I survived the first week of second semester, yay! I must emphasize that at this rate, I am already being conditioned to be a... specialized Computer Engineering student. Heck, I only have two core subjects this semester, and they're finally making me take the signature subjects of my course aside from the ever-present Physics: EngMath (this time around, it's Differential Equations x_x) and Electronic Systems (which also involve lots of differentials, bummer).

The only consolation I have is that I already acquired a copy of the (*coughjurassiccough*) ELC book without even paying a cent and a blockmate forwarded to me an ebook of the latest version of the EngMath book. If I couldn't get an ebook of the latest University Physics by Young & Freedman (which I highly doubt), my supplement books will probably help me enough. Ironically, the one book I had to spend money on is the one for my minor, Psychology (seems they want to prevent me from going psycho, huh?). Talk about annoying. At least the book was interesting enough, and I could always loan it to lowerclassmen once I'm through with it.

Books and subjects aside, my poor feet received much more of a beating than my brain during the first week. I was breaking in my new shoes, and BAD luck hit me when I forgot my stockings and the caf ran out of band aids that day. I ended up buying a set of slippers from the bookstore just to relieve my poor feet. *GRAPHIC IMAGERY FOLLOWS* Three of my toes per foot had sore spots, and at the back of my ankles, small parts of the skin had already sloughed off. Yeowch. *GRAPHIC IMAGERY ENDS* Consider it an achievement for me to walk around college and commute back home via smoke-filled roads in a jeepney with feet that hurt as though they have been passed through the meat grinder. But I wasn't alone. I saw several other girls walking about with band aids at the back of their ankles.

I also had my laptop reformatted a second time in less than two months. Thankfully, it's not due to a virus this time around, and I had already learned from a previous experience to regularly keep external backups of my files (hence, I lost nothing of value). If you're wondering what the problem was to begin with, it's simply because my more-than-five-year-old hard disk had finally given way. (I was very worried when the system kept turning up the blue screen of death when I made sure that all my antivirus software were all up-to-date and running.) My dad installed a new hard disk for me and I managed to reinstall all my vital programs in a jiffy. Probably the most functional (advanced) birthday gift I have received in a while. YES, I am turning one year older come this Tuesday. But as to how old I am, you can just get an age range from me, a college sophomore student. *wink*

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