yesterday i decided not to go to school because i assumed that the professors wouldn't attend the classes anyway. but Dr. Boncan did and she checked attendance. there went my perfect attendance goal. well, at least that was just one absence. i'm not going to use my free cuts from no on.

today i was almost late for school. i twisted my ankle from my running to class. when i got to the hallway, i saw Dr. Boncan walking towards the classroom door. i thought to myself, "way to go Gail! right on time!" so i tried to run across the hallway and into the classroom. when i got inside, the professor smiled at me. right. on. time. i forgot that it's friday and usually during fridays the traffic jam is horrendous. sir atoy was also present today. both my classes seem to be really interesting. for Area Studies 121 we're going to study more about the history, culture, politics, and society of Southeast Asian nations. i saw at the syllabus that we'll be studying about Burma's history too. cool! i lived there for 8 years (when i was a kid i thought i was Burmese rather than Filipino... hehe joke!) but we never studied about the country's history because i went to a diplomatic school. we studied the history of England! crazy, yeah? but studying about their kings and queens was no joke. too bad i forgot everything i learned. so yes, Area Studies 121 is an interesting class. the only downside is that we have a graded recitation every single day. that's every single meeting. so i will be forced to study the lessons in advance and finally read the assigned readers (unlike last sem when i only study for quizzes and exams). this is cool, though. my professor said she wants more discussions by us because we will be trained to be more articulate which would really help us once we're released from our nutshell (the university).

for Social Science 120... it's basically about assigned readings for the Social Sciences. we'll be dwelling more on philosophies and philosophers pertaining to history. this is fun. i have a lot of history subjects this semester. i love history. i am a history buff! again, the downside is that we will have A LOT OF READINGS. i have to ready a big box where i can dump my old readings, stacks and stacks of photocopies of articles and philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, Marx, Engles, Saint Agustine, etc. i have to clean that up before my parents come home. they're all piled up downstairs! during the semester, our professor also wants us to organize a symposium which would be held at UP Diliman. some prominent speakers would be invited. this shall be fun.

second semester is going to be a tough one too. if not the same as last sem, probably tougher.

my goal? don't slack off anymore. take studying more seriously (although i really really do) and i won't be frustrated even if i don't get the target grade that i want. as long as i know i did my best i will be happy.

on the way home, met up with Jern and had lunch with her at Chowking. i miss my high school friends!

enough about school. there's a Kitchie Nadal and Pido album launching thing at Eastwood next Friday and i so want to go. i must find someone to go with me. i want to see Kitchie Nadal sing and play live!

Spanish class again tomorrow then watch The Forgotten with Ina... i don't know where, though. i left my Spanish workbook at Kuya John's car! man! how am i supposed to get it back? oh well!

toodles! i'm tired. i'm gonna rest now.