I'm so happy when I heard the news last Saturday. My tita was in Hong Kong and she decided to buy me a DS Lite! <3 She's so nice~ My two months of earning for a DS is now over! I can't wait to get it on Sunday :D

It's been a while since I last posted. A lot has happened actually, I was just too lazy to write it all down. I was too busy reading books. LOL Yes, books. I've been reading a lot of fiction. It all started when my school bus-mate Merlenette borrowed the fifth book of the Harry Potter series. Then I totally copied her and I also borrowed a book from the library but I borrowed a book from the Chronicles of Narnia since I have already finished the Harry Potter series. Now, I have finished reading four books and my reading of the Chronicles of Narnia has stopped because my classmate lent me Dan Brown's Angels and Demons which was totally awesome. I loved the book because it was a thriller and I love thrillers. I also love it because it had something to do with the Catholic Church and I love reading things that challenges my faith. Now I am going to read the Da Vinci code.
The Quarter Exams were also over. I'm so relieved that I passed math! There were like only eight of us in our class that passed math. And I'm so totally disappointed with my MAPEHS Score. I failed. This is a first! DAMMIT. Well, it was totally hard. And I totally got a high score in T.L.E. This is again a first for me because in my previous years, I totally hated T.L.E. but now I'm beginning to love it.

UGH, Here I am again ranting about the workload they gave us. I mean seriously, the quarter exams just ended and then we have to submit like 10000000 projects! @_@ It never ends! Plus we have this 'Sabayang Pagbigkas' thing. I have not even started memorizing our piece because of endless projects! And before the quarter exams, our teacher in Research told us to submit our draft already! SHE DID NOT EVEN ANNOUNCE IT OFFICIALLY. Everybody panicked, it was our quarter exams and she wanted us to submit like 20 pages of our research. UGH, I hate this year!! Work Never Ends! @_@

So Uh, Today is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and to celebrate it, we, the fourth year students had our Pilgrimage around the province of Tarlac. So basically, we did not have classes today, instead we went to different holy places.

Yesterday, I already bought snacks for today. I bought some Nachos and some Potato Chips. I did not get the chance to eat them a while ago because I was finishing the book I borrowed from the library but it's okay since I get to eat it here at home. Our first destination from school is a Church somewhere in Tarlac, I don't know where but it's where we will have the Holy Mass. Next we went to another Church, which I don't know where again. So basically we just went to a bunch of Churches and we just prayed. My favorite part of the trip was when we went to the resort of our batch-mate. Gawd, He's filthy rich. It's like our house is not even half of his house. His house is abnormaly huge! We had our lunch there because beside his house is his family's resort. We had our lunch there and I loved the place, it was simply gorgeous. I love the part when one of our COOL teachers sang 'I will survive' LOL. It was so funny and cool at the same time. Everyone totally loved her performance. She did that too before and she did it again! I can't wait 'till Tuesday! After that we went to two churches and then we went back to school. It was fun during our way back to school. We were like singing 'Ang buhay sa i-scouting ay masayang tunay! WooHoo!" Again and again! It's scouting because instead of CAT, we have scouting XD. It was like everyone on the road was looking at our bus XD We arrived back at school at around Five PM and on the way, I already saw our school bus go home without me! I thought they wouldn't return but they did, thank God! So basically, I'm now tired and I didn't have time to make this post good. I just posted what happened. I really had fun today

So Yeah, I have started to save up for a DS Lite. I have decided not to spend any money. It is really hard for me because I always buy drinks from the Canteen but now I have to bring my own jug. It's sort-of okay for me because I know it will be worth it.( I hope ) I have hidden my money because my mom likes to take money from my earning but now, she'll never find it. I am sure she won't. I'm pretty excited because even before the release of the DS, I was already planning to buy it but we had financial problems back then so I wasn't able to buy one but it's okay since the DS Lite is better compared to the good 'ol first version of the Nintendo DS. I should have gotten a DS instead of a PSP but I bought the PSP first because it has a media player and it's very flexible. What's good about the DS is that it has more Role-Playing Games and I'm such a big fan of Role Playing games. I'm so excited, I can't wait any longer!

Ah, it's our first quarter exams next week. I can finally see if I have improved or not. I can't believe I have been able to understand Math. I think it was because of the teacher, I mean during the previous years, I didn't quite like my Math teachers but now she's the kind of teacher that really cares if her students actually understood the lesson or not. I'm pretty sure I'll get a high grade on Math and I hope I get a high score on the Math Quarter Exam. What I'm woried about is T.L.E. Before, this subject was a cake-walk to me. It was very easy back then but now I think I will suffer becuase I saw all our lessons and they were so many! Another problem is Christian Living, I really hate our teacher there. She's like so lazy! I didn't even learn a thing from her, she was always out and we had to do our own lectures and stuff.

Tomorrow is our Feast Day and to celebrate it, we're going to have a Pilgrimage around the province. I think it's going to be real fun! Plus, there are no classes. I'm also trying to finish the Chronicles of Narnia, I borrowed the books from the library. I'm really into these kinds of stories you know, Fantasy, Magical Creatures and such. It's so fun to read even though it's a Children's Book. I enjoy reading it.

