Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be so damn much more
'Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for
-John Mayer

sir mitra chose to spend some time giving us a pep talk today. he first mentioned karla's sister, top of her batch in math, the bane of a philippine science high school student who cant believe someone from aa can whip his ass in calculus.
"assumption antipolo ka lang!"
"yung nga eh, assumption antipolo ako."
it pays to have an edge. he started talking about what it was like when you didnt. he and his brothers were left by their parents. he had to make do with public school education, and had a hard time keeping up in college, surviving only by studying several hours (i'm talking about 6 - 9) a day. then he began talking about us. and his own daughter, which the class found really cute. haha.
the first period was about to end...
"eh sir, pano kayo napunta sa semenaryo?"
"ay nako, dat is anader istory."
"sige na, sir! we have time!"
"matatapos na ang pirst period, wala pa tayong napag-aaralan!"
"ok lang yan sir!"
"the law of conservation of potential energy and kinetic energy..."
the class groans and laughs. we covered some ground until...
rrrriiinnnggg!
sir mitra drops the chalk. "okey class... i must now climb up to mt zion..."
this time the class just laughs.
and worked a bit harder in the subject that followed. calculus.

afternoon was spent in the auditorium. we waited for nearly 2 hours for the event to start. to pass the time, we just bugged each other. ms jona was fun to have around.
ms jona: shh... umiingay tayo... baka mapatingin dito si sir mitra.
cami: ms, nasan?
ms jona: ayun o, nakaupo sa harap.
cami: *scanning the sea of heads* di ko makita...
ms jona: spot the difference.
me: *rolls around in my chair*

cami: ms.. grabe talaga mga libro namin... calculus...
ms jona: leithold pero ang bigat.
me: *rolls around again*

we pulled in some proud wins.
cam noted it was nice treat... considering it was last time we'd experience it.