coraLai

i think i speak in behalf of all the college students when i say that these past few weeks have been nothing but hell! after two weeks of lack of (proper) sleep, of missed breakfasts, lunches and/or dinners, of drowning in books and readings, of swimming in endless, albeit, meaningless words, of being isolated from people, of (involuntarily) hiding in a place called my room or library, of information overload, of throwing up–or at least, wanting to–for the aforementioned reasons, of thinking of throwing in the towel, of crying in the midst of writing a paper and/or studying for an exam you are scheduled to  take in about two hours, of near nervous breakdown, and of other nauseating matters (you get the picture), alas, salvation comes–sembreak naaaa!!! so what do i plan on doing? hmm…i’ve got plenty actually; first and foremost, i plan on taking a long nice sleep (having a ten hour sleep is considered a luxury nowadays) in my own bed without the clutter of papers, books and readings, and i plan on doing this until the second sem starts and the battle  begins, yet again.  next, well how about those overdue library books? maybe i’ll return them…or maybe not, i want to take a break from the library, and so on and so forth.. actually, who cares what i do? the most important thing is i’m free!

…for now.

six degrees of separation. i learned this from my phys10 class, and if i remember correctly, this was derived from a shakespearean play (just don’t ask me which one).  according to this "theory" (for lack of better term) we are at most six degrees separated from the person we want to meet. as an example, my prof said that he wants to meet, say, tom cruise…so, he knows (to a degree) the dean of their college (1st degree–and the counting begins); the dean knows the UP president, who in turn knows our country’s president; the philippine president knows the u.s. president, who in turn knows tom cruise….and there you go! not six, but five degrees of separation! seems simple isn’t it? mind you, this has a scientific basis–this has been studied as a part of complex networks, part of physics as a science of complexity (i’m not kidding). but come to think of it, who needs six degrees of separation when the person you really want to meet, and i mean really want to get to know, is sitting right beside you? 

aral, basa, isip, saulo, aral, basa, isip, saulo….walang hanggang iikot ang utak mo sa kauulit ng mga gawaing ito; walang kapaguran ang mga mata sa pagbasa ng naglalanguyang mga salita, sumasakit na ang ulo mo sa mga nagkakandabuhul-buhol na mga impormasyon, namamaga na ang mga mata mo sa ikalawa,ikatlo, ikaapat na gabing walang tulog–alas singko na naman ng umaga. bakit ba pilit pa ring sinisiksik ang mga kaalaman mula sa isang buong dekada, milenyo, patungo sa isa pa–sa loob lamang ng dalawang oras–kung alam mo, sa isip isip mo, na singko din naman ang tuloy, tres kung susuwertihi’t kaaawaan ng Diyos sa kadadasal (sumasakit na ang tuhod sa kaluluhod at nagsusugat na ang mga daliri sa higpit ng pagkakadaup ng palad dahil alam mong Siya na lang ang pag-asa mo..). pero hindi, matigas ang ulo mo, kaya ko pa ‘to sabi mo. ganyan talaga ang tao kahit na sinasabing ayaw na, tuloy pa rin, kasi wala nang alam na ibang tutunguhan, ito lang ang alam na daan. hay, ang kawawang bata, pagdating ng takdang oras, halos mangiyak sa nakita: gaga! sa isang araw pa ang pagsusulit!