Sad day

1st Bad Trip: Early Ph103 Orals
First off, I woke up late because my biological clock is going haywire lately. I was supposed to sign up for Ph103 Orals at 1030am but arrived school at 11am. I was still on time because sign ups were 'til 12nn. But lo and behold, when I saw the sign up sheet, only slots for this coming Saturday (Feb 19) and Sunday (Feb 20) are available and the slots for Monday (Feb 21) to the Saturday after this (Feb 26) were already filled up.

2nd Bad Trip: Useless Th151 Bonus Quiz
The quiz was worth 20 points, which is to be divided into two quizzes (i.e. two 10-point quizzes). I got a 15 over 20, which means a perfect 10/10 and then a 5/10 when separated. There were 4 numbers in this quiz worth 5 points per number, and yes, I got 3 out of 4 numbers correct. But what really pisses me off is why the checker, whom I exchanged papers with, did not consider my answer in number 3 and marked it wrong, even if my answer is synonymous to that of the book. To add insult to injury, that was the same case in my answer to number 2, which even if the word "detrimental" (instead of "harmful") was used, he still considered and checked. So there, I wasn't able to cancel off my lowest quiz (7/10) because a 5/10 bonus quiz won't do much of a miracle. I wish I had exchanged papers with Ralph instead. At least he'd be more "humane" in considering that number. After that experience, I can safely say now that he (the checker) really needs to improve on his social skills, and I am sick and tired of defending him everytime someone tells bad things about him.

3rd Bad Trip: Celadon Re-accredited for only 2 years
Actually what makes me sad is the mere fact that all of the recommendations that were written in the re-accreditation results given by OSA were already clarified during the defense itself, and I find it odd for them saying that we failed to answer the simplest of all simple questions as "What is the organization's business?" As a matter of fact, I don't see the difference of this with the organization's VMO. I can go along and answer all the comments and all the "you-should-haves" but that deserves a separate post altogether. As a matter of fact, with both pride and humility, I believe that given all of Celadon's accomplishments and improvements for the school years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, we should have been re-accredited for 3 years.

Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

Today's Letter Grade: D