Blue goes Green. The July Issue is out!

This month in The GUIDON:

NEWS: Blue Eagle caf goes green
The Ateneo's plan for cleaning up the environment starts with the cafeteria.

Find out how.

SPORTS: Arnisadors shine in NCR regionals
Learn about Team Ateneo's 46-medal win in the
NCR Regional Arnis Tournament.
FEATURES: Sex in the university
Is having sex in campus worth the risk?
INQUIRY: Spokening in dollars
Ateneans may not be as English-proficient as before
BEYOND LOYOLA: Beijing ushers in

2008 Olympics

After a 15-year wait, Beijing sets the Olympic stage for 8.08.08

Out of the norm.

"There is no such thing as normal" - From SA21 class

And yes, there is no such thing as normal. A uniform norm that is.

-Just had our SA21 midterms today (first BIG test since RR the God's killer oral quizzes) and since it was the birthday of Ma'am Czar, the test was relatively easy and not that much of a worry. We checked the true or false part (since most of us finished the test in like 30 + minutes . . . that's how easy it was . . . lots of thanks Ma'am!!! :) ), and happy to say a big majority of the class did well, and I was part of that majority. Wooohooo. Could have made it better though. But a C+ / B test was fine for me. Not bad for someone who crammed hours before the test =)) =)) (and there goes my cramming skills wahahaha)

-For the first time in like months, I decided not to hang out in the PubRoom (which we will be relocated from Gonzaga to MVP by next week . . . and the good news? Ateneo's giving us a split type aircon for our room!!! Hooray!!! Ateneo agreed to our plea after all, and the room? Not bad either . . . may be a bit small, but the place looks fine, despite that Sanggu is now our next neighbor wahahaha), and instead I decided to hang out with my fellow freshie friends / Ateneo HS Darren and Aldo and they even introduced me to their "girls" namely Mindy and Erica (ok fine Darren, it's Erica pala not Erika haha =) ) and yes, I wasted an hour and a half worth of potential productive time to have a game of pusoy dos and bullshit with them (minus Mindy, the crush of . . . ok never mind someone might kill me if I said who haha but of course NOT me ;) ) and from that moment I remembered the days where acads were not evil and bitchy during my days as a freshman (unlike now where I have to suffer from tons of readings and papers :l) and yes, I felt like I've finally had some social life for that moment (thanks to PoS60 headed by THE god plus NSTP and Guidon and other Acads I've almost lost my social life due to hectic schedules). It may be a waste of time, but it was a good way of regaining some socializing I've been missing out these days.

<-----It is almost midterms already yet this picture here is my readings (plus research material) for PoS60 alone. Yes, those are PoS60 readings plus research stuff given by the PolSci god RR Raneses; try to imagine if I've combine all of my readings from other subjects =)) Hell yeah I pity the trees that get killed in order to be the paper that photocopying ladies use to make a copy of our handouts :l And second year alone, that's a LOT of readings there . . . and it gets worse every year. Yikes.

-Had my one-on-one with my boss in Guidon and overall speaking, the News Staff I've been working with for a year (yes, it's been a year since I first stepped upon the world of writing and journalism) and yes, things have changed . . . FOR the BETTER. I'm happy that things are getting well with my boss AnnaB and fellow co-staffers namely Dessa, Cindy, Jem, KC, Rach, Kyra, Joan, Bea, and Sasha. Even being "one of the girls" (since I'm the only guy in the News staff now . . . how fun hahaha), things have been going smoothly, with a bit of minor problems (proud to say, no MAJOR problems so far, and hopefully none at all ;) ) One thing that struck me is the fact that I'm Mr. Pessimistic-Reklamador-guy. Must get that reputation out of my system ;) ;) Must think positive always!!! (PoS60 paper it's time I'll own you!!! haha!=) )

And yes, we all have our own sets of norms.

Failed.

1) I used my telephoto lens for the first time in weeks to take a snapshot of that white cat roaming around our house but I failed since the cat eventually went away and got tired staring at the lens :))

2) Wanted to buy that new Adidas tracktop I saw yesterday but no, I'm still saving money for a battery grip (and I need it especially with the size of my flash giving me some instability at times :|) Gotta priotize how I will spend my cash though

3) Was expecting something drastic will happen today because of the SoNA but today seemed to be like a typical day in my college life. Boo. Ateneans ARE still apathetic. :(

4) Still failed to find some research material for my PoS60 paper today (Hello there, paper is due two weeks from now . . . WARNING WARNING :| :|)

5) Still being attracted from THAT girl in my tai-chi class :| I wonder why

6) SA midterms tomorrow! I wish for luck especially since it is also our prof's birthday too tomorrow (Happy birthday ma'am Czar!!! :) :) We wish you give us a nice and relaxing test tomorrow :D :D)

7) The SoNA: some good, some bad, but nothing really special about it.

