mga alaga ni tita lianne my brother and sister from the states just sent these pics earlier. my pamangkins are just sooo cute i had to post these pics in my blog. i was supposed to choose only 2 pics but i couldn't decide which ones to post, so i just decided to post 6. sophia looks so big now [ maybe it's the hair and the jeans hehe ]. makes me think twice about my decision to stay here for the sem break. i really really want to see them and play with them while they're in the baby/toddler stage. none of them is coming home soon, and the next time i'll be seeing them, they may be too old to be hugged and tickled already.

and yes, that's spongebob squarepants behind sophia. i'm proud to say that i'm the one who introduced spongebob in her life [ when i showed her my spongebob shirt last May, her eyes just lit up and she kept on giggling at it ]. i'm such a good role model. hehe.

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  i don't want to take up the bar exams we were at century park hotel [ with mia, chi, grace and marie ] from 6 pm last night to 6 am this morning for the barops. we were actually tasked to deliver food and exam tips to the barristers, but most of the time we spent doing pompoms for the "salubong" on sunday afternoon [ where people cheer for bar examinees while they get out of the dlsu building on the last day of the exams ]. it was the first time i helped out in the bar operations thing, and i had mixed feelings the whole time. for one, i don't entirely agree with the kind of attention people are giving the event. i honestly don't think all the hype does the barristers any good. like one of our professors pointed out, "may salubong-salubong pa, buti sana kung lahat pasado..". it reminded me of the UAAP a lot, especially when ateneo and la salle compete in the championship game. pabonggahan ng gimmick. we had tons of balloons and pompoms, UP bar shirts are being sold [ although admittedly, i find them nice ], etc. the ones in charge try to reserve for the best spaces in taft ave. so that the barristers would immediately see them as they get out of the building. like in UAAP games, there's money involved, sometimes, in terms of lagay. i especially don't understand why "tips" are released early in the morning, a few hours before the bar exam itself. there was even a photocopying machine complete with manong photocopier in every room so that when the tips are released, they could immediately copy them and we could distribute them to the examinees. barristers receive the much coveted "blue notes" [ from ateneo ] and "red notes" [ from san beda ] because, they say, most of the questions especially those from ateneo actually appear on the exam. and the worse part about it is that when such notes reach the UP barristers, it's possible that the answers were altered so as to confuse the UP students. gawd. the bar has became a contest of power, money and connections tainted with corruption. much like philippine politics don't you think? students' diligence plus the school's training don't even matter anymore, so long as the tips are reliable. hay. the worst part is, UP is not so bar oriented, so our bar ops system is bulok. we don't have enough volunteers, that's why we were tasked to help out in the law school government instead of in our org because some students who promised to volunteer didn't show up. the UP tips are not so reliable either [ they don't even have a distinct name for them other than "UP tips". walang sariling character. ]. UP is definitely lagging behind ateneo and san beda in terms of preparations for the bar. in a way, it's good that they're not expending too much money on the whole bar brouhaha, but somehow it has its toll on the barristers. and i don't like it either that only the lucky ones with orgs get all the help and support and the unaffiliated ones are often left unnoticed. except of course if they're "bar bets". hopefully in our time, we will have a more centralized system without all the competition between the orgs.

i also had a glimpse of how i would feel when our turn to take the bar exams comes. while giving out food to our barrister orgmates, it felt like they're all on the death row and we had to be extra nice to them because of all the stress they're feeling the night before the exams. if i were placed in the same situation, i would probably fidget the whole time in the hotel room until i explode due to too much pressure. i don't think i'll ever be emotionally ready for it. it's just too damn scary.

well, at least we still managed to have fun during our stay. our other blockmates were there, mostly the ones with the orgs/frats/sorority. oggs, ms. milia etc. were there. and we got to work with some new people. grace, mia, marie and i even fell asleep in the room. yes, the four of us were cramped in one bed. but later on, grace and marie went downstairs, leaving a lot of space. i slept for less than 4 hours. and that is a mortal sin in my book. hehe. that explains why i was all bangag at lunchtime [ we ate at congo grille with auntie lina, who's leaving for the states tonight ]. all the "fun" doesn't change my perception about the bar exams, though. ayoko nang mag-bar!!! augh... i don't know why taking up a profession characterized by too much pressure, power and corruption. ayoko ang sistema at pinaka-ayoko sa lahat ang kinakabahan ng todo. i think it's too late to the alternative route [ ie, comm arts ].

