i don't know what in the world possessed me to volunteer, upon ma'm beth's request, to man one of the booths for the adoption awareness week. i'm supposed to sit at the booth, right in the middle of the mall (specifically sm fairview. although it's hard to imagine anyone there would actually approach us) and answer questions regarding laws/decrees on adoption and adoption processes. we took up adoption in persons last sem, but thanks to my poor memory, i don't remember the lesson that much anymore. i'm halfway through reading the "rules on adoption" to refresh my memory, but i don't think it would suffice. especially after nico told me that while they were manning the booth in alabang town center awhile ago, a suspicious couple approached the booth and asked them a few things that would qualify as questions for the bar exam. more suspicious was the fact that the guy was carrying a copy of the question. AGH. i don't want to be interrogated, i just wanted to help. i don't think it's necessary for the school to send its minions just to make sure the students reviewed. i hope the social workers and my schoolmates would do all the talking. i'll just keep myself busy by taking pictures.

neil's barkada just came out with a new blog. hehe. speaking of which, i was with them last thursday, when we watched dan's film/thesis in ateneo. tessa was with me. we went there straight from the aero session. we weren't able to see the entire thing, since we arrived late, but we were able to finish two short films. well, they're funny. i guess that's the best word to describe them. hehe. i had fun watching them. and it made me miss all those times we had video presentations in some of our classes back in college.

anyway, the films were shown in escaler. i think it has been almost a year since i last stepped foot on that room. it wasn't until last thursday when i realized how impressive escaler hall actually looked. it's heaven compared to malcolm theater (in law school), which always smells musty like an old cabinet, which has deformed tables and very dim lights and a dilapidated ceiling and a tattered red wall to wall carpet. it looks like it hasn't been cleaned, much less renovated, since marcos studied there. i hope someday a kindred soul would agree to have it renovated. i'm sure every student who would benefit from that would kiss the donor from head to toe.

after the films, we ate at kamirori, cary's treat (since it was his birthday last jan. 19). all i can say is, food tastes better when it's free. hehe. needless to say, neil and i ate again.

by the way, neil and i traded our row 46 tickets to row 33 tickets!! we're seated further to the right though, but at least i'll be 13 rows closer to the stage. i hope we'll get a better view. well, i hope, first of all, that the concert pushes through.

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