8) Must. Study. Now.

9) Good luck to everyone in NSTP this Saturday (and for those Senior HS people taking the UPCAT, good luck to you guys! )

10) Nothing more. Ok back to working ;)

And I thought . . .

It was our 1st NSTP insertion today. With around an hour worth of travel time (we left 720 and arrived at around 830-ish), it is really important to bond with you NSTP classmate about stuff . . . stuff meaning anything under the sun.

While arriving at the place, the kids (or should I say teens?) were happy to see us. I decided to teach the first year people (together with Sam and Asia), and I'm somehow got a bit disturbed about something.

One of our tutees (students to make things simpler) had a hard time understanding integers (integers? They are already behind 'coz I remember then during my first year we are being tortured by algebra :D :D), and so I gave her a quick lesson / review with it (with my own set of "rules" to understand them). I was shocked that she understood it quickly. Then I ask her how come she had a hard time understanding the lesson, and she told me that their teacher sometimes doesn't go to class (and guess what? Not even a substitute is available), and that if ever she does, she just discusses the lesson and doesn't really care if the students understood it or not. And worse, her teacher even called them bobo or tanga if they don't seem to understand it.

And to think i thought that such teachers exist in prestigious places like the Ateneo. But no, they exist practically everywhere. What's happening to our teacher's today???

And just a coincidence . . . ABS-CBN is going to present a documentary on the "evil-ness" of the teachers in public grade schools, where they slap the kids or do such evil stuff if they don't get the lesson. C'mon people, we all went to the process of learning; I do not think the kids deserve such punishment? What's the problem people? Why are you getting more evil to kids these days?

No wonder kids become criminals when they grow up.

Yes it is sad, but it is a painful reality.

Burst.

Political Theory. Research. EA Duties. Democracy. Egypt. Tarong. Breaching. Political History. Teaching.

Still Willing.

Well yeah hell week round 3 has just started this week and despite having the shock treatment, i am not surrendering at this moment. Quitting is for cowards. You have to try it out first and test your strengths / capabilities / limits before backing out of the competition called Political Science. Although I have visited the Communications department a while ago to ask about shifting procedures, I consider this as my worst case scenario option. I'll try my best this semester, and if I don't then fate is telling me to shift into Communication. :)

With the sudden burst comes a line of follies:
-I woke up today with a swollen left eye. Took medications already and hoping that i could be well and go to school tomorrow. My dad (who is a doctor) told me to rest and limit my activities so that means I'll have to delay my consultation (Sir RR can I have it rescheduled on Thursday, 2pm?). That sucks. Gotta be more careful next time

-The stupidest thing I have did ever: I went to school early (as usual), only to realize I fucking forgot to bring my school stuff. Damn it. I have to go back from Ateneo all the way back to my house at Sta. Mesa (a 30 minute trip with the traffic) and have my driver bring me there in a jiffy (as in hell fast). fortunately, I arrived at Ateneo at 7:10am with my gear, just enough to avoid incurring a cut in my Tai-chi class since my class starts at 7am. God still loves me and blesses me even with my follies.

-No histo class a while ago, so we used the time (did we used it properly? HAHA) to discuss about the Battle at Bellarmine thingy. This session was a big relief for me as I have finally confirmed that cutie girl's BF is not mad at me after all. All I could say mow is that I love my Histo Classmates (even Ena and Kamille who loves to bitch me out A LOT and the MIS people being in their sabaw modes). Histo = <3

-Political Science subjects (51 and 100) have made my mind comprehend further the complicated thing calledpoliticsand I am slowly (but surely) understanding the jargon that our teachers would give us during our lectures.

-As for the nosebleed PolSci (which is PoS60), I am somehow happy that RR approves of my possible topic and that I am somehow on the right track in accomplishing the 15 page Political Theory paper. Impossible? Not. And Martin's right. Accounting is still harder than this :).

