It's been five months since my first step on UPLB. And a lot has changed since then. Yep, a lot.
You guys don't even know what happened! So, as a celebration of the start of sem break, I'll tell you everything that's happened to me since June 15 until now. Or maybe I'll start from the real beginning. I don't know how many installments this blog entry will have, for I cannot finish it now with one measly post. So let's start with the real beginning: the realization.
January 11, 2008. The University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) results were released online. I just came home from my usual appointment at the barber's shop, when my sister Holly greeted me with the words "Kuya, pasado ka sa UP!!" She was really ecstatic at that point, to the degree that I was also that excited myself, but then her libido lowered when she continued "pero, sa Los Baños."
Those last words didn't dampen my excitement. Who cares if I go to a farther away university? I PASSED, for goodness sake! They said only 1 out of 10 applicants get in. I'm going to the UNIBERSIDAD NG PILIPINAS, LOS BAÑOS!
I am taking BS Development Communication. At first, Mom and I thought its aim was "to develop how we communicate". After 5 months of intense training in DEVC10, though, I learned that it is the other way around. Development communication is
"...the art and science of human communication applied in the speedy transformation of a country and its mass from a poverty to a dynamic state of economic growth, to make possible greater social equity and the development of human potential" -Nora Quebral, the first professor to coin the term.
In other words, we communicate to produce development. Anyways, that made me psyched up for the years ahead of me.
My happiness intensified when I got another letter from UPLB, saying that I'm qualified to take the Advanced Placement Exam (APE). I guess I've mentioned it here in this very blog already. That means I don't have to define what APE is again.
Too bad, I didn't pass any of my APEs. The'yre too hard.
Then again, I had a three-day preview of what's it like in the campus. I saw the buildings, the fields, and those all-important bulletin boards (they're almost always full). I felt a weird sensation, somewhat a kick in the stomach, although it wasn't painful. It's maybe a concrete manifestation of being "blown away." Right then and there, I knew, I was stepping into a higher level in my life.
Before I get to the soft, tasty marshmallow center of the choco-mallow named "college", I had to go through the aluminum foil package known as "registration and enrollment". Yup, it's the nightmare of every student and parent alike. Going to and from the university registrar and the admin building under the hot sun, while trying to squeeze through people cutting in lines and stuff is very very frustrating. Good thing we didn't take long, since we moved fast (there's no stopping Mom from getting out of the heat. Haha!)
I'll continue in another part. It's too long to fit in just one entry. You'll get tired of reading. So, anyway, just keep tuning in for the rest of the story.
Rowan out.
