Off to Masters I Go!

God’s been very good. The intro program turned out to be not as difficult as I thought.
However, in those six weeks I pushed myself to perform very well to ensure that I’ll proceed with my Masters program and not have a downgraded diploma in public policy – I discussed this in my previous posts. My effort wasn’t for naught. Got very high marks in economics and pleasing remarks in academic skills. I actually think the remarks I got for the latter was a bit overboard, but I could only be thankful. Salamat sa Diyos, nag-enroll na po ako sa Masters last July 18.

Here’s the bad news for me thought. Yeah, diretso na ako sa Masters, tignan nyo naman ang readings ko.

These are photocopied (with permission) books. Hence, its pages are thinner than book paper. To save resources, each page has back to back printing with most leaves containing two pages as shown below.

And these are not everything yet. There are subjects that require another book or two plus readings uploaded in our intranet. At ito pa, I’ll have to read two volumes of these in next four weeks for one modular subject. I’ll have two of modular subjects this sem. Ahuhuhuhu. As we were forewarned in the intro program… “Kiss your social life goodbye”.

Please pray for me people. Matagal na akong hindi nagbabasa ng ganito kaha-haba. This week alone I need to read almost an inch and half thick material (back to back with two pages in each surface). Mauubos ng kilay ko nito!

Worry not though, I’m thankful for the learning experience. :-)