-In love? I don't think so. Haha. :)

-Am learning to use bounce flash well. Mr. Tatco and Ms. Yap, care to share your skills?

-It is passion and determination that is preventing me to fall for the "dark side" (aka shifting) :D
*And Back to work.

Hell Week Round 3.

PoS60 Political Theory paper. (15 pages of academic thoughts; meaning, ARP-like paper to the next level :l)

SA21 Breaching Experiment (something fun for one thing ;) )

Guidon EA duties (Yep 1st timer here :D)

Gilgamesh for Hi18

Other PoS100 / 51 + Fil14 Stuff (Sagala)

Will I win in this third bout?

Ok. So yes I was shocked at our academic paper for PoS60. Not just me actually, but all PoS sophies were shocked about this (or should I say, most?). This makes me really cry, and yet I have to find a way of pulling off a worthy paper in 2 weeks (well it's actually 3 weeks . . . but I do not have any intentions of cramming this unless I'm asking for self-destruction aka getting kicked out of PolSci hahaha). Gotta figure it out. Adding to that paper, I have a list of academic-related activities to do (wait  . . add NSTP also wooo what a life). And yes it keeps on getting harder and harder. Still remember what Ayee told me about college life, that it gets harder and harder. Yes it is getting harder but this difficulty should not be an obstacle especially since the real world (aka the world beyond Ateneo) is way harder than the world we live through the four corners of the classroom. Quitting is not an option, unless i do something really stupid / crazy / insane / that would kick me out of my course. 

Let's see if I can win this bout. Let's get the game going.

Something Funny.

Just had a nice conversation with fellow PolSci Course mate / Friend Leiron Martija a while ago and we were talking about every man's favorite topic: that is . . . the girls.

Yeah, we have been conversing about the various pretty faces in the Ateneo, coming from various courses. In fact, we seem to really get along with each other as me and Leiron have the same taste / preference of what is a pretty girl to us.

I've just realized now (yes, just now hahaha) that I have known (or encountered at least) girls that the guys really admire. And the funny thing? I happen to know most of these supposedly "pretty faces" of our school yet I am not aware of how the guys would admire my friends (the girls). And to think I suppose to be Mr. I-am-shy-with-girls, but not anymore. 

And yes, I've been noticing lately that my close friends in college are those of the opposite sex (but I still do have close friends of the same sex, like my fellow H boys). Wala lang. I just seem to find it strange to have girls as close friends considering I am your typical torpe who is shy when it comes to interacting with girls. Maybe I have become more mature now than before.

And before ending this entry, I would like to end my emotional stress with regards to the backstabbing issue that has just happened recently. Thanks to kind souls like Monique, Martin, AnnaB, and my fellow H boys and other friends, I am now in a calmer mood now. You guy are right; fighting against backstabbers is simply a wate of my time and energy; I've got better ways to use them ;)

Still cool here ;) some papers, quizzes and EA duties and everything's fine. Time to prepare for next week though as midterms are coming soon. :)

The time of [my] life.

This has to be the best part (yet) with SA. :)

Despite being a Sunday today, most of our SA classmates agreed with having a field trip to La Mesa Eco Park. And it was really really worth it.

Memorable things:

1) JR's incredible driving skills with his car (even Ma'am was amazed at JR's ala Fast and Furious driving skills . . . on a Pajero!!! =)) )

2) Me and Ma'am talking about the Guidon (and Matanglawin and Heights) during the dark ages and on how did Katipunan came about during that time.

3) The guard bitching us out (hello Mr. guard the sign says "To La Mesa Eco Park" yet you don't let us in and go the other way . . . damn you idiot! Just kidding . . . can't get mad since he's just doing his job).

4) I1 playing around with Gino's 400D + 85mm 1.8 Set-up (Mr. Limcumpao we are waiting for the photos :D).

5) Going up to see the La Mesa dam in one straight line (that got broken up because of the rains).

6) Each of us singing a part of a song (and I do not know why the hell I chose Chris Brown's "Forever" as the song to sing :| ).

7) The paper activity where we draw our idea of freedom (Me: Freedom is when I am no longer the follower but instead I am the leader, hence, the power to boss around people =)) haha KIDDING :D lol).

8) Doing the slide, which somehow conquered my fear of heights (well I could have conquered my fear of heights for good if I did the wall climbing . . . too bad I wasn't strong enough to do it . . . if ever I did the wall climbing I would be probably be in bed by now instead of typing this blog entry :D ).

