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Bye-bye High School! Hello College!
College life really is heaping harder than high school! So many adjustments and tough competitions faced me… I was shocked! Awesome! 
Waah… I’m so stressed! It’s like I’ve become five years older than my own age! Huwaah.. I can’t take this anymore! I miss high school… I miss my classmates… I miss my friends… I miss my teachers… And most of all, I miss lazing around! Haha…^-^
High School: Kahit 30 minutes ka nang LATE, basta makapal ang mukha mo, dere-deretso ka lang sa room- walang makakapansin sa ‘yo! Minsan nga, palakpakan pa mga kaklase mo, FC ka tuloy! – Feeling Celebrity! ☺
College: 15 minutes ka pa lang LATE, di ka na pwedeng pumasok! Bakit ba ‘ka mo? Ayun, nakasara ung pintuan, ang tahimik pa ng mga kaklase mo! Malamang. Kapansin-pansin ka nun pag pumasok ka pa! Kaya kahit gaano pa kataas ang PR factor mo, kung ikaw lang mag-isa ang papasok sa ganoong sitwasyon, uurong at uurong ka kahit anong mangyari! ☺
High School: Sumali ka sa mga STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, lalo na yang Student Government, instant celebrity ka ng school nyo! Mapipilitan ka tuloy mag-hi sa mga taong kilala ka pero ‘di mo kilala! ☺
College: Join ka sa iisang STUDENT ORGANIZATION, pagtanong mo yang pangalan mo sa campus nyo, ganito ang magiging response sa ‘yo: “Aah! Yang si _________! Sino ba yun?!=p”
Lalo na kung nasa University ka! Sa dami ng mga nag-aaral dun, kaylangan mo pang salihan lahat ng student organizations sa school nyo para makilala yang 1st letter ng pangalan mo! ☺
High School: Madaling makapasok sa HONOR ROLL lalo na kung “oh-so-brainy” ka talaga! The thing is, you just have to maintain the required grade then, that’s it! You’re in! ☺
College: Ayun, ginawa mo na nga ang lahat, may gagawin ka pa rin! Nyaah! Kaylangan pang mag-apply para makita mo yung pangalan mo sa board! Whoo… [Pero nalaman ko na sa ibang Colleges and Universities, automatic na nilang makikita ang pinaghirapan nila as part of the DEAN’S LIST... Hai.. Unfair ang buhay... dapat masanay...] Ang masaya dun, may discount offers na sa tuition kapag nagawa mong maipása at maipasá lahat ng requirements! – Dapat lang… ☺
High School: DOTA ang universal online game na hit na hit sa mga bagets ngayon… Noong high school, magdodota ang mga kaklase ko after classes hanggang magsara yung shop! DOTA ‘til they drop! ☺
College: Ngayon, nagcucutting na ang mga boys just to play DOTA! Minsan nga, 7 na lang kaming natitira sa loob ng room out of 40+! Imagine?! ☺
High School: 50% ang CLASS STANDING at 40% naman ang MAJOR EXAMS! So, this only means na kaylangan mo talagang paghirapan both sides dahil super close ang percentage! Gasp! 0,o
College: Shout for joy! 70% na ang CLASS STANDING at 30% na lang ang MAJOR EXAMS! Ibig sabihin, mababa man ang major exams mo, e kung lagi ka naman nagpapakitang gilas sa loob ng classroom, don’t you worry dude! TWO THUMB UP ka pa rin sa prof mo! Keep it up! ☺
High School: Magsasawa ka sa kakasuot at kakalaba ng UNIFORM mo dahil required at necessary talagang isuot yan! ☺
College: Hail Holy! Here comes WASH DAY to the rescue! Haha… Hindi ka na masusuka sa paulit-ulit na pagsuot mo ng uniform nyo!
Ang side effect: mauubusan ng attire yang closet mo! Nakakahiya namang magdala ng same outfits to school every wash day ‘di ba?! Kaylangang affor ng closet at pocket mo ang uniform dilemma savior mo! ☺
High School: Madali lang makahanap ng TRUE FRIENDS lalo na if your personality is a mixture of friendly and approachable atmosphere! Nasa stage of innocence pa kasi ang mga katauhan kaya go, join the fun! ☺
College: Here comes the FRIENDSHIP problem! Iba-iba na kasi ang ugali ng mga toa sa college… Hindi mo na masasabi kung sino ang ka-clique mo nang ganun kadali… College is known as the age of maturity and freedomkaya kung anu-ano na ang mga natututunan ng mga kabataan… Mula sa smoking, drinking… then it could lead to drugs… So sad but true…=’( Kailangang kilatisin mo ng maigi kung kanino ka sasama… Who knows?! Baka maging isa sa kanila ang mag-influence sa ‘yo to do things that you never did and you will regret doing so… 
High School: Catching up with a TEACHER is easy! Dahil kadalasan, nasa faculty lang sila… nagkakape! ☺
College: Super hirap maghagilap na PROFESSOR! Whew… Laglag siguro lahat ng kinain mo bago mo mahanap ang isa! E bakit nga ba?! Siguro dahil sa laki ng university at dahil sa hiwa-hiwalay ang college buildings kaya ganun… :’)
*** I wrote this article on the first time that I absented myself from class because of traffic! Hate that day!… I realized then that it’s really hard to adjust and enter college life! Whew… And now that I’d finished one whole semester of learning, I had collected numerous experiences that are exciting, happy, sad, … etc. Those are just some of the differences that I had observed between high school and college… feeling ko, dadami pa ‘yan! So, watch out!☺
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