the silent speaks (or writes.)

8.21.2005

into the eagles' aerie

8:00, sunup. oh shoot, i'm gonna be late again. i wonder how many people will try to make the deadline.... never mind. gerald won't be there that early. i mean, duh... you know him. (peace to you my friend!)

i went down to the sala, where all my requirements lay - essays, forms, letters, and... where're the pictures? goodness, i think i lost the ID pics! and so began the frantic search for the missing IDs, scrutinizing every nook and cranny, but all in vain... at least until 8:30.

and oh yes, here we go again, the usual. I'M late again. at the quickest, i was able to arrange myself, take a jeep, and brisk walk to copytrade in one hour. with everything in place, i started my rush to mcdo carpark. round the corner i realized that i didn't have my wallet with me, and left it by the copier. so much for five minutes of backs and forths...

by nine-quarter i was all secured in mcdo. and not surprisingly, my friend was already there - at least half an hour ago.

so we made our journey to the jeepney stop and (of course!) took a jeep to UP. on the way we heard an old lady grumbling about camping trips and defective principals (most probably our principal?)

next stop was the katipunan terminal. on the way we met cj's mom, evidently going that way due to the same reason that we were.

moments later we were at the opposite side of the ateneo campus, walking towards an overpass with a blue-colored roof. (a special loyola request?) somewhere in the middle of the pass we saw three stray kids busying themselves over a brown leather wallet containing a few dollar bills (according to what i saw) and nothing else. (how and where will they use the dollars? i mean, do they know how??)

after crossing the highway, we entered the school and took a tricycle to xavier hall (also known as the administration building.) hey, the campus IS really big enough to accomodate a whole tricycle terminal daily....

on the way familiar faces showed up like one of my classmate's sister and a pack of other scientians [im]patiently waiting in line.

while waiting for our turn in the long queue, we met anna ehll, another classmate, who felt the need for tongue-twisting or something like that. she was quite talkative, anyway, so its usual that she inform me some trivial bits about the red shirt she was wearing. by the way, i was
wearing yellow, and gerald, blue. (anyone said Philippine flags?) the long line was quite tolerable for it gave me time to finish my application forms completely.

now here's how the process goes: first, the front man (named jez) will call your attention and designate to you a number. this number will be the counter where you will be accommodated by an enrollment committee staffer (mine was 8.) this is also where you submit your COMPLETED requirements.

if there is something lacking, you will be called again and be informed of...

...your ineligibility to take the test because of lacking documents. mwahaha!!!! no, i was just kidding. you will be told to return next week with the complete forms. simple as that may be, it only applies for the scholarship forms.

and make sure you have your pictures stapled. i didn't, so i had to enter the main admissions office and ask for staple wire. i even remember how violently my hands were shaking during that time. cool, huh?

anyway, after that you'll only have to wait for your name to be called, then you go to the counter, and voila! you're done after you take the test permit.

in our small group i was the last one to be called (because of the stapler delay.) it was 12:30 when we finished everything, and all of us needed to pass at least two scholarship requirements by august 26. (anyway, we did our best; our parents should take care of those.)

with nothing to do, we took the time for a little stroll, some walk in the park. and oh, ateneo was really THAT beautiful. the silence, the serenity, the de-stress posters (I have a colorful one in my envelope; they got dual-coloured ones. tee-hee...), the dominant GREEN grass, the clean pathways... it was possibly a student's Eden in my opinion.

walking out of the school grounds, i started thinking about my future again. and the question starts to hum again, time after time...

ateneo or up? blue or maroon? i'm sure gerald and anna and cj and many others are thinking about it.

follow the heart. and try to save money, guys... a friendly reminder from your everyday blogger. (",)

the silent spoke up on 16:40

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