the hunt for the skeleton mode

so, here i am again, in the ust main library, specifically the internet room...just to post on my blog. hahaha. that's a lie! i will not waste my time coming here para lang malaman niyo kung gaano ka-boring ang life ko.

im actually here to take an online exam in lts. our internet connection at home kasi is so bad that i flunked the last time i took the exam there. pero may topak din yun site ng ust. paano ba naman kasi. i answered question #1, tapos ang tagal ng submission so i logged out. may ten minutes time limit kasi ang test. then i logged in again and answered question #2, and lo ang behold! i was surprised to see the warning sign na 1 minute na lang ang natitira! where did the other minutes went eh nag-logged out nga ako?! even if i dont read the questions and just answer randomly, i would fail because the connection is really bad. ten out of ten nga ako, i exceeded my time limit by two minutes naman. 3 questions lang yata yun pumasok sa ten minutes. so im 3 out of 10.

so...i emailed our instructor last august 9. wondering if he can explain the "mystery of the missing minutes." but, he didnt reply. how rude! so i emailed him again last week. still no reply! bahala siya! it is so not fault! sabi niya pag may problema during the exam, we should logged out. that's what i did! if there are other problems, we should email him. that's what i did! boo talaga!!!

well anyway, that was weeks ago.

did i ever mention...no, i believe i did not...i am...the ...well, im the class president. wahahaha. im not trying to be humble here, but im not president material. me no have leadership skills. kaya lang ako nanalo kasi lahat ng magagaling, officers na ng mga orgs so di na raw sila pwde. and another reason is that majority of my classmates this year are my classmates last year. so siyempre, mas kilala nila ako compared to other nominees from the other sections last year.

well anyway, the reason i told you that so that you'll understand why im the one who went looking for the missing skeleton for 30 minutes. haha. di ko alam kung totoong skeleton ba siya o plastic model lang, basta nag-skeleton hunting talaga ako sa buong medicine bldg (our bldg together with future doctors and nurses). gusto kasi ng professor namin na may skeleton model habang tinuturo niya ang skeletal system.

so ayun. i came to school 45 minutes earlier. went to the dean's office to ask for permission. and after some begging, pumayag na rin. so i went to a room in the first floor, kasi nasa room na yun lagi ang skeleton model. wala. so tiningnan ko lahat ng classrooms sa first floor. actually, silip silip lang kasi may mga klase nung time na yun. nakakahiya kung makita ako ng mga teacher. wala. so i went back to the dean's. wala na yun nakausap ko kanina, si kuya jess. so umakyat ako sa 6th floor para hanapin siya kasi dun siya minsan. wala. punta uli ako dean's. dun na siya. tinanong ko kung saan yun model. sabi niya first floor. sabi ko wala. pumasok siya sa isang classroom para tanungin. sa room 609 o 607 daw. 6th floor po yun. so umakyat uli ako. may nakasalubong akong friend so may kasama na ako ngaun. walang skeleton sa buong 6th floor!

grr...baba ako 4th floor. paxok ako sa gross ana lab. may nakita akong cadaver. malayo kaya i cant describe much. maitim siya. payat. tuyo. konti lang buhok. hindi nakakatakot tingnan. mas nakakatakot pa tingnan kung may cover siya. haha. malaki yun lab kaya may 4 akong skeleton model na nakita sa mga sulok ng room. my friend and i were tempted to steal them. pero di na namin tinuloy ang aming balak kasi baka multuhin pa kami. so baba uli kami. buti na lang nandun pa rin si kuya jess. sabi niya di raw pwede kunin yun mga model dun sa gross ana lab. boo! so nag-suggest siya sa room 209. buti na lang meron na dun. haha. pero di kasi siya 100% skeletal model. may mga muscles, nerves, ek ek pa siya.

so the problem now, paano namin i-aakyat yun sa 6th floor? buti na lang nakasabit siya sa pole at may gulong sa ibaba. nakakahiya kaya! lahat ng mga tao tumitingin sa amin. i am not used with all the attention! haha. tapos ako, clumsy person pa. i kept on tripping sa mga gulong. yun friend ko tumatawa na lang.

since yun bldg namin connected sa ust hospital, we were able to go in the hospital and used the elevator there to go up the 6th floor. yun babae nga sa elevator, muntik nang sumigaw nang makita ang skeleton model. tinatanong kami kung totoo ba raw yun. haha. hindi po namin alam. pero mukha siya totoo. except for the muscles and nerves (na mukhang rubber bands).

and so finally, we were able to bring the model in our classroom. buti na lang di nag-absent yun prof (kasi madalas siyang nawawala), kundi sayang lahat ng pagod namin ng friend ko.

nakakatuwa yun prof namin sa biosci. pero that's another post na lang. kasi may time limit kami dito sa internet room! ciao people!

i opine that he's a moron

i just want to complain about a certain english teacher (he's not yet in the professor level) who has been teaching in ust for a few years now. i dont hate him. i just dont like him. yes, im judgemental. but i believe that my reason is valid enough.

i don't like him not because he doesnt know what "opine" means, but because he refuse to take a few seconds of his precious time to look at the dictionary and see what that word means. as an english teacher, it is reasonable to believe that he has a dictionary. maybe even one on his bedside table. but how come when he saw an unfamiliar word a mere student wrote, he quickly considered it as a mistake? why cant he check the dictionary for the possiblity that that word may exist in the freaking english language?

i wrote that word in a freaking essay. essay, okay. it's a written form about opinions. so naturally, i wrote: " i opined that....", and that ass put a questioned mark on the word opine and considered it as a mistake. hey, this is not about my grade. this is about my pride. a pride he trampled on because he indirectly considered me a moron. yes, im a moron. but im not that moronic not to know the word opine! just because im a mere student and he's a teacher doesnt mean that he cant learn a new vocabulary from me!