Following My Yellow Brick Road

Almost everyday of the past three weeks in my new school, has been so exciting and gratifying. I am learning so much stuff I need and equally love learning. And it’s even more thrilling when I get to apply them. It’s so refreshing to have no more mind-numbing English, Maths or freaking Bible Study classes where you only have to memorize who’s related to which prophet who has a tongue-twister for a name and you pass, without understanding the relation of any of the contents to our lives. That’s one of the most worthless classes I’ve had to go to. I know it’s important, but the way it was taught in my old school was really terrible! Anyway..

I look forward so much to going to all my classes now even if I’ve to wake up at 6. It’s insane. Garment Construction 1 and 2, Sewing, Textile, Fashion Illustration, Color Theory. And so far I’ve made 3 skirts all from scratch. As in I took my measurements, did the calculations (in fractions! haha), made blocks and patterns, cut the fabric and sewed them. They’re in muslin although I can make them with nice fabric if I wanted to now. And I’ve learned to use both the high-speed sewing and edging machines. It’s just like learning how to step on the gas pedal in cars. If you can remember your first attempt, it probably sounded like you’re drowning the engine in gas, which is exactly how it was like with the sewing machine. It sounded so angry when I first stepped in the pedal, not to mention the test sheet went every which way, which was no good at all. I’m pretty much getting the hang of everything. I knew I was a quick study and now I’m putting it to good use.

I’ve been exploring my new turf, too. It took a few weeks for me to realise there’s Pancake House and other restaurants right on Salcedo st. where school is because my friend and I would usually walk to Kitaro at de la Rosa or Greenbelt-even to Glorietta.. all of which are in the opposite direction. Anyway, by now I know the nearest Starbucks and the quickest way to Greenbelt. We also found this park. It has this pond with *egads* DUCKS in it! Haha. I was also surprised to see these trailer-like stalls very much like the rolling stalls in Holland in the streets of Makati. They have very cheap food but I’m not sure about how good it is, it just looks shockingly neat.. not like corner carinderias at all.

I can now say that LaSalle College International is a really good school. I have a lot of universities to compare it to, I’ve become quite a connoisseur of colleges because for better or for worse, I’ve attended many already. Lol. ‘LaSalle College International in Manila is one of the 23 branches in eleven countries of Groupe College LaSalle of Montreal, the largest private bilingual technical college in Canada.’ They offer International Diploma and Certificate courses. Just visit their website for more info. There are no minor *cough*useless*cough* subjects. The courses are pretty straightforward. There is a nice student-teacher ratio, my biggest class having only 9 people in it, the least having only 3 students. A refreshing change from my old school where one of their specialties is to cram as many students into one classroom. I learn important skills here with very little fuss. You can’t help but learn. The teachers are not only established professionals in their field, they teach well, too. Oh.. and there are also short courses held during Saturdays, like Fashion Photography and Artistic Makeup.

Crichi.com exceeded the bandwidth limit again. It’s been down for a couple days, I think. That’s really surprising since I just had it upgraded not too long ago. Where is the constant, increased traffic coming from? Lol. I’m getting sleepy, I’ll leave this with a page of my doodles.. a lot of which are pretty Tim Burton-esque. Odd but I seem to be inspired by Sweeny Todd. Lol.