Now, this is an Upgrade...

The Latest News... UST Barristers will be billeted at the Manila Hotel. How mighty and magnificient art thou, Alfredo L. Benipayo! He should be declared Imperator Perpetuus. Hehehe.

Guess whose coming home this year...

Mama Dora called today, since the other side of the world just celebrated Father's day, and after all the American-Italian Weddings of my cousins are over, she'd be coming over by November, in time for Lolo's birthday. I pray that all goes well, and that she could bring in my racially impure Nephew with three names... Vincent to his parents, Vincenzo to his Italian granparents, and Vicente to his Philippine relatives. By that time, I'm totally free as a bird and I will subject myself to every whim and caprice that my Ma Dora can offer... like perhaps, the basic urban pleasures of Shangri-La Makati or Sofitel, and The Spa at Greenbelt, and dine at the Spiral, which I truly miss.

Also last Saturday I chillaxed with my college buddies at Greenbelt. I was totally into that new arcade game at TimeZone called Virtual Tennis, where I, for once played the role of Rafael Nadal, but alas, JL, who played Roger Federer won over me, since he is an autentic tennis player and a former arcade addict. I shall defeat you next time.

Then we got drunk at Harbour Center. Enough Said. I got drunk. Hahaha. At least, I didn't get to talk much about law school, instead, the plans for next year's most anticipated wedding.

Breakpoint

This refers not to the scoring system in Tennis, though I must say, I am proud of the Spaniard for winning the Philip Chartier Cup for three straight years at Roland Garros, but rather, to my state of being of the present.

I have reached the point where I am bogged down. I am in a state of clinical depression. Burnt. Spent. Wasted.

This morning, after ten or so pages. I decided to stop. My mind is tired. My body is tired. My spirit is tired. The lack of emotion and external stimuli somehow invalidates me.

I’ve consulted a number of barrister friends who advised me to stop and take a break. They’ve experienced the same It’s too early in the season to bog down.

I have no desire for alcohol. I have no desire for valium. I have no desire to play badminton. I do not even have the desire to gratify myself. I have no desire to do anything. I lack the will power to struggle. I am reverted back to the primordial psychological state of “id” or “ego” maybe. I want… I want… I want… but I do not like to work for it. I want to be served. I want to be indulged and pleasured. I want all my whims and caprices consummated.

I wanted to runaway to my hideout. This morning, I have decided to take a bus to Binan and escape Manila for a few days, but considerate that I am, I know JL’s got a business to run. I just bugged him instead with my lost thoughts which to him seemed most unusual.

I decided on a movie marathon instead to appease myself. Night at the Museum, American Pie 5: The Naked Mile, Curse of the Golden Flower, Fly Boys and Letters from Iwo Jima. Temporarily, I had my emotional high. I lay down on the sofa the whole day, like a sick person. I am highly irritable. I ate ice cream and chocolates.

I never thought that I would reach my breakpoint. It is a state of depression characterized by emotional numbness. Dead as a door nail. I do not want to care. I do not want to be disturbed. I do not want this burden on me. I want my freedom.

I am depressed. Nobody can help me.

Now, can somebody save me… please.

Viva La Independiencia

Two months without a haircut... it's freakin' hot at times, but hey, it's worth the goal... to look like some chinese or koreanovela guy. Hahahaha!

Viva La Independiencia

Two months without a haircut... it's freakin' hot at times, but hey, it's worth the goal... to look like some chinese or koreanovela guy. Hahahaha!

100 THINGS TO DO AFTER THE BAR EXAMS

Disclaimer: The enumeration below is somehow possible (though remotely), but most likely improbable. Gets?! Gets…

1. Go to Manaoag and pray to Apo Baket.
2. Go to Thailand and pray to Buddha for compassion.
3. In Thailand, once again, experience the joys of legal prostitution.
4. Go to Japan and visit Shinto Shrines. Eat lotsa sushi.
5. Return to Cebu and once again invoke the mighty God Child, plus visit Bantayan Island and Pulchra resort.
6. Vacation in Amanpulo.
7. Play Badminton until every bone in body hurts.
8. Nip/tuck.
9. Enroll at Slimmer’s World or Gold’s Gym.
10. Learn how to drive.
11. Buy myself a second hand Honda Civic SIR… the orange one.
12. Buy myself a Strada.
13. Read tons and tons of modern literature and novels.
14. Watch a lot of porn.
15. Watch all the movies I’ve missed since I became I fourth year law student.
16. Become a mallrat once again.
17. Go to Ibiza, Spain.
18. Go to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
19. Go to Madrid, Spain.
20. In short, go to Spain.
21. Watch the French Open and Wimbledon.
22. Improve my Tennis skills.
23. Go watch a bullfight in Spain.
24. Improve my Spanish.
25. Learn French, Latin, Portuguese and Italian.
26. Learn Fookien and Mandarin.
27. Learn Hanggul and Nihonggo.
28. Learn Russian.
29. Go to Rome and visit the Pope.
30. Go to Instanbul to meet the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch.
31. Meet the Dalai Lama.
32. Go to India and visit Temples.
33. Go to P’u t’o Shan island and worship Kwan Yin.
34. Go to Mekkah.
35. Go to Jerusalem.
36. Climb to Tibet.
37. Join the Oktoberfest in Germany.
38. Watch the Sinulog.
39. Observe Ramadan.
40. Buy myself a jetski.
41. Go to outer space.
42. Visit Bali.
43. Gamble at Las Vegas.
44. Go to Disneyland.
45. Watch Les Miserable.
46. Watch Victoria’s Secret Christmas lingerie fashion week.
47. Buy myself the new Cadillac Sixteen. (Officially PRICELESS)
48. Take the California Bar Exams.
49. Take the Foreign Service Exams.
50. Become Ambassador to Latin American and Hispanic Countries.
51. Join a sex cult.
52. Drink the original wormwood Absinthe.
53. Visit the Kremlim.
54. Go to Prague.
55. Visit Egypt.
56. Visit South African Safaris.
57. Spread my seed all throughout the world.
58. Buy myself a Diamond Mine in Kenya.
59. Become the Chief Justice of the Philippines.
60. Collect historical artifacts from all over the world.
61. Build my House in Corinthian Gardens.
62. Buy myself that piece of property along Laguna Lake, beside JL’s property.
63. Become a fisherman.
64. Become a farmer.
65. Teach in the Facultas Artes et Litterae of Universitas Pontificiae et Regallis Sancti Thomae Aquinatis.
66. Earn a Law Degree from Harvard.
67. Get myself a trophy girl. (Either Zhang Ziyi or Alessandra Ambosio)
68. Visit Disneyland.
69. See my nephew Vincenzo.
70. Cruise The Carribean.
71. Dance at Havana.
72. Re-experience getting high on Cannabis Sativa.
73. Become a pornstar.
74. Visit the tomb of Ferdinand Marcos.
75. Pilgrimage to Guadalupe, Mexico.
76. Marry a member of a European Royal Family.
77. In Lieu thereof, a member of an Asian Royal Family.
78. Bungee-Jump.
79. Sky-Dive.
80. Visit Monaco
81. Watch the Monte Carlo Grandprix.
82. Watch the Turkish Grand Prix.
83. Watch the China Grand Prix.
84. Get my own McLaren F1 car.
85. Buy myself a yatch.
86. Buy an Island.
87. Built myself a corporate empire.
88. Reach the top of the Eiffel.
89. Visit Stonehenge.
90. See the Rosslyn Chapel.
91. Dive in the Great Barrier Reef.
92. Shop at New York.
93. Shop at Milan.
94. Shop at Paris.
95. Shop at Hong Kong.
96. Become a member of Forbes 500.
97. Become an Emperor of a vast Eurasian Empire.
98. Visit the Forbidden City.
99. Watch a game of Real Madrid.
100. Become Impossible.

