Survivor: Mathematics (Episode 3)

[Finale?]

Denji can't sleep. He forced himself by 2 and he woke up by 7. He ate bacon and rice. And so he left.

He now got a green form from the College of Science. He went to the library first so that he can have his ID validated for the semester. From there he met Jan, waiting for an afternoon class. They chitchat and ate lunch together.

They met with some friends who are in the class of Math 171. They met with Regina and they went to the Shopping Center to have their meals. Regina then proceeded to pay something while Jan went to School of Economics and Denji to Palma Hall.

There was a discrepancy in the rooms. A Japanese class and the Korean class Denji is trying to enter had overlapping rooms, but after a few arrangements, they proceeded to a new room. Denji then unleashed the power of his green form. And then he was enlisted to the class. Sweet.

Then a series of "unfortunate events" fell upon his shoulders. His adviser had gone missing. After a few hours, someone stood as his adviser instead. Then he proceeded to pay but unfortunately he got the wrong line. But at that time, all the cashier offices are closed.

[The End?]

*photos available at the photos section*

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Due to Survivor: Mathematics's low ratings, a new "show" that will be "aired" weekly will replace the said show. It's titled Daniel Jupiter and it will start next week. Only here on E-D-J, because "Admit it, we all suck. Literally and figuratively."

Survivor: Mathematics (Episode 3)

Photos from Episode 3

Survivor: Mathematics (Episode 2)

[Episode 2]

Denji woke up at 6am. But since it was raining and it was cold, he decided to "heat things up first." He ate rice and shrimp for breakfast by 7. He took a bath and left.

When he was at UP, he was marveled by the length of the line. When the line moved a little, he saw his friends from Theater: Kat and Jel. He decided to accompany them and moved to the back of the line. They were all marveled by the longer line now that reached the second floor of the building. They were chitchatting while the line is moving.

When they were done, he was invited by his friends to Glorietta, to which he agreed. They ate lunch at Kenny Rogers Roasters and they watched High School Musical 3. He went home afterwards, thinking how to execute his plan involving the green form.

[To be continued...]

*photos in the photos section*

Survivor: Mathematics (Episode 2)

Photos from Episode 2

Survivor: Mathematics (Episode 1)

[Episode 1]

Denji woke up at 5am. Ate rice and egg, took a bath, and went to UP.

As he was taking an FX ride, he saw lots of people in white. FEU students and UST students. He was surprised he didn't saw MCU students.

Then he rode. When he went down on SM, he remembered that he forgot his ballpen. He went to the nearest convenient store to buy himself a pen.

Then he rode the jeepney to UP. He went to the College of Science early and he got his registration materials. He soon learned that he can't get 7 Math subjects this semester, so he device a planned.

On the pre-advising, he tried his scheme to the current advisor. He said that he will finish the course in 3.5 years. But he failed and his adviser said: 6 subjects and an elective.

Rosa approached him, not to form an alliance, but to convince him to give his Special Topics slot to her. But since he loved the topics and the sensei so much, he instead decided to cancel later his Numerical Analysis slot.

Within that time, there was an alliance forming. One led by Regina and the other led by the Mark's. They plan to get Abstract Algebra III. Regina formed an alliance with Denji, and recruited other students like Eka. But soon, the Mark's soon formed a merge with Regina's alliance so that they can get the desired subject. As soon as the greater alliance was formed, they decided to "attack" Dr. Abarra.

As the plan was in process, Denji, together with Regina, Kai, and Rosa, grouped together and they went somewhere to have lunch and they talked a lot of topics not related to the "game" of Survivor. When they were finished, they decided to go back to see how the plan was going. So Kai, with he and Regina and Vanessa, went to Dr. Abarra, which told them to go to Dr. Nemenzo.

As they were in the front of his office, they wasted two hours. When they realized that, they went back to Dr. Abarra, only to realized that their plan "backfired" but they were advised to do that next time.

Denji then went to the post-advising. He split with Kai and Regina as he went to the computers for that dreaded thing called "Intent to Enroll" which seals his fate and his subjects. He then merged again with Regina and Kai, now with Jan and Rosa as they were waiting for their validated registration forms. Denji was a bit bored but he was delighted when he saw a certain Registration Assistant.

Kai and Regina ran to CSRC, splitting from the rest. Jan split as well as he needed to withdraw money. Rosa and he ran towards the University Registrar only to find out that the payment is in Palma Hall. They ran there, but it was too late: it was already 4:30PM. It means that they have to pay earlier tomorrow. Denji cursed and he was heard by all the people in the lobby.

He rode a jeepney to SM then rode a bus home. On his way, Regina texted that there were green forms at the College of Science, which made him smile because he was making another scheme in his head.

[To be Continued...]

*photos on the photos section*

Survivor: Mathematics (Episode 1)

Photos from Episode 1

I'm Ready for Tomorrow!

Waaah! Enrollment week, pero bukas pa lang ako mag-uumpisa.

