Ojos Que No Ven (What The Eyes Don't See)

as i mentioned in my last post, i was going to catch a number of films over the weekend, and last night, i watched this peruvian film called 'Ojos Que No Ven' (in english, 'What The Eyes Don't See')

this was set in the time of the peruvian government corruption scandal that led to then prime minister fujimori to flee to japan, with 6 different scenarios taking place simultaneously. i couldn't figure out which version that was going to be screened, had it been the edited peruvian version, it was only an hour and a half, if it was the version that was screened in the toronto film festival, then it would be a whopping 2 and a half hours.

and it turned out to the be longer one, and i was very glad, as the movie was excellent. i don't know why, but i love films that have multiple scenarios weaving through eachother simultaneously. but this one was set so realistic, like a poem, perfected to detail. it seemed draggy at times, but it was a fantastic night. i hope that the one i'm going to watch tonight will be as enjoyable.

there was a sudden thunderstorm going on yesterday past noon, that kinda 'forced' me to skip my CS lecture. and i kinda paid it with a price. according to chris, who went to the lecture, the professor taught the new material, as well as revealing what was going to be in the final. what luck, of all the times, there isnt much new information, and the one that i missed, he has to give it away. i cant complain, since it was my decision not to get wet in the heavy rain and freeze in the physics lab. i watched bits and pieces of 'goldeneye' that was being shown on the telly, and then went about checking my econs grade, which was supposed to be up by then, if not, later.

and guess what, there was a 4 point curve on the last test (which i did badly, as mentioned in the earlier post) and that meant I ended up with an A for the semester. i literally jumped and screamed out in joy. i thought that the last test was relatively easy, and the most i could anticipate was a one point curve, but 4! i didnt see that coming. i wont be attending the lecture anyone, i'll spend more time on my remaining projects that need to be done.

instead of taking a nap that i truly needed, i went down to help out in the east FE quad ResFest (Resident's Festival) which was the last work i was going to do as the Hall Council President for my dorm. i thought of going down there for a while just to help out a bit, but i ended up being there much longer than i had expected. there was two huge watermelons, which i volunteered to cut up to easy pieces for those who were there, and then i helped others set up the stage for a visiting band and the one that required the most amount of work was putting up this heavy tarp over the stage, in case it rained. though i didnt really do much, i gotta give credit to this colombian friend i met in my first week, Mateo, who's the vice-president of the Smith Hall Council. i get along pretty well with the president and the VP, so working with them was a pleasure. Mateo climbed up all sorts of trees and lamp posts to tie the strings up securely and he was literally handling a one man job. james helped out too, and i guess the tarp was put up pretty nicely. i hadnt done work like that since the council days, so it was kinda refreshing that i had done setting up of an event like that. i suddenly craved for more of those, and sadly, the Hall Council didn't offer that. that was one thing i was really disappointed by, as i ran for president thinking that was what hall council would do. instead, it was more about discussion of bills, allocation of money, etc, which i don't really have interest in. SGA and RHa is like that as well. i might have enjoyed myself better if i had tried out for FAB or FC. but it's alright, i learned some things i might otherwise might not have learnt in other organizations.

i just checked my CS grades, i got 88 for that, which is a surprisingly high number, considering i missed out few very important line, but heck, i'd take it anyway! all i gotta do is to do more or less the same for the final and i'll end up getting an A for this class as well! many say that CS screws you over the semester, but the finals is relatively easy, so i can kinda rest easy now and spend more time on MSE and most probably, calculus II.

i better go get something before i starve to death. my stomach's been making noise a little too long.