wow, 5 months of blogging…

the whole journey of the bar exams.

well, in a way, this helped me keep sane — weeded out ‘noisy’ voices in my head that aren’t concerned/interested in studying for the bar.

to continue, or not now that the september storm is over?

hmm…yeah, maybe i will.  after all, even without the bar, i still have these ‘noisy’ voices pondering on useless things in my company — hahahaha.

i’ve lived my whole life in the southern part of metro manila; thus Q.C. for me is such a far and foreign place (meaning, i don’t know short-cuts, traffic/problematic areas, calculation of distances of places within)!  and so, when i plan a ‘trip’ to Q.C., i make it a point that worthwhile talaga the distance i’ll travel, the time i’ll spend, and the gas i’ll consume.

yesterday was our (kris and I, plus jove) Q.C. day.

went to my relatives’ house in Project 2 to drop off the plants and all the stuff they left in the xwind during the tagaytay trip.

went to ateneo, loyola heights to look for the shirt i’ve been dreaming to own from the ateneo shop (darn ala na); eat at manang’s (oh boy! oh boy!); and wander around a bit (ang dami nang bagong buildings and improvements and mga stuff na "bakit wala na"!).

went to U.P. to check kris’ diploma — to which kris said: kahit na ilang balik ka sa U.P., ganun pa rin ang itsura…alang nagbabago or bagong infrastructures. hahaha!

went to meet betty at the heart center for blood donation.  Kris was successful (dyoshkopo, batikan na talaga…lagpas a gallon na eh);  i was still afraid (my first donation was a really, really horrible experience…still gives me nightmares.  plus i’ve taken biogesic); and Jove, was denied for having taken decolgen early monday morning (two days ago)!  duh! the same medicine just works 4-6hours, 8 hours max.  first time i’ve heard of this kind of policy.  and first time na naka-experience kami ng napakatagal na blood letting services — it took four hours to finish everything!  sabi nga ni kris, walang puso ang mga taga-heart center!

after, went to gateway to try the cinema with laZboy seats.  cool and expensive!  and yeah, we watched hilary "lizzie" duff. hahahaha.

***No, I haven’t sworn off blogging. It’s just that the PLDT line in the whole of our village was cut off for 4.5 days! good thing our line is now back to normal, or else they would hear it from an irritated me (and believe you me, I can be a pretty mean customer when demanding a service I expect ‘coz I promptly pay my bills so I would not be troubled with any hassles….good thing for them din that hectic for remedial law ako thursday-sunday and I drove for relatives to tagaytay the whole day today that I didn’t have the time to write them a repair-demand letter &/or call their service hotline about 3x a day!).

***The trip to tagaytay today was fun, though. Finally, I was reunited with relatives (plus a visiting uncle and cousin from Australia) after a month of missing family celebrations! However, I’ve encountered some glitches (expected, but still hoping to have been spared) — today was the start of the SLEX renovation kaya super heavy traffic on some parts going there, my other niece grabbed left wrist where my tendon hurts the most, and my it rained sooooo hard going home!

***Some other irks the past days:

a. Last Thursday, while driving home from remedial law review lecture along south super hwy (a few meters near the barrier going towards the service road), someone threw a rock at the windshield of the car I was driving! Total shock talaga and parang slow motion pa nga kasi I saw how that huge rock hit the glass (in front of the passenger side). Good thing I was driving slow (’coz I was deliberating whether to take the service road or toll way) and the rock did not break the windshield; instead, it just bounced and hit the hood of the car (thereby leaving a dent). Oooohhh, I was just so mad yet shaken at the same time. Of course I did not stop ‘coz baka those sick people will do further damage. Besides, a friend warned me before that on her way home to Alabang in the wee hours of the morning, someone threw a rock din sa windshield nya and crashed the same! Pero she sped away ‘coz surely mas dangerous to stop. Dang.

b. The room assigned on the last bar weekend at westin was so baho — stinking of varnish and may electrical problems. Hassle.

c. That busted PLDT line was cumbersome ‘coz I needed to communicate with a lot of people — email re text tips re remedial exam, email for blood donors for Bets’ dad, Mitch’s medical condition, and to thank people for the bar journey. Grr talaga kaya text galore na lang ako. Sakit tuloy thumb ko na.

d. We had SkyCable service disruptions the past week.

e. The sudden rains yesterday blew towards my bedroom window. The shower was so quick that I wasn’t fast enough to close all my windows. Ayun, basing-basa study table ko and the stuff on it.

f. Last Sunday, we had the same room and seating arrangements as we did on the first Sunday of the Bar Exams. Sigh, the "laser vission-aries" i encountered during the latter were still at it — looking at/reading the face-down exam questionaires and discussing with their schoolmate-seatmate (bakit kasi magkakatabi ang schoolmates sa isang room?) the possible answers. Even bolder this time — louder na ‘buzzing’ nila. As if hindi pa nila perfected ang exams eh!

