Inefficient yet it works

Kakaiba ang title ng blog entry ko noh?

I enrolled today. Kahit pa may CRS na, inefficient pa rin ang registration sa UP. However, no matter how much people complain about it, we are able to get through the inefficient system at the end of the day.

I lined up around 8:30am to get my registration materials. I was told that since I am a graduating student, I had to see ma'am abad (SMA). I went to the line for SMA. I was given a number (I was number five). I was entertained by Ma'am Abad around 9:30am. By this time, the number of the student at the end of the line was 80++. An hour later, I found out the last number was already 138. Around 11:00am, it reached more than 200. Then to make things worse, the last number entertained in the morning was number 24.

I felt pretty lucky that I was number five. Around 10:00am, I was ready to pay my tuition, but the payment center was not yet open.

By 12:55, I decided to fall in line at the payment center (AS Lobby). This time, I was not as lucky. When I lined up to pay, I was nearly in front of the Geography Department. The line was that looong. In addition to that, out of the eight cashiers, only four were there. I was able to pay before 2:00pm. I was lucky in the sense that I was able to finish my enrollment today, plus Paolo accompanied me while I was in line (to pay my tuition). Thanks Paolo!

At around 3:00pm, the line had already reached PH124. See how long the line became? Then at AS 101, the Registration Assistants decided to give the reg mats of those in line for SMA, due to the fact that they would not be able to finish all those in line for SMA (reaching more than 200).

Oh well, I hope the registration tomorrow won't be as bad as it was today; and I hope that I will have a great 2nd sem. I also hope SIKAT gets a lot of gigs!