I used to read magazine articles about college life. The writer is usually from a prestigious university and he/she would be talking about getting only 5 hours of sleep (which is already considered a luxury), bringing coffee to class and eating food while on the way to school. Or worse, having no time to eat breakfast at all! There would also be stories about dorm life and dorms with and without curfews (I’m currently in a dorm that has none. yay!), and wrong choice of friends. My first year in Silliman University was so unlike the stories in those magazines. Because life as a Masscom freshman in S.U. is like heaven. NO deadlines to catch up because there wasn’t much to do anyway. But now that I’m a college sophomore, it was a major shift. Good bye to full breakfasts, hello grab-and-go munches! Good bye curfew, hello to my own keys! Good bye well-rested life, hello eye bags and late nights in front of the computer!
What is it with being a masscom sophomore that turned my life topsy-turvy? Here are the reasons. One, I’m taking Com21 which is news writing. I had no idea that writing news is hard! Especially the lead. Imagine summarizing the whole story and writing it in one sentence with a maximum of 25 words? Number two, I am taking BC25 which is research writing. Our topic is “The influence of ABS-CBN in Philippine politics”. Waaaah! I’m going to be bald by the end of the sem.
Despite all that, I am having more fun than I did last year. I have more friends and I found a group to belong to. Then there’s debate (I’m excited for the upcoming VisMin debate championship!) and I really look forward to Friday nights and Saturday afternoons which are reserved for debates. In short these times are for debate and debate alone.
Sorry ha if medyo magulo entry ko ngayon. I just wanted to write something to release the stress. =)