***Some other glee the past days:

a. I’ve cleared up my remaining bar clutter (if they can be classified as clutter, haha). Remedial and Ethics materials re-bind and some returnables na lang. I’ve watched t.v. like crazy last Monday — hours and hours of national geographic (megastructures galore, megacities), discovery channel (New Zealand movie sites tour, Columbine HS docu), and CNN! Eyestrain heaven!

b. I’ve borrowed Shey’s thick Emily Post book. Hehehe, refining my etiquette again! Man, I’m such a nerdogeek.

c. Last Sunday, had dinner with my lawschool friends; had a sleepover with some HS friends (sa sobrang pagod hde ko na kayang mag-drive pauwi).

d. Ateneo Salubong was fun — mas basa nga lang kami ni ticot this year ng combination of freezing cold beer, wine, and water! Pero ang happy for anne for the experience.

e. Remedial Law and Ethics (plus Legal Forms) were manageable — less gruesome than expected. Sana tama ang feeling ko (pero, terrible pa rin the others so, ewan kung na-even out).

sa mga texts, suporta, encourangements, prayers, lighted candles in my behalf, visits, cheers, food delivery, blue and other tips delivery, drive for us, took care of our stuff, pag-alaga/aruga kahapon, post-celebration, at oo, pati pag-basa/rejoice with us sa salubong….muli, mula sa kaibuturan ng aking puso, maraming maraming salamat! special mention:

kris.shey.mel.ahrc interns&lawyers.ateneo bar ops (esp acads and hotel).faye&roy.mane&thed.maj&arvin.vanny.mildz.chie abeng.chie kat.anne.ticot.josel.julie.hannah.aggie.dicdic.jove.justice de leon.atty. sed.father m.dean clv.pam&tito nor (for last week).mahls.bon.nuj.my e.mai.abel.pixie&bubu. lyan&james.upsilon.iyok. john and utopia.apple.aj.ate annette.doc cherry.ateneo law batch 2005.ag.brian.dindin.gel.zeena.kelvin.cousin jason.jm.rex.von.milan.rebo.holy spirit sisters in fairview.tita grace.tita vicky.tita fay.

1. two weeks ago, after the info cards, exam booklets, and exam questions have been handed out, a group of examinees did something that irked me — one was ‘reading’ the back of the face-down questionnaire, then started discussing what she ’saw through’ the said leaf with her schoolmate-seatmate, and even called on to another schoolmate not far from them to ask about the matter she ’saw.’ 

2. The queue for men are longer and slower to move when entering DLSU.  The line for girls, on the other hand, is a breeze.  After the first week, examinees are already aware that there are different lanes for each gender.  However, there are still some guys who would queue with girls and then make ‘singit’ back to the line of the men near the entrance gate of DLSU.  They would even give excuses, “ay,

mali

pala; hindi ko alam.” Hello? Napaka-obvious and familiar ka na dapat.  Kawawa naman the guys who patiently stood in the proper lane.  Yes, it is just a matter of going inside DLSU, nothing on the merits…but that attitude says a lot about the character of my future ‘pañeros.’

3. I learned from Josel that the bar watchers/headwatcher in his building have been warning them of possible exam-booklet-switching [talaga bang ginagawa ng ibang tao ito?! Just the same, better safe than sorry].  It happens daw after everything has been distributed, the info card has been sealed inside the envelope attached to the blank exam booklet, and then an examiner would go to the restroom. During that time he/she is gone, one examinee would switch his/her exam booklet with the one who went to the restroom (especially if the latter is from this or that law school — possibility that he/she knows more).  And so, the credits of the restroom-goer examinee would go to the switcher; while the latter can just really not concentrate on answering ‘coz the points that booklet would merit isn’t for him/her anyway. The restroom-goer examinee wouldn’t suspect anything amiss ‘coz the exam booklets look all the same anyway as one’s name is completely hidden already (matakot ka kung hindi kasi may ‘marking’ na yun kung ga’non).

Sigh***

most bar candidates are already making their plans after the exams/salubong.

i am actually in a fix on what to do.  i mean, how can i ‘celebrate’ when i don’t feel like there is something to celebrate about (considering i don’t think i did good this year)?

kris has a thing with his UP friends — i definitely don’t wanna squeeze myself there (different school — lalo na napaka-ateneo freak ako, different crowd, different backrounds, different experiences).

all my lawschool friends are already lawyers — ang sad na ako lang hindi. altho they are the most supportive and loving bunch!

i’ve just spend a weekender last week with some of my highschool friends.

home?  hmm, sobrang sad naman and patiwakal-inviting!

heck, i wish i won’t even have to worry about ‘planning’ or ‘putting things together’ ‘coz i’m just so tired and so scared of remedial exam to think about so. 

Off to where the tide will take me then.

                   ON TO THE FINAL  4!

The Ateneo community is invited to attend

a send-off Mass for the

ATENEO LADY EAGLES

ATENEO BLUE EAGLETS

ATENEO BLUE EAGLES

on Saturday, 24 September 2005

6:00PM

Church of the Gesu

FIGHT ATENEO!

Note:

Tickets for this Sunday’s (Sept 25) F4 game will be sold at the Blue Eagle Gym Ticket Booth on

Thursday, 22 September 2005

Thank you.

carebear, stare!!!

may good luck come for this september 2005!

                     MEET POLO.

this is our dog which i’ve often mentioned in this blog.

If I Could Touch You