Make A Funny

So the past two weeks have been pretty… well, busy I guess? I have three major subjects at the moment, two of which are to help me define which minor track (specialization – advertising, broadcast journalism, print journalism, or development communication) I will be choosing/assigned to (depending on certain factors) come next school year. It’s pretty overwhelming, to be honest. I suppose I thought I was ready when in fact I’m really not. Heck, I don’t even know if I want to go through with all of this. Right now the only thing I am sure of is that my brother is going to kill me if I do stop (again) so like I said in my “about me” page, I’m stuck!

Oh, to be young and dependent on your family! >.<

To those of you who aren’t familiar with the band Incubus, the title for this post is a line from their song, Drive. Anyway, on to more important matters.

The last day of break is tomorrow and I still haven’t enrolled, meaning I have to drag myself over to school tomorrow to do just that. Yeah, not exactly the most exciting thing in the world. But I guess three weeks of bumming around the house is enough to drive me up the wall. I think I’m ready to return to the halls of St. Scholastica’s College. But then again, I might change my mind once I see my schedule (I’ll keep you posted).

Frankly, that’s about the only thing that excites me about a new semester – the fresh schedule. Once everything else sinks in, I’m back to a state of “I-so-don’t-want-to-be-here.” I’m sure you know what it’s like, right?

Yeah. Well, I just wanted to blog for the sake of blogging. I was planning on writing something a little more dramatic but I decided against it for the time being. Maybe tomorrow, though. We’ll see!

=)

(Or, in English, “you’re still young/you’re just a kid.”)

Every time I hear someone saying this to me I just get so royally ticked off! Yeah, I know I’m only 20. I’m aware that there’s still so much out there that I haven’t experienced. But I mean come on! How will I ever “grow up” and “mature” if people will always be breathing down my neck and telling me that I’m too young to be doing so and so.

Anyway, I just had to get that off my chest. Really though I don’t mind that my taste in certain things (music, movies, etc.) hasn’t evolved like the rest of my peers. I enjoy watching Disney Channel movies and listening to stuff by Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez. I still read books meant for kids the ages of my nephew and nieces, too. These are just things that I’ve grown accustomed to doing. I definitely don’t think it’s grounds for saying that I’m too fragile to face what life offers.

Power to the people. LOL!

Someday, I wanna be able to actually travel the Philippines. I wanna see the Chocolate Hills in Bohol, the beaches of Palawan, the mountains of Sagada… Heck, I just wanna see what nature has to offer in my homeland. I mean, come on. I’ve seen the Niagara Falls but I’ve never been anywhere near the Pagsanjan Falls! Talk about lame.

Now this is not to say that I have complaints about having had the chance to travel internationally in the past. Of course I’m happy that I had the opportunity to see the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Hong Kong. These are great places, really. It’s just that I’ve been a Filipino for almost 21 years and yet I’ve only ever been to Baguio, Tagaytay, Laguna, and Pampanga. Not so bad, right? Wrong. Whenever my family and I go to those places we never go sight-seeing or whatever.

So now I’m thinking of setting up a five-year local traveling plan. Once a year (starting 2009) I’m gonna grab a few friends (or maybe my sister and cousin) and soak on some local culture. Nothing too extravagant and expensive, of course. I’ll probably start small and work my way up. Yeah, that sounds practical enough. *fingers crossed*

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln

Right. Hiatus my booty. LOL! I guess I really shouldn’t fight the urge to blog, huh? Anyway, today I took the last of my final exams for this semester. Finally I can drop all thoughts of quota grades and project deadlines and just do what I want to do – at least for the next three weeks (give or take a few days).

It’s all pretty sad, though. I mean, over this short (but slow) semester, I’ve found some pretty good acquaintances/friends in my classes. This is the part that sucks about being an irregular student. Unlike the rest of the college population, I’m never sure of who my classmates for the next semester will be. I have to start all over again come November 5. I’ll live, of course, but I would so prefer if I could have my classes with the blocks I’ve familiarized myself with over the past four months.

Such is the life of Maria Isadora. Well, that’s all for now. Be back with more next time. Signing off!