feng shui [ alternative title: "mano po 3" ]

although i'm not a fan of kris aquino, i'd say this movie was pretty good for a pinoy horror flick. it's probably the scariest pinoy movie i've ever seen [ as opposed to what, shake rattle and roll 3? ]. it's like "the ring" or "the grudge" - nakakagulat rin. the images somehow got stuck in my mind. and i panicked the next day when we had an unexpected blackout in the morning because of the damn movie. i just found some parts inappropriate and corny though. like at the beginning of the movie, they were actually endorsing "purefoods chunkee corned beef". if you were the owner of purefoods, why would you want your product to be endorsed in a gory film? who would still have appetite after seeing the movie? imagine sadako endorsing "gee your hair smells terrific" shampoo. ano yon, diba. and the plot had this concept that people will die according to their designated birth years, like one of the characters was born in the year of the snake, and consequently, he did through a snake bite. but i really found the death of one character [ portrayed by no other than lotlot de leon ] utterly stupid, halatang wala ng maisip yung direktor. she was born in the year of the horse, and it became confusing that part since we didn't exactly know if she died because: 1.) pinagpapalo siya ng kabayo ng plantsa; 2.) a kalesa passed by after she died; 3.) she fell on bottles of red horse from the second floor. o k a y. we believe it was the last cause. pero diba, ano ba yon?? red horse?? hayy.. *cringe* afterwards, our conversation in the car would go: ba't di na lang siya pinatay ni richie d' horsie? oo nga ano? hehe. but still, go watch it! i hope someone would make a horror movie based on pinoy, not chinese urban legends na hindi corny.

a new discovery

we recently discovered cello's doughnuts and dips at katipunan! it's like go nuts donuts, hence, it's also like krispy kreme. there's always a long line waiting for freshly baked donuts. i finally tasted it earlier today, after two failed attempts [ yesterday and the day before ]. i especially liked the "chocnut" and "peanut butter" flavors. haa.. i want.. i think the person behind it was a miriam hs/ateneo college graduate who's a year younger than me. and she's already en entrepreneur at such an early age. wow.

panira lang while eating, we saw hang ten boy's new billboard in katipunan. it wasn't there yet last night. and he has afro hair this time. and still exposing his undies. kung gusto mo mawalan ng gana kumain, titigan mo yun. nakakaiyak..

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  stress it's almost the last week of the sem [ excluding the finals week ], and as expected, we're cramming everything again. in torts, we haven't even discussed half of the outline. i don't know how the heck are we going to finish the rest of the outline in two meetings. we're having two make up classes for crimpro next week to make up for the times he was absent. and we still have recit in the other subjects. argh. i HATE hell week! come finals week, i'll be all stressed out again, and all my cramming wouldn't pay off anyway in the end.

i'll be leaving the house in an hour for the winlaw bar ops. we're spending the night at century park hotel to assist the barristers before their last bar exam day. i honestly don't feel like going but i have to, not for the "karma" points but out of goodwill, supposedly, and support for our org. i don't want to be reminded that we'll be in their shoes a few years from now. i remember a couple of barristers at the photocopy section at the lib saw me having digests copied for the class, and they said that we have good training in UP 'cause we're case based. and then one of them mentioned, "second year ka na? malapit na rin kayo mag-bar..". wow, thanks for reminding me. blech. ayokong mag-bar!!! i think i'm gonna puke...

damn billboards

they took down hang ten boy's billboards in katipunan and edsa, and i thought the product owners finally realized that it was a terrible idea to let their abnormal looking son pose semi-nude for a photo and post it in a public place and that they're going to lock him up for good before he gets any more crazy ideas [ i heard it was his idea to wear only underwear in the shoot. blech. ] . but nooooo, i read in the paper this morning that hang ten boy wants to go into showbiz, and that he wants to become a lawyer. gawd... i shudder at the thought..

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ok, need to fix up.. i hope we'll have fun at the barops.

