GWA: 1.2000
This is the second highest GWA I have acquired so far, despite the heavy training for the just-finished ICPC! XD Is it party time?
I now have zero units after the first preenlistment run.
I am hoping to replace CS 192 GWFZ and CS 130 WFW with CS 192 WFWX and CS 130 WFV, respectively.
June 5 Update. This is final.
This is preliminary. Subject to change.
Clickie for biggie.
Instructors:
The 2008-2009 Academic Calendar of UP Diliman has been published. It notes important dates students and faculty should be aware of.
Let me take note some important dates for the first semester:
* from the UPCAT Web site. This conflicts with the date in the academic calendar, but I think the UPCAT Web site is more authoritative in this case, so I’m assuming this is the correct date.
As JM Tuazon pointed out, there is a one (and important) inconsistency in the start time of the first preenlistment run from the same announcement.
Allow me to highlight that:
This should be fixed, as it may cause confusion, especially those who can’t wait to preenlist, and those who are just paying. Well, they could just preenlist at 6 PM, but, still it is a confusion. 
Via Aica’s Multiply: Updated on May 10, 2008 incorporate changes from the official announcement.
Preenlistment Schedule
Enlistment Schedule
Start of Classes: June 10, 2008
Disclaimer: I wasn’t there myself. This post is merely a reflection of what I’ve read and heard from my contacts.
"Enrolling for summer classes sucked. Stupid form 5s." – Leslie Ng
That’s what Leslie said when I asked for a comment regarding the summer registration process of the College of Engineering. Looking over at blog entries created by some of my contacts, I conclude that this sentiment is common among the summer enrollees.
What went wrong? According to Jamie Polloso:
Hi-nold lang naman nila lahat ng Form 5 sa [Engineering Admistration Office], so you have to wait for hundreds (even thousands) of Form 5as na chinecheck nila bawa’t isa yung eligibilty. parang, ‘whaaaattt?’ if they’re going to do that, sana man lang madami silang tao (at computer), or at least some kind of public address system para hindi nagkandaloko2 yung mga tao kung anong no. na ba.,diba?
Translation: They held-up our Form 5’s at the Engineering Administration Office (Admin), so you have to wait for hundreds (even thousands) of Form 5a’s that the people at the Admin check for eligibility. Like, "what?" If they’re going to do that, they should have deployed enough personnel (and computers), or at least some kind of public address system so people would not be confused on what number is being called, right?
To provide a view of how much of a hassle this system became, let me share this text message I received from Richie: "Ang bago kong Admin number: 1,722. Anong number pa lang? 700 something." (My new Admin number: 1,722. And what number is being called? 700 something.) Jamie wrote that she had to wait 7 hours for her Form 5.
My reaction would be like: Why didn’t they hand the Form 5a’s to the respective departments, so the "load" may be distributed, and only ineligible students are to come to the Admin for their 5a? If I’m not mistaken, this is what they do during registration on a regular semester.
The process is "un-engineer-like" — not being able to foresee this "disaster." This is almost like last year’s summer registration — when the UP Diliman implemented complete computerization of the enlistment/registration process.
I’m hoping to get a guest blogger over to post his/her first-hand experience during the summer registration.
Want to share your experience? Post them in the comments section.
Somebody told me about this bug in the CRS enlistment.
Description/Repro steps:
Proposed Resolution:
General Weighted Average: 1.70 (College Scholar!)
Keep those in mind!
This appeared on my class report for Archaeology 2.
The story started one Sunday morning, while waiting for the bus and all our teammates to arrive. We were already taking pictures of each other even before we left for Batangas. I never imagined what we were going to do when we get there.
The trip lasted for at least 3 hours. I was half-asleep then, but I think we made a backtrack somewhere in Cuenca (?). We took another route instead which travelled took me as near as 7 kilometers from my home, in Batangas City. Then went past Sta. Rita, then San Pascual, then Bauan and finally, Sta. Teresita.
We rested for almost an hour, I think, then we set off to what became my personal nightmare. We hiked all the way to Sta. Teresita’s Taal Lake coast to visit a church ruin were the town of Bauan used to stand, enduring the 70-degree slopes and slippery terrain (darn those leaves). Despite that, it was worth it, I thought, given that I was seeing something for the first time. We ate our lunch there before *hiking* all the way back again, using a shortcut we didn’t even take when getting there.
Heavily perspiring, we once again rode on the bus to visit the next church ruin at the town of San Nicolas. Fortunately, we didn’t need to hike all the way to this church ruin, as it was already by the side of the highway. Also, it had been thoroughly cleaned already, so the ruins are much much more visible than the one in Sta. Teresita.
After San Nicolas, we visited our last stop – Taal, Batangas. We visited two standing churches; the Basilica of Saint Martin de Tours and the church of Our Lady of Caysasay, before finally setting home, back to UP.
All-in-all, that was a marvelous experience for me. I became closer with my classmates in the process. All the hardwork I did during the trip was definitely worth it.
Pareng Serge texted me that classes on all levels are suspended in UP Diliman.
Enjoy.
More pictures will be published here as they become available in the future.
Yesterday, my Archaeology 2 class went on a trip/site visit to Batangas (Sta. Teresita, San Nicolas, Taal) to visit some church ruins.
I will upload the complete set of photos soon, so I took down what I’ve uploaded here. Stay tuned.
The photos are now available on my Multiply page.
Time to become a CRS stalker once again!
Those who will enroll for the summer term should note that CRS summer pre-enlistment will start tomorrow, March 3, 2008. I haven’t gotten the chance to look at the subjects that are available yet.
More CRS news to come your way during the pre-enlistment and enlistment runs.
