MUMTY'S SCHEDULE FOR TODAY IN PAST TENSE.

5:45 a.m. Cleared the cobwebs off my eyes; Charged phone (even if only for an hour and my charger's not the fast one - takes 4 hours for a full charge.)

6:15 a.m. Dallied a bit. Read the newspaper for another dose of bad news.

6:45 a.m. Just finished taking a shower. Chose my fave peasant-looking (or something nearly close to paisley) brown skirt and white top to wear today.

7:05 a.m. Out the door by this time.

8:30 a.m. Made it just in time for the convocation ceremonies for UP's University Scholars. (I dropped that piece of news in my last blog.) Saw Rish, Mike Go, and the other awardees for architecture huddled in one corner of UP's film center. Found a seat and got settled.

9:00 a.m. Malou Mangahas, editor-in-chief of the Manila Times (or at least that was what I remembered), delivered a rousing speech on being a UP student/activist. Something about being an activist not detering oneself from excelling in school, and vice versa.

9:30 a.m. The awarding began.

10:00 a.m. The UP Concert Chorus sang in the intermission number. Rey Rombabwa had a solo - he sang 'Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin.' Go Rey!=D

10:30 a.m. The convocation ends. Snapshots were taken.

11:00 a.m. Pushed away the remains of my macaroni lunch.

11:30 a.m. Saw Joyce outside the CS building. Entered with her to class.

12:30 p.m. Fell asleep somewhere between trying in vain to listen to the reporters in STS and rewriting my lighting (arch 47) notes.

1:45 p.m. Finally in arki. Worked with Joyce on proposal for STS final paper in CADLAB.

3:30 p.m. Sir Silvestre's class. Had reporting of different districts for today. One group discussed Intramuros and the other discussed Malate. Just had to laugh at the Malate group. The presentation of the report had sleazy overtones, (obviously refering to Malate's [former] seedy joints) featuring pictures of popular motels and the like. The laser pointer image of a reclining woman was just too much!=D

4:30 p.m. Left UP.

6:45 p.m. Arrived home. Geez.=(

8:24 p.m. Enjoying what's left of the New York cheesecake generously given to us by the kind neighbor who lived along our street.

What a day. It helps to have a positive mindset. It actually grants you a cheesecake.=D