majority knows it’s for the good of everybody. i really hope America will be able to counter this financial crisis so that the dependent economies will also recover. i am aware about this crisis since it started maybe but it was not THAT big of a deal to me before. i mean, i’m affected of the soaring high of prices but what i found out today really left me thinking deeply. then i started to panic. haha. i need to find a job. no i need to do better in my studies. ok i need at least a part-time job. but how about my scheduled overnights for our school requirements? hahaha. then.. silence.. i need to relax. haha things can sometimes go out of hand but God’s not gonna leave me. because of what i found out today, i realized that i need to set my priorities straight from now on. i think i discarded a lot of things that i should be mainly considering. maybe this is a way of reminding me what are practically more important.

-darksphere

back to school tomorrow + new year’s resolutions!

gah. and i hate it. i have to study two chapters over the break ’cause we’re having a written and oral exam tomorrow. but! haha up to now i still haven’t finished the first chapter. how sad. how lazy of me. but this happens to me after long periods of no classes. haha. maybe i’ll get back to focus after this week.

i finally had a list of new year’s resolutions. i really wish i can keep ’em. some are skeptical about new year’s resolutions. why wait for the new year to start anew? well, wouldn’t it be nice to start the year with good deeds? and i think it’s just timely that after a long Christmas break/vacation spent having parties, pigging out, having movie marathons, we’ll meet the new year by starting a change – a fresh new start for another 365 days to follow. it’s not that we cannot renew ourselves some time in the middle of the year though. you can always do whatever you want. you may or may not keep your new year’s resolutions. you may or may not make one either. life is all about choices after all.

anyways.. i really hope and pray that i can keep my new year’s resolutions! i can do it! aja![i’m still thinking if i’ll post my new year’s resolutions list]

ok… i think i should start studying now. ugh. i hate 7:30 am classes!

-darksphere

Mai 2008 in Review

here are the highlights of my 2008. [the ones i can remember. haha]

Mollusca (January 2008)

Mollusca (January 2008)

Sisters (April 2008)

Look-alikes? haha. father and daughter (April 2008)

Sisters (can’t remember when was this taken)

Sisters (April 2008)

Sisters (April 2008)

Mollusca (November 2008)

January

• fieldtrip for Biology[minor subj]. Destination? Duka Bay Resort, Opol Aviary and.. Cagayan de Oro’s Whitewater Rafting. the best fieldtrip for me. ever. we all agree that what we had was not a field trip but an OUTING! lol

February

• 18th birthday. no celebration. i’m of legal age now! [but i can’t feel it. haha]

March, April, May

• end of 07-08 2nd Semester [the semester that i enjoyed most ^_^; bye bye 2nd year]
• dad’s yearly vacation to the Philippines
• a laptop for me! thanks tatay! ^^,
• Summer Classes [finally done with all my minors]
• fell in love with Super Junior and Kpop
• movie marathons @@
• internet connection for me.. weeee!
• started learning how to write, read and understand Korean.

June

• start of my 3rd Year in BSIT [CSc 181(Software Engineering): welcome to hell, mai. lol]
• discovered what I really want to take up for college[history and political science]. yep. too late. haha.

July

• 1st “trip” to the Regional Trial Court [FYI, i’m not the accused. lol ^_^]
• loved CSc 151(Database Systems). [yep. i loved it. bahalag permi memorize. ]

August

• Iligan [that includes ME!!] got really disturbed with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front – Government of the Republic of the Philippines Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MILF-GRP MOA on Ancestral Domain)
• Iligan Bombings (3 hotels)
• MILF attacks in Lanao del Norte [which Iligan is part of, thank God they did not reach Iligan City. but I condole with the many people who lost their loved-ones, homes and means of living]
• received an apology from someone [granted. lol]

September

• start of the series of overnights for the completion of our project in CSc 181
• Iligan City Fiesta [was not as “bibo” as the past years’]
• my first Octupus Ride! haha!

October

• still lots of overnights for CSc 181
• school stuffs was really hellish!
• birth of this blog! ^^,

November

• more overnights for school stuffs esp CSc 181 [this month is the most hellish of them all. haha]
• but.. finally.. WE PASSED! wooot!
• had the shortest Sembreak ever. haha. because of my INC in 181.
• Start of 08-09 2nd Semester [babye 1st sem, hello to more challenges ^_^]

December

• Iligan Bombings [again] (2 Department Stores and there were more bombs discovered and detonated the following days after)
• Worst Christmas ever [most unsafe month for Iligan, and loneliest Christmas for me]

some notable [positive]changes:

• myself  – i’ve finally let go of some bad habits; i passed 181 the “initiation” of BSIT; i have a laptop!; i started learning Hangul! ^-^
• family – lots of ups and downs this year but we’re still going strong. [lol murag uyab. haha] there’s more to come, i know but i’ll be positive about it.
• sister (special mention) – we became closer this year and i’m so happy about it! love you guys!
• friends – bonded a lot with my college best friends this year. weeee. thanks girls. there’s never a dull moment when i’m with you.
• school – i passed CSc 181! i’m on my 3rd year now!! 1 more year to the finish line! woooohooo! aja aja fighting!

wow. now that’s a great roller coaster ride! that’s it. in a few hours, we’ll be waving goodbye to 2008 and saying hello to 2009. there were a lot of pains this year, but i also received a lot of blessings and love. i had the worst Christmas but even though it’s the greatest time of the year, it’s only 1/12 of the year right? what matters most for me now is how i spent the bigger part of the year. and even though i fell and almost gave up in a lot of struggles, i stood up and i’m happy to say that i got through them. of course thanks to You my best friend, my family, and my friends.

my sisters and i want to welcome the new year with a blast so we promised to really have fun tonight and tomorrow. good luck to us! 🙂

my thanks goes out to all who have been part of my 2008. thanks for molding me to the person that i am now, welcoming a new year. to all that i’ve hurt, sorry. to the ones who hurt me, i have forgiven you. i can’t even remember who you fellas are anymore. haha.

let’s welcome the new year with an optimistic heart and mind especially with what’s going on with the world now [the layoffs, financial crisis, inflation, wars, hunger]. have a great year ahead. let’s live, laugh, and love.♥♥♥🙂

happy new year! ♥♥♥

– darksphere