Third Grading
In my two school years as the Editor-in-Chief of our school publication (I would love to call it a magazine but I can’t because its contents are mostly news articles) I have never actually worked on the layout. Seriously. All I’ve ever had to do was write my stuff, compel other people to write their stuff, and pass the whole thing to the big boss. For quite some time, I was under the delusion that making a magazine was pansit - until we had to work on Bukang Liwayway.
The layout was a big problem, at least for me. The articles I asked the others to write were so darn long that they wouldn’t fit the actual size and I had to murder everything. In my final draft (the intial one was something of a joke) my members’ works were mutilated badly and my own compositions were missing in action.
Elmer from the Printing Press - who is handling a ton by now cause all the other groups assigned to create publications went there, too - said my original dummy was so confusing and that left me with a predicament. I had to print a comprehensive dummy with all the articles and layout and pictures in one day.
Sigh. So I had to work on that thing the entire Sunday! And you know what, I had the whole thing done by night and the only thing left to do was to print it. And then…
The printer wouldn’t print. I don’t know for what reason.
Next thing I knew, I was bawling over that thing so loud and hard that my parents - who despise the sight of me crying so much that they shout at me til I shut up - took pity on me and tried to drive me over to a place with a printer. And then…
The car overheated right in front of Agfa.
So we had to commute. And commute we did. So we got there and everything was done and then…
I had to study for the Computer exam this morning (the first part of a Computer test that culminates in a practicum this afternoon). But I was so tired so I went to sleep and decided to wake up early instead.
So wake up early I did. And I went to school at 6:30 to practice that song for our presentation during the mass. (There is more controversy behind the song but I shall not dare discuss it here for fear of being dubbed tactless.)
And my head was spinning all throughout the exam that I nearly fell asleep. Lucky thing is, I’m logged on right now and my mind is crystal clear. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…. the medicinal properties of the Internet. It works against almost anything: heart problems, body pains, depression, thoughts of suicide, lack of friends, stress, etc.
Sigh.
PS: I feel guilty cause everybody’s giving me great testimonials and I can’t give back cause my mind ain’t got enough inspiration to write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So bad….. So bad….
