Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Coming to grips

Just when I thought that I was the only one gasping for air, along came friends who are just as desperate as I am to finish off graduate school. If only to claim relief in knowing that someone else is pressing in on the same boat, I'd be my own guest to suck it all up.

Well yes, I've been working on my paper for more than a year now. I've capitalized on procrastination far more than anything I have ever imagined myself am capable of being. Truth be told, I’m tired of just longing. I want to graduate and do something else, other than this. I even struck a bargain with my officemates (their next carbonara will be on me), again if only to stimulate my already growing low self-motivation.

I have other things in mind after graduate school. For one, my interest to pursue European languages has already caught up with my paper! I'm done with one quarter of mis clases EspaƱolas, and so far, it has been good.

In the words of my thesis adviser, "...okay, but don't let it stay with you too long."

Believe me this time, I won't keep it stale.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Counting screws


"Isa lang ang hiniling 'ko sa kanila: ang karapatan 'kong madapa at bumangon sa buhay nang walang tatawa, magagalit, magtatanong o magbibilang kung ilang beses na akong nagkamali at ilang ulit ako dapat bumawi."

-- A B N K K B S N P L Ko?!
Mga Kwentong Chalk ni Bob Ong. ©2001.