Triumvirate

Triumvirate 12: Boost, Threshold & Outsourcing

Each episode of The Triumvirate Series is a crystallization of how my day went in three themes. This is my own, novel way of writing a daily journal. Read the rationale here.

Boost. Before I grill myself with books, I usually buy 2 sachets of Extra Joss from our neighbourhood drugstore. Before I fry myself with readings, I usually play with my dog first to trigger the release of some gay endorphins. Before I boil myself with course notes, I usually switch on my study table lamp and stare at the blinding light as if it would condition my neurons to take some academic pain. But wait, it won’t turn on! I had started studying around 3 am because I had to wait for the electricity to come back. Of course, I did not get any sleep. Don’t touch me, I might break into pieces.

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Triumvirate # 11: Queer, Catastrophism & White

Each episode of The Triumvirate Series is a crystallization of how my day went in three themes. This is my own, novel way of writing a daily journal. Read the rationale here.

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  1. Queer. Cielo was criticizing everything about me: From my folded sleeves that were supposed to accentuate my biceps to the way I ate the spicy pork I ordered from the cafeteria. Too bad I gave in. The queer can always stir.
  2. Catastrophism. I just can’t imagine how the remaining days of the semester would look like: Documentary video, 2 PR oral defenses, a Villar* Research Paper (It’s not a Research Paper, it’s a Villar Research Paper), an outlier Biology exam, two more Statistics exam, Internship matters, more of people politics and people unworthy of my time and attention. I can experience catastrophe and I can give you a share of it.
  3. White. I just bought a white, Adidas bag. Mahn, it’s hard to maintain a white, leather-ish bag. Alagain, as I call it. It always starts with compulsion; Maintenance follows.

*ProfessorVillar is my Scientific Research Writing professor.

Triumvirate #10: Epic, Epic Fail & Epic Hero

Each episode of The Triumvirate Series is a crystallization of how my day went in three themes. This is my own, novel way of writing a daily journal. Read the rationale here.

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1. Epic. It has been a while since I had my last entry  for the Triumvirate series. Nevertheless, I still have the eagerness to continue this, to continue molding earth fragments that would constitute an imperfect memoir. I’m waiting for that climax to happen. And my way’s really dirty. The dirtier the way to the peak, the more explosive the climax would be.

2. Epic fail. I failed, again. I experience a lot of epic failures. But they can’t match this kind of failure I am experiencing right now. Tell me your failure and I will tell you it’s not.

3. Epic hero. I am currently surfing on the trough of my biorhythm. But I know I will be back on the crest again. I have a new sword, made with the same alloy. I have a new buckler, made by the same smith. And I have a new pencil case, with the same types of vital stationery.

Triumvirate #9: Diamonds, Extraneous & Vision

Each episode of The Triumvirate Series is a crystallization of how my day went in three themes. This is my own, novel way of writing a daily journal. Read the rationale here.

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Some Art Exhibit (Titles to follow)

  1. Diamonds. We are already studying about minerals in Geology. And I fancied about Diamonds. Diamonds are just orderly-structured Carbon (the same element found in a cheap charcoal and graphite). They can be formed through intense pressure in the mantle (a layer of the earth) or through intense pressure using a machine (that results, therefore, in a synthetic one). My professor, since he teaches a General Education course, wants his lessons to be socially relevant. And hey, it’s hard to relate Geologic concepts to social issues–but he tries nevertheless: Cheap can be luxurious after the application of intense pressure.
  2. Extraneous. In our scientific and technical writing class, we are already giving some special attention to variables. During elementary and high school, I (or we)  just knew 2 general kinds: The independent and independent variable. But now, there are many of them, and they make me confused. Anyway, one of the variables we tackled a while ago was the Extraneous type. Extraneous variables, in layman’s terms, are those which are not expected to become a part of an experiment, which, of course, could alter the expected outcome. Extraneous variables are also found in daily life: third parties or more popularly known as “kabit” are the perfect, socially relevant example. And yeah, they alter the experiment’s supposed outcome. Extraneous variables, however, can be formally introduced to the experiment depending on the researcher’s preference. Haha.
  3. Vision. On our Speech communication class, we talked about the elements of a good visual presentation. We came to a conclusion that content reigns supreme and substance comes over style. Wait, a reservation–But we are still visual creatures and we always judge everything by its face value; It’s an irony and it’s reality.

Triumvirate #8: Cubes, Bitches & Options

Each episode of The Triumvirate Series is a crystallization of how my day went in three themes. This is my own, novel way of writing a daily journal. Read the rationale here.

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Rubik's Cubes at the OrComSoc Booth

  1. Cubes. Our undergraduate course’s official organization put up a perya-like booth a while ago. A nice prize (a limited edition journal) is up for grabs. If you can make a certain color-combination by throwing 5 Rubik’s cubes out of whim, the prize is yours. I was doing some complex mathematical computations in my head to determine one’s chance of winning the prize. Apparently, it’s just a freaking 2%! I said to them (the booth people) that the challenge is so hard that good luck should be your girlfriend if not your fiancé. At the end of the day, the people in the booth told me that 3 people already got a prize. Something may be highly improbable to happen, but it is, still, possible.
  2. Bitches. Our Speech Communication 183 (Audio-visual communication) professor told us that there are many bitches out there in the corporate world. You would usually see them drinking Starbucks coffee and posing with their Fendi bags while they listen to your pitch. They could be stoic, hard-faced, indifferent, unemotional, mean, apathetic, inert and *insert another word with similar connotation here*. The only mineral that could scratch a diamond is another diamond; the only person who can bitch a bitch is another bitch.
  3. Options. I had my usual Thursday-debate training. Kuya Yves (one of our seniors, and one of our mentors) said that when you agree to some extent, you also disagree to some extent and it is also true the other way around. I don’t know the reason behind the equivocalness of life’s many concepts. When we choose an option, we unconsciously choose another different option; a single choice has its hidden twin.

Triumvirate #7: Sleep, Hunger & Attraction

Each episode of The Triumvirate Series is a crystallization of how my day went in three themes. This is my own, novel way of writing a daily journal. Read the rationale here.
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Nikki's Scribbles

  1. Sleep. My body-clock is defective. Or shall I say, my body has no clock. I don’t have a definite schedule of sleeping. Or shall I say, I don’t sleep at all. I just want to sleep. Or shall I say, I just want to learn how to sleep. I want to sleep and dream about you. Or shall I say, I just want to dream about you, even I’m awake. We say things, we take it back and we say them again–in a different track.
  2. Hunger. I ate a lot at Karate Kid a while ago. Kanin all you can (Unlimited rice) and Bottomless Red Tea are just too good to be true. I haven’t eaten anything for dinner except some leaves with honey-mustard dressing (It’s the folks’ thing, I just joined them). Everything starts with hunger, and everything just follows. I just love to be hungry.
  3. Attraction. Are there laws for attraction? If there are, I’m almost ready to break them. Please. stop. me. from. falling.