Thank God it's Friday! This has become a cliche among working professionals and students, yet today I'm really and truthfully thankful that it's Friday.
I'd had only four short hours of sleep last night - or rather at 2:00 this morning - because I had to fill out some agonizingly long forms that are required by UP Manila's ethics committee so they can give my proposal the green light. It's taken me a really long time to complete all those forms, and when I submitted them last week, I was told that the committee has required new forms. I was, of course, tempted to get mad but there was nothing else I could do except to comply with the new requirement. Which led to a sleepless night, panda-like eyes, bulging eyebags and a not-so-good temper when I woke up to the shrill ringing of my phone's alarm clock.
I'm thankful, however, that CJ (my classmate, dormmate, and labmate) volunteered to submit the forms for me today. He really is a lifesaver, and has always been like that ever since we started graduate school. If it weren't for him, I would've panicked because today is the deadline for submission of those wretched forms and I can't afford to miss a day a work (because I love my job... hehehe).
And so I made it to the office before ten, gave my USB to CJ (he'll be the one to print the forms) and am now about to continue excerpting the article I'd started yesterday. I'm also looking forward to a much-deserved sleepathon starting tonight.
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