Lakbay Philippines Author Going Back to School

Published by lakbay on June 15th, 2010 - in Tala-arawan
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June 15, 2010 Cebu City – The author of the gay-themed travel site lakbaydiva.com recently got approval from the University of the Philippines Cebu College to extend his stay and study. That is, waiving the Maximum Residency Rule of 6 years in college and extending for another year more. The author is currently in his 9th year.

He got approval from the University of the Philippines Visayas Vice-Chancellor and from the interview, he said he was “truly grateful and happy about it.” Together with the approval, he was given a study plan of first semester with 18 units, second with 21 units, and summer with 6 units.

“This will be tough, juggling both full time work and full time study,” he answered when he was asked whether or not he will quit his job.

“I will not let go of my job, I have a few more months left to be eligible for early retirement benefits from my company,” he elaborated.

He went through the process of re-admission and went through a lot of trouble. Each step required signature from different people who were as clueless as he was why they needed to sign.

old typewriter

seriously, do they still use this?

We learned from him that he started the re-admission process way back late April, and only last June 1st did he finally get the result.

“At least they approved my application for re-admission unlike last time,” he defended. He went through the whole thing about three years ago and was disapproved by the same office who approved it now.

When he was asked why he still wants to pursue his studies in UP, he replied “Where else can you get quality education and easy scholarships?”

Upon being informed with the new system of income-tax bracketing and tuition fee rules, he quipped, “Well, I’m still with the old system and I’ll pay the old rate, that’s as per Office of Student Affairs.”

So in this last day of Registration, the author is hoping his best that he will beat the odds of not sleeping for the past 19 hours and a prospect of another 23 hours; bureaucratic red tape that ping-pongs him from one department to another; and a CSO clerk that would snap people’s heads off if they would make any stupid mistake like misspelling their name. He is hoping against hope that he would complete the entire registration process within this single day, his last chance to become a student again.

- With reports from the wire Alambre

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  2. Travel Guide says:

    Congratulations! Education is another life long adventure…like the theme of your blog.
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  3. Congratz druggie! or should I say good luck???!!! lol
    If u need help with a project or a paper let me know … nyahahah
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  4. Ez says:

    Hi.

    I think education is something you need up until you learn that you were pretty good enough just by turning 22 yrs old. :)

    Kidding aside, earning a college degree of education makes a man a cut above the rest. Good luck!
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  5. melds says:

    good luck to you. u will make it bro.

  6. fetus says:

    thanks guys! :D

  7. juliet says:

    nice one…:D i apil nya ko sa imong blog roll ha dn i link sad tka…thanks in advance…
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  8. bingkee says:

    I graduated from U.P. too , a long time ago….hehehehe….but I’m from Diliman .

    Good luck…iskolar ng bayan.
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  9. tapyboy says:

    Welcome back fellow iskolar ng bayan and Cebuano. From the way you write your blogs, I’m sure you will finish your studies. I can see from your links, a friend of mine, pretty firefly is included. I hope you will include me in your blogroll to promote polycystic kidney awareness among Filipinos.

  10. Ed says:

    Good luck druggie!!!!

  11. fetus says:

    err, what’s your website? when i click your name it goes to blogger not found. maybe we could exchange links?

  12. Kikit says:

    pagtarong ug study edwin ha. hehehe :) bitaw, daghan na ta magpulaw. pero lingaw man di ba? :)
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  13. fetus says:

    yes ma’am! tinarong man jud ko pirmi hehe

  14. hi dwin! thanks for dropping by everyday!

  15. penfires says:

    congratulations! close na diay mo sa vice-chancellor ron hehehe

    good thing (or not) some things don’t change :) , makes for great storytelling later on — a CSO clerk that would snap people’s heads off if they would make any stupid mistake like misspelling their name. — harharhar

    goodluck! pamalita niya pag naay oblation run!

  16. fetus says:

    @penfires hehehe, cge ingnon tika kung oblation run na. nyehehe

  17. Verne says:

    Congrats! I hope you’re able to finish your studies. I just attended my first Financial Accounting class today.

    I’m a creative writer taking up an MBA. The Math is going to kill me. :) )

    Just kidding. I’ll study hard and I’m sure I’ll pass. Haha. Good luck to us! :)

  18. fetus says:

    @verne: good luck to us indeed hehehe…

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