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  ¶ 2:34 PM 0 comments links to this post  

  long time i rearranged my lifestyle into something more boring. i felt that i've been slacking off since, um, i stepped into law school, so i've decided to do away with completely unnecessary things or things i can live without that take up so much of my time. i even tried to lessen my sleeping hours [ but of course i failed again in my attempt. i can't lower my quota of 7 hours of sleep a night ]. yes, i'm doing this all in the name of the study of law. finals week is fast approaching, we only have 2 more weeks of regular classes, and if i don't shape up real soon, i might just not be in UP anymore for the following semester.

so anyway, for the past week, i've come home earlier than usual. i stopped going to the gym [ that accounts for my flabs ] and even limited my time using the net. but, whenever i'd come home early, there's always an errand to be done, like once i had to drive my mom somewhere, on other days i had to check my nieces' homework. well, at least i ended up getting a bit closer with my nieces, patti and bianca, even if bianca was being uncooperative at first [ for a first grader, she's good at bluffing to escape from doing her homework ]. i also helped patti set up her own blog, after doing homework of course, and she was really excited about it. check it out here. make an 8- year old happy, sign the comments box.

i'm rethinking my position in law school once again. our crimpro prof/my dad's brod lectured for more than half the period last week about all the anomalies in the courtroom, the flaws in the system, the unnecessary "filing fees" that impede justice especially for the poor. and then he placed a burden on our shoulders by saying we are his only hope, that he has become cynical about his generation, and that we are the only ones who could change the system. it was like being through legal history with prof. dan gat all over again [ our prof then really knew how to drive home a point ]. honestly, i really don't think i can do something about such a heavy burden. maybe most of my intelligent batchmates can, but not me. aside from the fact that i care about my hobbies more than i care about the law, i'm just not one of those people who could make a great impact in this society, especially in a field where i don't actually excel in. and i think being a lawyer is such a dirty job, much like being a politician, that it takes real guts so you wouldn't get consumed/washed up by the system. hmm.. maybe i should've taken med and became a doctor: 1.) it's an inherently good job since you save lives. in being a lawyer, you're not even sure if what you're defending is objectively correct 2.) there's not much corruption in the field of med. 3.) lawyer aspirants always look forward to big renumeration. ang sakim ng dating. 4.) there's no need to revolutionaze an entire system in the medical field 5.) there are not enough doctors in the philippines because an alarming number of doctors are taking up nursing and leaving the country. some provincial hospitals are even in the danger of closing down because they lack doctors.

but, i guess this issue on what field i should take is already moot so i should brush the thought aside.

by the way, i have good news: our teacher in insurance doesn't consider recitation as basis for the final grade. yay!! i'll live! and i didn't skip school anymore yesterday! hehe.

13 going on 30

neil and i watched the movie starring jennifer garner yesterday, at power plant. the plot was predictable, the lines were cliche, the characters were stereotypical, and yet, i loved the whole movie, maybe because i could relate to the character's 13 year old and 30 year old selves. at my age, i'm still experiencing both worlds of being 13 and 30 -i still have the insecurities of a 13 year old, yet i'm [ hopefully ] a bit mature and profession-oriented like a 30 year old. the movie made me feel good that i'm already 22 -- i'm way past the stage of high school issues [ although we're all regressing to high school in law school :P ] of "fitting in"/being "popular", of trying to get the cute guys notice you all the time by acting all differently, of trying to act "mature" so people wouldn't think you're only in high school. at the same time, the movie made me feel contented that i'm still 22 - that i'm not yet in that stage when i'm confined to a particular career, that in a way i've been ripened with wisdom from past experiences, that i have a lot of good memories to look back on and friends to hold on to, that i still have the capacity and the time to explore other interests, and at the same time, i'm still dependent on my own parents for money to fund these interests. and that i don't need to work everyday to feed myself. hehe.

and the whole 80's flashback brought a lot of memories. hehe. i may be too young at that time to use aqua-net and to choose my own acid-washed jeans, but i was old enough to remember the music, the tv shows, the movies, the trends. i'm recently loving a lot of songs that became popular in the 80's, classics which i never paid much attention to before. i wonder if my brother saved his new wave tape collection. and if he did, if the tapes are still working.. a lot of current bands - franz ferdinand, the strokes, etc. - remind me so much of 80's tunes. and come to think of it, some of the fashion trends were not that bad [ no wonder they've made a comeback. my economics teacher in ateneo would be so happy - her fashion sense actually skipped the whole 90's decade ]. i'm proud to have lived through an era with so much vibrance and character. [ speaking of the 80's, rainbow brite and care bears are back in the toy shelves! in the states, at least. i miss my rainbow brite and patty o green dolls..]

