Today's Complaint: Passion.

I've lost my drive.

Maybe it's because of my intensely busy schedule. I'm taking up 23-units this term (18 is the usual full load). And apart from that, I'm an officer in another organization. Publications Manager for the AdCreate Society, to be specific. My last class, which is LAW, ends at 7.30 pm on some days and since training starts at 6, I usually miss the first half of it. & by that time, I'm usually so lazy to go to training already. Also, starting September, I'll be having my OJT. That will probably be 10 am to 7 pm everyday. EVERYDAY. Training is 6 to 9 or even 10 pm. And coming from Makati (fingers crosses the company we applied for accepts us), I'll probably arrive for training at around 8 pm. Which, again, will be useless.

Maybe it's because I'm not part of any upcoming competition until I graduate. No Skechers. --I auditioned, but didn't get in the compet team. No Crissa. --They cancelled it this year. No UAAP. --I'd have graduated by then. No Lactacyd. --My upcoming schedule can't handle it.

Maybe it started when I realized I had nothing left to train for. I probably only go to training out of routine and not anything else. I'm hollow, moving to beats and sounds I can't actually hear. I'm not that same person that allows herself to get lost in the music anymore. I'm training for the sake of training.

And you want to know something honest? It scares me. Dance was the only thing I could turn to. It was that one thing I promised I wouldn't let go of in my life. But living as I am now, with the hustle and bustle of my everyday life, I think I've lost it.

Help.

Today's Complaint: Stupid people who have stupid complaints.

I know I already blogged today, but when I checked my email just a little while ago, I was greeted by an email by a very crazy person. I just knew I had to complain about it.

First of all, I highly respect Green & White. What they're doing is very difficult. Imagine, they do this year in and year out. They contact the photographers and turn SPS 505 into a mini studio (complete with lights and a hair and make-up team) and take pictures of thousands of students within a period of a term. And then they compile write-ups, extra photos and information about every student and make sure everything is correct.

Next, this girl, this Katherine Lim (yes, i'm not even censoring her name, if that even is your real name), stated in her email that only students who have three or less terms before graduation are allowed to sign up for the yearbook. Girl, you are so wrong. I signed up for yearbook last year, along with my block mates. I'll be graduating next year on February. So, basically, I had around 5 or 6 terms left when I signed up for yearbook.

Also, there are really different ID numbers on the yearbook because different courses take different years to finish. Most College of Business courses takes around 3 or 4 years, while Engineering courses take roughly about 5 years (& that's only if they don't fail anything). So, to be logical, why will you avail of your yearbook if you're not even graduating yet? And it's not like you know your ENTIRE batch. If your blocks wants to sign up for yearbook, then sign up with your block! Plus, in college, some people end up being delayed and graduate later than their batch mates. It's not like high school wherein you all graduate the same time. Graduation can happen in October, in February, and even in June. Seriously, are you even from DLSU???

So, to answer your question, yes, you are the only person who is complaining about this. You should just go jump off a bridge now. (like what you said in your email) Their system is actually quite efficient, and if there was a better way, I think they would have implemented it by now. You're stupid.

Today's Complaint: Clearance.

So, last week I logged on to my my.lasalle account (side note: I attend college at De La Salle University and we have a university portal where students can log on and enroll for courses, check their grades and etc.) to check my clearance. Enrollment was going to be next week (which is this week, specifically tomorrow) and I had to be declared CLEARED from all departments to be able to enroll. --My last term, nonetheless. When I clicked on the 'View Clearance' link, BOOM. Guess what I saw.

Apparently, what sprung from my 23-unit term + org work + training was that I forgot to return 4 books in the library, pay the remaining 1/3 balance of my tuition, and do my 4 hours of community service. --Okay, so the community service part I was totally avoiding, but the others, I had no clue about. Out of fear that I wasn't going to be able to enroll, I really stressed in fixing everything. That was on a Thursday. Today is a Monday. I just checked my my.lasalle account again and...

YAY. I can enroll for tomorrow! So, I guess, this wasn't really a complaint. More of a rave. Or whatever is the opposite of a rant. Toodles! (okay, wtf? I don't know either.)