wanderer

First Leg of Freshie Life and Everything in Between

A few days after attending the 2-day orientation in UP last week, an upperclassmen from my course added me on FB. Shortly after accepting his request, he messaged me and asked, “How’s the first leg of your freshie life?” I answered him briefly but if I am to elaborate it, this is it.

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Passing the UPCAT

The first leg of my freshie life began last February 2. It was a normal boring afternoon, and I was in my room surfing the Internet when I heard a sudden scream from my mom downstairs. Then it was followed by our househelper’s. Thinking what it may be was, I went downstairs then there I saw my mom and told me, “Ate pasado ka!!” (“You passed!”) in an almost teary/crying voice. I knew it! No, not that I knew that I would pass the UPCAT, but I knew then that it was the UPCAT she was referring to when she told me that I passed because I only took the USTet and UPCAT, wherein I failed my 1st program choice in USTet. Up until now I am still curious about what is it in USTet that I failed it when I passed the UPCAT? … Maybe UP is really for me, I guess, and besides it’s my dream school! The moment I heard it from my mom, I sat on the staircase and stared on the white wall for like a minute before it all sank into me. Whoa there, I passed it! I passed it!!! So I ran back to my room, checked the results online, called Joseph (I remember he was at the grocery that time and he shouted in the middle of the grocery aisle upon knowing that we both passed), texted Alexis, tweeted about it, checked my classmates’ name, answered calls from classmates as well, and posted it on Facebook. I think I did all these in 15 minutes (read: adrenaline rush and extreme joy).

Back then, we were all nervous as February fast approached because of the release of the UPCAT results. But when you least expect it, there’s no room for nervousness. It’s all now or never, you passed or you failed. And whether you succeeded or not, I tell you, it’s not easy to accept the fact. Even I as a passer, I still couldn’t believe it myself that I am for UP and UP is for me up until now, after three months.

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Loving without fear, just with acceptance & contentment

I stumbled upon this picture on the Internet, a picture of a handwritten letter by a 2nd grader kid from the UPIS. Last Valentine’s day, the kids were required to write letters to their loved ones, and his letter went as follows (verbatim):

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Graduation Day x Fun Shoot!

I didn’t completely watched my brother’s graduation last night because as I’ve said from my previous post, we were too far from the stage and I don’t know anybody from the graduating class except for my brother.

So I took advantage of the beautiful sceneries and the golden hour instead to take beautiful shots. Here is a teaser from my fun shoot that I posted on my Instagram account last night when I got home. Follow my Instagram guys! :) -> http://instagram.com/p/YsaakPkUbj/

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My brother’s graduation!

Infront of the Oblation.

Was trying to capture the slogan on the front of the stage that says, “Paglingkuran ang Sambayanan”.

Four years ago, before I entered high school, I had witnessed the high school graduation of my brother. Now at present, before I enter college, here I am again, just witnessed a college graduation. (Yes, if you do the Math, we always graduate in the same year!) My brother always spoils the endings, lol. The photos aren’t much because our seats were too far from the stage. (thank God and Canon for 18-200mm lens!) And oh, btw, he graduated from a 4-year course, BS Computer Science.

My take on the UP’s famous sablay… Hahaha! I hope to have my own after four years! :)

Congratulations batch 2013! 

First half of summer!

This morning I was looking at my old Instagram photos and I stumbled upon a conversation with Brandon that I Instagrammed which was dated last March 25. And then it hit me. It has already been a month. Really? And I thought to myself, “Nothing much happend, huh?”

So basically the first half of my summer was spent in bed - checking Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook every 15 minutes, reblogging stuff on Tumblr, listening to music, watching random videos on Youtube and Facebook, and searching what could possibly be searched on the Internet (examples are how to bleach shorts, affordable resorts nearby, E.L.F and Mac cosmetics, ombre hair, ghost stories in UP, and the list goes on..). These I do on my phone or on my laptop. Apparently, I gave up on Candy Crush, 2Fuse, and Temple Run 2. I also didn’t manage to finish the two e-books I started reading at the start of the summer. Sometimes I watch movies. At night, I watch television. And when there’s no more to watch, I stare at the window (specifically at the bright star I always happen to see at night… Might it be Venus? Idk) infront of my bed until I fall asleep. Some nights I go out and watch Brandon’s basketball games at the summer league here in our place. And then afterwards we eat, we laugh, and he walks me home. Some nights we fight, but most of my late nights are spent on the phone with him. Some days I go to his place or to Alexis’ place to hang-out. Or sometimes, we go out. But these are all done during weekends or when each of them are available. (Because the bestfriend and the boyfriend both have summer jobs hence their availability are limited, while I’m stuck here at home watching myself wither out of unproductivity ;_;) In the afternoon, I always ride my bike. When I run out of things to do, I play Sims 3 (which I recently gave up on too because meh… too bored with it) or organize my planner (as if I have something to plan out for).

So this is how the first half of my summer went. On a scale of 1 to walang kwenta, my days were really walang kwenta haha! But nevertheless, I don’t miss any chance of thanking the Lord for the days that have been. I am looking forward to May because many dates are already marked. I am already hyped!!