by: Jurilex Maglinte

My first-day is something worth remembering. I can still recall my sweaty hands, messy hair and my noisy heels as I hurried up to 6^th floor because it turned out that my schedule in the printout was wrong—it says classes starts at 8:45am when it’s supposedly 7:40am.

First year was a series of transitions; a period of adjustment. Along with my classmates, we journeyed together battling short-itemed tricky quizzes to head-scratching math problems and loud discussions before General Psychology class started. Looking back, it was a roller-coaster ride full of mishaps, adventures and messed up scenarios, coupled with people who doodled my entire freshmen life with rainbows and clouds both nimbus and cumulus.

As I look forward, I guess I am stripping off the adjustment period. Sophomore year would mean a new route of exposure for new opportunities the school as well the Psych program has to offer. With a welcoming privilege of being able to join clubs and organizations, it may be our time to hone our skills, actively participate in clubs we prefer, gain more recognition and color our entire college experience.

Being able to befriend Psych kuyas and ates during the summer, I am feeling a sweet and sour anticipation for the new teachers on the scene, enough to make the most of us shake our knees as we are asked with perplexing questions, or furrow as we scan through different books and loudly engage to psych-related conversations before classes begin. With the expected academic load, I cannot help but be excited about, amidst being separated with other friends who will be in the other section, hanging out again with old classmates as well as welcoming new classmates as we journey yet together to a whole new ride!

a new ex-PSYCH-ting challenge awaits...

Jurilex Maglinte is an incoming 2nd-year psychology student.