sleeping beauty

last friday afternoon, dec. 17, we had our last class for 2004 in EDSP 201. It was a clear and windy day. we were the only class in the building so everything was quiet and peaceful. Our class was on the top floor of the Benitez Hall so we weren't distracted by the buzzes and screeches of jeepneys and cars roaming around the campus. in the background, we could hear the birds singing and the crickets chirping. it was a good day to be out and playing or strolling around the campus... or reading a book underneath a big acacia tree in the sunken garden until the crisp wind of december lulls you down to sleep.

but that wasn't the case. instead, i was inside this cubicle with thirty other classmates, watching and listening to a video of a gifted Filipina child playing her favorite classical piece on her piano. she was great! her performance was fantastic! but her music hightens the mood for siesta. all of us in the backrow and some people in the front and second rows were dizzied by the spell casted by the child. but all of us were strong enough to counter attack the sleeping charm.

afterwards, my professor delivered another sleeping enchantment by writing a long lecture on the board while chanting in a monotonous tone, "i'll discuss this later."

and that was the last thing i heard before i finally gave in to sleep.





heeheehee...it was embarassing to be in a classroom full of professional people and be caught sleeping like a baby in the middle of a lecture. (good thing i did not snore nor drool that time.) i find the experience funny and a source of a very good laugh when i am alone and feeling lonely. but i felt sad because i wasn't able to apologize to my professor for my behavior. i gathered enough courage to face her alone after our class but i was too late. she was gone before i knew it.

the story has no ending yet. i still have to wait for my classcard to see the finale of the drama i created last friday. but before it concludes i have to do great in all the requirements and exams my prof will give us. otherwise, i'd be stuck forever in my horror and guilt that i did not finish MA because i slept and performed terribly in class.