This site needs some serious make-over.

What I've been up to recently

My posts seem to get boring nowadays, they're picture-less and I really think most of them are non-sense posts. Can't wait for summer, 'cause I have a lot of plans for that season!

The reason why I rarely update this blog is that it is hard to update. I need to think up of the perfect words to form an interesting post and I need to double-check the entire post if it's okay to post it. Blame my laziness and lack of inspiration.

Speaking of inspiration, I found myself looking for this because I need some to keep myself productive. My remedy for this is THIS: Log-in to my Tumblr account, stare at the screen for long hours, and let my empty mind wander.

Tumblr is the outlet for everything unusual, eccentric, and unique pictures and quotes that will bring and squeeze out a person's creative juices. Once you start looking at the pictures posted in front of your screen, you will never know when you will end. It's addicting. And checking my Tumblelog for even an hour never fails to give me new ideas from different things. It's definitely a good site to keep.

So if you're in need of creative ideas and inspirations, join Tumblr or if you're too lazy to sign-up, just visit the most amazing Tumblelog in the entire universe --> claudinemedina.tumblr.com Hahaha!

Two life lessons learned

I won't ever forget what my Statistics professor told me a few days ago. "Sometimes you need to learn things the hard way."

I might get an "unacceptable" grade for my Statistics subject this Midterm. If ever that will happen, it will be the lowest grade I will receive in my life. Long story - all I know was I did something so stupid. So stupid that you can give me an applause for being good at it. Know what I did? I didn't follow the CLEAR instructions. CLEAR, BRIEF, and CONCISE instructions. FTW! (Fuck the world, hahaha) The moment I realized I did something "unacceptable", I blurted out a curse in front of my professor. I forgot her reaction already.

And oh, my English Midterm exam grade was disappointing. This exam was when we have to write a 5-paragraph essay for 1 1/2 hour. You see, I'm having difficulties in writing "quality" essays instantly. I'm really a slow writer and I need a great amount of time to produce an acceptable paper. Just because of my poor time management, I didn't get the grade I wanted. Another lesson learned: Use my time wisely.

This was the the first time in 2010 that I felt so bothered, so stressed, and so worried. FUCK THE WORLD (FTW) Haha! Anyway, I don't wanna remember this anymore. Leave the past and welcome the present. *barfs*

Weekend. Sweeet!

Our midterm exams have just ended a while ago and I think I did better in all the tests (Oh, I'm not gonna include English pala :P). I'm pretty excited to know the results. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

I feel so excited for this weekend. Numerous sales are just around the corner! And oh, the past couple of weeks were just awesome. My mom and I had a trip to TriNoma just to visit the sale in Zara (closest store from home is at Glorietta and Greenbelt, but the one in TriNoma's much bigger so we head to QC that day) and hunt for the pieces I've been eye-ing for quite a long time. I love my mom so much. :D I also checked out Kamiseta and I fell in love with the PRICE. Seriously. My friends were laughing at me the whole time when they saw my face. I'm talking about THE FACE! :| Everytime I fell in love with things I can't instantly have, I get so frustrated and at the same time, I feel tensed. So I decided that this weekend shall be full of spending again. I deserve some pampering since I worked my ass off this week!

I'm also thrilled for next month and especially in MARCH! In February, I'm gonna receive the Sacrament of Confirmation which I've been longing to do for so long. Finally! And in March, I'm gonna celebrate my 17th birthday. Can't wait to get my hands on ____________! AAAAHHHH!

I had a dream that I have to drive to Madison

I think this Christmas was too fast. I wasn't able to feel the spirit. I was loaded with take home assignments, I feel like I have too many things to do. A 2-week Christmas break's not enough, I must say. Parang hangin lang na dumaan sa mukha ko.

This Christmas was all about going out and wasting time in the mall, feeding our hungry tummies, and enjoying the time of our lives. We only stayed at home when it's time for bed. I'm pretty much sure I gained a few pounds this Christmas. I don't know, I can feel it in my tummy. :P

1.) Watched Avatar with my friend, Renielle. We ate at Brooklyn Pizza and drank bottomless Iced Teas. They never fail to make me feel bloated.
2.) My brother got a Trivial Pursuit for Christmas!
3.) The Grilled Ensaymada and the luscious hot chocolate of Cafe Mary Grace. These are pure love! Taob ang Starbucks dito! :P It's better to hang out here than that noisy coffee shop. Everything from their menu is delicioso. It's a good thing they already have a branch in the South.
4.) Our house for Christmas!
5.) A jaw-dropping jump shot with my cousins! This picture was taken in Paseo de Sta. Rosa. We ate at Kanin Club and left with heavy stomaches.
6.) Family picture! This was in Tagaytay Highlands. Lamiiig! :)

Can't wait for MARCH 10, 2010

Bye Aldo boots

A trip to Zara never fails to make me happy. :)

AHA

A while ago at Theology class, my professor mentioned something that captured my attention: "Transformation is major change." The words were just simple but they were strong enough to make me think and reflect for a while. Man, I really did change.

