I should be studying right now, but I'm just taking a break and blogging just to keep my sanity and personal life intact.

The finals week is coming up, and I'm not happy with the my test schedule. I have `em all in one day. I wish it was more distributed..but you know what they say, it's better to have it all in one shot just to get it over with. True enough. I want this semester to end already, though I felt it was too short for comfort. I can't wait for summer...though my vacation's reduced to two weeks. After that, school resumes. I have to set my mind as early as now not to go to fully into vacation mode because I might have a hell of a bad time during summer school. I should enjoy and make the best out of it. After all, I'll have summer classes up until I graduate from Bio. I'm going to miss the summer bum out sessions at home that I've had since I was in kinder, though.

As for future plans...

1. Summer vacation
I have to plan something for two weeks...something that would give me a real break. I know my idea of a real break is just bumming around and getting lots of sleep, reading, watching DVDs or net surfing, but I have to do something really quite out of what I usually do. It's so unusual for me to crave for something different because I developed this habit of sticking to a routine, but I can't help it. I've got to think of something else to do. I'm thinking of playing the guitar more, reviving my love for painting and drawing and reading lots of leisure books and novels again. It's been so long since I've done anything connected to the left hemisphere of my brain, and I don't want that side of me to die out and get buried by my academic life. I hope to push through with my plan to add more stuff in my closet this summer by going to Divisoria and look for nice but cheap finds with my sister. Also, I hope I could join the summer get-aways that people are telling me about: the block outing in Puenta Fuego and the EdOp planning in Laguna. I should settle this with the `rents. But did I mention that they are allergic to these kinds of things? *sigh*

2. Shifting
Naw, I have no plans of shifting, because I love my course. I tend to hate it occasionally, but in my opinion, I think that's it's necessary for you to hate something sometimes for you to be able to love it more. I hope to retain this mentality until I become a senior...even if I'm on the verge of crumbling under pressure.

3. Track A or B?
I still have no clear view of what to do after Bio...I'm still evaluating myself and my wants and priorities in life. Actually, I'm really hastening myself to think and decide as soon as possible, for what I want will decide which track I'd go to---Track A for Medical Research or B for Research in the Academe. I'm more inclined to switch to Track B, though I get these occasional hits of conviction to stay in Track A. Though both tracks are flexible (because of the free electives), I feel there's a reason why they placed this distinction. And I'd soon find out this distinction as soon as I think real hard, and finally, decide. This adds another crack in my cranium.

4. Scholarship
I'm renewing it for this school year, and hopefully, I'd still get to retain the 100% TF, and my appeal for allowance be granted. Getting it would help me more financially, because it's one of the problems I've encountered during my freshman year. It'll help me with some of the expenses and also help me save up more and add moolah to my bank account, which reminds me that I should get an ATM account already and a credit card.

5. Org Life
Yeah, something out of academics. I plan to renew my membership in Gabay, Ateneo's scholars' org, and hopefully become more active in Boxxx, my course home org. Though I may have some issues with some people in Gabay, I'll not let it hamper with my love for what the org is and does. After all, I didn't join Gabay for them anyway. [No bitterness here! :P No, seriously...]

6. Academic Life
Have faith more, pray more, trust in Him more.
Read more, write more, study more, practice more, be patient more, persevere more, prioritize more.
Read better, write better, study better.
Rant less, procrastinate less, cram less, cry less.

7. Personal Life
First off, I want to start the coming year right starting this summer. I should rebuild friendships and relationships that have grown a bit colder over the past months because I had a lot to do. I have to take care of myself more, but also set limits. I should not over do it, or else I'd take the heavy consequences. I'm going back to being a lacto-ovo pescetarian, though I doubt my doctor's going to agree with it. I'm going to lift weights and box again, like what I used to do in high school. Also, I want to take care of someone more.

Making these plans sure makes me feel like a frickin' adult.
But come to think of it, I technically am an adult. This sucks...but I'm a sophomore already.
And so the Freshman sensation dissipates into the atmosphere as heat.
Oy, vay.

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ORSEM's coming up..
time to meet the new freshies.

To the Incoming Freshmen: Take in the Freshman heat. You'd miss it when it dissipates.
It dissipates so quickly after all.