lub dub. The cat got drowned by her own words.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Put some secular value in it.

It was my first time to spend the holy week in Bataan. I was supposed to be in Mindoro with my parents but they left while I was taking my final exam in Criminal Law 2. So I missed the Moriones Festival they had there but boyfriend came to save the day asked me to go with his family in Bataan.

Holy week this year was different. For the past years, I spent it with my family either at home or somewhere else. Aside from spending it in Bataan, with the Salazar family, I was able to look at the celebration from an outsider's perspective.

It's not that I'm turning into an atheist or converting into a non-theistic religion. Though I have to say, reading Florin's works, it's not bad not believing in some higher being.

I took this photo in Bataan of a man making a penitensya in the form of what they call Balatbat. I just don't see why they allow this when the body is supposed to be the "temple of the holy spirit". According to boyfriend's cousin, what they do first is cut your skin at the back six times with a blade. And when it's already bleeding, you walk while you hit yourself at the back with a balatbat made of bamboo.

Usually, when you pick a santan flower from a bundle, it has four petals. It's not unusual that you get to see five petals. But it's kinda special alright when it has six.


The Golden Shower tree in front of boyfriend's cousins' house. I want to have one like this when I have a house. :)

Around 11pm to 12 midnight, Saturday to Sunday, they have this program called Salubong for Roman Catholics. People line-up according to their gender, females on one side while males opposite. Then, in a prosisyon, they meet together; the former carrying the Blessed Virgin Mary, the latter, Jesus Christ.

So what's the secular value of Holy Week for minor religions?

Rest, leave, vacation and increase in sales for fisherfolks.

And I'll be back again Bataan for more love. ♥

session ended at 7:00:00 PM |




Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Genie in a Bottle

At last, I get to blog again. After my last exam yesterday in Criminal Law 2 (April 7), I'm free! But am I really free? When I think about it, Ron was right. May shackles pa ring nakakabit. Well, that's what I get for my mediocrity in studying. No one else to blame but me.

Anyway, this is our class, I-A, in Newsbreak c/o Rex and Lou! :)

This is the shot of the class in Newsbreak for the article regarding the increase in female population in law schools. I thought the red one in the center was me but it turned out to be Joni. But in any case, let's all pretend that it's me.

The De-blocking will push through and everyone's becoming nostalgic about it including me. I'm going to miss the best blockmates ever.

Ugh. I can't believe ngayon pa lang magsisimula summer ko. Loser. x_x

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Aktibismo

Pocholo and I loved Watchmen.

It doesn't take a genius to see the world has problems. -Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias


The problem with questioning the system is the negative connotation that attaches to it. That is, the brave soul gets to be the antagonist in the whole social drama of reform. No matter what the consequences of it might bring, one has to do it. Even if it means suicide. Otherwise, change will be impossible and the system will bring down all for whom it was made. Law is not made for the majority. For the rule of law plainly implies no one is above it.

I am disappointed, Veidt. Very disappointed. Reconstructing myself after the subtraction of my intrinsic field was the first trick I learned. - Dr. Manhattan


Peace.

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

It's like a Hallmark Card


Ten years ago, I thought by the time I'm in my twenties, I would be one of those independent women who are conquering the world. But now as I look at my life, myself, there's nothing really new. I'm still a kid, labeled as Class E for being dependent on my parents.

Then I met these other children. I'm happy I'm not alone! These kids are the same as me. Brilliant, but still kids.

They grow old with me (especially Melai since her birthday is next to mine). Then I realize, some things aren't worth rushing. Because I know, in our own time...

We will be on TOP of the world.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

I would 'cos he would.

Pocholo and I bet on the superlotto 6/49 a while ago in Trinoma. I don't know if we already won but maybe not since Pat hasn't called yet. It had something to do with the trivial obiter that Dean told the class this morning:
If you won one hundred million pesos in the lotto, would you still stay in law school?
Pocholo, being the principled one of the two of us, answered the question with a "yes" without even blinking. While I, being the, err, practical one (I'd rather call myself that) said "no" without even blinking too. But after a couple of minutes, Pocholo convinced me that I will be more fulfilled if I become a lawyer... with a fat bank account worth a hundred million.

Our conversation drifted to the question "why can't people just bet all the possible numbers when they are going to win 300 million anyway?" Then we started computing the number of possible combination of six numbers there are in 1 to 49. With the help of a scientific calculator (nCr = 49C6), we arrived at 13,983,816 possible combination. Multiply that by 20, the cost of one combination, one can surely win the lotto if he has PhP 279,676,320*. Pwede, if the jackpot is 400 million. Of course, one has to think about the risk that many people can win with him and thus have to split the jackpot or if it is prohibited by law. But then again, if you have that amount of money, why bet on the lotto?

I know. The silly things we think and do.

* subject to correction

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The sillier things I do:

"We love plaid" My first time in Chocolate Kiss this January.