9) Gino's ability to finish the wall climbing in around a minute (Spiderman modes si Gino kamusta naman :D).

10) Gino's final climb where there was a strong thunderstorm after Gino reached the top for the third time =)) =)) Gino nagagalit siguro yun langit sa yo kaya ganun =)).

And many more to mention. This day was well worth it despite going to Ateneo on a Sunday . . . and if you would ask me it is worth going back there :D and it is a good place for photos. If ever I am going back there, I'll probably have my dream lens already :D :D 

Something to be happy about.

I can't believe that I managed to push my limit onto reading 200 pages of Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle (which is among one of the many nosebleed-to-the-nth-power readings RR Raneses gives us in PoS60) in like three days. Haha.

And yes I'm not regretting that I did read those 200 pages (plus some help from Spark notes :D) as my efforts literally saved my soul from ultimate ownage from RR's oral quiz / discussion a while ago (well it goes like this: for the whole duration of the class,he discusses about Nichomachean Ethics and calls randomly anyone in the class and throws to him / her a question. If he / she gets to answer it, he / she gets a corresponding grade for it, depending on the quality of the answer; if not, well he / she gets ultimate ownage by being marked the zilch mark for the oral quiz . . . yes, it's THAT scary). He did caught me off-guarded with the question he asked yet I still manage to answer it and I still manage to answer his other questions (which translates to RR-finding-other-ways-to-crush-you kind of thing) and yes my soul was saved. Hooray.

And it is more than PoS60 that I am happy about. Yesterday, we had a quiz in Fil14 and I did uhm pretty well (damn it I missed 8 points :| but at least the score I got is FAR MORE decent from the zilched-out quizI had with RR) and for PoS100, it was a breeze to answer the quiz :D the preparation for Hell Week round 2 is much better than my aftermath in Hell Week round 1. I hope I would do much better in the coming Hell Week round 3 (When? Soon ;) ).

And while going to the cafeteria in the afternoon to buy some snacks after taking the guidance test thingymajig, my heart has racing hell fast and I was in a state of cheesiness (yuck :)) ). In other words, kilig mode. Guess who I saw yesterday? (NOTE: Only my close friends know the answer. Haha =)) )

Now, it's time to chill. Can't wait for our SA La Mesa Ecopark outing this Sunday. :)

On the increase of gasoline

Gasoline prices will go up as high as 100 pesos by the end of the year, as most sources say.

Yes this is no joke.

And because of this topic, a lot of people are suffering from the drastic effects: Jeepney fares increasing, less cars, especially those American SUVs on the road, more expensive basic needs and a whole lot more.

We are all bothered by this problem, especially that we were hoping for a much better economy after the drop from 56 to 1 to 41 to 1 last January. All of us are bothered about this. Will this be a repeat of the Asian crisis of 1997? I hope not.

I myself has been feeling the effects, especially since I drive a car to school and given the horrendous prices in gasoline nowadays, I have to plan out my trips to save as much gas as possible. And that's despite I'm driving a diesel car; it would be much much worse with a gasoline car. A 10 peso per liter difference is already a big amount.

Upon reading the news bits about this issue, and by integrating what I have learned from other PolSci classes
with bits of economics (which I still remember despite taking them during 4th year HS). What bothers me is this: What if it is NOT because of scarce resources that keeps the rates high? What if there is someone manipulating things for their own benefit? How about the fate of third world countries like us?

One possible (well not guaranteed to be true) would be that maybe the USA is actually hoarding the oil from the Middle East (known for having abundant resources of oil). I've just noticed somehow that there is something fishy behind the current news. Like what my blockmate said about the rice issue, well it is possible that the USA is hoarding as much oil as it can so it can dominate the market on oil and thus, having control over the prices, leading to a possible monopoly. I know this may be somewhat impossible, but it can be one of the many causes of the increasing oil prices these days. This is just in my opinion.

Feel free to comment.

Duey T. Guison
II AB PoS

Law 18: Do not build fortresses to protect yourself - Isolation is Dangerous

At first, you may be wondering about this law since it sounds paradoxical. But like how Aristotle explained the mean of the virtues in Nicomachean Ethics, this law is just a matter of being balanced.

