Nobody told me that this summer would be toxic. Precisely. I didn't even assume nor forsee that this summer would be as toxic as there were schooldays. Piles of workload, even more piles of thinking (needed), and even more sleep hours have been reduced. But nevertheless, I don't really feel as stressed, as bugged, and as tired as I was during schooldays. Or maybe I just get really tired sometimes.
Every summer, my brother Richard and I get into all sorts of summer classes. We were never without any summer lessons with our cousins. Perhaps summer must be the perfect time to do get-togethers everyday and have us all cousins bond bond bond a lot since we live in Cavite and most of them are in Manila and Pasig. Name it, over the past summers, we've been into:
1) Speech
2) Acting (under Ms. Bebang and Kuya sorry-I-forgot-his-name of Tanghalang Pilipino)
3) Swimming
4) Taekwondo
5) Aikido
6) Public Speaking, Grooming and Etiquette @ Wilma Cruz-Tapalla Academe
7) Voice (apparently I had mine after the Speech class we had one summer, then Chard got his after the Tapalla's @ Center for Pop Music)
8) While Chard was taking classes at CPMP, I was set into reviewing for college entrance tests @ SCRC
Then this summer, we’ve decided to test the waters of theater @ Repertory Philippines. After a week of everyday classes with Rep, my grandmother asked if I could teach Journalism and Speech classes in SFS (side story: my grandmother decided to put up her own academy, St. Fourier School. It's a family business.) in Manila every M-W-Fs. I know I can't turn down on it because [aside from the fact that I really like teaching kids] hey, every student who doesn't have regular school classes during summers = BROKE. Just like how I probably am. Hahaha! I can't let any summer job, for that matter, slip away. And since we also want to brush up our melodic (*cough*) voices, we'll also be taking voice lessons starting this coming Saturday with our uncle because we feel like it's getting rustier than ever haha. And then by the first week of May, I shall be taking creative writing classes in Fully Booked, High Street (or the other creative writing class under Chit Guerrero). I cannot say that it is pretty awful. After all, these are the things that I really like doing. But I can't say that I'll never get tired of it - because quite frankly, I easily get tired (pun intended). TIRED and LIKE are two different words. When I said that I easily get tired of it, it doesn't mean that I easily dislike it. I get tired as in, dog-tired. It's just that I get stressed most of the time because of the schedule. You see, my only rest and free day is a SUNDAY. So only on Sundays do I get the privilege of waking up at 2 in the afternoon and spend the whole day merely daydreaming, invading the World Wide Web, and succinctly put - the art of doing nothing (which I'd also love doing every single day of my summer!!!). I do get occasional Facebook checking for about 5-10 minutes O-N-L-Y when we get home at around 11pm every day after Rep classes. Downer, I suppose!
So now, when I say that I am busy and can't seem to fit 24 hours in a day.. it's an honest to goodness reality. True to the bones.
Usually I'm on the road at 7:30am to get to my class at 9 and teach Journalism, and then by 11-12pm, I'm teaching Speech.... that's every M-W-Fs. By May, after my class at 12, I'll be taking creative writing from 2-4pm in High Street every Mondays. Then from 6:30 to 9 of Mondays-Saturdays, I'm doing Rep. Every Saturdays, we're also having voice lessons. And for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays @ 1pm, I'm off to buffing up at the gym. That'd have to be my permanent schedule until May 28th. Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy crazy schedule I'm having. No wonder my planner's all doodled up with even crazier detailed everyday scheds.
I think my mom has a point. Taking all these summer classes in one summer, and having all these activities are even better than doing nothing at all. -----P.S. Frankly doing nothing at all kind of freaks me out. So yeah, my barely-doing-nothing sessions must only take me at least 2 or 3 days. On the 4th day of doing nothing, I'm probably zeroing in on the weird-o-meter.----- It might also be my last year of having a completely school-related free summer coz of all the projects and heavy load of school works I'll be getting in college sophomore year. What more in the summer of junior year?
I maybe sacrificing my summer for a whole lot of How I Met Your Mother reruns, getting more than 8 hour sleeps.. but isn't it great to have experienced half the glass I'm taking in just one sitting, err... summer?! Admit it, it does look good on a resumé. Hehe. Plus, learning has been raised on a whole new level. Experiences are widely-responded to. Self-growth is taken into far greater heights.