lastly, i found the characters amusing. jennifer garner, mostly. it was a refreshing change from meg ryan/julia roberts/renee zellweger/kate hudson/sandra bullock who always get the lead role in romantic comedies. she can play the role of a clumsy, neurotic female as good as she plays a kickass action chick. and i liked the guy also, he looks a bit like benjamin bratt [ who reminds me of bernard palanca a lot. hmm.. ]. his imperfect look and simple get up made him look real, unlike the "prince charming" looks that appear so plain and typical.

ok, tulog na. or study, if i feel the strong urge to do so within the next 10 minutes.

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  ¶ 10:37 PM 0 comments links to this post  

  happy grandparents' day we had lunch at this authentic japanese restaurant somewhere in tomas morato. i wasn't supposed to join our family for lunch because i was trying to evade from my dad [ for reasons i will state in the next paragraphs ] but i did so anyway when i was reminded in church that it is grandparents day.



mama, patti, bianca and papa



papa ordered this cake at "estrel's caramel cakes" [ sarap! ] and had only my mom's name written on it. so pano yun, siya lang bale yung lola? hehe. my dad has a weird sense of humor..

i'm so dead.

yesterday, i skipped insurance class again, for the third time. gawd what's happening to me? i haven't cut this much for one class ever. i shouldn't instill this habit of absconding from my difficult classes [ or from any problem, for that matter ] in my life. actually, i went to school that morning. i read for the lesson the night before, but i didn't feel confident enough about myself. i don't want to attend that class unless i have a handwritten reviewer of the outline and unless i have actually committed the provisions to memory. but i wasn't able to study much because i just had too much backlog, so i ended up not finishing it. my heart was already pounding when the teacher arrived, and i sensed that he was more cranky than his usual cranky self - he wasn't making jokes or telling funny stories which he usually did every meeting. and then i realized he was calling for recitation people from our class who was absent last saturday. i heard that around half the class didn't show up to study for the crimpro midterms, me included, and i guess he noticed such a big void in class and decided to make our lives more miserable by calling us for recit. after he called the second person, i quietly made my exit, leaving my bag in my seat. i stayed at the parking lot for around 30 minutes then picked up neil from his house, driving all the way there without a license, which i left in my bag. i had to return to school at 12 noon to get my stuff from nico/chi. i found out later on that he called me 10 minutes after i left. and i'll bet he was really irritated about it because i'm so sure he saw me in class. i was on the second row. stupid me. to add to that, my dad told me they met a few days before, and he recognized my dad as his student. and he remembered that he has a current student surnamed "bacorro" and confirmed with my dad if we were related. and of course i'm blacklisted again in his class. and my dad even told my teacher that "i'm scared of him" which i never really said, thinking that by telling my teacher that, he would make things easier for me. i remember the last time our teacher found out one of my classmates was "afraid" of him, he let her recite for 20 minutes in class. i don't know what the heck my dad was thinking. haaay... not embodying "the diligence of a good father of a family", eh. tsk tsk...

i was trying to avoid my dad after that incident. i told my mom about it, so at least she'd have an idea on how i'm performing this sem with my subjects [ i.e., i don't want her to expect too much from me. i don't want her to expect anything from me at all ] but i told her not to tell my dad because i'm sure he's going to give a long lecture all over again about life in law school. i presumed she did though, but since he didn't bring it up awhile ago, i don't think he even knew about it. oh well.

just when you think things can't get any worse, they just do. and yes, life is still one big cycle. maybe one of the 7 mosquito bites i sustained last week would be the deadly, dengue-causing one, and school would be the least of my problems. hmm..

thank god for stress relievers

and so, last night, we watched the terminal [ which is one of the nicest movies i've ever seen ] and ate dinner with the harkadah for di's birthday at crustasia, powerplant. i haven't eaten that much crab my whole life. hehe.

