the past week has been..well, lethargic, at most. i've done some so-so things, nothing extraordinary. half time i've been: catching up on lost sleep [ what lost sleep? ], shopping at greenhills with my equally impulsive mom, buying books, buying cd's [ see, i haven't become overly reliant on limewire. especially if limewire doesn't have the songs i want ], finishing the tax optional paper, surfing the internet, reading neil gaiman and terry pratchett's "good omens", driving my mom to rotary events, going to the salon, fixing up all my readings for the past sem, going out with mario and grace, playing games on my cell, going on food trips [ and not going to the gym.. ]. and half of the time i've wasted: worrying about my grades, checking the crs website for the grades, checking my e-mail for the grades, texting and calling people about the grades, waiting for people to contact me about the grades, having nightmares about the grades.. well, you get the picture. once i even dreamed i was going to take a transpo exam at 6 pm. one hour before the exam, i realized i only studied for land transport when i should be studying maritime law and air carrier. i frantically tried to memorize the maritime law/air carrier concepts. the next time i glanced at the clock, it was already 7 pm, and there was no way i could take the exam that day. i don't even know why i was having nightmares about transpo, when it's tax and PIL i'm getting all agitated about. ARGH. this is probably the most stressful sem break ever [ since i found out i got a 4 in property during sem break last year.. ]. ironically, the only thing that could ease up the tension is finding out i'll still be in law school next sem without any back subjects. and we'll find out about the results one day before the first day of school. in short, i'll never get to enjoy this sem break. haaay... i don't know why our teachers won't just release the grades and let me face judgment day now. i'm sure they have our grades computed already because today is the last day for filing them.. bahala na.. i just really hope i don't get kicked out. especially after praying to God last sem that i won't get kicked out since i'm enjoying school life now more than i did for the past years.. and especially since i got me a UP women in law jacket [ sayang naman..hehe ]. and i also remember praying that i'd rather not get kicked out than have a boyfriend. well, that still holds true.

in other news, i've discovered that i can download the latest veronica mars, season 2 episodes on limewire! yay! so i don't have to wait until Etc broadcasts them here. i'm so happy! so if anyone is interested [ assuming other people watch veronica mars ], i can burn you a copy. consider it my new racket [ after the ukay-ukay, the v8/vhs to cd transfers, the accessory thing. we don't do the ukay-ukay anymore, but i still transfer videos and sell accessories. how's that for plugging? ]. hehe.

i have to go back to the gym next week. once again, i'm turning into a big blob of whatever. i'll probably be going after the la union trip this weekend. i know i should be fit and thin before going to the beach, but fortuitous events kept me from going to the gym the past weeks.

Labels: law school, sem break, veronica mars

the sem's finally over, and for all we know, it could be the end of law school for me. haaayyy.. i did bad in my finals again. especially in tax. i still haven't learned after i got a 4 in property last year. oh well. but really.. if i get to enroll for the next sem., i promise to study everyday, insult/"criticize" less, be a superstudent and stop being mediocre in everything...

i should be relaxing right now because the hell weeks are over, but then i couldn't, because i keep on thinking about my grades.. the past weeks was my worst set of hell weeks ever. my eating pattern changed, i drank too much coffee from coffee bean during our study sessions, there were days when i couldn't eat anything, before every exam [ especially before that trial ek ek ] i felt like throwing up, and after every exam we binged on fatty greasy food. i stopped going to the gym, my whole body hurts because of sitting all day, i get dizzy spells. the only advantage i had was that i was able to sleep for at least 7 hours a night while everyone else was having sleepless nights [ except on the night before the "trial" when i slept for only 4 hours. which is really unlikely of me. i just felt so nervous at that time that i couldn't sleep. ]. argh i HATE stress!!

moot court

LATAK, INC. + prof. Te


[ mario came up with the brilliant idea that since no lawyer in his/her right mind would hire us in their firm, being the lataks that we are at the bottom something of our batch, we establish our own firm and name it "latak, inc.". hehe. puwede na rin jan siguro yung showbiz firm namin.. ]

last saturday, we had the moot court. i was actually scared to death the moment i found out about it, and i dreaded that day eversince, but now it's all over, and it didn't turn out so bad. well, i didn't die, and that's good enough for me. [ unlike the debates we had back in high school and college. heck. ]. and it turned out fun anyway. we didn't win, but neither did the other team. hehe. we weren't able to prove the damages for the civil action. but at least we weren't so latak as we thought. haha. we all looked so old wearing the suits. :P we looked a bit more dignified than usual though. [ sana lang talaga wag ako matanggal, deba. at sayang naman ang suit. ]

yes, this is all we did while the other groups were doing the criminal case. haha. wala talaga kaming kwenta.

more pics in my multiply site. [ pics from nico's digicam, oggs' fone and my camera ]

i heard this a few weeks ago from the radio:

when do you know it's time to get a new lawyer:

• when you catch your lawyer playing gameboy during trial
  
• s/he says "whatever" after his objection is overruled
  
• s/he giggles everytime he hears the word "brief"
  
• you catch him giving the lawyers for the opposing counsel a high five
  
• whenever he says "your honor", he makes little quotation marks with his fingers
  

after the moot court, i added my own: [ hehe ]

• when s/he giggles or makes taunting sounds everytime the judge overrules the opposing counsel's objections or sustains his/her counsel's objections
  
• when s/he doesn't know the difference between "overruled" and "sustained"
  
• when you catch him/her having his/her picture taken during trial
  
• when s/he has his/her picture taken with the judge
  
• when she spends two weeks looking for the perfect power suit and spends a night studying the case

Labels: law school, sem break

this is just so darn funny.

if you're going to write a personal love letter, make sure it doesn't reach the supreme court. or at least make the effort of writing with good grammar.

lifted from People vs Agresor:

Dearest Erwin,


I hope you're fine condition upon reaching my simple letter.

hokay, i go study now before i waste any more time.

Labels: law school