And the die was cast. All I'm waiting for right now would be the date of the execution. I mean, the release date of the UPCAT test results. Since I'm part of the first batch to take the UP admission test scheduled early in the morning, I have to drag myself out there before 6:30 in the morning. Fortunately, there wasn't any misgivings of couple of hours lack of sleep for I got up all by myself about 2 hours early. That just indicates how excited I am to take this test. Not that I've prepared for it or anything, I didn't even have a refresher of my geometry course days before. I did cram little snippets of terms from scanning a crash review booklet I received from the review center I enrolled in during the last month of summer. 

Since we set off ahead of time, we didn't encounter any traffic on the way over. I gave my friend Diana a lift because we were designated on the same place anyway. And good thing too because I wouldn't know what to do if I was left alone there together with other faces, students from other schools who are apparently, my peers. I had this perception when I was still an adolescent that there aren't a lot of 13 year olds in the world. Because I don't often see anyone my age then (people I came across with were either too old or too young) I just resorted to thinking that my species (generation) was rare. Hah. Funny thought once you see the number of students desperate to be admitted in the state university. 

So fast forward blah blah blah to the instruction orientation before the exam, it felt all so surreal. And queer too. What I mean is, I literally felt like that was a pivotal moment in my life. Like some sort of stepping stone. It's like I'm there because it's something important. Now I know I didn't study for it, but I don't want to think about that because it just makes me feel restless and depressed that I didn't take it seriously until the actual moment that I'm about to take it. It's sad, to realize that you should have prepared for it, since it won't happen again for the rest for you life. As they say, you only take the upcat ONCE. And that's that. 

For starters, there weren't any hot guys mixed among the examinees. Some looked up to par, but none of them passed my qualifications. Not that I actually expected awesome guys to show up. Although I'll take my hat off to our examiner, at least he looked a bit decent and his voice is just amazing. You wouldn't even notice that he's reading some sort of manual to relay the instructions. As for the test, well its... a test, yeah. After being done with it, I guess it's not really that hard. It's none different from elementary entrance exams, with the exception of the range of topics covered. There's your general science, a bit of biology, quite an unpleasant lot of Chemistry, and a little of your Physics. Nothing less.

Mathematics will always be mathematics, what do you expect? English was all right. Didn't have much trouble there, though I had misgivings for a few items. After answering each subtest, I immediately forgot all about it. I don't even remember any particular questions. It's like once the proctor instructed us to shut our exam questionnaire, a memory charm was cast upon us (Obliviate!) and our minds are totally wiped out of all traces of the previous test. What? So that we won't blab it to others? Pathetic. Anyway, I'm quite doubtful that I'll pass the exam, but I'm still going to pray for it. Because, honestly, UP doesn't seem a bad choice of campus, considering the fact that I immediately fell in love with the greenery and the infrastructures inside the university. Too bad my courses are based on UP Manila. Diliman is pretty decent. 

To all my readers (again, if there are any :), please pray for me, that I pass the examination. I'd really be a great help. So, pictures galore.

Why didn't I see my soulmate out there? I didn't even saw a trace of anyone from school. Maybe because the campus is just so freakin' large?

I hate it. I just hate it. I wish I reviewed for the UPCAT. I was too dumb to realize that indeed, I'm only undergoing this once. I won't have any chance to take it again. And it's rightful to think that you should at least feel satisfied and confident at how well you performed the exam. I just blew it. I'm such a deluded moron. With USTET, I'm definitely going to stand on firm ground by slowly making my way reviewing everything that I've encountered so far in school. I won't regret it, this time around.

Now, I connected the irony, I know, and the first time I saw the sign, it's the first thing that I thought. But let's not put any malice here. :) By this, I absorbed the vastness of the UP Campus. I mean, this is just the cafe and it took like, half a block. I'm seriously addicted to this campus. Move aside, UST!

Oh, nostalgia, why do you have to hurt so much? Why do you have to remind me of the things that I had before and how I happy I was then? Why wrench my heart so harshly?

Now don't we look pretty?

