First Week Funk?
I am now officially a Red Lion. Since my 2- year respite did not yield good results in finding myself a girlfriend, I am now back in school, studying law in San Beda, hoping that somewhere along the way, I could meet a prospective girlfriend (galing ng motivation!). We were asked to attend an orientation in June 14 and the classes formally started in June 15, but some of our professors went to our classes only this week. I saw many familiar faces in my new school. All of them I knew or met from college. Some were classmates, batch mates and orgmates in UP.
Kung hindi ako busy, puwede niyo akong yayaing lumabas (kung may pera pa ako) ng Thursday or Saturday, since I don’t have classes on Fridays. At dahil sa schecule kong iyan, hindi na ako nakakapanood ng Charmed, Smallville, Encantadia, Kampanerang Kuba at iba pa. Hindi ko napanood kung bakit hindi nanalo si Yaya sa America’s Next Top Model at kung paano nanalo si Kendra sa The Apprentice.
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I found it weird that one classmate asked me my test scores during the orientation. For a moment, he reminded me of a block mate in UP who was also very much interested in knowing our exam results and knowing if our scores were higher or lower than his. I just thought the guy must have been trying to know his competition that early (presuming that he is really to be contended with). I told him that I could remember my test scores at that moment (and I don’t have the intention of remembering it) and that I am just plain happy that I passed. I thought that that was the end of the conversation. But he further explained that the school puts students with high scores the first three sections- S, B, and C, and that I must have gotten a high score because we are in section C. I wanted to tell him that I know several people who are I think are really good but were in other sections, just to crush his feeling of superiority. But since I am now a changed man (hahaha) who does not want to have bad blood with anyone anymore, I just let him be. He then again asked “Hindi mo talaga matandaan?” and then went to ask my seatmate the same question. So to shut him up, I just told him may test scores.
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Ignorance of the law excuses no one from RECITATION and chances are, you will get 65 if you were called. I always have been praying hard not to be called by our professors, and my prayers have worked for the first three or four professors who have conducted recitations in class (most especially in my Persons subject, because I have not yet bought the book at that time). But yesterday, apart from my I-don’t-want-to-called prayer, I also prayed that I may be able to answer the teacher’s questions correctly if I were to be called. True enough, my first prayer didn’t work, but my second did. I am just plainly happy because my teacher (in Criminal Law) is reputed as strict in giving grades. He is said to have only passes two students in a certain class not so many years ago. Hindi ko lang talaga natumbok ang sagot para makakuha ng 100, but I guess I got a decent grade because he even asked me follow-up questions. According to my classmates who seem to know what grade our teacher is writing by the watching the stroke of his pen, I got an 85 (sana 90!). Contrary to what senior law students in San Beda are saying, I did not find our teacher to be a “terror”. He did not make me shake in nervousness the way Miranda or Morada (emphasis intended because I found the latter even more strict than the former did when I was in college. Kaya dapat, hindi nagpapaniwala sa mga sinasabi ng iba.
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I have never studied this hard before, except perhaps during my elementary days since we were not allowed to watch TV back then except on weekends. And there was nothing much to do except to study. I just thought that my college GWA would have been better or would even reached 1.75 if I studied as much in college. I guess I am more motivated mow because this is the second time that my parents are financing my studies and I just can’t take it in my conscience to waste the money that they should have been spending for themselves. I seem to enjoy studying law than studying political science. Codes and cases are indeed very difficult to read, but I find them more interesting and enjoyable (in the case of cases) than what I had read in college (except, of course, in my subjects under Dr. Hernandez). It is not the same as reading Alexander Wendt’s metatheoretical work on Social Constructivism in International Relations, which you could probably fully understand only if you read it 100 times. Okay lang siguro ang college, because I have great friends (naks!). Simula pa lang kasi ng class kaya hindi pa kami magkaka-close gaano (pwera siyempre kay Ada). At dahil sa dami ng pinapagawa at pinapabasa, I just thought that I could never sing videoke and go out with friends as much as I used to. I guess the entire year would be more or less a life of seclusion for me. Since I really have to meet a certain average to be able to continue in 2nd year. Pero sana ay makahanap pa rin ako ng girlfriend.
