November Diary

If there are words that can describe the month of November, it was fun and stressful. A lot of things happened during November when the face-to-face classes started. It was only one month and twice a week face-to-face classes but still expensive and stressful.

It was a combination of having fun while having stress on academic stuff. Nevertheless, it is memorable.

School

It is my first time seeing my classmates in person. I already saw a few of them, but mostly not. My first day was kind of awkward as I am a less interactive person, I only have a few friends — and they are my old classmates from high school.

We have to adjust from online classes to face-to-face classes. I admit that it is hard, but happy at the same time because I know that the latter has more benefits when it comes to learning. You can learn more in face-to-face setup, well, in my case, it’s better than online class.

In the first week, we already had quizzes and exams, but the most exciting part of all is having lab activities. It is not easy, but it is motivating after applying the things that you have learned.

For example, using this theodolite. You will experience using it in real time. Setting up this equipment is hard, especially the leveling. You won't like to drop it because it is very expensive.

Adulting

I am still at a young age, but I always want to prepare to be an adult. Not rushing things, but better to start early and have a good foundation.

For a short period of time, I learned that adulting is really hard and we have to be prepared especially when it comes to financial decisions. Living away from your parents is expensive. You have to prepare everything on your own and budgeting is not an exception.

I also had to commute weekly from our house to our dorm (boarding house). Kind of exhausting but you will learn how hard it is. A 1,000-peso budget is not enough for your weekly expenses.

Interaction

A less interactive but approachable, that is me. I rarely interact with people that I do not know but I am different once we already built our closeness. I am just shy to approach anyone.

They are my classmates from high school, and they are also my roommates (find me lol). Since we are in a bedspace, there are other people in the house. But we knew some of them — but we are not that close enough.

But at the end of the month, we had a drinking session and it was really fun because we learned about each other and the closeness started. (Sorry for the blurred photo).

Going Out and Having Fun

We are also celebrating small wins by treating ourselves. One of my classmates treat us an ice cream after the quiz on our major subject — although we don’t know if we deserve it because the quiz was hard, I could fail haha.

There are times that we are also playing UNO cards in the dorm to kill the boredom and lessen the stress.

I am just lucky to have good cards having three +4 cards that I can use against my opponent.

We also went out before having the hell week then went in their apartment to have a conversation on anything.

Walang mag sasana all diyan hindi kami masiyadong nag-uusap ngayon HAHAHA confusing.

It was actually a fun experience, and since I needed to wait for her, I decided to go to the church first since I rarely go to church nowadays.

My November was not productive as a writer but it is full of life experiences. It is good to document these things on-chain so we can go back with it in the future.

One lesson that I learned is that these are all part of adulting and we need to prepare for it. I learned that we should not only decide quickly, we have to think about it many times before finalizing the decision.

Furthermore, it is really hard to live if you lack of financial support (although my parents are providing for our needs). This is why you have to learn about finance, especially its basics like budgeting. Life is not a joke and it is hard to live without financial freedom.

Nevertheless, never forget to have fun and buy experiences instead of material things.

About the author

_{Mark Laurence, also known as Laurenceuuu and anonymous02 is a student who is currently taking a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He is expanding his knowledge and skills by blogging where he mostly writes about self-development, cryptocurrency, making money online, and how-to articles.}

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