Unexpected Leap
My enrolment for Thesis Seminar during the summer classes was nothing short of useless. I reported for classes without any sane write-up to submit. Summer classes started and ended without me submitting a single line.
Blame it all on my brain. When I don't feel the urge to write, no matter what I do, I couldn't write. The words just won't flow. I might not have been that motivated, or I may have temporarily lost the flair for words. Whatever the case, those summer sessions were rendered useless by this stubborn brain of mine.
Again, I tried my luck this first semester. I wasn't really certain I could make it, but I certainly hoped that at least, at one point, this brain will cooperate. With all the teacher's piled-up paperworks summoning for immediate attention, I never thought I could find the time to organize the ideas floating on my head. But well, one day, I just felt like I wanted to sit down, tap the keypads of my laptop and get the agony over with. In 2 days time (let me mention sleepless and food less -if there ever is a term) Related Studies was completed. Printed and photocopied materials were scattered all over our bedroom. Well, hub had no choice but to live with the clutter knowing I concentrate on things that way, hehehe!
When I submitted my draft, I was given the go- signal to proceed with the other parts of the thesis. Again, I had to painstakingly date my laptop for a number of days until finally, the first chapter was approved on the 4th of September --- well, I just noticed it coincided with my younger brother's birthday. I couldn't describe the joy I felt when on the cover page, my professor (no other than the College President himself, Dr. Baldomero R. Martinez, Jr.) he scribbled that I can already take the Pre-Oral Examination after passing the Comprehensive Examination.
Something came up ... and then another. Too many things needed to be dealt with first until I forgot about my Chapter 1. If a colleague of mine didn't tell me that my professor asked her why I didn't take the Comprehensive Exam yet, I wouldn't really have taken the move to inquire what I needed to do. Finally, I took the Comprehensive Exam on the 8th of October --- more than a month after approval of my draft by my professor.
As of now, I am very busy preparing for my Pre-Oral Examination which is tentatively scheduled on the 27th. I know my fellow examinees are just as busy. But well, all's well that ends well.... I am certainly keeping my fingers crossed...
Blame it all on my brain. When I don't feel the urge to write, no matter what I do, I couldn't write. The words just won't flow. I might not have been that motivated, or I may have temporarily lost the flair for words. Whatever the case, those summer sessions were rendered useless by this stubborn brain of mine.
Again, I tried my luck this first semester. I wasn't really certain I could make it, but I certainly hoped that at least, at one point, this brain will cooperate. With all the teacher's piled-up paperworks summoning for immediate attention, I never thought I could find the time to organize the ideas floating on my head. But well, one day, I just felt like I wanted to sit down, tap the keypads of my laptop and get the agony over with. In 2 days time (let me mention sleepless and food less -if there ever is a term) Related Studies was completed. Printed and photocopied materials were scattered all over our bedroom. Well, hub had no choice but to live with the clutter knowing I concentrate on things that way, hehehe!
When I submitted my draft, I was given the go- signal to proceed with the other parts of the thesis. Again, I had to painstakingly date my laptop for a number of days until finally, the first chapter was approved on the 4th of September --- well, I just noticed it coincided with my younger brother's birthday. I couldn't describe the joy I felt when on the cover page, my professor (no other than the College President himself, Dr. Baldomero R. Martinez, Jr.) he scribbled that I can already take the Pre-Oral Examination after passing the Comprehensive Examination.
Something came up ... and then another. Too many things needed to be dealt with first until I forgot about my Chapter 1. If a colleague of mine didn't tell me that my professor asked her why I didn't take the Comprehensive Exam yet, I wouldn't really have taken the move to inquire what I needed to do. Finally, I took the Comprehensive Exam on the 8th of October --- more than a month after approval of my draft by my professor.
As of now, I am very busy preparing for my Pre-Oral Examination which is tentatively scheduled on the 27th. I know my fellow examinees are just as busy. But well, all's well that ends well.... I am certainly keeping my fingers crossed...
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