Ang emotional ko YCUK.

My brother was peeking to my screen while I was making this post

I saw these babies at Aldo in Trinoma. They're not really the exact style with the boots I like but they pretty much look the same, especially the color. My mom insists we should buy them already since I like it so much that we kept coming back to Aldo Trinoma to see these boots. You see, I've been eye-ing these boots for like 6 months already.

I'm obviously not an impulsive shopper plus I'm kinda stingy so that means buying a P5995.00 pair of boots will bug my conscience. AAHHH! I was thinking of buying them on the upcoming Christmas sale (I'm not sure if they will have but I'm crossing my fingers), but I'm worried they might pull them out from the rack before Christmas sale or someone with the shoe size of 7.5 will get them before me.

Should I buy them before or during the "Christmas sale"?

Haha

I suddenly went back through my old posts here in my blog and I noticed one horrible thing: THE WRONG GRAMMAR

I was so stupid back then!

So I decided to delete those posts.

...And the STUFFS. And the SCHOOLWORKS. Haha! Why do I keep adding S? Stupid me. =))

There's another reason to be happy

Due to the numerous sites I handle here in the WWW, I can hardly update this blogger account. I really believe that Tumblr's been keeping me away from updating this blog. Haha! Blame Tumblr.com, not me! Anyway, I've noticed that it has been a month of blog idleness and ignorance. Reason? I need to relax my mind from the demands in school. Well anyway, here's my updates. I warn you, this post will be LOOOOONG!

As you know, I'm not the kind of person who can easily put her thoughts into right words. This is one of the main reasons why I'm blogging, to practice my skills in writing different compositions (essay, reflection paper, poem, etc.). I'm saying this 'cause I feel bad that I only realized this in College. Before, I can easily brag about my rants here. I post stuff not knowing if it's incorrect or what. But now, I have a hard time sharing my updates here 'cause I'm now conscious with my grammar. (Look what College did to me!)

The first semester of my first year in College had ended. If you will ask me what are the things I learned in this experience, I'll simply answer: "I learned how to accept changes." Of course I did learn things that I wasn't able to absorb well in High School such as solving investment problems, defining the difference of "ng" from "nang", narrating the Psycho-sexual Stages of Development of Sigmund Freud... No, just kidding. That weren't enough to show you people that I definitely learned a LOT in College. Before entering College, one of the goals that I set was to change the system that I was following in High School. If I will still be that "bahala-na" student, my future will be "bahala-na" too. Even if it was HARD to change this kind of lifestyle, I accepted the challenge. I studied well enough to get high grades, I passed requirements on time... The kind of things smart people do to get good grades. To make this short, going to school isn't about solving numbers, making term papers, memorizing a bunch of terms... It's about absorbing the process of learning different kinds of stuff. Don't get it? Study.

So right now I wanna show you how my grades progressed in College.

The proof of my improvement! :P

I think my grades turned out great, at least that's what I think. 1.54 is fair enough for a first timer. 1.54 is 92% out of 100% I must say! It's my first time in my whole life to receive a general average of a line of 9. Suh-weet, until now I can't believe I did it. I did it without any action of plagiarism and of course, CHEATING! Haha. That's why I'd never been this proud of myself. I haven't told any of my high school friends about this 'cause I still have this feeling that they won't believe me. But face it friends, I'm a Dean's Lister now! :D

Speaking of goals and objectives, remember what I said about my previous post that I'm planning to transfer to another school next year? It's on, babe. IT'S ON! Since I got good grades this semester and I achieved the grade requirement of that school, I'm continuing my plans of transferring to DLSU - Manila next year. Yeah baby, there's no turning back. I'm already here and bring it on! My blockmates would often ask me why I don't wanna stay in AC for the rest of my College life. I always say: "I believe Assumption College is not the right school to provide me the best education I need." :) No offense meant for AC people!

That's what I have in my mind right now. Ta-tah! See you in Tumblr.