And the die was cast. All I'm waiting for right now would be the date of the execution. I mean, the release date of the UPCAT test results. Since I'm part of the first batch to take the UP admission test scheduled early in the morning, I have to drag myself out there before 6:30 in the morning. Fortunately, there wasn't any misgivings of couple of hours lack of sleep for I got up all by myself about 2 hours early. That just indicates how excited I am to take this test. Not that I've prepared for it or anything, I didn't even have a refresher of my geometry course days before. I did cram little snippets of terms from scanning a crash review booklet I received from the review center I enrolled in during the last month of summer. 

Since we set off ahead of time, we didn't encounter any traffic on the way over. I gave my friend Diana a lift because we were designated on the same place anyway. And good thing too because I wouldn't know what to do if I was left alone there together with other faces, students from other schools who are apparently, my peers. I had this perception when I was still an adolescent that there aren't a lot of 13 year olds in the world. Because I don't often see anyone my age then (people I came across with were either too old or too young) I just resorted to thinking that my species (generation) was rare. Hah. Funny thought once you see the number of students desperate to be admitted in the state university. 

So fast forward blah blah blah to the instruction orientation before the exam, it felt all so surreal. And queer too. What I mean is, I literally felt like that was a pivotal moment in my life. Like some sort of stepping stone. It's like I'm there because it's something important. Now I know I didn't study for it, but I don't want to think about that because it just makes me feel restless and depressed that I didn't take it seriously until the actual moment that I'm about to take it. It's sad, to realize that you should have prepared for it, since it won't happen again for the rest for you life. As they say, you only take the upcat ONCE. And that's that. 

For starters, there weren't any hot guys mixed among the examinees. Some looked up to par, but none of them passed my qualifications. Not that I actually expected awesome guys to show up. Although I'll take my hat off to our examiner, at least he looked a bit decent and his voice is just amazing. You wouldn't even notice that he's reading some sort of manual to relay the instructions. As for the test, well its... a test, yeah. After being done with it, I guess it's not really that hard. It's none different from elementary entrance exams, with the exception of the range of topics covered. There's your general science, a bit of biology, quite an unpleasant lot of Chemistry, and a little of your Physics. Nothing less.

Mathematics will always be mathematics, what do you expect? English was all right. Didn't have much trouble there, though I had misgivings for a few items. After answering each subtest, I immediately forgot all about it. I don't even remember any particular questions. It's like once the proctor instructed us to shut our exam questionnaire, a memory charm was cast upon us (Obliviate!) and our minds are totally wiped out of all traces of the previous test. What? So that we won't blab it to others? Pathetic. Anyway, I'm quite doubtful that I'll pass the exam, but I'm still going to pray for it. Because, honestly, UP doesn't seem a bad choice of campus, considering the fact that I immediately fell in love with the greenery and the infrastructures inside the university. Too bad my courses are based on UP Manila. Diliman is pretty decent. 

To all my readers (again, if there are any :), please pray for me, that I pass the examination. I'd really be a great help. So, pictures galore.

Why didn't I see my soulmate out there? I didn't even saw a trace of anyone from school. Maybe because the campus is just so freakin' large?

I hate it. I just hate it. I wish I reviewed for the UPCAT. I was too dumb to realize that indeed, I'm only undergoing this once. I won't have any chance to take it again. And it's rightful to think that you should at least feel satisfied and confident at how well you performed the exam. I just blew it. I'm such a deluded moron. With USTET, I'm definitely going to stand on firm ground by slowly making my way reviewing everything that I've encountered so far in school. I won't regret it, this time around.

Now, I connected the irony, I know, and the first time I saw the sign, it's the first thing that I thought. But let's not put any malice here. :) By this, I absorbed the vastness of the UP Campus. I mean, this is just the cafe and it took like, half a block. I'm seriously addicted to this campus. Move aside, UST!

Oh, nostalgia, why do you have to hurt so much? Why do you have to remind me of the things that I had before and how I happy I was then? Why wrench my heart so harshly?

Now don't we look pretty?