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Posted on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 in Everydays

My Bed I have a love/hate thing with Tuesdays. Love it because the next day will be a Wednesday and I’m off during Wednesdays. I hate because I have to wake up extra early.. I have a 7:30 class. I’d rather crawl back under my nice fluffly covers. So anyway, the day consisted of :

â™¥ a Fine Arts quiz about the more prominent Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art works (which I did ok in, I guess
â™¥ turning English words into Filipino (ex. variety – barayti, candle – kandol.. lol ok maybe i was just making it up- the candle one)
â™¥ laughing hysterically in this Aussie restaurant called The Gab that Ira, Nikki, Kaye, Hazel, Dana and I had lunch at.
â™¥ competing with about 4 different hands to try and get a poke at the tiny piece of dough we made for Biology class that nobody in our group could seem to get enough of and trying to smush it into the bottom of a grad cylinder with a stirring rod
â™¥ reading stories about martyrs in between 5-8-minute long silences induced by our uh… uhm.. ‘unique’ (for want of a neutral word) prof
â™¥ chocolate dribbling down my chin (i can be quite the pig without meaning to) because of that chocolatey chocolate pastry from Country Style. It’s the chocolatiest pastry I’ve ever tried. I forget what it’s called but it’s very fitting.
â™¥ the rehearsal for the freshmen induction ceremony thingy for this Friday.

We all basically go up on a stage to have a white beca with the school seal placed around our necks- as a sign of our being formally welcomed into the institution. Added homework: read the University Creed and be able to sing the University Hymn.. (im sorry but it really does sound like something we sing in church)

So… that was that. Happy this day’s over. Hunny coming over tomorrow yay =)

Tags: ass, corporate attire, dress code, University of Asia and the Pacific

Ms. Let-Me-Totally-Ruin-Your-Day

Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 in Everydays

Unpleasant security guards can really ruin my day. I mean, since they are security guards, they’re right there at the front gate, the first people you will meet. They can piss you off before you get anything else done. And I noticed that more often than not, male guards are much nicer than their female counterpart.

So I was dropped off at the University of Asia and the Pacific yesterday for my exam. The appointment that I had was for 1pm. I arrived about 15 minutes early (hardly the occassion to be fashionably late) and this is what happened:
I took out an ID to be exchanged for a guest pass and started to hand it over to the guard. I glanced at the woman and did a double take. She had her face contorted as though she was standing on a pile of something that absolutely reeks. Must be an extremely putrid smell. I didn’t smell anything though.

Anyway, I handed it over and she looked at me. No words. Just “The Look”.
Me (quite startled):
“Er, good afternoon. I need to go to Admissions.”
Her (just glanced, not even looked at me):
“Ha? Admission? Wan o klak pa. Maghintay ka na muna diyan. Ay duun sa mga upuan.” She then pursed her black rimmed lips to point to the building to her right.
Me (after screwing my eyes to try and see the invisible seats):
“Yes I was told to come at one o’clock but I’d like to go there now because I still have some oth..”
Her (cuts me off, raising her voice, made people stare.):
“Kaya ngaaaaa. Maghintay ka muna duun. Kasi nga wanoklak pa.”