for two saturdays now, i am back to being a "student".
as mandated by the supreme court, all lawyers have to comply with 12, 24 or 36 units as part of the mandatory continuing legal education. not one is spared from it; lest, he or she will be subjected to sanctions.
right now, i have 6 units left for my 12-unit requirement. i had 4 units borne out of kabibahan which jen, tria and i thought of availing since they might be beneficial to us and our practice. the first two units was respecting legal writing by court of appeals presiding justice ruben reyes. the other two units was about oral advocacy by court of appeals justice magdangal de leon.
i must say i was impressed with justice de leon's talk. not only was he able to open my eyes to what lies ahead of me insofar as litigation practice is concerned, he also subjected my fellow associates and i to embarassment. we just happened to be seated on the first row since we came in after the first lecture since we do not need it anyway. we were asked from our age (which he guessed to be 26 ah, hehe) to whether we are bagong-pasa or not and whether we are married already. haaayyy...
at the end of the talk (and even while he was on it), i was thinking whether i am indeed fit as a barrister or as a solicitor... after an analysis of the "traits" required, and in the absence or lack of mental acuity on my part, i feel as if i'm not cut to become a litigation lawyer after all.
sad, but it's a reality.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
pissed
oh, yeah, i got pissed this day din pala.
the first one, i do not even have an iota of right to feel irked, annoyed, pissed whatsoever. but i felt it e. a friend told me something about a former flame told her, which surprised me. and what surprised me even more is that, i felt annoyed and pissed. sometimes talaga i feel that he shouldn't have pursued me then. tuloy di nya na-pursue that person. sometimes i feel that he was just coerced, influenced and forced into pursuing me. to make it simpler, napilitan ata. haay. :(
then there's this other person whom he feels i am at his beck and call. yeah, i truly appreciate your being candid BUT there is always a proper venue for that. i am a career-oriented person BUT i can commit given that a person possesses the characteristics that would make me lay my hands off work to spend time with someone. sadly, i can sense that you are not that one. why demand in the first place? why aren't you patient as you are supposed to be? two things i've proven. one, if you and another person do not share a common ground, that'll be a difficult situation to be at. and second, most men suck. they are superficial beings with no regard for substance and chivalry, even in phone conversations hardly exist nowadays (let's be more specific. alex told me before that a guy must be the last to put the phone down, even if it was he who was called.). hay.
i am off to my duty at our client tomorrow morning. a mediation conference in the afternoon (with the lolo mediator). hay, no more pop quiz sana tomorrow at the client's office (which by the way, is a hospital). and may tomorrow be not so stressful kasi it's another mcle-day this saturday from 10 til 4.
hay, sana nag-artista na lang ako.
the first one, i do not even have an iota of right to feel irked, annoyed, pissed whatsoever. but i felt it e. a friend told me something about a former flame told her, which surprised me. and what surprised me even more is that, i felt annoyed and pissed. sometimes talaga i feel that he shouldn't have pursued me then. tuloy di nya na-pursue that person. sometimes i feel that he was just coerced, influenced and forced into pursuing me. to make it simpler, napilitan ata. haay. :(
then there's this other person whom he feels i am at his beck and call. yeah, i truly appreciate your being candid BUT there is always a proper venue for that. i am a career-oriented person BUT i can commit given that a person possesses the characteristics that would make me lay my hands off work to spend time with someone. sadly, i can sense that you are not that one. why demand in the first place? why aren't you patient as you are supposed to be? two things i've proven. one, if you and another person do not share a common ground, that'll be a difficult situation to be at. and second, most men suck. they are superficial beings with no regard for substance and chivalry, even in phone conversations hardly exist nowadays (let's be more specific. alex told me before that a guy must be the last to put the phone down, even if it was he who was called.). hay.
i am off to my duty at our client tomorrow morning. a mediation conference in the afternoon (with the lolo mediator). hay, no more pop quiz sana tomorrow at the client's office (which by the way, is a hospital). and may tomorrow be not so stressful kasi it's another mcle-day this saturday from 10 til 4.
hay, sana nag-artista na lang ako.
