Define Stress

Define stress?

It is when you sleep at 4 in the morning and wake up at 7am for your exam.

It is when you start cramming for papers and reports that piled up along with problem sets, exams and projects.

It is when you start on depending on caffeine to keep you awake all throughout the day (and in the wee hours of the morning when you’re studying)

It is when you rush from one building to the other because your professor dismissed you 15 minutes late and you are already late for your next class (and lucky you. Your professor in your next subject decided to give a quiz that day)

It is when you studied the whole week for an exam and felt unprepared when you started answering the ridiculously loooooooooooong and difficult questions in the questionnaire

It is when you start being uneasy, restless and can’t concentrate with what you’re supposed to do because you are bothered and distracted with things you aren’t really supposed to be thinking of during you finals week.

Stress.

Caffeine Rush

According to Wikipedia, Palpitation is the abnormal awareness (because it interrupts other thoughts compared to normal awareness wherein it is caused by a concentration on the beating of one’s heart) of the beating of the heart; whether it is too fast, too slow or irregular.

Palpitation may be brought from overexertion, adrenaline, caffeine, cocaine, amphetamines and other drugs. Attacks can last for a few seconds to a few hours, and includes symptoms such as sweating, shaking, faintness, chest pain and dizziness. It can also be associated with anxiety and panic attacks in which case, psychological assessment is needed.

This is what I’m going through right now. I am palpitating and although I try to brush it aside, I can’t ignore the fact that I can feel my heart beating irregularly (too fast) in my chest. I have had too much caffeine and chocolate today. Though I try my best to minimize the intake of coffee and chocolate in my daily diet, I can’t help it but indulge myself with these temptations since I rely on them to survive the hectic and mind-boggling exercise called COLLEGE.

EPEKTO NG PAGPUPUYAT

AYOKO NA MAGPUYAT DAHIL:

1. NAKAKASIRA NG DIET

Dahil gising ka buong gabi, siyempre hindi mo mapipigilang magutom. Hindi ka kumakaen ng dinner para hindi ka tumaba. Pero pag nagpupuyat ka, pagdating ng alas-dos ng umaga, kakalam ang tiyan mo at maalala mo bigla na hindi ka pa nga pala kumakaen ng hapunan.

2. MABIGAT SA BULSA

Sira na nga ang diet mo, mabigat sa bulsa ang pagpupuyat. Dahil magugutom ka, mapipilitan kang kumaen. Kung saktong malas ka pa at wala kang naka-stock na pagkain na pwedeng gawing snack, mapipilitan kang lumabas ng bahay at kumain sa isang fast-food restaurant katulad ng Jollibee o Mcdo (na usually ay 24hours) para kumain. At dahil sa matinding komersyalisasyon sa ating bansa, sobrang mahal ng bilihin ditto at mapipilitan kang maglabas ng pera.

3. NAKAKAHILO

Habang naglalakad ka papunta ng Jollibee o Mcdo, gegewang-gewang ka dahil sa hilo at antok. Madadapa ka sa mga ‘obstacles’ na hindi mo nakikita dahil madilim ang dinadaanan mo. Madalas mahulog ang kinakain mo dahil wala ng lakas para hawakan ang kubyertos.

4. MAPAPAINOM KA NG MADAMING KAPE

Dahil madami kang kape na maiinom, magsisimula ka na magpalpitate. Hindi maganda sa pakiramdam dahil ito ay nakakapanghina at feeling mo ang abnormal ng puso mo dahil mabilis itong tumibok.

5. MAPAPAKAIN KA NG CHOCOLATE

Kapag hindi ka pa nakuntento sa kape, kakain ka pa ng madaming chocolate para hindi antukin. Sira na nga diet mo, mapapagastos ka pa. (see reason nos. 1 and 2)

6. MALALAKI AT MALALALIM NA EYEBAGS

Hindi mo man gustuhin, lumalala ang eyebags mo dahil sa kakulangan ng tulog. Magpupuyat ka ngayon, may klase ka ng maaga bukas. Mapipilitan kang bumangon ng maaga dahil nagamit mo na ang maximum number of absences mo para sa klase na yun. Kaya sa susunod, wag ng kumuha ng klase na sobrang aga para maiwasan na magmukhang raccoon dahil sa pagpupuyat.

Losing Focus

Problem of the heart is keeping me from really putting all of my attention in studying for my exam on Monday. I am restless and unsure of how to deal with the predicament that I am going through right now. Love is something that doesn’t really go well with studies. If something goes wrong, everything is affected — health, focus and academics. I have less than 36 hours to finish studying the 4 chapters included in the exam. I am already feeling sleepy and tired and yet, here I am blogging about something that really shouldn’t be bothering me now.

Fixing things

                With finals less than two weeks away, my things are as messed up as my life is. With my academics hogging up most of my time, I don’t have enough time left for fixing my things before I leave for school. Since I sleep late these past few days, I wake up in the morning with only 30 minutes left to prepare for school. I come home with my bed undone and books and clothes piled up on it. When it’s time to sleep, I would just throw all the dirty clothes to the hamper and pile my books on the table. The next morning would be another unending i-don’t-have-enough-time-to-fix-my-things cycle.

                I recently lost my memory card adaptor. I really don’t like losing any of my stuff… Since then, I vowed to fix all of my things as soon as my last exam is over. I just hope I won’t be losing any more of my things until then.

FOCUS bern FOCUS

I promised myself that I would finish studying at least one subject before this week ends. It’s already Saturday and I haven’t even started opening my books and notes for my exams two weeks from now.

I need to focus. Focus. Focus.

Hopelessly trying to understand

I’ve been hopelessly trying to understand the topics for the exam in Physics which will be two weeks from now. I’ve been reading the same paragraph over and over again in despair — I don’t understand a word of it.

The chapter is all about atoms and their quantization. I found out that laser is an acronym for ‘light amplification nby stimulated emission of radiation’ — well, at least I can say that I LEARNED something kahit papaano. I don’t even know why we have to study this. I won’t be using it in my majors in the future anyway.

This is hopeless. This is frustrating. I still have 4 chapters to go. I NEED to finish studying by the end of this week because I have two more exams the same week my Physics exam is on.

Can’t wait for summer

Summer is almost here. Its time to store away those jackets and heat blankets as the temperature starts to rise.

Summer is all about going to the beach, vacations and taking a break from a stressful thing called ‘acads’. It’s the time when people enjoy the heat of the sun as they attain the perfect bronze skin and tan lines they brag about when they get back to the city. It is about long naps, pigging out and relaxing without the pressure of deadlines and exams. It’s when you just stay home all day, watch TV and just be a couch potato for two whole months.

This is how my summer’s supposed to be. This is how I imagine myself spending two months of leisure time.

Too bad I have to take classes this summer. Goodbye beach. Goodbye tan lines. Goodbye sleep. Goodbye fun.