Last tuesday was the first day of school in our university, so I woke up as early as 4:00 AM to arrive there on time. My first subject every day always starts at 7:00 AM or 7:30 AM, and my house is an hour's ride away from the university.
What a great schedule right? Me waking up that early in the morning just to attend one subject, hahaha! Thus, given that traffic is always jammed here in my country, I really have to be advanced. As of this week, I just have to commute because the deposit for me and my brother's boarding house is still nowhere to be found. Hahaha! We're going to move there next week along with our other cousin. For now, I just have to bear the tiring ride for a week.
So I left our house at exactly 5:00 AM because my dad made sure that I get there on time. He was the one who woke me up at 4:00 AM, even though I wanted it to be 4:30 AM, and prepared my meal. I didn't have a smooth travel because my friend asked me to pick up his pants at a certain restaurant. He thought that we're already required to wear uniforms, but then an announcement was released last night that we can still wear clothes that abide by the dress code until August 28.
It's still fine to wear the uniform, but it just feels different to wear civilian clothes. So, I picked up his pants and arrived there at 6:30 AM. Since it's still that early, I just walked the street corner. But then, my friend didn't respond to my chats, so I decided to go to his boarding house. I haven't really gone to his boarding house once, so I just waited outside. I kept on contacting him, but it turned out he dozed off. I was upset because the time is running, and it has been 30 minutes already since I've waited.
Thankfully, a kind person asked me whom I'm waiting for. He came out of the boarding house and noticed that I'm still there when he came back after almost an hour. He offered to get the pants and just hang them upstairs. He instructed me to put a name so that it can be easily identified, but then I didn't have any pen with me. Oh diba! First day na first day, sobrang student na talaga ako tignan. I suggested taking a picture of it and sending it to my friend so he'll know. He just agreed, and I thanked him from the bottom of my heart.
It was almost 7:30 AM when I arrived at the school. It's just a 5-minute walk from the boarding house. There, I found some of my classmates. We laughed and caught up on some things we've missed. My board mates before whom I'm really close with haven't arrived yet, so I asked them if they're already in the campus. And you know what one of them said? "Wala pa. Tulog pa ang mga tao diri." (Not yet. The people here are still sleeping.) Hahaha! The perks of having a boarding house nearby.
Well, there was a flag ceremony, so we didn't have our first class. The stage is far from the field, and the speakers' volume is too low that the students weren't even listening when someone's talking. When we hear they're clapping in front, everybody's jokingly clapped too since they don't know what's happening in front.
Image from ColHead
Image from ColHead
It was a tiring ceremony. I'm even wondering why we're still doing it since we're already in college, and some of the colleges here don't do it anymore. It's still a great thing to do, though, as Filipinos. It took almost an hour because of a lot of talking. We then stayed at the kiosk for a while because, unfortunately for someone who traveled very far and early, there would be no classes for the day. The teachers have a program throughout the day, so it's impossible to meet us. It's great news, though, but if only they had announced it earlier, I shouldn't have wasted a penny. It could've been a great and sound day for me. Grr. We're broke pa naman.
Anyways, I've decided to just stay there for long to access the free wifi and download my favorite Kdrama series' 8th episode. I've noticed that the students aren't that many, and as I browsed my FB feed, I saw a joke post of someone saying, "Naa na lagi mog USEP nag unsa mo diha?". (Why are you guys at USEP already? What are you doing there?)
A lot of my FB friends shared it, and some captioned:
I should've known since it's the first day, usually, ever since high school, most of the teachers won't really meet us. Anyways, I went home at 10:00 AM. I cashed out 200 pesos at the terminal as I only had enough for me to get there. I wanted to buy a peeled mango, which is 20 pesos, but then I didn't have enough money, and it's exhausting to come outside again. Tomorrow, I'll surely buy.
