As the title of this post states, today was, yes, yet another extremely tiring day. How surprising. Well, here we arrive to the part where I talk, and talk, and talk and you listen and don't even leave a trace that you actually read this. Well, it's not really that important; on with the show.
Biology was relatively interesting. Other than that, no real comment. Filipino was a bit fun; our presentation was at least amusing. Physics was not the usual naptime, for once - we had a relatively fun game, which Clarisse had been requesting for a long time. We were given a series of statements, and we were to determine if they were true or false. Some were actually quite tricky. Still, I did learn a lot. I hope I'm ready for the long test tomorrow. I would still study a little bit, but not too much.
One of the morale boosters of the day was English. Our dreaded quiz about the first four books of the Iliad was postponed, thanks to G++. Furthermore, our group actually has the best performance of all the groups in Gluon - even among the 4 sections, I think. This was because we "won" the first task - the task/s about the Book of Job - and got about an additional 20 points. Our group also has 4 members in the next round - Eda, Jay, Clarisse (who beat me... darn...), and Lara. Go [team name]!
Life Sci was a bit interesting, though I didn't get to enjoy it much because I was busy worrying about Proogies!. Joel told me a bit about the dreams he had. He seems convinced that his dream meant something; well, I couldn't blame him, and it would be good for him if his dream motivated him somehow. Whenever I dream, I would sort of instantaneously forget whatever dream I had, like it was some kind of RAM, or volatile memory (the proper term.) Anyway, let's continue with the rest of my day.
Lunch was relatively uneventful; I had wished to review for Proogies!, but I had something else to do - cram my expenditure log. In this 7-day period (Thursday last week to Wednesday) I spent about Php 496. I'm sure a lot of you spend a lot more weekly than that. I wasn't really awake for most of Soc Sci; I was, well, extremely sleepy. No offense to Sir Job. He's not the boring kind of teacher, but still I fell asleep. I remember ma'am Docto saying something about that phenomenon - the body would spend most of its energy absorbing and distributing the nutrients from the food being digested. This means that, well, less energy would be spent keeping you conscious, making you fall asleep eventually. And that's what happened to me.
Whatever the case was, I'm glad I got a little bit of sleep, because I was going to need it for the Chem long test. It was a bit tricky also. First of all, we were given a thought problem which tested our understanding of K. It said that it was a spontaneous reaction; therefore, K was supposed to be bigger because there was a bigger numerator. However, since the product of the rxn was a solid, it had no numerator. It was a bit tricky for me.
The other tricky part was the last one, where we were to do the usual switching-around equations and stuff to obtain the K for a net reaction. The catch was, it was is Kp, not Kc. I'm not exactly sure if the same rules work for Kp as they do for Kc, but i assumed they did not, and just converted them back and forth. I hope my solution is correct.
PE was, well, a bit fun. I only got to play a little during the "epic" match between Gluon and Charm. It was exciting; yes, I am not that good, and I only am a reserve, but still, I watched them and, well, supported them - not by making loud screams, but, well, you get the point. It was a deadlock, a stalemate, a draw - 2 0 as dulie used to say; or 0-0. The girls lost to Charm by 1 point - it was 0-1 - but still, they put up a good fight. What was even more exhausting was the fact that they faced Muon after. The guys still won, though - it was 3-1, i think. I had to go prepare for Proogies!.
This time around, Proogies! was even more exhausting. I was able to do a grand total of 0 problems. This time, the issue was my general illiteracy with Java. I was able to understand more about try/catch and exceptions, and I am glad I learned it under pressure, but still I was not able to do anything. I just hope I get 'reconsidered'; for now, I'm on the "waiting list." I was finally able to leave school late at night, by 7:00... It's the latest I've ever been for this year.
Anyway, that's all for tonight.
I didn't think I would be able to post tonight. I just crammed the math report thingy. We were assigned hyperbolas, and since they have rather limited applications, I had a hard time. Still, I hope it turns out okay. I did a bit of, well, faulty reasoning actually. I mean, it would take a lot of creativity for you to think that a coke bottle is a hyperboloid(look it up somewhere) but when you do think about it, it actually is. Same goes for hourglasses, whirlpools, and stuff. They're just... there, and when you think about them, they are hyperboloids in some way. Well, anyway, enough math. I'm tired. Have to go sleep now. Goodnight.
Today was, again, like any other normal day.
