Showing posts with label distance learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label distance learning. Show all posts

Saturday, September 3, 2011

what must be done to start "she's come undone"


I rewarded myself with a new(ish) used book yesterday because I've been studying my ass off for the past weeks. I've got just one more module exam to finish. After that, I'm off to do a little review and then it's gonna be the time to take my final exams! Must get all 6 exams done by the 12th of September! I'm feeling all the pressure now! Oh well, just a few months from now (most likely half a year or just a little bit more) and it'll be all worth it! :)

Btw, the book is Wally Lamb's "She's Come Undone". Bought it for P250 at my favorite secondhand bookstore in UP - Bookshoppe sa Peyups. It's the shop behind the waiting shed between SC and the Post Office. I always buy 3-4 books when I go there so Ate (Sorry, I don't know the seller's name. Must ask her when I go back.) was asking me: "Ito lang?". LOL. Sorry Ate, I'm on a tight budget right now. :P

Now all I have to do is stop myself from reading the book until I get through my exams. To be honest, I'll probably cheat a little by reading a few pages during study breaks. Hah! Self-control, where are yooouu?

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

squeamish

taking my exam in an hour. my insides are feeling queasy. ive got some severe knots in my tummy. blech. this is what cramming can do to you. :P thank god the weather is good today. i take this as a good omen for my exam. ha! the heavens is on my side today.. :)

on a brighter note, my sem will be over next week. :)

Edited Post: 9:18pm
exam done. was reminded by the registrar that i only have until the first week of november to complete my semester. ack! 4 exams to go.. currently in cavite. planning to pull up an all-nighter to do my exposition paper on the philippine constitution. must take exams on friday-saturday-wednesday-saturday. gaaah! the pressure! :(

Thursday, August 26, 2010

priorities

i like making schedules. it helps me get organized and gives me a sense of urgency to get things done. :) my schedules do not get followed most of the time but hey, it still helps me get things done faster than i would've without it. :) so this is me, prioritizing and getting my afternoon all-scheduled-up.

today's sched:

12pm-2pm - watch pretty woman (because yes, i haven't watched it yet)

1pm-2pm - take a bath (yes, i take really long baths)

2pm-4pm - write paper for school

4pm-5pm - pack for QC

*will update this list later to see how much of it i've followed.

time check. 12:03pm time to watch a movie. :)

2:10pm - done with movie. off to take a bath.

2.50pm - done with taking a bath and changing clothes. magsusuklay na lang then off to work on some essays. :)

4:20pm - got distracted by FB chat. ngaun pa lang mag sisimula sa essay.
priorities: an FB chatlog

4.33pm - 2 essays to edit +4 essays left to construct. i decided to get "offline". FB has been too much of a distraction.
plurk status: exhibit A of my attempt to finish the essays. :P

6:15pm - dooooneee! :) not my best work, though. i swear my brain is like a rusted-hasn't-been-used-for-so-long machine. it's in desperate need of  some oiling up! but anyway, here it is!

the final product! agh! see what i did with the spacing?! horrible!

Ayt! imma go get my stuff ready now! looking forward to going back to QC! must leave the house before 7pm! off to get stuff fixed! :)

7:51pm - logging off from the computer. off to kyusi! :)

see, i'm only about 3 hrs behind my schedule! :P

Monday, August 23, 2010

musings of a bored pseudo-student

warning: no sense in this post. read at your own risk

CURRENTLY.
watching tropic thunder. gross but funny.

MUST.
finish studying my module. 3 lessons left.

memorize a hundred page module. (damn. i hate memory works)

write essays. (more than ten essays on the list. down with just one. i am really getting rusty when it comes to writing)

EVERYTHING MUST BE COMPLETED TODAY.
(so why am i wasting time watching a movie?)

SICK..
down with a bad case of colds. i hate being sick. and i've got my moon flow. so really, my productivity rate is doomed to shoot all the way down until i get better.

NOCTURNAL.
thought i fixed my sleeping pattern the past 2 days. unfortunately, i've been in bed the whole afternoon so i'm back on the "night life". night life minus booze / night life minus job that pays premium for living the vampiric life)

BROKE.
sacrificing money for the chance to make my folks happy. still find myself constantly thinking about getting a regular paycheck twice a month.

DEGREE.
one more year. one more year. one more year.
(oh please give me strength. :P)


*this post was created last week. di ko maalala kung bakit di ko na-post. nagtotopak ata connection ko nun.*

Thursday, August 5, 2010

cram!

gulps of seattle's best, puffs of marlboro, a pilot pen and some blue pad.
MY MODULE IS MY BEST FRIEND.

