Reklamador...dor...dor...dor...

Naisip ko lang...

The best time for me to write something (or in this case, blog something), is everytime it's raining. It inspires me kapag umuulan, makulimlim ang langit, tapos you toss in some Jason Mraz music. In the same way na hindi ko feel mag-blog kapag summer. Sobrang init. Pati 'yun computer feeling ko umiinit na rin agad, wala pa rin akong nasusulat. It just goes to show na ang utak ko ay parang dog food, mas juicy kapag nababasa. (Aarghhh... Choi! What a stupid analogy! Damn!)

I just feel bad. I'm currently blogging here at Cafe Manila (I'm not sure of the name of this shop, puro kasi signage ng PLDT myDSL Biz). DIto 'to sa Intramuros, Manila. What else is in Intramuros. Colegio de San JUan de Letran. Wow! Si Choi mage-enrol na! Yeah, I am. Pero feeling ko lahat nagiging flop. Nakakaasar.

It started some two weeks ago. I filed my Application for Returnee. They made me sign something like a clearance form, which I did. Last stop ko sa registrar before ko i-turn over sa Dean's Office. The Registrar's Office asked me to pay for the form (na akala ko walang bayad) and give them a week to sign it. No worries, I said. Baka ganun talaga ang process.

Which I proved to be true when I got the form back. They attached my curriculum list and noted the subjects na INC ako. So I went straight to the Dean's Office, and Miss Verna (thank you very much by the way for being nice) asked me to report to the CA chair for an interview.

I admit, I prepared my best English twang for the interview. One, it's the CA chair that I'd be talking to, and two, para naman masabi nilang hindi nasayang yun almost 2 years ko sa call center. And three, ehehe, gusto ko magpasikat. Bakit bawal?

The interview went on. She asked while I filed for leave of absence. I said I worked in a call center. She said "You've got your one foot on the grave" or something like that. Ok, whatever. Then she asked me, "Why are you returning?" I'm sorry to say this, but that was one of the most senseless questions I was asked of in my life. I mean, why ask? I'm returning kasi I've been out of school, I've been on leave. Ask me "why" I'm returning and I'd say I'm ready to go back to college. What's the point of asking anyway? I know she didn't mean to be senseless, perhaps it's with the way she asked me. She could've said, "Why are you returning now?" or "Why only now, after 2 years?" I could've explained that it took me that long to 'make ipon' (hahaha!) or we had some situations in the family (yeah, those dramatic plots in your family).

What made me really upset and frustrated was when she signed the form. I saw her flip through the papers. Might have glanced on the curriculum list once or twice. I thanked her for signing and asked her if they'll be having COMM201 classes this sem. Tamang pang-build lang ng rapport. She said "yeah, but you can't it them this sem." I was dumb-founded and speechless. She continued "you have to finish (and pass) all your English subjects first." HIndi ako nakaimik sa sobrang asar. COMM201, for the benefit of everyone who doesn't know what it is, is the deciding course for CA students. It's "Introduction to Communication." Yup, INTROCOM ata siya sa La Salle. If you pass it, pang Comm Arts ka talaga. Otherwise you have to shift to another program. And the best part is it's only a one-take course. And it's offered only once a year. So sinong hindi mapipikon? If I don't get to take that subject, I'll wait for another year. I'll extend for another year. What the f?

So, yari ako sa kanya if ever nabasa niya 'to. Nairita lang kasi ako that time she looked as if she really don't care if I return or not. Not that I expect her to be welcoming since she don't know me personally. But then, show some interest naman for a student, or if you look at it in another way, a "client" who wants to invest again. And she acts as if she's way up there, you know what I mean? Well yeah, she could be the Department Chair or Director or what not, pero huwag niya na masyadong i-project. And, if ever mabasa nga niya 'to at magalit siya, I say, in the Mo Twister fashion, "I do it because I have freedom." And don't pull the "freedom-has-limits" card on me. I know where I stand.

Well, back to my rants. Yeah, hindi pa tapos. Bumalik ako kay Miss Verna to wrap up the process. She referred me back to the Registrar to check the enrolment schedule. I asked one of the Registar's Office's staff kung kailan. Aba, ang lola mo! "Dean's Office ang nagsi-schedule nyan." I smiled and said "Dito po kasi ako ni-ref--" Hindi niya ako pinatapos at hiniritan ako ng "Dean's Office ang nagsi-schedule nyan...!" Oo, may exclamtion point. May sungit "ang-kulit-mo-tanga-ka-ba" factor. Nag-init ulo ko. Pero you know me. Soft-spoken talaga ako kahit ganyan. Ayoko umeksena kasi hindi naman ako artista. So 'akyat' ulit ako sa Dean's Office. Si Miss Verna na ang tumawag sa Registrar's para itanong ang schedule. "April 30 daw. So balik ka sa April 30..."

Which leads me back to today, April 30th. All geared up and excited to enrol. Pagdating ko, ang tahimik at ang konti ng tao. I paid the processing fee of P1000 sa Accounting. Na may konting hassle kasi nagkamali siya ng lagay ng student number so sa ibang pangalan nailagay yun bayad ko. Pero OK lang for now, unless magka-issue yan sa payments ko in the future. Yeah, future, meaning hindi rin ako naka-enrol today. Walang offices today...! Who'd have thought? It's possible na they're given an extended weekend dahil Labor Day at Spiderman 3 premiere bukas. Pero ang klaro ng sabi sa 'kin, April 30. Sarado ang Offices ng Dean at Registrar.

And that's how the first half of the day went on. Bad trip! Bad trip siguro ako sa process, or sa tao. Na hindi kasi masyadong consistent. Pero para sa akin forgivable yun e. Alam niyo na, mahaba pasensya ko sa ganyan. Masama siguro loob ko dahil nag-close na lahat ng schedule na gusto ko. Or dahil may chance na hindi ko makuha 'yun COMM201. Or bad trip ako dahil napagod ako sa paggising nang maaga at pagpunta dito. Sayang ang hype! Or maybe dahil I'm worried na hindi ko maihabol sa shift bid this week ang Reg Form ko. I need an early shift dahil mag-aaral na ako. HIndi ko tuloy alam kung bakit nangyayari 'to? Hindi ba ukol? HIndi meant to be? Does God have other plans? Ewan, ang labo.

As for now, after I post this, magpapayaman lang ako sa Neopets at uuwi na ako.

Sabi ng kapatid ko, at ni Jesse ('yun anak ng officemate ko), hawig ko daw si Archie Alemania. Nyahahaha! Ang feeling! But with this blog entry, walastik din naman akong mag-reklamo 'no?