With UP Law alumnus Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan and my favorite public figure, Celeni Guinto last December.

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Yey for 2009!

At the outset, I would just like to say that I won't put much of "family thing" here since I discovered my parents visited my blog when they were abroad and though it's easy, I really don't want to know that they still do. Anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas and new year together. Also with my titos, titas and cousins :)

Anyway, Pocholo and I exchanged gifts! The red one is my gift for him while the green and maroon ones are his gifts for me :) Haha. It's so obvious what we got for each other...

LOVE.

Last Dec. 27 was Gabe's birthday and the whole family with Pocholo had lunch @ Dampa behind MOA. Shrimp! Baked tahong! :P The picture below is the mime outside the restos.

I'm not really surprise why kids think mimes and clowns are scary. They're full of paint, ugly and mukhang pera. hehehe

Me and Pocholo, trying to figure out where to go in MOA. It's not really fun but we look like we're enjoying it. Hehehe. It's blurred and we look stupid.

BTW, Pocholo had a haircut. You now, new year, new hair. It looks weird. Hehehe At least sir ObliCon will no longer call him his "brother-in-law" since the army-cut is gone.

Haha. I got you there. It's just a wig silly. The army-cut remains. Hehehe

What else have I been doing lately? Well, attempting to finish this:

What constitutes pages 1-2 of the 6 pages reading list for Consti less cases that were not included: (Ignore the old ruler. That's my lucky ruler!!!)

And when you add Legal Profession and Obligations and Contracts you have this:

That's excluding the books, readings for Criminal Law 2, Legal Theory.

Thank God the new episode of Gossip Girl is today (Jan. 5 in US)! :)

session ended at 2:05:00 AM |




Monday, December 22, 2008

Hep Hep Hurray!

Every Chirstmas break, I always find msyelf posting tons of picture but I guess, a lot of wonderful things happen during this time, not to mention serious backlogs in blogging due to time constraint in school.

The last time my High School friends and I really bonded was last summer. And that was when we swam at Migs' condo.

Ever since I got into UP, I tried my best to be active in our gimiks since we thought it would be so much easier to see each other. But sadly, law school made it really hard. But hey, at least improving 'di ba! Hehehe :P

For the first time in 4 years, I was present in our Christmas party. My high school friends held our Christmas party at CHINO's ('yan ah!) house. Many were absent including the now proclaimed life of the party, VAL. She's in Pangasinan until now doing some auditing for SGV. From time to time kasi, silence falls upon the group and it never really happens whenever Val is present. Buti na lang, Chinoboy was there to save the night!!!

Early birds

With late comers Knowell, Patrizzi, Migs and though he's missing... Irvinne. :P

We played our favorite game of Hep Hep Hurray (H2H)! Hahaha. :D I won the first round but come the second round, all our efforts became futile since Patrizzi's H2H power is illimitable! :P After that we had our exchange gifts worth 50pesos. We put our phones in a plastic bag and turned off the light and picked one from the bag. Whoever owns the phone that was picked is the "santa". I got Chino's and Pocholo got Anakat's. But since Anakat's gift is for a girl and my gift from Bigtime Chino is cash, Pocholo and I swapped. After that, Knowell was put in the hotseat, he was burned.

Omar and company drove me home around 3am. I wasn't a bit sleepy due to all the caffeine (I don't drink). When I got home, I found this:

She's a fawn black pug and her name's Bea. We wanted to name her something else but my brother kept on insisting that we should call her by no other name. You see, according to her papers, her name is "Bea from Dogvilla" so we can't call her by another name which is kind of awkward since our cousin's daughter's name is Bea and she comes here during Christmas party. And we're not really fond of the kid (she's so mean and bratty) so they might think that we did it on purpose. I tried suggesting that we call her Bella (Twilight) since it sounds like Bea (and from the moment I read the book, I really wanted to have a pet named Bella). But again, my brother said it would just confuse everybody. (Who's "everybody"??)

She's so cute (pangit + maliit). PURPLE! :))

I was going to include Malcolm Madness in this post but I think it deserves its own spot.

I'm loving the season :)

session ended at 9:05:00 PM |




Sunday, December 21, 2008

Happy Busy Christmasy Law Schooly Lifey

I don't remember much from whom I got each picture but I do remember stealing (hehe) them from Celeni Guinto, Cels Europa, Ros Nonato, Bambi Gumban, Stella Libanan and Demi God Eva Gutierrez! Some pictures, I put a little extra. Thank you guys! :))

December 16 marked the end of our classes for this year (yipee!). Dean was so nice that I'll love him until our next meeting. Really, I ♥ Dean Leonen. :) After class, we decided to eat at the new UP-Ayala Techno hub in Commonwealth, tapat ng UP. Since only few areas were leased and some resto hasn't opened yet, the class decided to eat at Flapjacks which gave birth to a special day for a certain chirpy person. hehe

What's so special about December 16? It's CK's Flapjacks birthday! Hahaha It's a really sneaky thing to do but all was just for fun so kids, don't do this okay? While we were eating, we sang "Happy Birthday CK" several times. I think it's about the fifth time when the waiter brought out the chocololate chip pancakes for the "birthday" girl. On the house. Hehe Sakto 'cos we were really going to CK's house after lunch and I think it was that conversation about us having dinner at CK's that made the crew believe that it really was her birthday. Hehehe. But no, it's not her birthday just to clear things up.

