Scary things and other updates for June 2008
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A month ago, I had a scary encounter with a person wielding a very sharp knife. Well, I do owe that dentist for getting rid of my final impacted wisdom tooth… but only after over an hour of slicing, drilling and hammering at my jaw. Consolation: due to the stitches, I was not able to eat solid stuff for a couple of days. And hurrah! no more surgical procedures in the forseeable future!
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After a month long camp in Bacolod, and 6 weeks of eating regular meals, the inevitable happened: most of my pants did not fit anymore. Sigh. But problem solved, due to my stitched gums and a lack of money, I lost all 6 kilos in 2 weeks. Happiness!
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That sinking feeling I had when I looked at my bank account balance and realized that, for the first time in three years, I won’t be receiving a paycheck twice a month. Parental scholarship is very frightening for a control-freak like me.
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Another scary but not suprising happened during enrolment: one of my subjects for evaporated from my CRS enlistment. Ah, when will the University get its act right? At least I got enrolled in just two days.My schedule is nicely scattered, with 6 hours vacant twice a week.
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Last week, my heart sank to my shoes while looking at the syllabus for my four subjects. A reminder why I have to study full time. Thankfully, I managed to fit in tutorial jobs into my “free time”. I needed the cash and my students can be respondents for three of my research papers. Then I got that sinking feeling again when I realized that I have to think up of lessons for them in addition to my acad load.
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Frank was the cause of a daylong brownout yesterday. Spent the day sleeping, buried under a comforter and four pillows. I starved also, but that’s okay. I also spent the weekend fixing my mess of a closet (abandon hope all ye who enter here!) and babysitting my adorable niece. Which inlvolves distracting her from her hungry wails while her mom is busy and giving her back to her parents when she needs her diaper changed.
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Did an overhaul of my schedule. Let go of many and kept only a few. Sorry for the drastic change, but it is needed for my sanity.