What a great coincidence today:  my oath taking and my law school graduation anniversary! J

Thanks to Attys. Jax and Reyns, I was all glammed up for today’s event J.  Unfortunately, the scorching sun and the loooooong queue towards the entrance in PICC wasted their efforts; sigh L!

The program lasted for just an hour J.  Mas matagal pa yung pagpila and paghihintay ko kina Kris while they retrieve their mobile phones L.   

Ang funny and grandmotherly ni Justice Gutierrez J.  Remedial Law examiner Justice Pardo was loudly applauded J.  Criminal Law and Taxation Law examiners were “boo-ed” J (kasi naman ang hirap and ang haba ng exams nila, with the inclusion of questions not supposedly part of the coverage of the exams).  Kudos and condolences to CJ RSP; he graced the event even though his mother  died hours prior.  Sayang though, even if the oath taking ceremony was slated just before Justice RJCS retires, hindi rin complete ang en banc yesterday due to the absence of Justice RCC L. 

To be real honest, the day did not turn out as I imagined: the queuing system in PICC was horribly irritating (may mga sumisingit at nanunulak pa — I couldn’t stop myself, I really told them off); I felt soooooo lonely, no friends nearby nor batchmates to celebrate with (gratitude nga to Lester for my seat a row away from his group, my officemate went with her group naman); being alone, I was thus reminded of my heartaches for years; had some misunderstandings with Kris; I was given an extra ticket by my Justice yesterday, thus I was forced to invite my biological mother because it was the “correct” thing to do; I was stressed the whole time we were having dinner with my 0’96 because from the track record of my biological mother, she’d prolly raise some embarrassing situations I don’t wanna deal with (she did, but thankfully they were not half as bad as the usual); Kris had to leave us because he was summoned by Cong. RRA to get on the way back to Laoag na.

I was quite sad that today didn’t seem like MY day; rather I had to again adjust to give way to others.  Yes, I know I’m being self-centered… Pardon me, but just today, I wanted to celebrate ME. 

Oh well, as my current mantra goes, “ok lang lahat kasi nakapasa na naman eh; dapat happy and thankful pa rin!”

…may be surrounded by a million people, I still feel alone…

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