Hurrah

Yeah! It feels good to get a perfect score in a quiz in Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Laboratory (10/10). Now that's what I call bliss incarnate!!!

Rule #1

Don't do it if you don't (+ verb/verb phrase here).

Semestral GWA

Pick a semestral GWA you wish to achieve.

1.00 = 21/21
1.04 = 22/21
1.10 = 23/21
1.14 = 24/21
1.19 = 25/21
1.24 = 26/21
1.28 = 27/21
1.33 = 28/21
1.38 = 29/21
1.43 = 30/21
1.48 = 31/21
1.52 = 32/21
1.57 = 33/21
1.62 = 34/21
1.67 = 35/21
1.71 = 36/21

Pray hard and study well. Always smile.

Pantasya

Ewan ko ba kung bakit isang gabi, habang pinagpapantasyahan ko ang mga magagandang babae, pumasok sa makitid kong kokote ang ganitong uri ng mga katanungan: "Lahat o marami kayang mga lalaki ang nagpapantasya sa gabi, bago matulog, ukol sa mga kababaihang sa tingin nila'y makapagpapahinga sa nagpupumiglas nilang libog?" at "Ang mga babae kaya ay kasinlilibog ng mga lalaki?" Wala lang. Nais ko lamang magbigay ng mga bagay na mapagninilay-nilayan ang mga taong may malilikot na kaisipan at madaling makiliti.

Ulan, kidlat, kulog at dilubyo

Ayaw kong umulan. Tuwing umuulan, ang aking buong pamilya ay nangangamba sa pagbaha. Oo, isa lang maralita ang aking mag-anak. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit hindi kami makaalis-alis sa binabahang bahay-paupahang ito. Alam niyo, kahit na gusto kong masuspindi ang klase dahil sa hindi ako handang pumasok sa paaralan, hindi lubusan ang aking tuwa kung ito ay dahil sa ulan, kidlat, kulog at dilubyo.

Late summary and academics

Why late summary? It is because this should have been done one to two days ago. Do you remember that I promised to update this blog of mine weekly during weekends. Why wasn't I able to do it? I indulged in playing Warcraft here in my beautiful hometown, Quezon City (not actually a town as you can see). On the last day before this day, Sunday, I made a chart regarding the diversity of craniates and plant taxonomy. There exists several repercussions of my actions: failing the Biology 102 lab quiz (3/15) and the Biology 115 lab quiz (6/12). I think that blaming will not help much.

And so it is in this light that I think of my Biology 102 lecture classmate--the object of my infatuation. She's nothing but an artificial avenue for putting forth my true and ulterior motive: to have a semestral general weighted average of 1.33 for the first semester of the current academic year. I have decided not to join UP ABM. Well, just not yet. I have decided that when I join another organization, I will make sure that I am in a generally stable academic and social condition.

Eye strain

"Blindness due to complete eye strain is not worth it." -- Joel Duque

I feel a feeling

I feel a feeling which has caught my attention
This is about a situation
to which I've no position
to get recognition
from you, my passion
overflows my libation
to the point of masturbation
cannot fake anymore excitation
I'm just in proposition
of the domination
that rules the condition
You are my ambition
To that, there is no question
Your callipygian notion
has become the potion
to which I am bewitched
Oh, where are the cloves of garlic?

Am I lucky or what?

Look at what I saw on Friendster today:

Clicking on 'read more...' shows:

It's plainly undeniable that something great is brewing for me.

Choosing a mate?

Click the title above to check out the wonderful essay contained therein.

Heart ache, sliding, and fun

While walking inside Palma Hall, I was suddenly saddened by a sentence which popped on my mind. It particularly goes like this: "Enough, Joel, Enough. You have already bled enough." How sad! Isn't it? That line goes for my former crush (or more formally: the object of my infatuation). However, however how emotional I am, there is a counter-argument present for such claim: 'How can someone such as I hurt a lot when it's not the case that I've gotten close her. I was never close enough to touch her hand or hair. More so, I have not been able to talk with her. I think, as what I think my professor has thought of me, that I'm too assuming. Well, it only goes to show that I deserve that for having an imaginative mind--so imaginative to the point of taking for granted true relationships and being contended with pleasuring thyself. Also, another thing came to mind: It is impossible for one to have a heart ache without having heart disease--or maybe I have one. I have a high risk of getting diabetes because it is in the family, I am obese, I don't exercise regularly, and I get tired and thirsty right away.

