I got up at 5:00 in the morning with butterflies swarming my stomach and goosebumps from head to toe. It's my first day as a college student! Yey?? :)
Expectations? Well, I just wanted to make it out this day still alive and kicking. Boy, was I in for a treat. The bad but a bit of good kind of treat. Confusing, I know. HeHe.
I went to school too early since I'm not the kind of person who's used to tardiness, plus I can't think of any excuse to wait at home for a couple of minutes since I'm already ready, set and GO! My mom always says, "It's better to wait at the expected area and meet the schedule on time than wait where you are but end up hurrying yourself because you miscounted the minutes." It's a great advice, one that I keep repeating every time I have expected plans with friends or family. But in truth, I'm only punctual on classes. Most gigs I tend to be quite late. I oversleep a lot. Especially on weekends. ^_^ Hey, I can't help it. :)
Anyways, we had our Freshmen Orientation all morning. Of course, we start off the exhilarating first day with a mass. Then they proceeded to introducing our respective deans for respective courses and staff. Reviewing rules and regulations on campus. Just the basic school-is-still-school-thing-so-we-have-to-obey-rules-even-when-in-college objectives. Blah blah blah blah. I pretty much lost focus several times while I tried rubbing my two hands and warming myself up. Gosh, it's too cold in the Auditorium. I knew I should've worn a jacket. (It rained at late in the afternoon, too.)
I had my lunch after the orientation with my former high school batchmates. The canteen was surrounded by stalls of all delicacies and at the center area, surrounded by blue benches, was a little stage. The school had a special treat prepared for us. Several dudes in green, loose shirts, looking all hip-hop and all that, danced to the beat of the music. They even did some freestyle and back-flips, which I thought was really cool. Well, I went back to eating and talking after that. Munch, munch, chew, chew, gulp. Blah blah blah. LoL. ^_^
In the afternoon I only have 2 subjects left (Math and English), then I'm home free. When I entered the classroom most of my future classmates were already seated, and most of them female, too. I can sense that no one of them wanted to be a "teacher's pet" since all the seats up front were deserted. Two rows of seats up front were ours for the taking. Too bad I and my friend didn't want to be some teacher's pet, either. Good thing there were still about 3 vacant seats at the right and back most part of the classroom. Thank goodness! ^_^
Math was okay, I guess. Our professor is an Attorney. In my own point of view, he is strict with rules - especially about piercings and boys put together. 'Oh, I hope that Korean cutie understood what our professor just warned,' was what I thought at that moment. He's also a bit jamming but I had a hard time hearing him. He speaks like he's talking to one person, plus I sit in the back. Bummer. I told my friend, "Next time, we have to come early and grab the seats in the middle. No assigned seats in college. Hurray!" To that, we both agreed.
English was a let down. Why? 'Coz the teacher didn't show up. We ditched and ran before the bell rang. Well, technically, we weren't ditching since we waited for him or her for about 45 minutes in his or her class time. We didn't think he or she would show up at all, so 'see yah, wouldn't wanna meet yah?' ROFL. O_0 I'm just joking, naturally.
One thing's for sure. That was a heck of a day. By the time our car was on the road till we arrived home, I was knocked out of my wits. I was too tired to talk or think. Now, I have a headache and my throat hurts. Better get some shut eyes before I drop dead in the middle of class tomorrow. Is this what college life would feel like? Well, It's still just the first day and I already think I've had enough. Whew! But, I'm not going to give up that easily. Hard as it may be, I don't want to flunk and leave disappointed. I'll smile and fake it till I make it. ^_^ Oh, work hard? Yah, that, too. HaHa. :)