and then today, we had art class again. it was my third sunday already using colored markers [ supposedly, there's only 1 day allotted for each medium ]. when will i move on to cray pas, i wonder? i'm looking forward to it since i'm so at home with using it. that's what we used in art class circa 6th grade. stupid me, i chose such a time-consuming method of drawing using the markers [ the whole picture is composed entirely of dots. ] naturalmente it will it take me forever to get it done. but at least it was relaxing, in a way. i recently read that hobbies actually boosts ones morale and makes living easier because of its stress relieving characteristics. at least for a few minutes i get to be in a space entirely separate from school and pressure, and feel good about a job well done.

afterwards, neil and i went to shangri-la and i shopped again. which made me feel guilty, in a way, because i don't think i deserve it, with my terrible performance in school. i still bought a lot anyhow.

song on the radio: "one-armed scissor" by "at the drive in". wala lang.

Labels: family, harkadah, law school

  ¶ 9:33 PM 0 comments links to this post  

  my resume i was about to print the resume i'm submitting to our prof for the prospect job i'm thinking about applying for. gawd. my resume is as plain and mediocre as my whole life. blah.

i don't feel so good... :P

Labels: law school, rant

  ¶ 11:16 AM 0 comments links to this post  

  delinquent student

i skipped school again today. i've cut this sem more than i've ever done in my entire life, college included. maybe it's the whole mediocrity of law school that makes cutting so inviting. but don't get me wrong, i have a valid and justifiable cause to stay home today - i honestly have dysmenorrhea. and i had it since 2 am this morning so i wasn't really able to study much.

i just learned that we didn't have crimpro class again. yahoo!

i have this discomforting feeling inside. i just remembered that i was talking to mia yesterday during labor class, and it might have prompted our teacher to walk out yesterday in class. ack. i really hope it wasn't me. i feel bad enough about life already even without that guilty feeling. hayy..

i did it.

i finally deleted my friendster account. i saved the testimonials in Word, though. but i don't know if i really got deleted, because i'm still in other people's lists. and when i try to search for my name through another account, i'm still in the friendster roster. argh. labo naman o.

i think i'll go fix my room. argh. this isn't one of my better days.

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  ¶ 10:47 AM 0 comments links to this post  

  woohoo

i made a total overhaul of my blog layout and practically changed it into summer. i didn't want to change the old design, but i realized it's getting too boring and dark for my taste.

this is what i did the whole morning before class. obviously i would have to cram for the rest of the night.

right now, i'm eating a plate of pesto and a slice of pizza [ from napoli ], updating my blog, and trying to memorize the grounds for motion to quash for crimpro with the rules of criminal procedure positioned in front of me. i always attempt to multi-task but i end up doing only a specific task or nothing at all..

and for bad news...

our labor law teacher walked out on us awhile ago in class for no apparent reason. wala lang. everyone in class was paranoid; we didn't know which one of us is the culprit. we all felt bad 'cause she's very nice [ compared to the others ] and down to earth. she doesn't make us wait for hours or makes us feel as if we're idiotic, immature spoiled brats who don't deserve to be in UP law in the first place.

decisions, decisions..

i'm thinking about deleting my friendster account. i just don't like it when people [ me included ] rely too much on friendster as if it's the word of God. may kasama lang na lalaki/baby sa picture, may boyfriend/asawa/anak na. hay. it brings out the worst chismosa/chismoso in most of us. it eats up our time which should be allotted for studying, working or more importantly, sleeping. for a time, it was really fun and exciting re-establishing connections with old friends or receiving testimonials from people. but after some time, the account is just there, idle. people add you, but most of the time, you don't maintain contact with each other anyway. for once, maybe, this person just recognized that you exist, but what then after that? and it just reminds me of some bad memories and bad people i don't even want to think about anymore. it re-affirms the 6-degrees of connection theory and makes you realize that somehow, you and [ insert name of person you hate here ] are in close proximity after all. and some people's profiles are just so irritatingly pretentious. they use it to flaunt their "assets", real or imagined. and don't you just hate it when people you don't know [ "hi, could you be my friend?" ]or people who you were acquainted with [ like back when you were in grade 3 ] but never spoke more than three words to in the past just add you? o tapos, ano, close tayo? i especially hate it when people use it as a gauge of popularity, i.e., the more friends you have, the more popular you are. ngork.. you want reliable sources? try blogs. or, ask the person directly by contacting him/her. but i haven't decided yet if i'm going to delete it because i'm not yet sure if the "evils" of friendster outweigh the benefits i get from it. well, i can't deny the fact that i get to contact again some good friends through friendster. but that was before, when i still had the patience to message them through my account. but now, i just use text/ym/e-mail. hmm..