First let's talk about the deficiency. Having no fortress or any sort of protection as a leader would expose you to danger as you will become very vulnerable especially in war. Try to imagine this: If you are the leader and you go ahead of your whole army, the chances of your army being defeated by the enemy is very high because it exposes you to danger . . . being in front, ahead of your army would mean you will lack defense and protection.

On the contrary, protecting yourself too much, as stated with this law, is as dangerous as being exposed in war. It may sound strange, but protecting yourself too much would eventually lead to isolation. Why isolation? In a fortress, sure your enemies would not be able to penetrate the walls of your fortress, but still you as a leader is vulnerable in three ways:

Weak spot #1: Isolation from the outside world

-Because you do not know what is happening outside, chances are that the enemies have a higher rate of making a surprise attack to you against your fortress. By lacking awareness about the outside world you cannot make proper plans in order to eliminate the enemy. 

Weak spot #2: Traitorship

-The cliche 'never trust anyone" applies very well with this because you never know about the loyalty of your soldiers and army. Being such a demanding leader to guard your fortress will leave you vulnerable as your soldiers can fall into bribery caused by the enemy, thus telling to the enemy your whereabouts, eventually leading to your defeat, or worse, death.

Weak spot #3: Sickness & diseases

-Sure the best way of avoiding weak spot number 2 is not to tell your soldiers and allies about your whereabouts, but it is still a disadvantage since a fortress is an immobile place hence being vulnerable to plagues and diseases. No matter how hard you try to hide and not tell anyone your whereabouts, sickness can get the best of you as there are many possible outlets for diseases like water, food, dust, etc.

In the end, the most ideal way of saving yourself from enemies is to build a fortress where there is an open access to the outside world. Louis XIV's fortress is an ideal example since he is well protected by his palace and at the same time he has open access to the outside world, giving him more accuracy and flexibility in planning on how to fight against his opponents.

In addition to this, isolation is a deadly thing to human nature as it is natural for humans to be sociable and thus having a common desire to interact. The bad thing about building a fortress is that it also brings you more to isolation. Isolation is bad because without interaction from allies, it would be difficult to battle against the enemy. 

No man has defeated an army on his own.

Duey T. Guison

II AB PoS

Hi18-N

Sometimes you just have to bear with it.

200 Pages of Nicomachean Ethics for PoS60.
17 pages of Aliguyon for Fil14.
17 pages of PoS100 Intro Readings.

Unlimited energy and wit.

Ok so yeah the readings are starting to pile up as early as now and each set of readings corresponds to a quiz. Wooo. And the worst would be the oral quiz with PoS60. And to think there are no quizzes YET with my other PoS subject, PoS51 (how I wish Ms. Mendoza comes back and teach our lessons in the NORMAL way and not through different substitute teachers).

And instead of complaining, I guess the best thing to do is live with it. Ok so I do have intentions of shifting, but hey . . . law school is going to be much worse than this (base on the feedbacks from my cousin and friends who are currently there reading hundreds of pages a week), so might as well adapt to this horrendous amount of mental exercising and get a feel of what law school would more or less be. No complains here. "Just do it" as what the Nike ad would say and "Impossible is Nothing" just as what the Adidas ad would say.

And besides, you can supplement the readings with Spark notes, book notes, etc. (if there is for such readings that's one thing), but of course it pays to read the actual readings first before consulting with these supplement notes. It does help me, but I've been getting a couple of headaches recently from reading like around 50 pages an hour . . . still need to get used to it though.

Just a few days and I am officially have been driving alone for one month without an accident. Yep that's a big accomplishment for me considering the number of near-hits I have encountered as I drive alone to school and back at home (that includes the one a while ago, where I was just inches away before I crashed into another car . . . tsk tsk I'm still a bad, terrible driver :| ) The feeling is much different, and from those near-hits I learn to be MORE careful in driving (not to mention more nice as I tend to get annoyed at other drivers especially jeepney drivers and bus drivers and taxi drivers, who have uncivilized driving skills).

To add also . . . well I guess this semester is not as colorful and as cheesy as last semester after all. This semester's bland and not that exciting (in terms of the thing known as love life). Did bumped into a couple of [pretty and cute] girls, but as of now no one beats the cute girl that made my life cheesy and colorful last semester. Oh well. Life must go on.

And now back to the horrendous readings.