surbei surbei

THREE NAMES THAT FRIENDS CALL YOU:
1. Ohme
2. Ohmeng
3. Kadz

THREE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 33MINUTES:
1. had coffee
2. read jurado reviewer
3. read my mail/checked my friendster and yahoogroups

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS TO DO:
1. sleep
2. play badminton
3. study... by automatic compulsion...

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. not
2. applicable
3. to me

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THEOPPOSITE SEX:
1. lips
2. nose
3. butt

THREE PERSONS YOU MISS:
1. Aucia Manansala. hahaha!
2. L.C.
3. JL and Tim

THREE GIFTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE:
1. my License to pratice law
2. My Roll Number
3. L.C.

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:
1. study
2. badminton
3. drinking

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO FOR AHOLIDAY:
1. ROME
2. JERUSALEM
3. TIBET (hahaha. hindi Holiday ito... PILGRIMAGE!!! wahahaha!)

THREE FAVOURITE THINGS:
1. CP
2. my handy black girbaud bag
3. my two racquets... Marthe and Althea.

THREE GIRL'S/BOY'S NAMES:
1. Carol
2. Diana
3. Jude Michael (my patron saints..)

THREE MALLS YOU USUALLY GO TO:
1. SM SanLazaro, parang neighborhood grocery store lang ng uste
2. Greenbelt... well, I used to.
3. Megamall for those gruelling shopping sprees.

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE FASTFOOD:
1. KFC
2. Jolibee
3. McDo

THREE SCHOOLS YOU'VE ATTENDED:
1. ICPS
2. UST
3. TAN YAN KEE. Hahahaha!

THREE FAVOURITE DRINKS:
1. green tea
2. beer
3. frappuccinos

THREE THINGS FOUND IN YOUR BAG:
1. waller
2. cp
3. barrister ID

THREE PERFUMES/COLOGNES:
1. polo blue
2. beckham
3. christian dior dune

THREE FAVOURITE COLORS:
1. orange
2. red
3. black

Barrista blues et al...

I've Technically finished with Tax. Mind you, it was once my dreaded subject, but hence forth, after a year or so, I've mastered it so well that I've earned the unofficial title of BIR commisioner. It's time to start with Civil Law (which I love and hate at the same time). Review classes start at 8am, and my conscience is in complete doubt since the lecturer is Dean Augusto Aligada. Like, what's new? On the other hand, I'm his favorite student in our class and somehow there is a moral compulsion to appease the old man.

On the lighter side of things... yeah, it's officially out... although we were trained not to admit hearsay evidence, what the fuck, quasi-lawyers are people... so what if I have a crush on 'Butchick'? She has a boyfriend for crying out loud. The thing that boggles me is that the 'girl' is riding along the gossip... most unlikely. I smell the scent of J.E.A.L.O.U.S.Y. im the air. Hehehe. I could be wrong... but what the fuck, she knows me, and I know her like the back of our hands.

Oh well, c'est la vie!

Btw, it's only three months before the Bar Exams... we are all shitty and gritty.

Kads Areiz, kung ano man ginagawa mo ngayon, magparamdam ka! hehehe.

In law school, there is always despair and sorrow, but this is how we are trained to endure... so, despite everything, we all survive. We are sui generis, and at the same time, sui juris. We are illustrados. The elite of society, who fights for social justice.

Kaya sa mga Kaduwa kong lumipas na ang panahon sa UST, Lakan Paui at Lakan Shan, Magtatamgumpay pa rin tayo. MABUHAY ANG KILUSAN! MABUHAY ANG LIBERTAS ET IUSTICIA! MABUHAY ANG MGA MANANANANGGOL NG BAYAN!