I don't want to sound real bad, so I'll continue with my plan. Next on the agenda is sliding. After my Physics 72 class, I rushed to the Third World Studies Library which is where the concerned photocopying machine was. Unfortunately, the manang/saleswoman/tender wasn't present. Maybe she was having her lunch break, after all it was about 12:40 P.M. An important lesson presents itself here: "Everyone needs a break--even you and I." And so it was the case that I returned there after my Biology 140 (Genetics) class. At approximately 2:35 P.M., I returned and was able to obtain the four-paged handout for PhP 3. In connection with this, I also got myself handouts from my Geography 1 class for PhP 37.50. I didn't care whether or not it was my professor's assignment. The photocopy man said it was the required reading by another professor (but also of the same course). In line with this I went to the UP Shopping Center so as to inquire why the book E.D. Merrill PhP 350. I expected it to cost only PhP 179.75 [(479 pages) * (1 page photocopied material per 2 pages original material) * (PhP 0.50 per page) + PhP 60 for the hard binding]. The storekeeper explained the cost to me: [(479 pages) * (1 page photocopied material per 1 page original material) * (PhP 0.60 per page) + PhP 60 for the hard binding] = PhP 347.4 (approximately PhP 350). The moral lesson is one should ask himself questions before having any form of commitment. So much for the computations. Enough, Joel, enough. (Laughs.) Let's go back to sliding. It was the case that I wanted to overtake people in front of me who were chatting with companions and so were slow. (They somehow blocked my way.)

Finally, after sliding, there's fun. Sigh, it was a good thing that I didn't get my buttocks dirty with mud since it is currently the rainy season here in the Philippines. I love the feeling of having that extra boost within me. I like that carefree feeling when doing just about anything. The positive disposition is so good that is refreshing. Well, this has been a night for me and I hope that like me, you'll have this wonderful outlook that I have. Good luck to your studies, your relationships, and your life.

Will

You ask yourself: "How far am I going to go?" I say: "It depends on your answer on the question: "How far are you willing to go?" -- Joel Duque

I don't know you either

I want to learn what love is all about.
I wanna do away all feelings of infatuations.
It's just so unnatural.
Just like being an asexual.

Fits the type of Joel.
The lonely wanderer of this planet.
I'd die to have someone walk with me
through the hardships and toils.

Who said it would be easy
as a walk in a park?
Who made you believe
that you were a god?

Things like these happen
when you're too confident.
It's like betting and losing everything
--All in a single night.

The dawn fails to arrive.
No, just not yet.
Time stops, or so it seems to.
Stuck in embarrassment.

But still I go on.
Caring little of other things.
What's important is today.
I shouldn't fail.

The temporal is limited
to what time had dictated.
I know you worry not a bit for me.
I understand; I don't know you either.

Kung alam mo lamang

Mahirap kita'y aking iwan
Ngunit ito lang ang nalalaman kong paraan
Upang ikaw ay di ko masaktan
Alam ko ang iyong nararamdaman
Panibugho ng karimlan
Magpakailanman ang araw ay di sisikat sa silangan
'Pagkat lahat ng pag-asa'y naglaho na
At ako'y naiwang nag-iisa rito sa aking upuan

Excited

I feel excited about going back to school. The hardships. They rock my world. The sheer challenge of memorization. Can you keep up with them? Sure, why not? It's not going to be easy. It's not going to be hard either. My mission is not impossible. I have to do my part. I like to do it. Time to go out. Prove myself. Summer vacation's over. Gotta face it. Life is not about playing. It's about learning. Got only one choice. And that's to prove my professors wrong. Overcome the odds. Moment of truth is here. Don't wanna be left alone in the dust. 'Coz my place is here.

Contact them now (I don't want to curse)

Contact the alumni. They need to know about the event. I know too that you need to study. Let's help each other. Do it. (Unless of course you want to die today.) Don't waste your time. Start it now. Don't get yourself tired. That's it.