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I now come to a full circle. I am now back on a Catholic School and we have theology classes in law. We pray before and after every class. Some teachers let us pray the Angelus. And they encourage us to live by the Benedictine maxim Ora et Labora- Work and Prayer to able to pass Law. The school’s thrust daw is produce the best Christian lawyers. Paano pa kaya ako makakapagsinungaling niyan? I guess that my life for I just hope that they don’t ask us to take our turns as prayer leader.
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I just want to share that I really had a good time last June 17 together with my friends/former officemates from DFA-OAVS. We celebrated the birthday of Weng in Heritage Hotel. Hindi kami sosyal para magcelebrate doon. Pero dahil sa madiskarte kami, ay nagawa namin iyon. The DFA-OAVS rehired some us because the office is now preparing for another bout of overseas voter registration in the Philippine Posts abroad. Because of that, the office held a three-day training in the said hotel kaya nakapag-good time at nakapag-overnight pa kami doon dahil Saturday pa sila magche-checkout katulad ng dati naming ginagawa. Minsan nga, isang linggo pa akong DI umuuwi ng bahay just to take advantage of staying in a hotel and waking up later than I used to. Katulad ng dati, inuman pa rin ang nangyari, pero iba naman ang ininom namin. Si Gui, ang tanggero, pinaghalo ang Magnolia Chocolait at gin (yata) para maglasang Bailey’s ang ininom namin. Chips at tuna na may Cheez Whiz pa rin ang ginawang pulutan tulad ng dati. At siyempre, nilaro pa rin namin ang charades. Sumuko na ako ng alas dos dahil may pasok pa ako kinabukasan at ayon sa handook ay bawal pumasok ng lasing. Kahit pa lumalakas na ang tolerance ko sa alak ay ayoko pa ring magbakasakali. Marami pang stubs for free breakfast ang natira dahil marami ng training participants ang nagcheck-out, kaya nakakain kami ng P400+ worth ng almusal sa hotel. Share ko lang rin na mag-on na pala sina Ian at Weng, kahit hindi niyo sila kilala.
P.S. Salamat Mayor Lito Atienza dahil Araw ng Maynila ngayon.
Kung hindi ako busy, puwede niyo akong yayaing lumabas (kung may pera pa ako) ng Thursday or Saturday, since I don’t have classes on Fridays. At dahil sa schecule kong iyan, hindi na ako nakakapanood ng Charmed, Smallville, Encantadia, Kampanerang Kuba at iba pa. Hindi ko napanood kung bakit hindi nanalo si Yaya sa America’s Next Top Model at kung paano nanalo si Kendra sa The Apprentice.
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I found it weird that one classmate asked me my test scores during the orientation. For a moment, he reminded me of a block mate in UP who was also very much interested in knowing our exam results and knowing if our scores were higher or lower than his. I just thought the guy must have been trying to know his competition that early (presuming that he is really to be contended with). I told him that I could remember my test scores at that moment (and I don’t have the intention of remembering it) and that I am just plain happy that I passed. I thought that that was the end of the conversation. But he further explained that the school puts students with high scores the first three sections- S, B, and C, and that I must have gotten a high score because we are in section C. I wanted to tell him that I know several people who are I think are really good but were in other sections, just to crush his feeling of superiority. But since I am now a changed man (hahaha) who does not want to have bad blood with anyone anymore, I just let him be. He then again asked “Hindi mo talaga matandaan?” and then went to ask my seatmate the same question. So to shut him up, I just told him may test scores.