Deads? hopefully not

Since I can't get to start things right, time to blog stuff:

-My day would be nice if not for the morning NSTP. Dammit. And because of that, my trip to Quiapo was moved in the afternoon where there are lots of people and the Jeep me and my Dad too was annoying since he keeps on stopping . . . AT EVERY CORNER!!! What was suppose to be a 10 minute jeepney ride became a half-hour ride!!! Jeepney Drivers these days...

-If you were asking why the heck I went to Quiapo well it is because I bought camera stuff. A flash to be specific. And instead of getting the one worth 12k, I ended up getting the one worth 12.7k (yeah added 700 bucks more than expected . . . and now I'm broke :( ) But i didn't regret it after all, since I ended up with something better than the one I suppose to get (well too bad it's not OEM Canon, but hey Sigma does make decent flashes, right?). And after that purchase, off I go to my photo coverage.

-Speaking of the photo coverage last night, I am extremely ashamed of myself (for the first time since I have been using a DSLR). Why? Because I was kind of really stupid in using an external flash with all those added functions like bounce flash. Yep I shot around 300+ shots and I ended up having only around 65 decent ones . . . what a bummer. Well you can't learn using flash photography overnight at all. And now I have to practice more of that so I would be less embarrassed the next time I will be doing a shoot ;)

-As of now, my hands (well my right hand to be specific) is kind of sore because of some difficulty in adjusting myself with using my DSLR with an external flash. I never knew that adding something like that can make your camera kind of heavy, causing some instabilities especially in shooting photos vertically. This experience tells me to further delay on getting a new lens :( and buy a grip instead ;) (so that's around 5k or 6k-ish that I would be needing to save up this time :) ) and because the flash I got is somewhat big, fitting my basic gear into my camera bag is not an easy task.

-And yes, yesterday was tiring, which lead me to be in a knocked-out state for the whole morning today (well almost; after hearing mass early in the morning with my parents, I went straight to bed upon arriving home . . . that's how tired I was) Now I have A LOT of stuff to do (especially with readings and transcribing ;) ) But despite being in an over-stressed state right now, I try to keep cool while doing my other stuff. The big game's later (Ateneo vs. La Salle if you might ask), but I decided to watch it at home because of some stuff I need to finish ;) may the best win later ;)

-Lastly, what's with Ateneo now? First the Dress code / Smocket issue, then the tuition fee increase, then the OAS rates, then the NSTP transportation fee, AND NOW A "NO TAMBAY"  ISSUE IN THE CAFETERIA!?!?! C'mon guys!!! I would agree with the bring your own baunan thingy, but "no tambay" in the caf!? What on earth is Ateneo thinking? They keep on imposing outrageous policies yet they are not considerate with their skyrocket-high tuition prices. I may not be affected by the no tambay issue (since my main chilling place is the PubRoom . . . wait, TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY THEY ARE GOING TO TRANSFER US TO MVP WITH LESS ROOM SPACE AND NO GODDAMN AIRCON? C'mon Ateneo what the hell is going on!?!?!?), but seriously this does not sound right. What is a cafeteria if all you can do is eat and you can barely chat with your friends / blockmates / bestfriends / boyfriend / girlfriend / special friend /etc. ? Things have surely become insane that's one thing.

Ok. Off to transcribing.

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The agony is over.

For now.

After being sort of frustrated for the past three weeks due to bad scores in quizzes plus nosebleed sessions, I have somehow lessen my occurrence of having a nosebleed. Hooray. And yes, this day was a good one ;)

Started with SA. Czar gave back our first paper (which is about Star wars and the social structure thingymajig), where my partner was Hans. We sort of crammed up the paper the night before (sort of, since we just integrated our thoughts into one coherent paper), and it was worth it. A decent B is much well worth it for our paper. It may be higher though, but at least it is a DECENT grade (unlike my annoying near-zero quizzes :|).

Today was suppose to be D-day for me as RR (the God of PoS60 Readings) will be giving a quiz on the first four books of "The Republic" (yep, that translates to a 100+ page reading assignment . . . thank God there is such thing you call booknotes to supplement your studies in case you can't understand not even a thing in those pileload of photocopied nosebleed-to-the-max readings), and I'm happy that it wasn't an objective quiz but an essay. time to rejoice :) :) :) No wonder booknotes are popular with complicated readings :)) And it wasn't a D-Day after all. What a relief.

So yeah. Happy happy day :)

Plugging btw: for those who applied for Guidon, see you tomorrow at the Applicant's GA! ;)