first week of the year
2005 is history.
Year 2006 has now arrived. And after all the post-Christmas revelry and the end of the long vacation, well, what do you know? The first week of 2006 is already coming to an end. And what a week it was(for me at least).
Last Sunday evening, I and my three older siblings left for Manila. I met up with some friends from high school and grade school on the ship as most of them were headed for Cebu. It was nice getting togehther with old friends, reliving the times spent together and catching up on our lives. The rest of the trip was uneventful and by early Tuesday morning, we had disembarked at the South Harbor and soon found ourselves on a taxi headed for Quezon City.
I arrived at the dorm at about 8 0'clock. After a shower and some rest, I was off to my Chem1 class, dreadfully expecting a long quiz. But as fate would have it, Ma'am Felipe didn't show up so we neither had class nor quiz. So far so good.
I had classes in Math100 and Soc Sci2 though. We finished our discussion on St. Augustine and Prof. Tigno dismissed us early. Later that night, things started to get busy.
By 7 pm, I was at the dorm's basketball area to help set up our booth, together with most of my region mates for the Pasalubong Festival the following day. It was then that the realization that I had no future in carpentry and construction struck me. But kidding aside, it took us hours to set up our booth from bamboo, nipa palm shingles and some rope. We finished at around 2 am and I still hadn't finished unpacking my things back at my room. But though it was tiring, it was fun and at least we already had a decent booth.
The following day, I met up with my partner in Comm3 at 8:30 am to finalize our plans for our activity on Thursday. After that at 10 am, I went to my Sprots Climbing class at Tandang Sora where I found out that our test had been moved but there were additional topics to be taught. Back at the dorm, it was back to helping out at our booth to put the finishing touches. We finished at about 2:30 and our boat-shaped booth was looking good. It was colorful and reflective of the influence of indigenous cultures in our region thanks to our wonderful designers, though it was a bit small. By that time I was already tired but I still had to look for the things I needed to facilitate our activity in my Comm3 class. At about 3:30, I was already at our booth to help set out the food. Unfortunately, it turned out that the Espasol from our province was already spoiled. It already had molds when we opened it. But at least we still had our Budbud.
The Pasalubong Fest was one big smorgasbord of delicacies and dishes, fruits and pastries, local wines and rums, and so much more. There were so many people and guests from outside, I wasn't able to go to all the regional booths. After a while, all the food started to taste the same to me. My tastebuds had gone numb. Maybe it was the lambanog? Or the hot Bicol Express? Or the overload of pastries, sweets and kakanin?
As for our region's booth, all the foods we prepared were readily consumed, except for the Jumping Shrimp. I guess people just didn't like the idea of eating fresh, raw shrimp that had to be dipped in a vinegar-based sauce. Actually, even I didn't like it that much. But the Sinuglaw(barbecued pork strips and fish kinilaw mixed together) and the Som (rum made from the Nipa Palm) were best-sellers. Even the Tuna Sinugba, Budbud and Salvarro had all been eaten up. That night too, we already had to dismantle our booth. I was way too tired already, my feet were aching but I had to help even just to at least return the tables I borrowed from our corridor. Then I had to prepare the diagrams and materials for our Comm3 class the following day.
Now it's already Thursday. After Comm3, Eng1, Math100 and lunch, I'm typing away here in an internet cafe. What a week it has been so far. But before the week ends there's one more thing it's got for me: my test in Chemistry tomorrow.
Well, I have got to go. And oh, Happy New Year.
Year 2006 has now arrived. And after all the post-Christmas revelry and the end of the long vacation, well, what do you know? The first week of 2006 is already coming to an end. And what a week it was(for me at least).
Last Sunday evening, I and my three older siblings left for Manila. I met up with some friends from high school and grade school on the ship as most of them were headed for Cebu. It was nice getting togehther with old friends, reliving the times spent together and catching up on our lives. The rest of the trip was uneventful and by early Tuesday morning, we had disembarked at the South Harbor and soon found ourselves on a taxi headed for Quezon City.
I arrived at the dorm at about 8 0'clock. After a shower and some rest, I was off to my Chem1 class, dreadfully expecting a long quiz. But as fate would have it, Ma'am Felipe didn't show up so we neither had class nor quiz. So far so good.
I had classes in Math100 and Soc Sci2 though. We finished our discussion on St. Augustine and Prof. Tigno dismissed us early. Later that night, things started to get busy.
By 7 pm, I was at the dorm's basketball area to help set up our booth, together with most of my region mates for the Pasalubong Festival the following day. It was then that the realization that I had no future in carpentry and construction struck me. But kidding aside, it took us hours to set up our booth from bamboo, nipa palm shingles and some rope. We finished at around 2 am and I still hadn't finished unpacking my things back at my room. But though it was tiring, it was fun and at least we already had a decent booth.
The following day, I met up with my partner in Comm3 at 8:30 am to finalize our plans for our activity on Thursday. After that at 10 am, I went to my Sprots Climbing class at Tandang Sora where I found out that our test had been moved but there were additional topics to be taught. Back at the dorm, it was back to helping out at our booth to put the finishing touches. We finished at about 2:30 and our boat-shaped booth was looking good. It was colorful and reflective of the influence of indigenous cultures in our region thanks to our wonderful designers, though it was a bit small. By that time I was already tired but I still had to look for the things I needed to facilitate our activity in my Comm3 class. At about 3:30, I was already at our booth to help set out the food. Unfortunately, it turned out that the Espasol from our province was already spoiled. It already had molds when we opened it. But at least we still had our Budbud.
The Pasalubong Fest was one big smorgasbord of delicacies and dishes, fruits and pastries, local wines and rums, and so much more. There were so many people and guests from outside, I wasn't able to go to all the regional booths. After a while, all the food started to taste the same to me. My tastebuds had gone numb. Maybe it was the lambanog? Or the hot Bicol Express? Or the overload of pastries, sweets and kakanin?
As for our region's booth, all the foods we prepared were readily consumed, except for the Jumping Shrimp. I guess people just didn't like the idea of eating fresh, raw shrimp that had to be dipped in a vinegar-based sauce. Actually, even I didn't like it that much. But the Sinuglaw(barbecued pork strips and fish kinilaw mixed together) and the Som (rum made from the Nipa Palm) were best-sellers. Even the Tuna Sinugba, Budbud and Salvarro had all been eaten up. That night too, we already had to dismantle our booth. I was way too tired already, my feet were aching but I had to help even just to at least return the tables I borrowed from our corridor. Then I had to prepare the diagrams and materials for our Comm3 class the following day.
Now it's already Thursday. After Comm3, Eng1, Math100 and lunch, I'm typing away here in an internet cafe. What a week it has been so far. But before the week ends there's one more thing it's got for me: my test in Chemistry tomorrow.
Well, I have got to go. And oh, Happy New Year.