Mariane's Narratives

it's been a while since i last updated and the main reason for this is because i have gone through hell last week.
monday was my kas 1 exam, wednesday was my comm 100 midterms and friday was my pol sci 14 midterms, and my journ 101 article submission.
i don't know how i faired with my kas 1 and pol sci 14 exams because my professors haven't returned them yet. i am expecting kas 1 to return it tomorrow because this monday, we didn't have any classes and maybe, by tomorrow, she's done checking our exam. i don't know what my grade will be since it was sort of a medium-difficult exam. i do expect to pass but i can't tell the circumstances you know. my pol sci 14 class has a one-week exam break so that means next week will i know the results. i believe i will get a low grade for this one because the objective essay part of the exam was uber-difficult. i don't want to fuss over it though. TAMA NA! UTANG NA LOOB...
my comm 100 midterms went great, i achieved a 98% grade. pretty proud of myself, but not quite because it was an easy exam. i still am proud of me because at least, even though it was a bloody hectic week, i managed to pull this one off.
don't think it will happen to all my other exams though.
my journ article was finally done the night of thursday last week. i'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. my prof liked my lead, of all the other leads of my classmates, and well, i guess she'll like my story too (hopefully).
i went through a lot for that article; going back and forth to my home to intramuros; swallowing my pride by persistently asking/ updating/ talking to people i've never dreamt of even talking to; and sleeping for barely four hours just to finish all that has to be done for the specified day.
glad i made it through that harrowing week.
btw, today i met with one of my closest, longest, best friends, clare felise v. magno aka jayjay (among other things), at UST (but actually the whole bonding stuff happened at kfc, just across the street). we spent two full hours just chatting at kfc. it was a nice bonding moment and i was happy it happened.
that's all, til next time! tata!

basically doing nothing
and i know i should be enjoying it
because doing nothing is far more productive than nothing at all
did that make sense?
err... whatever
just finished transferring all my short stories to my short stories notebook. heh, turned out to be one hell of an eyesore (illegible handwriting, inconsistent ink and messy, messy layout) but since i worked hard enough to put up a sorta decent notebook of my short stories, i am gonna keep it.
one selection to go and it's all done (movie reviews).
i'm itching to write again (not stories or poems) just like what i did with my short stories notebook. write as in transfer stuff to a notebook.
i am planning to transfer my in-progress poem book into a notebook because i'm not bloody doing anything today.
aside from brainstorming for a person to be my pesonality sketch, doing my police story for journ 101 and reviewing for my film 100 midterms, i'm practically slacking off.
must enjoy these moments, i know because these will be rare and precious.
still, i suppose i am used to the hustle and bustle of my academics.
because i am doing nothing, consequently, i have been pigging out since the moment i woke up.
must. stop. or else i'll be regaining the weight i so-lovingly lost (note: this is like two pounds lang, mehn).
i've got to cease my babbles..
tata!

i topped my pol sci 14 midterms!
so happy coz i'm the only one who got a one (98%). i also am happy coz i was so apprehensive about this exam that i thought i wouldn't pass it.
however, i believe there is a 2-point deduction from my final grade since i was actually wrong in one of the two bonus questions. i intended to tell it to my prof since my honesty is something i value when it comes to academics.
anyway, still happy coz i still get a good grade.
that's all

i feel so down today
dunno why
most probably due to extreme boredom
last week, from thursday afternoon to sunday, i had a brief vacation and all i did was slack off
gets tiring you know
because i was just supposed to read readings and read readings
nakakabobo
and the police story is all good sana kung hindi lang ako tinatamad
i have taken down notes on one story in which a barangay tanod and a few people killed one person, and frustatedly killed another. it's ok na because i have the facts and all but of course, i still need to talk to the suspect/ witness/ survived victim.
i was supposed to go to wpd today to interview the suspect, get contacts and all but voila, the person i need to talk to isn't around yet.
this person knows all the valuable cases i can pick from to write a story on pero ala pa siya.
i could do it tomorrow naman eh, kaya lang ala akong authorized letter. i could beg my head off for the jail warden to allow me. BUT I'M JUST FUCKING TINATAMAD.
i don't know
must be hormonal imbalance again
now, i'm whiling (wiling?) away time to wait for my pe class...
sana alang pasok uli
hay naku
bahala na
bye....

I am getting addicted to Descent!
It's a PC game wherein you shoot aircrafts in a base infiltrated and contaminated by aliens, and then blow up the base afterwards to proceed to other bases.
It's highly nauseaous at first but once you get used to it, you'll be fine. I'm at level 7 now, stuck there because I can't defeat the "big bad boss". The cheats aren't also working so I don't know how I'll get through.
Anyway, to more relevant stories, my police story is finally done although I doubt it will get a good grade because it was reaaaaaallllllllllly crappy.
Whatever, I tried to do my best.
Download descent and be satisfied! (it's only 8 MB of your hardrive!)

i almost topped my film 100 midterms.
got a 1.5 which is pretty okay, i suppose.
my reaction paper for the rules of attraction film scored a 1.75 which is pretty okay too, i suppose.
pretty happy about it all.
was aiming for a 1.0 for this class but since i've already absented myself twice, been late a few times and well, not delivered an excellent individual report, i'll probably settle for a 1.25-1.75.
ms. crisline torres is good enough. i had expected highly of her but she misspelled punctual with panctual and she wasn't that beautiful so i was a bit disappointed.
but i do admire her teaching skills. she KNOWS her stuff. and she KNOWS it well.
maybe over the course of the semester, the remaining weeks (thank god!), i'll get impressed and be more riveted with her.
bought a new cassette/cd player this sunday for 2,000+ bucks. please don't tell my dad or grandma. they'll probably do a sermon at the mount if they found out.
just glad about the new piece of technolgoy we have at home. maybe next time, mom said, we'll have a dvd player.
hopefully we could buy one so that i could watch my pirated dvds! hehe...
that's all! tata!
PS
i'm getting tired of the layout. will change it when i have the time and the encouragement from my lazy ass.
tracy called and invited me at her debut. i'm one of the 18 gifts. will attend.