THE KIWI WHO SOARED THE SKIES...

            So, this begins after my Mathematics 17 class. My Math 17 professor actually dismissed us at the exact time (it is not advisable for prof. to dismiss students like this because he/she would be late for his/her next class. You'll know why if you keep reading) and my next destination (unfortunately for me) is in College of Arts and Letters (CAL), which is about 10-15 min. walk or trip (via jeepney), for my next class: English 1. (Note that my designated classroom is in the 5^th floor so it would take me another 2-3 min. before I finally reach the room.)

            Time check:

                8:15 - time of dismissal from Math 17 class.

                8:30 - start of English 1 class.

            I was only thinking of one thing during that time: I'm doomed

            I sped up my walk (it actually felt like I was already running... slowly), hoping not to arrive in the room late because Mr. Minotaur clearly articulated to us on our first day of meeting that he/she doesn't really like latecomers and that one will suffer terrible fate and consequence if one is to be late. Well, when I arrived, I was so thankful he/she didn't send me out because it was the fate of those who came a minute or so after me. (I was, as if, saved by the bell because in my calculations, I was already 2-3 min. late.) Just got lucky, I guess.

            Let me give you a short background of Mr. Minotaur so that you'd be able to know how it felt today. So he/she is plain flawless. Exaggerated? BELIVE IT! He/she graduated in De La Salle University and taught in THE Ateneo de Manila before he/she became a flesh-eating professor of THE University of the Philippines, Diliman. (He/she used the article "THE", yes with the capital T-H-E, to emphasize the greatness of the two most prestigious schools in the Philippines. [Sorry La Salle students.]) He/she belonged to a wealthy (I based this on how his/her story sounded to me. He/she told us that when his/her mother's sisters wished for cars, jewels and riches from their grandfather, his/her mother wished for books instead. [Don't be silly, the books are not ordinary books. Some of them still needed to be ordered and shipped from other countries.]) family and just like his/her mother; he/she liked reading as much. Fortunately for him/her, as long as what he/she was requesting were books, no matter what the price would say, his/her mother will buy it for him/her. As he/she had said to us, this is how he/she became good at the language.

            So he/she started the class after he/she made us pass our homework. (uhhmm, it was a short essay with a requirement of two faces of paper, double spaced, which I just finished working with this particular morning. [oh well, I'm expecting a very low grade because even I know how my essay sucked.]) I thought he/she would be discussing again some rules about grammar and language but he/she actually didn't. Instead, he just called us randomly, asking us random questions with grammars (A form of reviewing, I guess) and spellings of words (I missed mine. I misspelled Mediterranean as "meditterranean." [There are two mistakes in my spelling. First, is my double "t" and I didn't say "capital m"]) and it actually turned out to be FUN. The discussion didn't turned out to be the usual brain torturing lessons because everything was based on our stock knowledge. Also, he/she joked with us making the room, which is usually gloomy, boring and hot, lively.

            Here are some of the things I've learned today:

            1. The way groups of certain people and things are called:

   Group of Girls            =          Bevy

         Group of Clouds         =          Column

         Group of Dogs            =          Bedlam

         Group of Geese          =          Gaggle

         Group of Small           =          Collection

         Antiques

2. The masculine and feminine form of certain animals: 

   Peacock = Peafowl (M); Peahen (F)

   Cat = Tomcat (M); Tabby cat (F)

   Dog = Hound (M); Bitch (F)

   Pig = Bore (M); Sow (F)

   Donkey = Jackass (M); Jenny (F)

3. In spelling, the letter "I" always comes before the letter "E" except if: it is after the letter "C"; in some cases after the letter "R"; and after the letter "W"

So, if you pass THE University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) and are designated in Diliman, or if you are already a student in UP Diliman and you became interested with him because of this, better look for the subject English 1 with the flesh eating Minotaur as its professor: Mr. A.G. It's F-U-N, trust me. Just be ready for a "not-very-pleasing-grade" if you won't do your best. *wink*

P.S. Mr. A.G. was the one who called himself as the flesh-eating Minotaur and I had just adapted it. ^_^