UPS dinner
oh, yeah, lest i forget, let me tell you about how the dinner with my UP friends-slash-orgmates went.
last night, me, twinks, blue, anna and her bf richard met at greenbelt and devoured the lovely meals served us at the kitchen. the food was served in a gigantic plate and mala-pala spoons, as in; and the meals were named creatively, mine was "undercover". (there was "i say tomato, you say tomato" for a red-sauced pasta; "barbie's cue" for the meal with three sticks of meat in it.) my "undercover" was chicken wrapped in mala-palaspas something, with chili sauce and pandan rice. their version of iced tea rocks, imagine it tasted like sago and gulaman, minus the sago and gulaman. hehe. tap water from the resto looked fancy as well. it was served in champagne bottles with mint leaves in it. we laughed to our hearts's content, more specially about anna and her mom's dog, a meek doberman,beat that.
as we finished our meals, and after hitting off with the restroom (which, by the way, didn't suit my taste, masikip e), we fed our curiousity as to the parang salt served in a mini-platter on our table. we thought it could be (a) salt talaga; (b) shabu, hehe; or, (c) tawas. the waiter said that salt daw yun, placed there as condiment.
i promise to go back there. nice place, yummy meals, creative ideas. try it at greenbelt or at galleria.
then we had coffee. i changed my name to "angel" hahaha!!! ask my friends why. it took the best actress in me not to laugh as the barista called me. hehehe. then a good talk ensued.
a friend was having problems with the status of her child. the family code is indeed one code of loopholes. you see, this friend conceived and gave birth to her child before reaching the legal age. she got married to the father of the child later on (they wanted to spend their own money for their wedding, galing no!). yet you know what, she has to file a petition in court to rectify the status of her child. a petition to adopt!!! w-e-i-r-d!!! this is due to the requirement in the family code daw that for a child to be legitimated by subsequent marriage of his/her parent, dapat no impediment, including the age impediment. haay.. imagine you have to adopt your own child!!! absurd!
then the talk shifted to petitions for change of name. hay sobra we are so bad with how we howled monstrous laughters at other people's names. for the protection of the surnames concerned, leave me a message, kwento ko na lang personally, hehe.
miss going to UP tuloy. minus the tuition fee hike ah.
last night, me, twinks, blue, anna and her bf richard met at greenbelt and devoured the lovely meals served us at the kitchen. the food was served in a gigantic plate and mala-pala spoons, as in; and the meals were named creatively, mine was "undercover". (there was "i say tomato, you say tomato" for a red-sauced pasta; "barbie's cue" for the meal with three sticks of meat in it.) my "undercover" was chicken wrapped in mala-palaspas something, with chili sauce and pandan rice. their version of iced tea rocks, imagine it tasted like sago and gulaman, minus the sago and gulaman. hehe. tap water from the resto looked fancy as well. it was served in champagne bottles with mint leaves in it. we laughed to our hearts's content, more specially about anna and her mom's dog, a meek doberman,beat that.
as we finished our meals, and after hitting off with the restroom (which, by the way, didn't suit my taste, masikip e), we fed our curiousity as to the parang salt served in a mini-platter on our table. we thought it could be (a) salt talaga; (b) shabu, hehe; or, (c) tawas. the waiter said that salt daw yun, placed there as condiment.
i promise to go back there. nice place, yummy meals, creative ideas. try it at greenbelt or at galleria.
then we had coffee. i changed my name to "angel" hahaha!!! ask my friends why. it took the best actress in me not to laugh as the barista called me. hehehe. then a good talk ensued.
a friend was having problems with the status of her child. the family code is indeed one code of loopholes. you see, this friend conceived and gave birth to her child before reaching the legal age. she got married to the father of the child later on (they wanted to spend their own money for their wedding, galing no!). yet you know what, she has to file a petition in court to rectify the status of her child. a petition to adopt!!! w-e-i-r-d!!! this is due to the requirement in the family code daw that for a child to be legitimated by subsequent marriage of his/her parent, dapat no impediment, including the age impediment. haay.. imagine you have to adopt your own child!!! absurd!
then the talk shifted to petitions for change of name. hay sobra we are so bad with how we howled monstrous laughters at other people's names. for the protection of the surnames concerned, leave me a message, kwento ko na lang personally, hehe.
miss going to UP tuloy. minus the tuition fee hike ah.
unlawyerly
a friend confided about some breach of promise yesterday afternoon. napaka-unethical what has been done to her, swear. yet, we advised her to see through the event as a message from God that probably her decision will not work so He made the move Himself. painful but, it's better than taking the leap and jumping off the deadly cliff.
friend, we are just here for you. let us just think about this in a constructive manner.
God is wise, He will not lead you through this if He knows that it will not be for your good.
you don't deserve them.
they are unworthy to partake of the brilliance that you have.
we are here for you. tara, ice cream?
