One of the best things about reading? Vocabulary. :) Although, I confess to most of the time shrugging off unknown words and deeming them as unimportant. However, The Disreputable History of Frankie-Landau Banks forced me to pick out some words because they keep on making an appearance, as if saying “Hey, get to know meee!” And so, I did. 

dullard- n. a person regarded as mentally dull

disparate- adj. fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar

sidle- v. to move sideways or obliquely

cacophonous-adj. harsh, unpleasant sound

pejorative- adj. tending to make or become worse; belittling word or expression

precarious-adj. uncertain; unstable;dependent on the will or pleasure of another

flatulence-self-importance; pomposity

fledgeling-n. an immature or inexperienced person

ps. 1: I might have come across these words before but heck, I have poor memory. If only I can read the dictionary as fast as I can read novels. :(

ps. 2: typed this post because House season 8 episodes take some minutes to load (not forever though. Hooray for the new internet connection!)

This summer, I vow to:

1. Read at least a quarter of the books on my to-read pile (maybe 5 at least)
2. Finish House season 8
3. Watch Fringe season 2
4. not exhaust my savings until the last centavo :’< —>I’m already failing at this. Damn it.
5. Clean my freaking drawer. 
6. Keep only my decent clothes and give the other ones away (I have grade 2 clothes that still fit me. WHAT IS THAT. I’m hopeless.)
7. Enroll in COP applied music class (Yey!)
8. Eat normally, jog more.
9. Play badminton with friends.
10. Swim with friends.
11. Go wall climbing with friends.
12. Again, keep my wallet alive. 
13. Get an umbrella that will survive my recurring memory loss. 
14. Buy that cute little chick bag at clipper.
15. Buy neon shoes! (for the uniform)
16. Watch the Cabin in the Woods
17. Buy the Gallagher series! and the third book of Jenny Han’s summer series.
18. Go to the beach at least once.
19. Accept whatever happens. 
20. Think of ways on how I’m going to do all these and still achieve numbers 4 and 12. 

so far, all I’ve done is..

There was only one thing on my mind as I enrolled for my summer classes: “God, please don’t let me take Comm III, anything but Comm III” Even when I started my first year in college, I was already thinking of ways on how to avoid Comm III. Nevertheless, college life became oh so cruel and we were robbed of choices because of wrong choices. *sigh* Therefore, the mantra that says something about not graduating UPM unless you take Comm III has gained more evidence to it.

However, I still had my hopes so my thoughts translated from not taking Comm III to “Please don’t let me have a “terror” prof who gives daily quizzes, the most difficult midterm exam, and low grades at the end of the sem” and what do you know, I got exactly that. 

And so, all I could think of as I started my summer classes were two things: 

1. The intense heat creeping into my skin day and night- I always had that dramatic thought of collapsing in the middle of the street. lol.

2. The speeches that Comm III class required me to deliver some time during that summer.

However, I slowly rebuked those thoughts as I attended my classes. Comm III was fun. Even fun is an understatement. 

Some time. As the summer drew to a close (maybe about two weeks left), I kept on thinking, “I hope there won’t be anymore speeches. no more time for speaking. please. please. please.”

 But I was being delusional of course. Soon enough, the speeches came and they, to my utter surprise, went well.  

To tell you the truth, this is a short cut post. I’m temporarily forgetting about coherence and organization and all that now because I’m excited to get to the end of this post. :) During the final exam, there was this bonus question that I only saw after reviewing my answers. It was too late to think of something substantial to say but given the chance, I would’ve wanted to write this:

Bonus: (non-verbatim) In 5 sentences, explain what you like about Comm III. 

And I would go..

1. Comm III made me realize that I have the ability to speak in front of people despite all those years telling me otherwise.

2. Comm III erased my fears of public speaking, leaving me with only a phobia of spiders to think about. 

3. I liked the encouraging environment (my classmates, groupmates, etc.) and again, I realized that I’m not the only one who thinks that.. blablabla. 

4. I learned so much and laughed so much. :’) 

Illustration: New words (intexticated, freemium, etc.),”I’ll go ahead” and “for a while” are actually misused/do not exist.  

5. Ma’am Adeva is the best professor there is. :)

Now I want to transfer colleges just to make her my thesis adviser. :) *kidd

I remember her saying that the average person fears public speaking more than death. At least, now I know that I fear spiders more than anything. ;)