Anxious. Tired. Excited.

Hi there :) I've been busy and quite sick so I haven't updated my site despite of the many activities and happenings worth sharing.

First, I had my very first formal and serious interview last saturday March 10. It was for my OJT @ the Department of Foreign Affairs, and how I wish I'll be put in the Office of the Protocol and State Visit. I really really want that office. Also, I still don't know whether I'll have my OJT on April or May, but then again, I wish to be listed on the April batch :)

Back to my interview, I was really happy for I didn't mess up. Surprisingly, nervousness wasn't able to eat me :) I SURVIVED IT. I somehow stutter but I was able to deliver my thoughts well. Maybe because I prepared for it, I even made answers on my mind beforehand. Again, some might say that this is not really an accomplishment, but it is for me :) Really :)

Second, the day after the interview, sunday March 11, I finally accepted the position being offered to me months ago. Yes, (if you've been following my blog) I will be the next Foreign Service Club President. I could still remember how I blogged about attending the first official meeting of the org (that blog), and merely two months from now, I will be the one making orders and calling out for meetings. Yes, I am very much excited but very much scared as well. As I've said, this entails such a great responsibility and I would have to prove to everyone that I deserve this big position.

*I want to make this clear, this is not official yet, not until the position is formally passed on to me.

FSC Batch 2011-2012

Third, I had my check up yesterday wednesday March 21. I am feeling a bit dizzy from time to time and I am having a sudden white and blurred vision. However, the doctor said that it was normal, that maybe I just lack sleep and my eyes needs to rest. But he still asked me for a second check up with an ophthalmologist, so I would return there maybe next week. I just hope that I'd get good results. I don't want to wear eyeglasses for heaven's sake! Haha.

*No, maybe I'd want to wear glasses, for a new look :)

Fourth, just today, thursday March 22, we had this sort of tribute to one of our professors. He may not be the kindest and most generous professor in terms of giving grade however, he was able to touch our hearts. He is Amb. Fortunato Oblena, we know very little about him, but what we all know is that he is such a hardworking and responsible professor.

During the last 15 minutes of the class, we asked him to sit down and listen to us. My classmate Jeremiah read the letter in behalf of the class, and just after three-four lines, some of my classmates started to cry. And half-way, Amb. Oblena also started to cry, and the classroom was filled with too much drama. Hihi.   After the "letter-reading" we played the video we shoot, and then we all stood in front and sing. :))) It was a great feeling, I tell you. :)

IR-356 with Sir Oblena

Finals is coming. Oo, parating pa lang, habang yung iba bakasyon na! #lyceumeh
:))

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Sort of talking and walking

Surprisingly, I am not much exhausted these past few days despite of continuos reading and talking activities at school. However, I am not quite sure if this would persist for the coming weeks. Finals is fast approaching and professors are actually starting to count the meetings left. And finals, as we all know, entails projects, completions etc. 

• UN Simulation

After Midterm Exams, we (the class of IR-356) immediately proceed to our UN General Assembly simulation activity in our International Organizations I class. Such simulation activity goes like this, each of us must took a country to represent, act as a delegate from that specific state then must make position/policy papers to be delivered in the session. Our simulation activity started last February 21 and until now, we still haven't reach the final adjournment.

The agenda our professor chose was the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and perhaps the question of Palestine's bid for UN full membership. The country assigned to me was the Republic of Japan. I wouldn't go much into details on how the session is going, nonetheless i should say that we are doing good, not just according to me but according to our Dean also :) (at least all efforts was appreciated) Also, I would like to again commend my classmate and seatmate  Ate Joan Narciso, she was acting as the delegate of Israel and she was able to portray and represent it too well. *clapclap

Me and Ate Joan :) plus our dear professor/dean :)

And this is me while delivering my speech. Not really a good shot. Haha.

And this is a better picture of me, I guess :)

• That Stranded Night

I would also like to share our experience last February 28 when the INC had their sort of a gathering. We got stranded. That's all. Haha. We walked/ran from Intramuros to somewhere near FEU because of heavy traffic and because jeepneys were all loaded. I decided to spent the night on my friend's house at Sampaloc, Manila and some of my classmates also did sleep overs. T'was such a tiring day!

And this was how we looked like that night. Worried but smiling :)

• Logos Hope 

Logos Hope is said to be the world's biggest floating book fair  and from that I guess I am lucky enough to be able to visit it. I was really excited to see it and very much looking forward to buy a new book, however, I was a bit disappointed. I am not saying it was bad, I just expected much more. Nevertheless and despite of the long walk at South Harbor which caused my feet to ache, it was still worth while. Though I wasn't able to find a good fictional book I was able to buy an informative and helpful book for my course. :)

Logos Hope Valletta

Us-French Gang as I call it :)

The book I bought. Yes, it's comparative politics! :P

That's all :)
With few exceptions, it was a happy week for me :)

PS. Credits for Ate Joan for some of the pictures :)

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