God is wise, He will not lead you through this if He knows that it will not be for your good.
you don't deserve them.
they are unworthy to partake of the brilliance that you have.
we are here for you. tara, ice cream?
an eventful day (and more)
it was a busy day for me. i wasn't even able to post an entry at the office so, after saying bye to ethel, i rushed to posting this one.
upon arriving at the office, i scampered and immediately wiggled through revising my legal opinion for our client. nakakainis talaga. it was sooo difficult na nga inserting favorable stipulations in favor of our client who's not a party to the contract, it was made even more difficult by the decision i was previously ranting about. waaahhh!!! with all due respect to the Supreme Court, but it is my humble opinion that basing the decision on both the existence of a principal-agenct and employer-employee relationship is irreconcilable.
fifteen minutes before 11am, all of us associates, and the staff even, were agitated as to what the 11am meeting was about. why it can't wait till monday when our practice group meetings are scheduled, what's the rush anyway. the drama of it all was for nothing.
yep, not disgusted. was appeased. one of the bosses started with thanking the people comprising the firm for the remarkable performance which brought moolah to the firm's account. pretty nerve-whacking ah. we were thinking whether there is a need for us to look for employment somewhere, hehe. then, he announced that there will be non-monetary incentives for all of us. dig this:
1. free lunch from monday til thursday. as soon as a caterer is chosen, lunch shall be on the firm.
2. medical insurance/healthcard. hahaha, basta it's something to that effect.
3. availment of leaves. this i pretty much like. hehe. o sige na nga next to number one. :)
then there will be performance moolahs to be given next week. no matter what the amount may be, still, i am thankful. as most old people would say, di napupulot yun.
free lunch courtesy of goldilocks was then served. sarap pala ng kaldereta nila. and oh, by the way, when boss asked whether there are questions, being the biba that i am, i raised my right hand and asked, "sir, ilan rice po sa lunch namin?" sensible naman di ba. hehehe. boss said, i'll be given a rice cooker for that. hahaha!!!
para ako palang bibitayin ano? i sumptuously ate lunch, with matching choco cake as dessert courtesy of a fellow associate, celline. afterwhich, it was as if there's no tomorrow. the work went on.
at thirty minutes past 2pm, tita thelma, alex' mom sent an SMS that it was a favorable decision for alex' case. talk about justice finally served. i am just as happy as they are.
upon arriving at the office, i scampered and immediately wiggled through revising my legal opinion for our client. nakakainis talaga. it was sooo difficult na nga inserting favorable stipulations in favor of our client who's not a party to the contract, it was made even more difficult by the decision i was previously ranting about. waaahhh!!! with all due respect to the Supreme Court, but it is my humble opinion that basing the decision on both the existence of a principal-agenct and employer-employee relationship is irreconcilable.
fifteen minutes before 11am, all of us associates, and the staff even, were agitated as to what the 11am meeting was about. why it can't wait till monday when our practice group meetings are scheduled, what's the rush anyway. the drama of it all was for nothing.
yep, not disgusted. was appeased. one of the bosses started with thanking the people comprising the firm for the remarkable performance which brought moolah to the firm's account. pretty nerve-whacking ah. we were thinking whether there is a need for us to look for employment somewhere, hehe. then, he announced that there will be non-monetary incentives for all of us. dig this:
1. free lunch from monday til thursday. as soon as a caterer is chosen, lunch shall be on the firm.
2. medical insurance/healthcard. hahaha, basta it's something to that effect.
3. availment of leaves. this i pretty much like. hehe. o sige na nga next to number one. :)
then there will be performance moolahs to be given next week. no matter what the amount may be, still, i am thankful. as most old people would say, di napupulot yun.
free lunch courtesy of goldilocks was then served. sarap pala ng kaldereta nila. and oh, by the way, when boss asked whether there are questions, being the biba that i am, i raised my right hand and asked, "sir, ilan rice po sa lunch namin?" sensible naman di ba. hehehe. boss said, i'll be given a rice cooker for that. hahaha!!!
para ako palang bibitayin ano? i sumptuously ate lunch, with matching choco cake as dessert courtesy of a fellow associate, celline. afterwhich, it was as if there's no tomorrow. the work went on.
at thirty minutes past 2pm, tita thelma, alex' mom sent an SMS that it was a favorable decision for alex' case. talk about justice finally served. i am just as happy as they are.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
sick, swamped and disgusted
just this morning, i was sneezing to no end, to the extent that the man seated next to me in the bus was looking at me with pandidiri. hehe. probably, the virus hit me as i was sleep-deprived yesterday and someone is sick at the office.