It started with a not-surprise quiz in English. I was caught off-guard because I had arrived a little late, and I didn't study a lot. Okay, I didn't really study. I do listen to Sir Args' lectures. I just don't take notes of any kind, because I feel that I don't need them. I was a bit disappointed because I was not able to pass to the next round. Oh well, at least Clarisse got to the next round. It was a bit unfair. For three straight times, our groupmates were pitted against each other. It's a bit unfair. Still, I will have next quarter - and Thursday's quiz as well - to look forward to.
We were able to pass our STR proposals - mine and Dandy's. Of course, they have not yet been approved. Yet. We are very hopeful. I hope my proposal gets accepted; well, of course the same goes for Dandy's. My proposal is, I believe, decent - it is not a simple run-of-the-mill alternative substance research, and it is doable, understandable and comprehensible by 4th year students. I hope it gets approved... It is hard to think of topics. About that... I feel a bit sorry for Kim. His group's proposals were all rejected. He feels tired and STRessed (duh, STR) and I just want him to be, well, less STRessed. Hope he gets another an idea, which the STR people would finally accept.
Physics was doable. Electric fields were not really that different as compared to forces. Relatively the same thing: vector addition. Now, we have a new hobby: counting the number of times ma'am Quines says "ok." Still, I think I fell asleep in physics again. Not really asleep; more of extremely sleepy.
I was unable to do the quiz in math; i was expecting something on hyperbolas and instead got a quiz on ellipses which i was not able to do because i misinterpreted eccentricity. Hyperbolas are ok; they're the stuff we have to research for...
Life Sci didn't really go well because we were unable to watch whatever it is we were supposed to watch. I went with Joel's group for the poster/billboard thingy. It was fun working with them, though i feel a bit out of place for now. Chem proceeded smoothly because we were given an early dismissal. Com Sci was sadly nonexistent due to the sudden blackout. Power was restored before Health, and during that time I was again extremely sleepy. I can't believe we had to memorize the name of every bone in the body... Soc Sci was also nonexistent because Sir Job wasn't there again. I was able to do the seatwork hours before and promptly enjoyed a 3:20 dismissal.
One of the highlights of this day was the listing for platoons for CAT. I am to be in the Delta platoon, along with Kim, Tobit and Jason. Good thing I'm familiar with most of my fellow platoon members. Also, I found out that another Proogies! exam would be held on Thursday. I'm not really sure if I can make the cut. I feel like I've lost my interest, actually. With my minuscule knowledge of Java and C++, I'm not sure I can make the cut. Still, I would be glad if I did. I have equipped myself with knowledge of arrays now, and a little bit of input/output, and a little on exceptions. I will still try to do the best I can.
I think that's all for today. The original idea for this post was a bulleted list of the things I could/should/would tell Castro when I do confront him. Let's just do that for another time...
Today started like any other normal (mon)day. We had a flag cem, and stuff like that. It's not really my thing to go talk about all the stuff that happened. So, I'm just going to talk about the important parts.
I'm glad to see I've been doing rather well in Physics and Chem. I could understand how the solutions and computations are done; not really surprising because it's that simple. I've done good in a quiz and stuff like that... Things are looking good... for now.
I've been dealing with STR quite well recently, because now I have a topic. It may or may not be intel-worthy, but it doesn't really matter to me. Of course, it's not yet approved, but, well... I hope it is. It really is a good idea, if I may say so myself. The problem is, I may not be able to think of anything else if it is not accepted. If you really want to know, my idea is to test the anti-cancer properties of a chemical on different kinds of tumor cells. It might sound a bit plain, but it really is an experimental cure for cancer. It has been shown to have effects on breast cancer and a few others. We plan to test on more kinds of cancers, and to see if it affects them in the same positive way (that is, if it kills the cells.) This is different from curing the entire tumor/s, because it might not be enough. It might only cause the tumor to shrink or something like that. Still, at least our research isn't a simple alternative substance crap.
PE was tiring and exhausting. We played without Max and got 3-1. I feel that I let him and the team down. It really was tiring; I feel like I was being stretched all over the place. He was a bit sad/depressed... I just hope we can have fun, and win, the next match. Soccer is fun, yes, but still, it hurts a little when you lose. Even more so when you feel it's your fault.
Finally, the last issue at hand is him. I plan to have a serious conversation with him sometime in the future. I don't know what I should say; I don't even know if he would listen or notice me. Still, it must be done sometime, somehow.
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See title. It's actually very frustrating really. I can't even put my f'n tagboard in this f'n thing. What the hell is XML anyway? It keeps saying. "element (whatever) must have corresponding ending tag" crap. Really annoying. This layout is nice, but why can't i put my tagboard here...? crap... please help. but then again, since i have no tagboard, i can't receive anything... this really sucks.