That might be an overstatement but no one in the same situation as I am, at least, could deny the truth in it.

I just got my very first F. That’s my advisory grade in Math 11. Sure, I still have a chance to redeem myself but seeing an F (failure) in my advisory grades is such a traumatizing event for my parents. I, on the other hand, am not totally surprised. I could still hope for a D (passing) in the final grade though. That way, I wouldn’t have to repeat hell during the next sem.

Back in high school, English was my best subject. Anything below 95% is already a failure for me. This time around in English 11, a C+ is the best I can do… and that’s just above passing. Also, during high school, getting a line of 8 makes me have sleepless nights just thinking about how I could’ve done better. But after going through the first half of the semester in Ateneo, I realized that getting a B is like getting perfect (and getting a B+ makes you genius; getting an A makes you an alien).

I’m not generalizing though. I already knew the fact that in Ateneo, honor students back in high school are no rare species. In my math class, there are a few who get A’s and B+’s and they’re usually Chinese. So I can’t really say that everyone adheres to the “D is LOVE” principle.

Asking myself and people around me, I got several answers as to why I’ve been getting such grades that I haven’t even gotten since grade school. High school friends say we lacked preparation in high school. Schoolmates say that the Ateneo standards are high. Elders say we’re just adjusting to college life. I say, I haven’t been doing my best.

Last week, I haven’t blogged a single post except a sideblog post which really doesn’t count. No, I don’t get homework everyday and when I do, it doesn’t take up much of my time. So what’s taking up my time you say? Just a mixture of orgs, high school friends, kpop and plurk - that’s what.

I joined 5 orgs during the recweeks: The Guidon, Management Information Systems Association (MISA), Ateneo Student Exchange Council (ASEC), Collegiate Society of Advertising (COSA) and Touhou no Yuujin (Toujin). It might sound a lot to some but I really can’t cut it down. Having joined 5 orgs, anyone can blame me for having so much GA’s to attend to after classes and requirements to do.

The Guidon. I signed up for the Features staff in the Guidon but the requirements were too much for me as everything’s being given to me all at the same time so I just ended up backing out and joining the Web staff instead. That was totally unexpected and I know a lot would kill me for this. The requirements for the Web staff weren’t too toxic. I just had to design layouts for Sports Online and Blue Ballot ‘09.

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These are the reason why I haven’t been blogging lately: I get home and do my homework until I become very sleepy. I can’t blog. One monday night, I did two sample websites for the Guidon (Ateneo’s official publication) as a requirement for joining and ended up sleeping at 5am, waking up an hour later. These past weeks have been toxic. But not to scare those incoming college freshmen, I can assure you that it has been very fun! ^_^ Imagine going with the CASS PH to the Pops in Seoul event, having to buy what you need on your own, roaming around malls in Metro Manila to “buy what you need”, meeting with your high school friends every other day even if they live in Manila (DLSU, UP-Manila, UST) while I live in Ortigas, Mandaluyong) and commuting! ^_^ Fun huh? And oh yeah, I got accepted into the Guidon too.