as opposed to monday's work sched, my hands are full with "to do's" today, which is usual here. i am swamped with things to accomplish, but, fortunately, as i was writing this, i have finished doing some. much to my dismay though, a contract review was resurrected. not that boss wanted it undone but because of a seven-day old decision by the Supreme Court.
the dismay was not brought by the fact that i have to overhaul the entire thing. no biggie for me as it is a part of my job. what ticked me is that, surprisingly, the decision rendered did not mention the very recent case from which i based my legal opinion. i was at a loss.
the problem is, the case relied upon was superseded by a resolution on the motion for reconsideration. the decision was as far back as 1999 and the resolution was last 2002. what the Supreme Court held are two poles apart. now, what am i left to do? :(
anyway, i will be meeting with my UP friends-slash-orgmates at greenbelt for dinner. twinx will be leaving for singapore so despite my not-so-ok condition, i have to be at the kitchen by 730pm; saka ayoko din naman na matagalan pa bago kami magkita ulit.
one of our bosses said that the managing partner has some pre-valentine announcement to make tomorrow at 11am (oo, may oras pa talaga!). i'm keeping my fingers crossed, hoping that the title above won't be the same for tomorrow's entry.
as opposed to monday's work sched, my hands are full with "to do's" today, which is usual here. i am swamped with things to accomplish, but, fortunately, as i was writing this, i have finished doing some. much to my dismay though, a contract review was resurrected. not that boss wanted it undone but because of a seven-day old decision by the Supreme Court.
the dismay was not brought by the fact that i have to overhaul the entire thing. no biggie for me as it is a part of my job. what ticked me is that, surprisingly, the decision rendered did not mention the very recent case from which i based my legal opinion. i was at a loss.
the problem is, the case relied upon was superseded by a resolution on the motion for reconsideration. the decision was as far back as 1999 and the resolution was last 2002. what the Supreme Court held are two poles apart. now, what am i left to do? :(
anyway, i will be meeting with my UP friends-slash-orgmates at greenbelt for dinner. twinx will be leaving for singapore so despite my not-so-ok condition, i have to be at the kitchen by 730pm; saka ayoko din naman na matagalan pa bago kami magkita ulit.
one of our bosses said that the managing partner has some pre-valentine announcement to make tomorrow at 11am (oo, may oras pa talaga!). i'm keeping my fingers crossed, hoping that the title above won't be the same for tomorrow's entry.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
i'm back
it has been...what? almost four months after i have posted an entry. the same period of time when i left makati for ortigas.
suffice it to say, a lot has changed. it was a total "u-turn" which i took, from delving into mostly litigation works to dipping my fingers into corporate practice. there were times i find enjoyment from it, especially when i doze off at night without worrying about pleadings to be filed, or deadlines to be met. however, whenever i attend a hearing of the few cases i was assigned to, i miss litigation. if you ask though, whether i am happy, i can say that i am - change that to, i chose to be happy.
here's a list of what i owe everyone (what transpired during my four-month hiatus):
1. First Shot as a Coordinator at Portia and Stephen's December wedding
2. Had fun with the Firm Christmas Party at Los Banos (anlayo di ba :p)
3. Co-arranged a Highschool Reunion with my batchmates and made it possible 30 December 2006
4. Shower Party con Christmas Party with my girl Fwens early January
5. Milen's Wedding to Jes last 20 January 2007
will post some pics soon! :)
have forgotten about the other stuffies. i promise to post an entry everyday or it's a five-peso per day fine to my friends who keep track of this bloggy. :)
suffice it to say, a lot has changed. it was a total "u-turn" which i took, from delving into mostly litigation works to dipping my fingers into corporate practice. there were times i find enjoyment from it, especially when i doze off at night without worrying about pleadings to be filed, or deadlines to be met. however, whenever i attend a hearing of the few cases i was assigned to, i miss litigation. if you ask though, whether i am happy, i can say that i am - change that to, i chose to be happy.
here's a list of what i owe everyone (what transpired during my four-month hiatus):
1. First Shot as a Coordinator at Portia and Stephen's December wedding
2. Had fun with the Firm Christmas Party at Los Banos (anlayo di ba :p)
3. Co-arranged a Highschool Reunion with my batchmates and made it possible 30 December 2006
4. Shower Party con Christmas Party with my girl Fwens early January
5. Milen's Wedding to Jes last 20 January 2007
will post some pics soon! :)
have forgotten about the other stuffies. i promise to post an entry everyday or it's a five-peso per day fine to my friends who keep track of this bloggy. :)
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