Finally, the most tedious part of my dressing up routines, immediately opened the closet, and carefully browse my hanged clothes for something to wear for the day. I chose the Van Huesen moss green long sleeves, as i wear my Jockey undergarments, fitted in my Docker's slacks. and finished it off with my St. Michael necktie. Next, i looked for my Burlington executive socks, and put on my Italian made leather shoes. Grooming comes next, i sprayed my Hugo Boss carefully so as to avoid of overdoing it. I reached for the Johson and Johnsons Cotton buds to clean up my earlobes. Groomed my hair with a minimal amount of my Gatsby Wetlook Gel and fined it with my British Airways comb, as part of their hygiene kit.

I put on my Philip Persio silver watches, fixed the things inside my Samsonite bag, check if my Girbaud wallet, Rolex organizer, Parker pens, and hard-bound pocketbooks , and house-keys are already inserted.

I proceeded for the kitchen and poured hot water to my cup from the American Living thermostat. I poured in a small amount of Nescafe,  cremier, sugar for this morning cup. I poured my Chocolate flavored Quaker oatmeal on a white porcelain bowl, added hot water, waited for the meal to be cooked, and mixed a considerable amount of Cowhead fresh milk. I reached for the Reader's Digest Magazine and looked for short articles that interest me. Suddenly, i realized that it's about time to leave the house. Finished my meal immediately, and drink a cold water for my Enervon daily vitamins.

I passed by the sala, carried my bag, locked the door as I prepare for the beginning of a new day on the hassle and bassle of the metropolis.

Btw, I am wearing my havainas when i first entered the Mall of Asia. they say it's three times (not sure though) the Megamall, but uhmm it more of a bigger expansion area considering it's only two floors. There's a baywalk since it's floor is a waterbed,i hope it's safe from earthquakes and tsunamis. They have the IMAX theater, the first in the country. Another Henry Sy's innovation to save the country's flunking economy. I cant wait to have all the stores occupied since a majority have not yet opened. I'm just thinking of what effect could it bring to smaller SM malls, since they are dwarfed by the Mall of Asia.

"The only thing wrong with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished." ---anonymous

"A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes, so check your value to the community." ---Martin H. Fischer

1. Bear in mind that school is easy. the brain is a powerful instrument, and your memory has a storage capacity which, if maximized, would put Bill Gates out of business. Only ten percent of our brain power is utilized during our lifetimes. What about the other 90 percent? it just sits there, gathering cobwebs, waiting to win the Nobel Prize in Physics if only its owner would remember to turn it on. Corollarily-look up the word, it comes in handy in algebra-if you decide this early in life that you are stupid, congratulations, you will be stupid. School is easy; it's what comes after school that's difficult.

2. If you listen very carefully during class, if you concentrate on the lesson, if you focus very hard, you won't have to do much studying outside class. You will have more time to read the stuff you really like, or watch movies, or play tennis.

3. Always take notes during class. That's NOTES, not dictation. It is not necessary to write down every word your teacher utters. If you do that, I will laugh at you. True, the opinion of others should not be a primary influence on your behavior, but maniackal cackling in your ear is hard to ignore. Only write down keywords, words which trigger your memory. I believe that when you write a word, and you see it in oyur own handwriting, it becomes more real, more tactile, and therefore easier to remember.

4. This is how to study for an exam. Read the aforementioned notes, textbooks, three times. then put away your books and do something entirely different. Watch videos or cross-stitch or something. This will give the part of your brain that handles classwork time to absorb all that information. Meanwhile, while doing things that are totally unrelated to schoolwork, you exercise the other parts of your brain. All parts must be used in order to keep this complex apparatus functioning properly. I strongly advise not to lock yourself in a room fro days and attempt to digest the entire texbooks. Your memory may crash at the most inconvenient time i. e. during the exam you worked so hard to prepare for.

I came accross this site the yupielbi.com, a site dedicated for UPLB students to share their ideas, shout-outs, opinions, and stories through categorized forums. I am not really aware of the existence of this site, and i feel angry for not knowing it during my college days, and i believe the site has been in the worlwide web for quite a long time. shame on me, that i never had the opportunity (since i never knew about it0 to participate in these forum of dedicated ufielvi students. Anyway, there's this alumni forum so might as well focus on this, but wait,  i am yet to register an account first before i can share my thoughts and views. What can i do then, so just browse the site and read matters that interest me, and suddenly finding myself relating to these voices. Some may sound cheesy, others would express silliness on their mushings, and it brings smile and laughter on me as it reminisces my LB life. From campus crushes/icons/figures, to apartments/dormliving, to pancit-canton, kwek-kwek, proven, tacos, and sumptuous Ellen's fried chicken, Batcave, to Mang Pogs, to terror professors (e.g. I really can relate myself to those who express their angst to Mr. Saniano of Socsci 2 coz i myself became a student of him, and luckily was able to pass it, thanks to old exams! I made it), to teachers who became mentors, to much awaited theater plays, to carabao park, Kwek-kwek tower, Maria Makiling, fertility tree,Peak 2, Pegarao, etc. and of course, to tatak Iskolar ng Bayan involvemnet in social and campus issues, alumni discussions (hay life after LB!!! where are we now, time is running and so am I?), and there's this sex and intimacy forum, philosophy and spirituality forum, fashion and beauty, sports and , quizzes and games forum, acad, sorority. fraternity organizations, gimiks and nightlife and a lot lot more that completes u as a bona fide UPLB student.

I couldnt help it but miss my LB life, my friends,acquiantances, my mentors that i couldnt exchange to anything, one can vicarioulsy experience living in the suburban. Yes, agriculture they say, but a center of excellence in the field of science and technology, home of internationally renowned R & D institutions, scientists, biotechnologists, biologists, and ranked number two by CHED in their ranking of top Philippine universities. I even came across these international travel book, finding a picture of the Carabao Park captioning it: UPLB, the most beautiful campus in the Fat East. O, san ka pa!!!! UPLB a fusion (?) of nature, science, technology, agriculture, and a wonderful, serene, peaceful townliving.

A lot of thanks that i became part of the UPLB community, once my home, now a place where i could go back anytime i want to bring back my LB Life.

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Excerpts from the site:

"The mind once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size." -Oliver Wendell Holmes

"A machine has value only as its produces more thanit consumes, so check your value to the community." -Martin H. Fischer

"No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows." -j robert oppenheimer

"How hard it is to escape from places. However carfeully one goes they hold you. You leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences...like rags and shreds of your very life." -Katherine Mansfield

"Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days." -Doug Larson

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 " It is madness to hate all roses 'coz you got scratched with one thorn, to give up on our dreams, 'coz one didn't come true, to lose faith in prayers 'coz i was not answered, to give up on your efforts 'coz one of them failed, to condemn all your friends 'coz one betrayed yiu, to not believe in love 'coz someone was unfaithful or didn't love u back, to throw away allyour chances to be happy 'coz you didn't succeed on the first attempt, don't give up 'coz God is with you."