It must be the essence of what I've always said:
Every summer, my brother Richard and I get into all sorts of summer classes. We were never without any summer lessons with our cousins. Perhaps summer must be the perfect time to do get-togethers everyday and have us all cousins bond bond bond a lot since we live in Cavite and most of them are in Manila and Pasig. Name it, over the past summers, we've been into:
1) Speech
2) Acting (under Ms. Bebang and Kuya sorry-I-forgot-his-name of Tanghalang Pilipino)
3) Swimming
4) Taekwondo
5) Aikido
6) Public Speaking, Grooming and Etiquette @ Wilma Cruz-Tapalla Academe
7) Voice (apparently I had mine after the Speech class we had one summer, then Chard got his after the Tapalla's @ Center for Pop Music)
8) While Chard was taking classes at CPMP, I was set into reviewing for college entrance tests @ SCRC
Then this summer, we’ve decided to test the waters of theater @ Repertory Philippines. After a week of everyday classes with Rep, my grandmother asked if I could teach Journalism and Speech classes in SFS (side story: my grandmother decided to put up her own academy, St. Fourier School. It's a family business.) in Manila every M-W-Fs. I know I can't turn down on it because [aside from the fact that I really like teaching kids] hey, every student who doesn't have regular school classes during summers = BROKE. Just like how I probably am. Hahaha! I can't let any summer job, for that matter, slip away. And since we also want to brush up our melodic (*cough*) voices, we'll also be taking voice lessons starting this coming Saturday with our uncle because we feel like it's getting rustier than ever haha. And then by the first week of May, I shall be taking creative writing classes in Fully Booked, High Street (or the other creative writing class under Chit Guerrero). I cannot say that it is pretty awful. After all, these are the things that I really like doing. But I can't say that I'll never get tired of it - because quite frankly, I easily get tired (pun intended). TIRED and LIKE are two different words. When I said that I easily get tired of it, it doesn't mean that I easily dislike it. I get tired as in, dog-tired. It's just that I get stressed most of the time because of the schedule. You see, my only rest and free day is a SUNDAY. So only on Sundays do I get the privilege of waking up at 2 in the afternoon and spend the whole day merely daydreaming, invading the World Wide Web, and succinctly put - the art of doing nothing (which I'd also love doing every single day of my summer!!!). I do get occasional Facebook checking for about 5-10 minutes O-N-L-Y when we get home at around 11pm every day after Rep classes. Downer, I suppose!
So now, when I say that I am busy and can't seem to fit 24 hours in a day.. it's an honest to goodness reality. True to the bones.
Usually I'm on the road at 7:30am to get to my class at 9 and teach Journalism, and then by 11-12pm, I'm teaching Speech.... that's every M-W-Fs. By May, after my class at 12, I'll be taking creative writing from 2-4pm in High Street every Mondays. Then from 6:30 to 9 of Mondays-Saturdays, I'm doing Rep. Every Saturdays, we're also having voice lessons. And for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays @ 1pm, I'm off to buffing up at the gym. That'd have to be my permanent schedule until May 28th. Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy crazy schedule I'm having. No wonder my planner's all doodled up with even crazier detailed everyday scheds.
I think my mom has a point. Taking all these summer classes in one summer, and having all these activities are even better than doing nothing at all. -----P.S. Frankly doing nothing at all kind of freaks me out. So yeah, my barely-doing-nothing sessions must only take me at least 2 or 3 days. On the 4th day of doing nothing, I'm probably zeroing in on the weird-o-meter.----- It might also be my last year of having a completely school-related free summer coz of all the projects and heavy load of school works I'll be getting in college sophomore year. What more in the summer of junior year?
I maybe sacrificing my summer for a whole lot of How I Met Your Mother reruns, getting more than 8 hour sleeps.. but isn't it great to have experienced half the glass I'm taking in just one sitting, err... summer?! Admit it, it does look good on a resumé. Hehe. Plus, learning has been raised on a whole new level. Experiences are widely-responded to. Self-growth is taken into far greater heights.
It must be the essence of what I've always said:
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Yes, pardon the attempt of doing a just-Photoshopped masterpiece. I'm quite a novice.But of course, I won't forget to squeeze in time for my lovelies, too. So I'm seeing Biba and Aly tomorrow! By-the-flesh finaaaallly!!!! ;) Meanwhile, I have a lot of work to do. Bring it on. I’m excited. Oh wait, did I mention that it’s a Sunday?! DOUBLY YES.
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