Kolehiyala Self On College Life

At long last! Hello, blog, hello! It is I, Tammy, your master and creator coming from a three-week long hiatus. College life was a dizzying blur of happenings that were stress-filled, annoying, full of crap (at times), challenging, and fun. I met lots of new people and am pleased to know that my fears are unfound – I’m actually quite good at making new friends. *winks*

But I must confess, my first week in College was filled with flashbacks and homesickness. I missed this and that. I miss my High School friends and..good old high school life. Those days when everything was more simple. But of course, we’ve got to move on with our lives and face challenges head-on and with a smile.

So..let’s talk about College Life!

The setting: University of Santo Tomas’ historical grounds, its buildings and other landmarks are..surprisingly soothing to look at. I like making “tambay” in the walkway near our building. My friend/s and I would just sit on benches and talk while the wind is blowing. It is one of my favorite things to do, esp. when I have to wait for classes to start.

I have this notion of the AMV building being out of place in our school because UST is filled with old buildings and our building is far from old. During lunch time, my friends and I would have to battle it out with the thousands of students for empty tables in the Car Park restos. Fuck those restos. I hate ‘em. McDo and KFC are ALWAYS cramped with students and the other fast food chains are too. God, I hate lunch time.

I LOVE “SIMPLE LIFE”, it’s a store located on the second floor of the AMV building/Car Park that sells different varieties of delicious tea for affordable prices!

The major and other shit: I am currently taking up B.S. Accountancy! I’m still adjusting and am still in a “getting-to-know” stage with my chosen major. I’m hoping for the best and..err, hoping. Haha.

I took the qualifying exam for “Accountancy Journal” yesterday and OHMYEFFIN-G! The exam was excruciatingly hard X 10. This sounds corny but the word “Nosebleed” popped into my head while I was taking the exam. *Sigh*

The courses: As of now, I like Business Administration 1 and Philosophy. I loathe Filipino and Biology. The other courses are a-ok. Math is still being a bitch and Theology is still praising the Lord but I’m getting the hang of it. This is a newfound realization: I actually enjoy studying. I hate listening to boring teachers but I really do enjoy reading school books. Yay to the new me!

The people: Like any other school, UST have its’ own set of awesome people and WTFDIEDIEDIENOW people. I belong in section 1 – A12 (the first section for the afternoon classes.) and in just three short weeks, some of my class mates have managed to piss off 4 teachers, thankyouverymuch. Coming from an all-girls’ school, the first week of school was really hard for me. I didn’t know that most teenage boys are noisy and immature. God, they’re chaotic. The change in the atmosphere was hard to bear – at first. I realized that comparing my old friends from the new ones is unfair and would result in nothing but negativity so here we are, I am managing just fine.

Self: I am loving College Life. Granted, it is hard and some people are total retards but this is the closest I get to the “real world”. This is part of a process, that intricate molding of the future you, the future me – our future selves. This is really it!