Last Monday to Tuesday, our highschool batch had our outing in the Island Garden City of Samal. Despite all our efforts to contact everyone (thru Facebook, SMS, word-of-mouth), only less than a third (around 20+ out of 91) made it. Some batchmates were not allowed by their parents (we’re scattered all over Mindanao so they have to travel) whilst a few were uninformed.

Even with relatively low turnout, it was FUN! We’ve decided to do it every break (except Summer break since a huge number of us attend summer classes).

Here’s us!

I have rendered an unofficial list of PSHS SMC Batch ‘08 students who passed the UPCAT. Although all efforts were exerted to maintain the accuracy of the data table below, I do not guarantee accuracy of the rendered results. Some names may not be on the list. (more…)

Hi guys!

I’ve got to make a very big revelation to make.

To my batchmates, OUR RESEARCH GADGET is STILL UNFINISHED UP TO THIS TIME. It’s less than 24 hours before graduation day, and we still have to finish it for us to march.

Huhuhu. I did some mindsetting. I prepared myself for our bloody cramming this morning. Waaaa, please pray for us.

If I would to enumerate the things I’ve done in Pisay that I’m proud of, writing a research paper with two other groupmates (Boon and Tomi) without a grammar and spellchecker would be it.

I bet most people nowadays don’t care much when they hit a wrong key, the computer will correct it anyway. But in our case; we’ve been careful in hitting the keys – made sure that everything in the screen was right – pushed the backspace whenever we push the wrong keys and correct them.

Sounds lame, right? But I think it deserves to be written here.

There are still instances in life in which we have to lessen our technological dependence. These are instances in which our technologies fail. My only advice would be – be prepared. Always think of the unexpected. No one knows when your word processor’s spellchecker, grammar checker and AutoCorrect function would fail? It could be a minute from now, tomorrow, or while making your uber-important reports

Hahaha. Lame post. I’m writing this spontaneously from my unorganized brain. Good luck!

Background

Hey, we just had our one-and-a-half day retreat yesterday, and now it’s over. We had it at the Cursillo Retreat House of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Concepcion at F. Torres Street, Davao City.

A day before the retreat, final room assignments were announced. Rooms had an average of three occupants though there was one room with eight occupants and some with only two. I happened to be assigned in the room for two and my only roommate was Elikim.

We were not allowed to use our cellular phones throughout the course of the retreat, but it didn’t mind it since I don’t own one. Just like any batch retreat, strict rules and regulations are to be followed.

Assessment

PLACE. The place was wonderful. Seldom can you see a silent and solemn place in the middle of a busy metropolitan (near nighttime hangout places).

ROOM. Our room was the smallest room since there were only two beds (compared to other two-bed rooms, our’s was still a lot smaller) but it was nice. It was better than I expected it to be. My bed was soft and bouncy, while my pillow was as hard as a rock.

FOOD. The food was average, not that good and not that bad. But still, I managed to eat a LOT. Our table was the only table with no food left on the serving plates every after meal.

ACTIVITIES. Honestly, the activities were not that effective, it could have been better. I don’t feel any change in me after the activity. I think I share the same sentiments with my other batchmates. There were some (minimal) activities though which I enjoyed.

The Fun Activity

One of them was the time when everyone was invited to reconcile with enemies and thank friends. There were a little of us who wept, but I think I wept the most tears.

I wept after someone approached me and said either a sorry or a thank you. I can’t vividly remember it cause the moment she approached me, I froze for a while but I think it was more of a sorry.
If ever it was really a sorry, I’d be confused cause I find no reason for her to ask for forgiveness. I think I should have been the one who asked her forgiveness for all my not-so-bitter bitterness but if it was the latter, I’d gladly accept it and will thank her more in our last few days in Pisay. I’d thank her for everything she has done to me.

Up to now, I still can’t comprehend why I froze and wept. I think I was overwhelmed with happiness cause I did not expect it to happen. I have thought of apologizing and thanking her, but I did not have the enough courage. (more…)

The Batch Ethereals (2008) of Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus in Davao City garnered a passing rate of 97.80% (89 out of 91) passing rate in the 2008 University of the Philippines College Admission Test (2008).

The said batch garnered the highest passing rate based on the five-year comparison blog released by the campus’ Guidance Unit.

Anyway, I’m one of the 89. Congrats to US!

Not a couple of hours ago, I went to Picture City at SM City Davao to have a 2×2 ID picture for my dorm application. After having my picture taken, they tipped me to come back by 6:00PM.

Exactly 6PM, I went back to the photo shop to claim my print order. The attendant told me that my picture was not yet printed. I still had to wait for 25 minutes to have my picture.

I was pissed off by their service. I saw them print my picture in a Canon inkjet printer. I wonder why they process those jobs in an inkjet, weird.

For those people who plan to process their printing jobs at SM City Davao, I recommend that you avail the services of Mitsubishi Photo located at the first floor.

Last Thursday was the last leg of our three-day final examinations, the last quarter exam in Pisay for us Seniors. For that, I’m rewarding myself a new Wordpress theme, made by me. Huhuhu.

Next in line is our graduation. I’m still not sure if I’ll graduate, but I think I’ll be. What is certain is that I’m leaving Pisay this school year, no more extensions.

This Monday will be the deadline of submission of grades of teachers. I’ll be seeing my grades by that time. I hope my previous-quarter Math 5 substandard grade would be lifted.

Now that my classes in Pisay are technically over, I’ll try shifting my focus to my blog; and my year-end clearance. I’m aiming for a 150% increase of average hits per day by April 24, 2008 from today’s statistics.

That’s all for now. My new WP theme is telling me to work on him. Err.

Ooops, my Marbel post is still under construction.

We just had our Networking Practical Exams. We were tasked to connect the routers, switches and PCs based on the topology given. We have to do the cabling from the power cords, Ethernet connections, serial connections to console part.

It was time pressured. We were only given 5 minutes to implement the topology. We did not finish all the connections, specifically the two power cords. It was fun, so much fun. I know I did the right thing, grace under pressure.

Hahaha. That’s all for now. Good luck Cisco, good luck to me.

The 2008 PSHS NCE Second Screening results are now out. The results of the second screening of the National Competitive Examination will be the basis for the admission to Philippine Science High School System.

The offline results were posted on PSHS Campuses. On our campus at Southern Mindanao in Davao, it was released last Thursday afternoon.

Online results are now available. I am currently working with a search engine for the results where users can search by name or by school. Hopefully, it will be online in the next 12 hours. Just keep in touch with this blog for more updates. Here’s the link to my revolutionary 2008 PSHS NCE SEcond Screening Results Website.