Similarities

Today I was once again struck by the many parallels between the course I'm taking and taking up witchcraft or wizardry at Hogwarts. Aside from the fact that the students of both courses take seven years to graduate, I've realized that our Zoology lab sessions are a mixture of Care of Magical Creatures, Transfiguration, and Herbology. You have to learn how to properly preserve your specimens, which constitutes the Care of Magical Creatures portion. You have to listen and be patient because sometimes, structures identified earlier turn out to be completely different - and this is sort of like Transfiguration. Also, Zoology lab tends to get really messy, just like Herbology.

With her blue lab gown billowing like a Hogwarts robe as she inspects our cat specimens, our lab instructor strikes me as a peculiar cross between Professors Sprout and Snape.

An upside to taking Humanities 1 in Filipino, which I had previously thought to be nothing but a pain in the ass, is that we have our very own stand-up comedian in the afternoons, all geared to cheer us up from another draining lab session. Today our dear teacher made a hilarious imitation of a baby crying, and the previous session he sang his very own melodramatic version of the lyrics of a preppy Ricky Martin song. Plus, every meeting we get to cool down our stinking, sweaty, formalin-drenched selves in the airconditioned classroom.

Life is getting good these days. We have another Chemistry exam coming up this weekend - I can hardly wait.