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Ignorance of the law excuses no one from RECITATION and chances are, you will get 65 if you were called. I always have been praying hard not to be called by our professors, and my prayers have worked for the first three or four professors who have conducted recitations in class (most especially in my Persons subject, because I have not yet bought the book at that time). But yesterday, apart from my I-don’t-want-to-called prayer, I also prayed that I may be able to answer the teacher’s questions correctly if I were to be called. True enough, my first prayer didn’t work, but my second did. I am just plainly happy because my teacher (in Criminal Law) is reputed as strict in giving grades. He is said to have only passes two students in a certain class not so many years ago. Hindi ko lang talaga natumbok ang sagot para makakuha ng 100, but I guess I got a decent grade because he even asked me follow-up questions. According to my classmates who seem to know what grade our teacher is writing by the watching the stroke of his pen, I got an 85 (sana 90!). Contrary to what senior law students in San Beda are saying, I did not find our teacher to be a “terror”. He did not make me shake in nervousness the way Miranda or Morada (emphasis intended because I found the latter even more strict than the former did when I was in college. Kaya dapat, hindi nagpapaniwala sa mga sinasabi ng iba.
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I have never studied this hard before, except perhaps during my elementary days since we were not allowed to watch TV back then except on weekends. And there was nothing much to do except to study. I just thought that my college GWA would have been better or would even reached 1.75 if I studied as much in college. I guess I am more motivated mow because this is the second time that my parents are financing my studies and I just can’t take it in my conscience to waste the money that they should have been spending for themselves. I seem to enjoy studying law than studying political science. Codes and cases are indeed very difficult to read, but I find them more interesting and enjoyable (in the case of cases) than what I had read in college (except, of course, in my subjects under Dr. Hernandez). It is not the same as reading Alexander Wendt’s metatheoretical work on Social Constructivism in International Relations, which you could probably fully understand only if you read it 100 times. Okay lang siguro ang college, because I have great friends (naks!). Simula pa lang kasi ng class kaya hindi pa kami magkaka-close gaano (pwera siyempre kay Ada). At dahil sa dami ng pinapagawa at pinapabasa, I just thought that I could never sing videoke and go out with friends as much as I used to. I guess the entire year would be more or less a life of seclusion for me. Since I really have to meet a certain average to be able to continue in 2nd year. Pero sana ay makahanap pa rin ako ng girlfriend.
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I now come to a full circle. I am now back on a Catholic School and we have theology classes in law. We pray before and after every class. Some teachers let us pray the Angelus. And they encourage us to live by the Benedictine maxim Ora et Labora- Work and Prayer to able to pass Law. The school’s thrust daw is produce the best Christian lawyers. Paano pa kaya ako makakapagsinungaling niyan? I guess that my life for I just hope that they don’t ask us to take our turns as prayer leader.
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I just want to share that I really had a good time last June 17 together with my friends/former officemates from DFA-OAVS. We celebrated the birthday of Weng in Heritage Hotel. Hindi kami sosyal para magcelebrate doon. Pero dahil sa madiskarte kami, ay nagawa namin iyon. The DFA-OAVS rehired some us because the office is now preparing for another bout of overseas voter registration in the Philippine Posts abroad. Because of that, the office held a three-day training in the said hotel kaya nakapag-good time at nakapag-overnight pa kami doon dahil Saturday pa sila magche-checkout katulad ng dati naming ginagawa. Minsan nga, isang linggo pa akong DI umuuwi ng bahay just to take advantage of staying in a hotel and waking up later than I used to. Katulad ng dati, inuman pa rin ang nangyari, pero iba naman ang ininom namin. Si Gui, ang tanggero, pinaghalo ang Magnolia Chocolait at gin (yata) para maglasang Bailey’s ang ininom namin. Chips at tuna na may Cheez Whiz pa rin ang ginawang pulutan tulad ng dati. At siyempre, nilaro pa rin namin ang charades. Sumuko na ako ng alas dos dahil may pasok pa ako kinabukasan at ayon sa handook ay bawal pumasok ng lasing. Kahit pa lumalakas na ang tolerance ko sa alak ay ayoko pa ring magbakasakali. Marami pang stubs for free breakfast ang natira dahil marami ng training participants ang nagcheck-out, kaya nakakain kami ng P400+ worth ng almusal sa hotel. Share ko lang rin na mag-on na pala sina Ian at Weng, kahit hindi niyo sila kilala.
P.S. Salamat Mayor Lito Atienza dahil Araw ng Maynila ngayon.
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