Today was judgment day. Today I hold the future. Today is the day I took the UPCAT. My schedule is the afternoon schedule. Good thing because I did not have to wake up early. plus I still had time to relax and stuff. So I left at around 10:30 but I had lunch at McDonald's with some of my friends before we went to the Testing Center. It was kind of strange that I wasn't nervous and my hands weren't shaking. I usually shake when there's something important coming but now I didn't. We were waiting outside the testing room because the morning batch was still taking their test. I made sure I was ready and I made sure that I'm not going to have a bathroom break so before the test I already went to the bathroom. The bathroom at that school was so dirty. The toilet bowls were so small I could hardly sit on it. Scratch that, I COULDN'T SIT ON IT. And the stench is so unbearable. Good thing I survived that horrendous smell. Shortly after my return, The proctors already called us to wait in front of the testing room. There we were asked to form our lines and followed accordingly. And there, I felt nervous. It was only at that moment that I was shaking, I couldn't control it but I got over it quickly. There we were given some instructions while we wait for the morning batch to finish. While waiting, I was chatting with my schoolmates. We were wondering how the test was going to be.
The morning batch went out of the testing room and then we were given another set of instructions. The testing room was so cold. I'm lucky I wasn't positioned in front of an AirConditioner. It would have been hard to concentrate but the AirConditioner was in front of me, I was just on its blind spot. Once everyone was sitted. The proctor gave another set of instructions, we were given our test booklets and were instructed to fill out the answer sheet. My hand were shaking still at first when I was filling out the front page of the answer sheet but when I was already answering the questions, I was already at ease. So then the exam started. We started with Language. It was very easy for me except for the Filipino part. It was a little hard for me because I'm not that good at Filipino. Next was Science. This was the easiest test for me. I thought it would be totally hard. After that was Math. Oh My God. It was THE HARDEST test I have ever taken in my WHOLE life. I hope my guesses are correct. Next is Reading Comprehension. Not really hard but I don't like reading the selections especially the Filipino Part! ;_; I was so relieved when I was done with the test. It was the longest exam I ever took. I hope I pass this! I wanna study at the University of the Philippines! We finished at around 7 PM. It was raining outside and I didn't bring an umbrella. Before I went home, I had dinner at McDonald's again with my friends. After that I went home. Right now, my head still hurts because of UPCAT. *sigh*

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Wow, I haven't blogged for a long time. That was because I was very busy with school work. I can't believe I'm not being lazy anymore. I've been doing my homework everyday and I'm not copying my homework from my classmates anymore! Well, I'm now used to the bus life. It took a while but I've finally settled in. I think it's even more fun in a school bus than being fetched by our driver. I have someone to talk to when we travel home. Ah, UPCAT is approaching and I'm not reviewing. HAHA. All of the students from the Honors Section are reviewing, it's like when I saw them they were all reading. I hope I get a high score in the UPCAT. I really want to be in that University. I'm just going to start reviewing this week. Hopefully, I can remember everything. AND OH MY GOD, May God help me with MATH! I really don't get math! >_<
Gah, so much work to do. I even have a Project in our C.L. Subject! Damn that teacher. She just gave us the project details and she wants them done next week! @_____@ I'm so gonna be busy. It's like I won't enjoy the weekend X_X

SO AWESOME RIGHT?

Ah~ just when I decided to be hard-working, the work load tripled! As you know, I'm now in my Senior Year. Senior Year is like slave work! Yes, I know there would be a lot of work but I never thought there would be this much work! @_@
I had my last class mass last Monday. We didn't have a lot of time to prepare so the outcome was a bit disappointing. It's understandable. This week was like hell ~_~. So much work to do. So many things to be done~ So many things to be passed! ARGH! So totally busy~. We had so much homework and research stuff to be passed + exams and quizzes. I had a little dilemma yesterday because I wasn't sure if I could finish my Process Sheet 2 in my Research Subject, but thank God, I was able to finish it even though I didn't use library books. I didn't have enough time to go to the library yesterday so the books that my mom bought had to do. I never thought I would be able to use them but they were able to do the job. I'm not sure if it's allowed though. In our Filipino Subject , we had to do a poem about ourself. Uh, I don't have any idea how to do this! I have to get help. In our GMRC subject we have to write an essay about this topic.
This weekend is our refresher course in UPLINK. Today was the first day of two. UPLINK changed rooms and we had our session upstairs on the third floor AVR. OMG, I was amazed at how their AVR looks like. It looks like a theater with theater seats! Our School AVR looks like an old classroom with ugly chairs >_> Well, anyway I was happy to see Sir Stephen Tan! Oh joy~ Our session was from 8AM - 5PM. I had lunch at McDonald's. I was surprised to see that almost all the customers of McDonald's were from my School and Don Bosco! Gawd, It was like our school rented the place. Anyway, we continued our session at 1:30 PM. The review was pretty boring because it was all about math. I only like the Science discussion. Tomorrow I'm going to receive the result of the Simulation Exam I took last summer. I hope tomorrow will be a more interesting session.