I Wish to Keep

Someone told me yesterday that he was already taking his thesis last year when someone with authority approached him and forced him to quit thesis because of the many back subjects that he had. He had to finish those subjects and now he is going to take the thesis again this year.

"back subject" - a subject one should have taken a semester or two before the current semester or a subject that is a pre-requisite of something else but is allowed by the student's adviser to be taken along with the subject supposedly needing it as a pre-requisite. It's like an informal arrangement between a student and an adviser.

He was still taking Math, structural subjects and other subjects then which should have been required before he could have enrolled the thesis class. This worries me a lot because I have two back subjects and I was allowed to take the thesis this semester and I do not want to find out at in middle of the semester that someone wants me to quit thesis because this is going to break the hearts of my parents and is surely going to hit my pride.

There are plenty of times that I tell myself I wish I could have done better back then, these make me realize how wasted opportunities could never be brought back. I sometimes wonder why I wasn't born a G.C. (grade-conscious) person or someone who thinks that grades are everything. Sometimes I wonder why I had to succumb to my weaknesses.

Last night I was browsing pages of some of the famous culinary arts school in the Philippines. I was really curious about taking a certificate or diploma course and wanted to fill out some forms but I stopped for a while and figured I should only devote my time to architectural thesis right now.

I mean I love making good food that's is why I am really blessed that my family wants me to take a course in pastry making or dessert preparations mainly for the improvement of our coffee shop in Malolos City, Bulacan, but I know I have to finish architecture first before I embark in anything else.

Someday I want to prepare food for people and they would ask me if I had professional training in cooking and then I'll answer with "Yes, I have a diploma for baking and pastry making, and I am also a practicing architect. Both share the same demand; the ability to create."