Now we are down to this last
requirement before I can finally say, “Hay salamat! Makakatulog na rin.” This
course, to be honest has been one of the most excruciating subjects I have ever
had. I did not expect it to be this hard. I mean, I often hear people saying “madali
lang yang Geog 1” and “chill lang ang Geog 1.” But please don’t get me wrong, I
do not regret the day that I asked Sir Palis to accept me in his class. Actually,
after all the blogs, group projects, quizzes and individual assignments that I
have accomplished without any failing grade or late submission, I can say that
I ended this semester as a better student. It may have been very exhausting but
it gave me a lot of realizations and taught me lessons in life. Let me tell you
some of the most memorable experiences I had in Geog 1.
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| Basically how I look like when reading
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The quizzes, to be honest had been
a burden for me. Not being a bookworm, it was not easy for me to read ten to fifty
pages every week. Before I start reading a sentence, I would have to convince myself
for an hour or so. I often wake up at 3
or 4 in the morning to read them and continue as I ride the jeepney and bus to
school. And yes, you can say that I crammed reading a lot of them. And it is
kind of ironic that the ones that I crammed the most are those that I got
perfect scores at; and the ones that I did studied hard for are the lowest. Crazy
right? But after all the eleven quizzes, I can say that I learned a lot. If I
were not forced to read them, then maybe I would not be able to get what Sir
Palis was talking about.
The blogs have also been quite
challenging for me. I am not a great writer. I can tell. And I have also
accepted that fact that I am not that good in the English language. I am not
like some of my classmates who write blogs when they are bored or when they just
want to say something. So writing a blog of seven hundred to a thousand words
was really a great challenge for me. It usually takes me a couple of days and
nights to finish a single blog. It was really exhausting but after I finish
every blog, it makes me feel really good. I am often surprised of myself that I
was able to do them. The blogs made me little proud of myself as I say “uy, it’s
not that bad.” I never thought that I could do it just until now.
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| My drawing skills have not developed since kindergarten
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The drawing assignment of AS
parking lot had also been a struggle for me. If there is one thing I can’t do,
it’s drawing. I really have no talent in this at all. Even when I was in grade
school, I would ask my mom or my sister to draw for my assignments so please
bear with me. And that also was the problem that I and my group mates in the
group assignment had. How unlucky it is that none of us know how to draw. But I
am not mad with them because at least there was someone who has skills in Adobe
Photoshop. Well, thanks to Migo! He saved our group! But aside from our lack of
drawing skills, we also had a hard time in conceptualizing. Globalization as a
topic was kind of hard and challenging because there were a lot of things about
it. Many of readings have mentioned the topic. So what we did was compare the
core and periphery. We did it simple and we thought that Sir Palis wouldn’t
like our project but we were happy that he actually did. I was just kind of
pissed off that some of my group mates were not that concerned for our group
output. I can say that I contributed enough in the concept making and leading
the group and I expected that those who were not able to attend the meetings,
be it in person or online would take the initiative to print out our project;
but they just didn’t. I understood some of their reasons but there was just
this one person who had a lame excuse of having a class from seven to four in
the afternoon with no breaks. It just did not make any sense because if it’s
true then it means that have all eighteen units during Tuesdays and Thursdays. So
I was left with no choice and took the task instead.
That would be all. As you can see
this course had been a test to my reading, writing and drawing skills. It was
not easy but I am proud of myself that I made it! Thanks to Sir Palis! If not
because of him, I would not be able to believe that anything is possible.
