Remnants of the past term..

I really was supposed to include these photos in my previous post, but I thought it would be better if I make an entry with photos taken from last term. Ah, those days. The crazy things we do.

Eating Star Peanuts at Gerald's place.

trying on Gerald's hat

hitting Embassy with Mez

getting ready for the bubble party at Jaipur.

peace out!

UKG party anniversary with Mez.

Panic At The Disco meet and greet at Podium with Trish my loves

sippin' 'em Starbucks coffee with Mark.

dindin at Cafeteria with Marvs and friends.

Cafeteria, dinner with Angel and G, and our other friends.

getting ready for the party with Yna.

with Nico my loves

with G at Hierarchy.

with the most annoying dude in the world - Jules! hahaha!

check out the last frame. Mike's trying to kill me!

me doing my cat face. =3

check it, look who's camwhoring.

with the lovely Lala =]”]

So that’s it, yeah. Some remnants of the past term. I’d be a hypocrite though if I say I didn’t have fun

5th term so far..

my artwork for my JOSERIZ class

So it’s already my fifth term in college, and I am still up and running. Last term was an amalgam of the good and the bad. But there’s more bad than good. The outcome showed it all. A lot of “firsts” happened last term. It was my first time to not ever get a 3.5 (95-97%) grade in any subject. It was the first time I partied so hard, so frequent, and so bad. I was literally out every week. I rarely stayed at the dorm. I think last term was my saddest and most depressing term. I met a lot of people – both the good and the bad, some I kept, and some left. I definitely do not regret anything that happened last term though because it was when I learned the most important lesson – prioritizing, or in layman’s terms, putting first things first. I never really got around to thinking what was important anymore. I was an angry child. I just wanted to get out and go crazy, thinking that would solve my problems. It did nothing good to me though. I almost flunked my subjects, but thank God I didn’t. God still loves me.

I’ve turned down almost every invite I got for the past four weeks since school started. Whenever I felt like going to any them, I just look back to what I did last term. I know I only went out whenever there’s no school the next day, but I was overly stressed. That’s what got me all messed up. I started to skip classes just to catch up on resting. But I’m glad I passed through that stage. At least I learned from my mistakes, and once again proved to myself that experience is the best teacher.

So now I am more focused. I am now taking my core subjects and these subjects need more of my attention. I cannot mess up. So far, I’m really loving my PRINMGT (Principles of Management) class. Obviously it’s all about Management in general. It could be managing a business, an organization, or yourself. I find this subject very helpful because it does not only give me an idea on how to run a business, but it also gives me the chance to evaluate myself whether I have good managerial skills. And based on my postulation, I am not yet a good manager since I can barely manage my own time. But in due time, I’m sure that I will learn. Or else all these years of studying and spending money on my education would be futile.

I think this term would be a very good term and it’s a time to redeem myself! My mom has no idea about this, but it’s good that I’m having my own realizations. I don’t want her reminding me all the time. I want her to know that I realize what I’m doing and I know what is right and wrong. Now I really could say that you can’t say anything unless you’ve been there.

It’s been a while..

But I have not forgotten about my WordPress blog. It has been a while since I last updated this. I just thought that putting something random here would be nonsense. Anyway, in the past few months, I have managed to: (not in any particular order)

-be hired as Mary Emme’s photographer

-pass all my subjects

-meet new people, and eventually became friends with them

-find who my real friends are

-download new music

-get a hold of copies of different movies I like

-buy new corporate stuff for school

-make my Mom mad

-get my hair done

-take better pictures

-update my Flickr and DeviantArt account and I uploaded a few photos

-write a poem about my youth, present life, and vision

-have coffee with a friend

-talk about my problems

-get my mobile phone smashed

-change my Livejournal blog’s layout

-have a decent conversation with my father

-get my Thailand trip cancelled

-wrote an “about me” essay

So that’s what I could remember. My fifth term in college just started and I am aiming to be on the Dean’s List. I have also applied for the scholarship to help my Mom with all the expenses. I have been reading Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as a requirement for a class. I was really supposed to buy that book a long time ago but something always comes up. The first week of classes are almost over and I managed to go through all my classes without any difficulties. I am excited and nervous for this term. I think it’s about time I get serious and aim for something big.