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This is a balance technique for starters. When you feel you are getting too fast, place your hands on your bent knees. Remember if your knees aren't bent, you could fall forward because you will lose balance.
In Ice Skating, if you can balance, you can glide easily. All you have to do is let go of the rails and feel your way through it. Remember it's all about the balls, that area in between the arch of your feet and your toes.
Also known as "Aktibista." These are the students who are passionate in student-related issues. Disclaimer: These people don't always necessarily join in rallies.
People who have come from the same province or the same alma mater. This is usually a category for organizations that have members who have come from the same places.
Your family inside the university. Short for brothers and sisters, these people are the members of the organizations you join.
It has other meanings but in the university life, this word means being a pain in the ass to someone else but in a joking manner. Usually how best friends behave when alone with each other.
Manual enrollment of subjects. The process of having to ask the professor to be a part of his class and maybe do some favors in order to get a slot. It is a long-term for 'Prerog' and the term is used because it is the prerogative of the professor to let you in.
The class needed to be taken before the class you want to take. It is a long term for Prereq.