At heto ang laman ng aking mahiwagang shoulder bag:

1. Heroes S1 (to lend to Regina)
2. Heroes S2 (to lend to Eka)
3. Heroes S3 (to lend to Kai)
4. The Purpose-Driven Life (inulit ko ang pagbabasa)
5. Bess with earphones (my N72, for soundtripping puposes)
6. ID and previous Form 5's (kailangan, I think)
7. Towels (madali akong pagpawisan, hehehe)
8. Gaara (my 5140i, for SMS's)

At heto ang dapat mangyari:

1. Kunin ang registration materials
2. Magpa-pre-advise
3. Mang-away Magpetition na kumuha ng Math 110.3
note: Di ako makakauha ng Koreyano 11 dahil bawal mag-overload. Sad.
4. Post-advise
5. Assesment and all that jazz sa CSLAB
6. Payment
7. Mag-mall! 8D

Do or Die: Enrollment Phase II

June 3, 2008. I woke up when my alarm clock has rung. It was four in the morning. As usual, I just stirred a cup of Milo: that’s breakfast for me that day.

 

Before I knew it, it was six thirty and I was already at the front of the door of Lingg. Up until eight there was no person in front of Lingg but me. When the enlisting staff came, I confidently enlisted for the Koreyano 10 class. Sweet.

 

Then I went to IM for us to know the results of the petition of a new section in a major subject. It was granted after their lunch break. So now I have eighteen units. Good riddance.

 

With some of my friends, I went to SE to at least enroll in an elective. Damn them. We were in the line for, like, three hours just to be informed that they didn’t want students who were “playing safe”.

 

Our philosophy was: in times of conflicting schedules, enlist before cancel. But, horribly, the SE didn’t want that. They wanted us to cancel our dear classes first before they can enlist us. Damn, they are paranoids! I hate them!

 

So it was already four in the afternoon when I decided to continue the registration process. Unfortunately, I validated late so I have to come tomorrow to retrieve my form before paying.

 

Now, [the additional problem is] some of my friends won’t give up in enlisting an Economics subject. So I have to go with the flow, since I want that as an elective as well. But there might be no more slots available for us. Argh…

Do or Die: Enrollment Phase I

 

June 2, 2008. Half past three in the morning. My alarm clocks weren’t ringing but I woke up. My eyes were really wide and my consciousness did not return to slumber. I waited till my first alarm clock rang. When it did, I finally got off my bed and stirred a cup of Milo. There starts my day.

 

It was seven o’clock  [or was it six thirty?] when I reached the College of Science (CS). I already got my registration materials and my True Copy of Grades (TCG). After that I went to the Institute of Mathematics (IM) to get the enrollment process started. But there was no one there. So I decided to wait for a friend back at CS. We both went to the IM but still, there’s no one there. After almost an hour of waiting, we [batch-mates] were now five when we realized that we don’t have an adviser since they thought our batch [the 2006] and the other batch [the 2007] are to start tomorrow. But things “went fine” and we now had our “adviser”.

 

I was still lacking 3 subjects [I just needed 2 more so that I won’t be under-loaded, but still…]. We [the 2 batches] should enlist other subjects tomorrow but as a special “favor” of CS, we were to enlist today in other CS subjects. By the way, I was lacking 2 major [Mathematics] subjects and a random subject, be it a free elective or a foreign language elective. To our [the 2006 batch] surprise, they will open a new section for a major subject [which I haven’t got] in the afternoon. The other subject? We had to make a petition to open a new section for that. We have to wait until tomorrow if it has been granted.

 

So here’s the problem. I am planning to get an Economics subject as an elective. But I was so disappointed when I went to the School of Economics (SE) building to check for the enlistment process: it said “other students” [non-SE students that don’t really require Economics in their curriculum] can enlist SE subjects on Wednesday. Sad, so I have to think of back-up plans. These are what I thought.

 

Scenario I: I will enlist either Integrated Elementary Japanese (Hapon 10-11) or Elementary Japanese I (Hapon 10) tomorrow at the Department of Linguistics (Lingg). The class that will fit my subject will be in the morning. And the schedule might coincide with an Economics class I want to enlist in.

 

Scenario II: I will enlist either Integrated Elementary Korean (Koreano 10-11) or Elementary Korean I (Koreano 10) tomorrow at Lingg. The class that will fit my subject will be in the afternoon. That is, it is sandwiched between my Physics class situated near Katipunan and my Mathematics class that is just near where my Physics class is handled. The problem? The classroom can be walked within 6-7 minutes from my Physics class: and I might not want that.

 

Scenario III: I will wait for Wednesday to enlist for the Economics subject. The problem? The demand for that subject is high. So it takes pure luck to enlist that class.

 

Scenario IV: We [with my friends who want to take the same subject] will beg at Solita Monsod [our preferred professor for the subject] to add us to her class. But that is plain impossible [or not?] I think.

 

Scenario V: I will end up having 15 units for the semester. And I don’t want that.

 

The adventure continues tomorrow. And, oh, if you read this entry and today is the date specified at the start, kindly give [and explain] me the scenario that you prefer. I’m [absolutely] out of my mind right now.