i'm also thinking about getting a job. our teacher two sems ago is looking for a research to study cases on medical malpractice in the philippines. i didn't really give it much thought until i learned that she's giving 10,000 a month for it, for 10 months. so that's like 100,000 in one sweep! that's enough to buy me my own digital videocam already. or a 5-year year supply of toblerone fondue... but i don't know if i'll be able to handle it, because getting a job means giving up some of my interests. i'll think about it though.. it might be a good experience for me.

okay. aral time.

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  ¶ 6:42 PM 0 comments links to this post  

  my life as a part-time law student it has been a stressful day.

primarily because of the crimpro midterms which ended a few hours ago. i even had to cut insurance again [ no insurance for two weeks straight! yehey! ] to study. well, i slept for 10 hours yesterday, leaving only a few measly hours for studying. hay. i think i'll pass, but i don't think i did good enough in the exam. but that's that. and at least i'll live.

my life as a part-time law student

for the past week, i think i've done more things non-law related than studying.

i.e., we helped out dan and the rest of his team, "steadybear productions", as "production assistants" for an mtv shooting. last tuesday, i went to the location and we spent the rest of the afternoon moving furniture and ornaments and tying ropes on a faux cage for an "angl". i ended up with numb hands and a stubbed toe. hehe. last thursday was the actual shoot, and neil and i literally just dropped by the place. we didn't even stay for more than 3 hours due to time constraints [ damn law school ]. anyway, it was exciting getting all caught up in the hustle and bustle of an actual "shoot", with big cameras and lighting and a clapper. yes, we even got to wear an id. i have never been part of anything related to media production before, and i was really glad that i was able to have a taste of it by being [ a small ] part of the team. we just helped out with the physical stuff, fixed up the place, made sure the artists were okay. it was fun, although it was a bit stressful. i could just imagine how the others felt, who were in the location since 3:30 am and got finished with the shoot more than a day later. 'made me feel bad for not being able to stay, i could've helped out more. but, i had school. at least i got to read the cases for the subjects the following day because i got called in both subjects. *eep*

also, last wednesday afternoon was my first ultimate frisbee experience. i've always been interested in the game; i see people playing ultimate frisbee almost everyday at the sunken garden from the law building, and it seemed like a fun game different from the usual, conventional sports like badminton or basketball. i was able to join last wednesday thanks to ian. well, i didn't actually join a real game, i just learned the basics of throwing and catching a frisbee. which left me with a strained left thumb and a bruise on my left wrist. i forgot to take off my watch, stupid me, and the frisbee kept on hitting the watch on my wrist, leaving a round, black mark as big as an old two peso coin. i just always have to get physically hurt, don't i. hehe. i was the only beginner last wednesday, and it was really intimidating amidst all the lean bodied players who are just so physically adept with the game. and i felt silly after walking towards the middle of the field, where the players were, as i skillfully attempted to jump over the puddles of mud [ it rained, so you could just imagine how soaked the entire ground was ] in an effort to save my rubber shoes from dirt. it was stupid, really, especially since the object of the game is to run around the field to catch and throw frisbees, and all the players literally dive in the mud just to catch the frisbee. and it felt more stupid when i noticed them looking at me, probably wondering what the hell was i doing there when i didn't even want my shoes to get all filthy in the first place. anyway, i got to meet the other members later on, and they were all really nice, and after some catching and throwing, with my shoes and legs getting all dirty in the process, i watched the team in action in an actual game. i was just awestricken the whole time, thinking that gawd, i will never be that good to actually join a real game. i stayed there until they were finished with the game, with harmless raindrops falling on my head while i walk around with my shoes slushing from one puddle to another. it didn't even matter anymore.

i want to join next time, but i think i have a lot of catching up to do in terms of skill, and i think i need a good pair of soccer shoes. also, i'll probably wait until jenn joins [ she knows people from the team ].

people always ask me how do i still find time for other things when i'm in law school. and i realized, i always have time for all other things except law school. i would rather sleep, go to the gym, work in the field of media, work in front of a computer, draw, write, do graphic design, wallclimb, take pictures, make websites than be in law school. and if i keep this up, i won't have any part time life as a law student left. oh well..

