Second sem was waaaay better than first sem. Aside from making new friends, my grades went up and I was able to fulfill my goal of becoming a CS (actually US talaga goal ko kaya lang di keribells). Hihihi <3

Anyway, this entry will just contain my experiences and thoughts on the GEs that I took last sem.

Comm 3

Ah, the subject that almost every freshman in UPD took. Mej sad kasi hindi masyadong mataas grades ko dito. Pero dala na kasi yun ng katamaran. Di ako gumagawa ng reaction papers and hindi rin perfect yung attendance ko. Bukod pa diyan, di  rin ako bibbo kid. Hehe. Nevertheless, I learned a lot from this subject. I may not have completely gotten over my fear of public speaking, though it somehow lessened because of this course.

As for the prof, sobrang fun ni Sir Serquina! Lalo na yung activities! One time, nag-karaoke kami sa class niya. Tapos may blind date din. Hahaha.

Comm 3 classmates with Sir Serquina

Math 100

The supposedly uno-able subject. Pffft. Di naman eh. Though it’s relatively easier than Math 17. Unlike before in Math 17 na I worry a lot dahil baka mabagsak ko yung subject, di ko na  naman na-feel yun dito sa Math 100. Tapos may bonus pa si Sir Wong na minus .25 ka na if you passed all his quizzes and if your standing is passing. Ok na rin ako sa grade ko kahit na di gaanong mataas. At least tapos na. Ehe.

Physics 10

High School Physics. Actually na-disappoint rin ako sa grade ko dito kasi sabi nila uno-able daw eh. Pero madali lang naman talaga siya. May mga special lectures sa last few meetings na magiging topic ng third exam niyo. Yun ata yung nagpababa sakin eh. Haha. Yun lang.

PE 2 – Judo

Sobraaaang fun nitong PE na to. Oo, masakit siya sa katawan dahil sa mga balibagan na mae-experience mo. Pero sa una lang yun! Ang sarap kaya ng feeling ng nambabalibag ng tao. Hahaha! At nagulat rin ako sa grade ko dito, akala ko 1.75 lang makukuha ko. Meron ring kaming Judo Interclass Competition na nanalo ako ng isang beses. By default nga lang ehe. Tapos ang bait pa ni Ma’am Lariosa, ang lowest nga ata samin eh dos o 1.75. Not bad.

Judo classmates with Ma’am Lariosa

Pan Pil 12

One of my favorite GEs. Maraming readings pero I didn’t find it hassling kasi aside from the fact na easy-read lang yung karamihan sa readings, relevant pa. At ang ganda rin nung readings. Kung babasahin mo sila akala mo simpleng stories lang, but it’s so surprising when it comes to our discussion kasi andaming made-derive na cultural and philosophical analysis from it so sobrang mapapaisip ka talaga critically. And ang cool pa ni Ma’am Barbaza! Though lagi kaming may quiz before discussing the readings and ma-group report. Pero ayos lang. Para rin kasi siyang Pan Pil 19 and Pan Pil 17 na pinagsama.

Kas 1

I took this under Ma’am Abrera. To be honest, ito yung hatest subject ko for the sem. Hassle kasi. Plus nakaka-antok pa siya kaya lagi akong may dalang candy sa tuwing papasok ako dito.  Also, puro reporting din so ang hirap mag-aral for exam kasi yung reports ay kasama sa exam. Kadalasan pa naman eh di galing dun sa textbook naming yung mga references nung reports. Basta ayoko tong course na to, thus the grade.

Although I hated this course, ito actually yung isa sa mga courses na nag-develop ng critical thinking (naks) ko regarding the current issue on RH bill and overpopulation. Back when I was in high school, agree ako sa RH bill. Until we watched a film entitled Demographic Winter: the decline of the human family. This documentary served as a rebuttal of the said bill. Then and there I realized how uncritical I am. Yes nag-aagree ako sa RH bill, pero ni hindi ko pa nga nababasa yung buong bill. That, also, is what our fellow Filipinos do. We are so uncritical kaya madali tayong mauto.

Di man mataas grade ko dito at ayoko man tong subject na to, I’m thankful that I took this because it allowed me to think critically, which is important not just in being an Iskolar ng Bayan but also in being a citizen of this country. 

So there. That’s pretty much my academic life last sem. Teehee!