chatterfree

took the leap and enrolled in AIDE for a BA in English. i figure, since it's distance education, i really have no more excuses about why I can't finish school. I have about 4 sems to go, or 1 year and 4 months. what i love is the fact that i can study at home and finish all the modules and self assessments on my own and just go into their office for the final exam. they're CHED accredited, so i can get a diploma to shove in the faces of people who need to see it.

the only thing i didn't expect were the courses i still had to take. they're crediting everything i took in DLSU, but i took mostly english and lit subjects. imagine my complete horror when i found out i still had to take planar trigonometry, economics, and statistics. oh, and a handful of tagalog subjects like retorika. ick. plus i also have to cross enroll for PE because i only took 3 classes and the requirement is 4. good thing i'm already done with the 2 nstps requirements.

so yeah, besides working to pay for the condo, i also have to "go back to school". 

chatterfree

wonder what's up with whirlwind romances. i'm not bitter. i'm just continually surprised by the number of people who rebound from one relationship and jump into the next one with serious consequences. is it really because they learned their lesson from the past relationship that they already know what they're after? or is it because the new relationship is such a breathe of fresh air that they think they need to lock it down before it gets away?

so far, i've seen three facebook posts and heard of at least one more where "they fell in love instantly" and decided to take a semi permanent step. two couples got married without the great big ceremonies and just updated their FB statuses. the brides had to issue FB press releases that they were not pregnant because that's what everyone was thinking. these couples have been in a relationship for less than 1 year.

the other two couples got engaged within months of their old relationships. i'm not jealous. seriously. i would want to take it slow and i wouldn't want the concept of "he might get away" cloud my judgment when it comes to relationships. i just find myself wondering. is it really true about whirlwind romances or are these people just deluded? oh well. only time will tell.

chatterfree

i broke my rule and met with my team for dinner last night. we work from home, so i've never seen them. i didn't really want to fraternize but I thought it would be a good thing for the team. since only 1 person in my team is not in Manila, we had dinner in Chili's. I just realized that I missed the interaction that comes with having officemates. you know, seeing people after work and just chatting. I missed that, and I'm glad I had that chance last night. that being said, i still want to have professional distance with them.

gonna see them again in a month, this time with the entire finance team. that should be fun too.