The day after that, Dec. 17, was the Lantern Parade and our block's Christmas Party! Pocholo and I weren't able to watch the whole parade but I think it was nice. After that, we went to Malcolm Hall to wait with other friends for our ride to BRAD.

On our way, CK introduced us to the Kris Aquino Complex game. How to play it? Just ask something about yourself and let them guess or answer it. Who answers first will ask a question about him/herself. Though I haven't seen it, according to CK, Stella's starex plate number was 8.

Early birds. We arrived around 9pm.

Pocholo and I... hehehe

More people arriving. yey, it's about time!

Aldous explaining the mechanics of the game. He won the Pinakamahal ng prof award as well as the raffle! Thanks to Stella and her sister for sponsoring the place. Visit BRAD @ Harbour Square.

Mallow eating contest: Cels and Pocholo. I keep telling Cels I have my eyes on her. hehehe

Newspaper dance featuring Jam and Dan.

Pusoy dos: Me, Tope, Ron, Juno and Cham. Hahaha don't ask how many times I lost. Go ask Rai!

The organizers of a very very happy happy christmas party! Marru, our very beautiful president and Patrizzi, our sexy secretary.

Trip to Bananalethlehem. It's a version of trip to Jerusalem but instead of sitting on chairs, you have to put the banana in the hole. =P Jam thought of these games :)
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Poker for poker lovers. hahaha I don't know how to play.

Juno mixing the drinks. You should ask her, she's really good at it. :)

Exchange gifts! Hehehe CK: "I knew it!!!"

Anyway, here's my side of the story. CK and I were among the few who folded the small pieces of paper with names on it after our class in oblicon. The last name I folded was hers and I joked her about it. BUT I did put the folded paper with her name on it on Juno's palm. So the time came when everyone was picking their "babies" and after several people got theirs, I picked one for myself. I opened it and CK's name was on it! Hahaha actually I was kind of sad for the first 20 seconds until I heard her say (not verbatim) "I think we should have a wishlist since I don't like receiving things I don't want." =P


Celeni Guinto. The happiest person I (and the rest of the people who knows her) know.

It wasn't hard not to tell her that it was me, that I got her, but obviously she made it hard 'cause she assigned me as the mediator between her and her secret santa who was me! She gave me her Coffee Bean Swirl Card and told me to give it to my secret santa when he or she claims it. I almost forgot about it but luckily I remembered it 2 days after so I told her that her secret santa claimed the swirl card which was actually with me the whole time. I tried leading her suspicions to the wrong way by pretending to have slipped by saying "konti lang yung...(boys)" when she proposed that if she guessed it right I'll tell her. Hahaha :)) Then she said "so boy?" and I was laughing inside... hahaha :))

Then last Dec. 16 after I came from her house, I was about to reload her card when the lady told me that the swirl card cannot be reloaded since it was under maintenance since November and would be out until January 2009. I knew right there and then that if I asked CK what she wants, I would be exposing myself and the mystery would be spoiled. Then I had an idea. I told her that I'm sorry I only got the message of --- just now and that --- is asking what she wants since --- wasn't able to visit her blog. Hahaha :)) And basing it from the way she narrated it, she did believe that I wasn't her secret Santa!

Anyway, enough about Celeni Guinto she's all over the page!... hahaha :))

Yes, we ate Aldous' prize in the raffle. It was yummy. I just don't know what it's called

With Angela Felicia, my secret santa mommy. I wished for big bag where all my books can fit during Wednesday and she gave me this awesome bag I really liked so much!!! :''')))

Ang pagwawala. Dancing all night long.

I know I chose the same picture but I just have to pose this since my two hands raising the glass with iced-tea is in the middle. Hehehe. Anyway, this picture from Stella is so poetic since for me it represents our future as a block. I don't know if the de-blocking will push through to give way to a new system but I am really against it. What I really like about now is that there are no issues. (Of course, if you're an issue maker you'd dismiss that statement as impossible, but really, just believe.) As a class, I think we've adapted to one another. There's balance and equilibrium. Not everyone is bibo but some are bibo to sacrifice for one another. Some are meek to complement the loud. Anyway, enough about being emo. hahaha. I'm not Bella.

Great minds think alike! Happy Christmas A2012!

session ended at 4:56:00 AM |