Thursday, August 10, 2006

bad day

Mein Gott.

Everything seemed to go wrong today. I woke up early this morning, hoping to get to school on time for a change. I was walking out the door by 9:15 AM, and I was at the terminal 10 minutes after. Two FX taxis full of people left as I arrived. The next one came after I had stood in line for another 15 minutes. I got to UP with barely seconds left before my 10 AM class started.

My classes were supposed to end at 4 PM, but no, I still had a meeting with my BA101 groupmates at 6. So I went to the library and waited until 5:30. Since I had only a Milky Way bar for lunch I bought a hotdog sandwich just to keep from keeling over. I sat at the Sunken Garden, munching away while watching people playing tag football (or whatever that was) and Frisbee. And I waited until 6 PM. I went to the Econ building, where there was some sort of party. And I waited for my groupmates. I sat at the lobby. I walked around. I read the announcements. I studied for my finals in German. And I waited, until one of my groupmates came by and told me that "we won't be meeting today, just be ready with your output tomorrow".

*EXPLETIVE* *IMPRECATION* *PROFANITY* *OBSCENITY* *@#$^#$&^$!*

2 wasted hours, plus the other 1 and a half hours I spent waiting for my dad. I could have finished the entire single player campaign of Age of Mythology instead of staring at thin air for almost 4 hours! Schade!

My entire day was not wasted however. I saw and talked to more of my friends today than in the past week. I received a high grade in my 3rd German exam, guaranteeing at least a final grade of 1.75. I'll be taking the final exam tomorrow because I want to have a higher grade. I had a fun time at the UP AstroSoc tambayan. And I got a free ride home.

And then I got home. The first thing I saw was CNN reporting on a foiled terror attack, causing airplanes to be grounded all over Europe and America. And then there were reports about bombings in Mindanao, NPA raids in
Luzon, suicide bombings in Iraq, rocket attacks in Israel, and
airstrikes in Lebanon.

Apparently I wasn't the only one having a bad day today.

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