Saturday, 28 of July , 2007 @ 7:58 pm
Psych 118 (Field Methods in Psychology) has been… eventful. It’s not fun all the time. It get really, really stressful, being research-based and all. But I have to admit it’s pretty exciting, not to mention I have the most hilarious classmates ever. The best part will be the final paper, where my groupmates and I are doing a study on certain internet behaviors. I won’t say what it is yet, but I will probably need as much help as I can get once our topic is approved. That’s where you, dear reader, will come in, once our professor gives us the go signal. Okay? 
In other news, I visited the new Fully Booked on Bonifacio High Street last Friday. You know, the one with 5 floors filled to the brim with books and other fun collectibles? If you love books, you really have to restrain yourself from overspending. Even I had a hard time, considering I don’t really read a lot (although I think I read books more often than a lot of my friends). But I appreciate a good story, and there were just too many interesting titles that I couldn’t resist. Luckily my dad was with me. He bought me Briar Rose, a sort-of retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.
Sunday, 22 of July , 2007 @ 12:55 am
Tags: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I promised to finish reading the seventh Harry Potter book over the weekend, because I just know some creep in school will spoil the story for me come Monday. And conveniently, I was down with a cough yesterday so I spent the whole day in bed, recuperating and reading. I finished until the 25th chapter, and I just finished reading the rest of the book today.
Okay, so Harry Potter isn’t the best-written book in the world, nor is it the most riveting story ever told. But at least it was fun, while it lasted. Entertaining enough for me to line up outside a bookstore the first day of its release.
But what I liked best about this book is that, in line with recent events, it put a lot of things.. in perspective, so to speak.
It would be interesting to see what the movie version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would be like. Especially the Epilogue. Hee hee.
Thursday, 19 of July , 2007 @ 7:23 am
Believe me, normally I try not to be a drama queen. But this week wasn’t normal at all; in fact, it’s the shittiest week I’ve had in ages. Finagle’s Law of Dynamic Negatives really held true: anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment. And it did.
I’m not so sure if it’s safe to disclose what made this whole week so awful. The most I can probably say is that I was overwhelmed by things I had no control over, coupled with a zillion exams for stupid shit subjects I don’t care about, by stupid shit teachers that don’t care about their students. I think I’m making myself sick with anger and sadness. I can’t help it. When I’m upset, I tend to dwell on it, and I can’t seem to stop.
And to think the week’s not over yet. What the fuck. Can I just forget that this whole week had to happen?
Tuesday, 17 of July , 2007 @ 8:15 am
I am so cranky and pubescent right now it’s not funny anymore. All my subjects are just craptastic. I have three fucking exams this week in subjects that I don’t particularly care for. I’m beginning to really hate going to school.
Saturday, 14 of July , 2007 @ 3:24 am
Dr. Fredegusto David, a respected and well-loved Psychology professor in my university, passed away yesterday after suffering a stroke the day before. The students, especially the seniors, and our professors mourned the loss of a great professor, friend and colleague. The people who knew him cried, and for us who only saw him around school couldn’t help feeling the loss. Soon after, it started to rain. Palma Hall Annex was uncharacteristically gloomy and quiet that afternoon.
He was quite old; when most people fifteen years his junior are probably retired, Sir David was still on the go, being the one and only professor who taught Psychology 160 lecture (Biopsychology). Rumors of his retirement come next semester made the seniors clamor for a slot in his classes. My senior friends told me that, in spite of his notoriously difficult exams, his classes were the only class they looked forward to in this otherwise listless semester.
I was never his student, since Psych 160 is a senior class. But the Psychology department is rather tight-knit, so we all knew each other one way or another. It’s not easy to miss Sir David - he’s that short, bald guy who smiles a lot, all the time. And I mean all the time. My friends and I found it amazing how someone could be so cheerful.
His students were even planning to surprise him with cake and balloons on his birthday next month. They told me he joked a lot about his death, that he would say how he doesn’t have friends, that he was just discussing comas in class… I don’t know if any of these are true, but the stories I heard about Sir David were enough to make me wish I knew what he was like, as a professor and mentor.
I was told he wasn’t too big on God and religion, but he believed in souls. When one is remembered after his death, he said, that person has a soul.
I don’t think Dr. David will have any problems with that.
Thursday, 5 of July , 2007 @ 10:46 am
Okay, I am aware that I owe you all a lot of stories and a couple of pictures, but I just can’t bring myself to blog when I know I should be doing something else (read: studying). I tend to take my time when I blog about events and stuff, and I just don’t have that time right now. But I will blog about the Taste Asia event and upload pictures tomorrow, among other things. Sorry, too, if I haven’t been visiting your blog. I will do all that tomorrow, promise. This is just a quick update to let you all know that I am capable of blogging more than once a week. He he
For some reason, I started listening to Canon in D Major and Air on G String on YouTube. These two are very common Baroque pieces. I’m sure you’ve heard both of these compositions before, even if you don’t know what they’re called.
I hate the rain. It rained pretty hard today. But it felt so calm and relaxed while the music was playing. Who knew rainy afternoons and classical music make a good combination?
Nothing beats Baroque music. I love classical music. Ha ha, just wanted to share.
Ensemble Planeta and Vienna Boys’ Choir made excellent choral arrangements of Air on the G String.
This Voxer uploaded a really nice rendition of Canon in D Major for the piano. There’s also this really cool electric guitar version.
Marielle is a 20-year-old Psychology student at the 