So this was how I spent Saturday night. Studying with a friend in a coffee shop somewhere in Makati. It was my first time to study for an exam somewhere out of the house and it was a very productive (and expensive) experience. I actually got some studying done! (in between chatting sessions with my friend, of course. :p sometimes, i tend to just chatter on and on about stuff. i should really keep this habit in check while on study-mode.)Too bad Seattle's Best is only open 'till midnight on Saturdays. And Starbucks was just too noisy for our taste. Anyway, I now understand the hoards of students going to coffee shops and 24-hour fast food chains. See, once you're there, you won't have as much distractions/temptations/choice as you would have if you were studying at home. :)

Anyway, I took an exam last Monday. Which, surprisingly, was EASY (well, as compared to exams I took in UP. the exam was actually even easier than most quizzes I had in college.). Unfortunately, I'm still not confident about the results. The thing is, some stuff on the exam were stuff that I didn't consider important while studying so I didn't really make an effort to remember them. Oh well, the disadvantages of studying by yourself. No professor to stress out which information are important and which parts to be skipped. I guess I'll just have to make an extra effort to be more meticulous about ALL the information in the modules. I'm pretty confident that I passed, though. It was just that I was hoping for really high marks since I'm studying full time now.

I'm gonna be getting the result on Monday. Sooooo..... Wish me luck! :)

Monday, October 19, 2009

estudyanteng hinde

Ang hirap palang mag-aral mag-isa. Unlike sa normal school na babasahin mo yung readings mo tapos ididisscuss ng prof sa klase. Syempre pag nasa class na, ang ididiscuss na lang ng professor eh ung mga importanteng information at ung mga most likely na lalabas sa exam. Plus, pwede ka or ung classmates mo na magtanong sa prof or sa isa't isa ng mga bagay na hindi mo naintindihan. Kumbaga, may karamay ka. :)

Pero madali din naman magself-study in a way. Kasi super hawak mo talaga yung oras mo. Like kapag nararamdaman mo na saturated na ang utak mo, pwede kang mag-break anytime or change subject muna. Eh sa traditional school, alangan namang sabihin mo sa prof mo na "Sir, break  muna tau sa paglelecture mo. Ayaw na mag-absorb ng utak ko eh. Dun muna ko sa math class. Tandaan mo na lang sir kung san tau tumigil sa discussion." Haha. Laughtrip naman un. :)

Nakakatamad lang talaga mag-aral mag-isa. Kelangan mo talaga ng disiplina. Ang weird pa ng modules ko. Hindi ko matapos sagutan ung progress check na hindi ako tumitingin sa answer key. Hehe. Ang daya ko. Pati sarili ko dinadaya ko na. Anu ba yan, may matutunan kaya ako dito? Pero kasi naman, inaattempt ko naman sagutan without looking pero ang weird ng ibang tanong eh. Like eto:
It was in ______ that the theory of dualism emanated.
Ang sagot ko, the 18th century. Un pala, place ung hinahanap. So England ung sagot. Pero kung babalikan mo ung module, mas nag-focus sya sa dates instead of places. Sabagay, kung titingnan mo ang question, grammatically eh mas bagay na sagot ang England kesa sa 18th century. Eto mas matindi:
During emotional stress, regardless of nature, many of the physical reactions are _________.
Ang sagot ko jan, instantaneous. At matagal kong inisip yan. Ang dami kasing possible answers. Pero may nabasa kasi ako sa module na:  
Under emotional stress, just like in reflex action, bodily reactions are instantaneous because of the direct link between the stimuli and the organs.
Pero mali ang sagot ko. Ang correct answer ay common. Parang kinukutya ako ng answer key at kulang na lang eh lagyan nya ng "duh" sa tabi ng answer. At take note, walang nabanggit na common sa buong module or anything that implies physical reactions being common.

Hay.. O baka naman hindi na ako marunong mag-read between the lines o mag-deduce ng information from what has been stated dahil sa tagal na natengga ang brain cells ko. (idagdag mo pa ang damage ng alcohol.)

I guess malalaman ko lang talaga kung mahirap or madali ang distance learning once mag-final exam ako. Kasi my final grade will be based only on the final exam and the module tests. (Iba ung module test sa sinasabi ko na progress check kanina. Progress checks are the ones you do after completing each lesson. Kasama to sa module at may answer key sa next page. Ung module test naman eh parang take home exams. Walang answer key at ibibigay un sau kasabay ng modules upon enrollment. You can answer them anytime basta make sure that you submit it before you take your final exam.)

Speaking of exams, nung nag-aaral pa ko sa UP, sangkatutak na sample exams ang sinasagutan ko before each exam sa math at stat. Pero ngaun, i have no idea what to expect. Kasi kahit ung non-math/stat subjects, by the time naman na mag-finals ka mejo alam mo na kung pano magpa-exam ung prof eh.. Pero ngaun, naku. One time bigtime ka sa final exam. :(

Haaaaaaay. Right now, I'm taking a break from reading the modules. General Psychology lang muna ang inaaral ko eh. Saka na ung ibang subjects/courses. Naisip ko kasi one by one ko na lang aaralin ung mga subject then take one (or maybe two) exam/s at a time para nakafocus ako sa subject and fresh pa sa utak ko ung pinag-aralan ko. Ay hindi ko pala na-mention kanina na we can schedule our final exams. Anytime yun as long as within 4 months after enrollment. (trimestral kasi sila eh.) Naglimit na din ako ng 2 weeks for each subject. Wish ko lang makapag-stick ako with the schedule I made for myself. Madali pa ngaun kasi syempre simula pa lang at medyo excited pa ko. Plus, wala akong work ngaun.. Naku, goodluck na lang sa kin once mag-work ako ulit.

Anyway, Aja! :) Kaya ko 'yan! :)