My mind's quite filled with thoughts wanting to escape, my heart's quite filled with emotions wanting to burst. And I guess, these make me not quite OK.
The sudden burst of activities rattled my mind like I've been hit by a ball. So I am not sure on how to start this.
Prelims week.
The prelims week, as expected, was dreaded by many, anticipated by some, loathed by few. As for me? Emotions were lacking but as I checked the time, panic started to get the best of me. I was studying organic chemistry last Sunday till 2.30 am of Monday morning. Exhausted, I retired to sleep. I woke up with my eyes as heavy as my organic chemistry book. I slept in the FX but it seems that traffic was not with me at that time. I arrived in UST at around 7.30 am, three hours and a half earlier for my examination. So I devoted my remaining time in studying and remembering everything.
The orgy moment was creeping and eating my flesh. Inside I was starting to panic because the things I have studied had mixed and I guess, was extracted. But luck was with me, I managed to answer the exam.
The exam in org chem lab caught me off guard. I checked my scantron for my answers, only to find out that I have not answered much. Things get worse when our proctor announced that we had only 15 minutes left.
Fuck. That's the word I could utter after the exam. I went home immediately because paracetamol and aspirin, known as pain relievers, could not remove the heartbreak my organic chem lab had caused.
At home. After eating my lunch, I went to sleep hoping that I will be able to forget the awful afternoon I had. And when I woke up, gosh! How refreshed I am! The time intended for studying Philippine Literature and Christian Ethics for tomorrow's examination was spent in Facebook. But after a while, I started reading my textbook in Phil Lit, reading stories that we had not tackled because I am confident enough that I knew the stories we had discussed.
Unlike the first day of prelims, I did not come to UST that early. Just enough time to study Phil Lit and Christian Ethics, enough to refresh the lessons in my mind.
The examinations for both were easy. Except that my stupidity ran in my veins for a while when I failed to see the instructions for the True or False. For False, I shaded 'B' instead of shading D. And how many statements with false as answers are? I can say they're many. Fuuuuu. :|
Again, I went home immediately knowing that I had to answer my take-home exam in Physics. I searched the net for the answers, few came up. And this few came only with answers, not with solutions. So I was forced to read theories and concepts in order to answer them. Luck was with me again. As for the questions I could not answer, I asked help from my friends. I was relieved that my friends were smart enough to answer them. That took me till around 1.00 am of Wednesday morning to finish what I could finish.
With 2-3 items unanswered, I arrived at UST as early as I could. I stayed at the Quadri with Lester, then went to the 4th floor at quarter to 9. So I started completing my take-home exam. Then lend them to my classmates.
After a brief recall of my lessons in both Physics Lec and Lab, the examinations started. DR was noisy enough to distract me, I mean us. Since I can not comprehend the question even though I kept on rereading it, I put my hands on my ears in order to concentrate and answer them. Sir Vicario is kind enough to place the equations at the last page of the test. The Physics Lab exam was similar to the lec so I had no difficulty in answering them.
Someone wrote a message at the back of my test permit. :P
Calculus was the next examination. But Wednesday night, my attention in studying Calc was diverted to writing. I wrote something for someone. So the next day, I had to study Calculus with Lester. Good thing he reminded me that some will be coming from the book so I started reading it.
The exam period was 2 hours. Two hours is enough to make my mind go bleed. Due to the number of formulas, I got confused. I failed to answer the first question in the problem-solving but happy that I got the second problem.
For the examination tomorrow which is Analytical Chem, I prepared for it by rewriting my notes and reading the book. I was just worried for the computation of gravimetric because I am effin' confused. Hoho.
Before the exam started, we had a meeting with Dr. Tongol for the ChemBack. While he was instructing, Abby, Ken, and I were studying for our exam. The meeting was not that long so we were just in time for the exam.
The first thing I did was check the number of pages. There were six pages. I thought it was back to back, but to my surprise, it wasn't! Then checked the last page! Good grief! It's not problem solving, it's an essay! Excited, I answered the exam. It was easier compared to our long quizzes. So I am confident that I will pass it. :P
The lab was confusing, though. I failed to study the quantitative analysis. Nonetheless, the exam was tolerable.
After that, we had our quiz in Anal Lab (again). So that day, I was sooo full of Anal Chem. :O
I went home after. Rested coz tomorrow's test is English.
The exam was ok. And yes, hell week is over! :D
ChemBack (January 22, 2011).
After the examination, I stayed in UST for a while. Went to see Moya and Roby to talk about some stuffs. We kept on convincing people to run but we kept on getting no as answer. Then we had lunch at KFC. Kuya Ralph came. We talked about possible candidates. Then we went back to the org room. After some time, Moya, Roby and I went down and were supposed to go to SM Manila to meet a possible candidate. But unfortunately, she backed out. So the three of us went back. I bid them goodbye because I had to help in preparing for the ChemBack.
By the way, when the group was talking in the hallway, Dr. Tongol saw me and said that Dean Nonato was looking for me. Out of my fear, I went immediately to the Dean's office. She said that I will be under her committee. Ken, Abby, and I would be under her committee. So after that, Ken and I started helping stuffs in the Instru room. Then we went down to set them up.
The registration started and the number of alumni was overwhelming. We did more than the tasks assigned to us. We did help in the souvenir and in the selling of the memorabilia. We also assisted them to their seats. It was really fascinating, seeing the alumni from the pioneer batch which is 1952 down to the latest batch. It's a nice experience talking and interviewing them. It seems that they're handing down decades of experiences that I will gladly accept.
After a while, the three of us went upstairs to drink water and have some rest. We stayed there for quite some time, talking and taking pictures. We then went downstairs to eat but unfortunately, there's no food left. This opted some of the faculty to have us dine in at KFC. We had a great, though late, dinner. Abby had to go home since her mother was looking for her already.
Dr. Tongol called me (yes, I was shocked that he was calling me) and passed the phone to Dean Nonato and she said that she was looking for us. So Ken and I went to Plaza Mayor and gave the results of our beat to her. Then we also assisted in the raffle draw with the leather Quadri watch as the grand prize.
Our night ended with picture-taking. All I can say is that I had a great time. ChemBack indeed motivated me to finish Chemistry and be successful in this field.
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