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  ¶ 10:09 PM 0 comments links to this post  

  god save philippine tv watching philippine tv is just too depressing.

and i'm not talking about the current floods up north, although that too is admittedly saddening.

i'm talking about the media oversensationalizing the richard gutierrez-lalaine vergara [ "miranda" from lizzie mcguire ] issue. i watched on the news a week ago that before lalaine boarded the plane, richard brought her flowers at the airport, where they had a small chat which the cameramen annoyingly paid close attention to [ "at nag-e-exchange na po sila ng cell phone number. at sabi po nila magkikita daw sila sa setymebre. ]. lalaine was interviewed afterwards regarding the incident, and she commented that "i find richard cute" which is, i think, a neutral thing any girl would say, more of out of courtesy than anything else. the next thing i knew, the headline that "lalaine vergara has a huge crush on richard gutierrez" is all over the news and that "angel l. is probably jealous over her already". agh. lalaine was in front of public tv. what was else was she supposed to say anyway? this is definitely another plot to increase richard's popularity among the masses and prompt people to watch his terrible show, "mulawin".

speaking of "mulawin", what the hell is it with that show? who wants to watch fighting eagles [ chickens? ] with bulky costumes and too much make up in the sky?? i think directors of telenovelas are going backwards in injecting fantasy and unrealism into their stories. as if hacienderos falling in love with their maids or triplets getting separated and distributed to families of different backgrounds or living in a too small world that each person is connected to everyone else in the most unimaginable way possible isn't unrealistic enough. [ oo na, nanonood ako dati ng "kay tagal kang hinintay" at "pangako sayo" at "saan ka man naroroon"]

which reminds me of a show also in channel 7 which jonel told me about before. there was a wedding taking place in a big Catholic church in god knows where. suddenly, one of the lead actresses enter and shoots the bride [or was it the groom?] bride/groom naturally falls to the floor and all the guests were in chaos, going around in different directions. the clincher was, the lead actress was actually the kontrabida, and she reveals this by taking off her mask. this is not logically possible because a realistically good mask cannot be taken off in one instant like those rubber masks people buy for halloween. anyway, as the villain takes off the mask, she lets out a sinister laugh. surprisingly, no one was attempting to even stop her or bonk her head with a church ornament; this could've been relatively easy given the circumstance that she was so distracted by a job well done by her at the back of the church. she didn't even have any back-up goons or anything.

and on the rival channel, "sa dulo ng walang hanggan" is being aired. this has got to be the show with the poorest cinematography. they show bombed buildings that look nothing more than little cardboard boxes getting blown up. then one time, they showed carlos agassi [that's not even the worst part of it] getting pushed off a building with the villain person [mylene dizon was it? i'm not sure if it was her]. apparently, he was able to pull her alongside him, and together they fall off the building which the camera skillfully follows. i am not kidding - it took them a whole 3 minutes to fall off the damn building. quoting from college blockmate TJ, "puwede pa silang mag-ama namin". and it was so obvious that the two actors are superimposed in front of a scenery.

and then there's berks, also on the rival channel. is this show still running? i don't even care. anyway, in one scene, john pratts was getting all upset because her parents are "divorced". suddenly, his dad arrives and gives him his "lucky fishing vest", which john pratts has the honor of wearing in their next "fishing trip". tell me my dear friends, when has "divorce" been legalized in the philippines? point #2, is it a custom for filipino fathers and sons to "go fishing" somewhere in the country? gawsh how western. i would've believed it if dad invited his son to go play golf. it may sound elitist and beyond the reach of classes C and D but at least it's more realistic. i mean, "lucky fishing vest?" who even wears fishing vests in the philippines?

anyway, forgive me for airing out my grievances on my little space on the net. nakakaiyak lang talaga. thank god for substantial shows like "maverick and ariel" or "whazzup whazzup" or "ispup". hehe.

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