Last Monday I took what was to be my last exam in my life as an undergrad.

I took a hiatus from our plant design the day before so I could study as much as I could.

I only managed to review a little less than half of the coverage, so I vowed to arrive early the next day so I could finish the rest.

I arrived at school 9 am, a whole four hours before the exam.

I get to the tambayan and see only one person there, not one of my classmates. She asks me,

"Ba't ngayon ka lang?"

"A, mag-aaral pa kasi ako, may exam ako mamaya."

"Sa 126 ba yan? E ba't tapos na sina Trixie, Kris at Benjo?"

...

"Kaninang 7-8 sila nag-exam."

( WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF????!!!! )

You guys know me well enough to know I love school.

Err, let me clear that up. I love school, I just don't like stress. There.

So being absent for a class usually means something's up; I'm sick, I have an org event, I'm studying for another subject, I have an ongoing lab experiment I just can't leave alone, etc etc.

So today I didn't go to school. Not because I was busy with my plant design (even though we have a deadline next week, PHAK), not because I'm working on a methodology (I haven't even gone through the papers I downloaded yesterday--BTW, UP just got a subscription to springerlink, cool), not because I'm analyzing those 126 graphs (even though I really should!)...

I just didn't feel like it today. Ugh. I even *gasp* watched tv for the first time in... months.

I wanna go on strike, dammit. I PHAKIN' HATE SCHOOL NOW. Thanks for ruining school for me, ChE.

(while asking my brother about what he learned in school today)

"...so what is it?"

"It comes from... and then goes to..."

"No I mean, WHAT is it?"

"I don't know! We just study about it."

Gee, that prolly sums up my 18 years of schooling. What a fucked-up education we have.

Dear kids, a.k.a., those just about to enter the big bad world of college,

`Wag maging pabaya sa mga unang semestro ninyo sa kolehiyo.

`Wag niyong gamiting excuse ang "adjustment".

`Wag ma-excite masyado sa bagong environment.

Baka kasi mangyari, kailangan niyong ma-UNO lahat ng subjects ninyo sa huling sem para makaabot sa cum laude.

Or some awkward number, like 1.19125.