break time

Paano ba dapat magdasal?

1) magbigaypugay

2) magpasalamat

3) humingi ng tawad

4) humiling ng mga bagay-bagay

Hindi ako atheist pero hindi rin ako religious. Pwde mo ko maturing na non-traditional Christian pero baptized as Roman Catholic. I don’t attend regularly Sunday masses. I hardly pray daily. And I have not gone to confession to any priest since birth. But when I am happy or when I am sad or when I am tired, I talk to God. I treat Him as my confidant and to quote Argyle, he’s my Superfriend, just like everybody else. 

I don’t like to burden Him so much with my so so stories. Kaya nga siguro tatlo lang ang emotion na pwede makita sa akin which i submit only to Him. I am oftentimes misunderstood and misconstrued with regard to these emotions which somehow affect my mood most of the times. But there are those times which I really don’t care much how others would react. I do have the right to express my self like everybody else.

1)

Happy

Eto yun abot tenga ang ngiti na parang mapupunit na ang mukha sabay kumikinang pati mga mata. Although ito ang pinaka madalas ko na emotion, mahirap narin na sinanay ko ang aking audience, hindi tuloy sila prepared sa other emotions ko. Minsan parang peke yun ngiti pero diba may levels din naman ang state of happiness natin.

2)

Sad

Hindi ako iyakin na tao. In fact mabibilang mo lang sa kamay ang times na umiyak ako. Sigurado kung umiyak ako eh todo-todo yun. yun tipong mang-aaway lahat ng kaibigan ko habang nakiki-join sa pag-iyak ko.  Nakakaawa at nakakahawa daw ako umiyak eh. Hagulgol ever parang wala ng bukas. medyo weird ako kasi i have set a standard unto myself on what instances i would only cry. At siyempre skill ko na ang magpakita ng nakakadurog puso na itsura pagka malungkot at hindi pa ko umiiyak nun. At ang mas weird pa dun kasama ang sloppy heartbreaking movies like Magnifico na pwdeng magpa-iyak sakin. Mababaw ang luha ko sa pelikula kaysa sa totoong buhay.

3)

Tired

Eto yun mukhang pagod o tulala o lost o feel maglasing o sadyang lasing o play pretend ako. Need i say more?!  

At natuwa naman ako sa kasama ng picture para sa tired look ko.

The Masked Ball

Tallahassee / Quincy, Florida

The Masked Ball

The King and his Queen sent out the criers to all the land.
“A great Ball is to be held!”
From all the land and from The Land they came.
(Yes, even from the Green Place, although they were very shy,
and one had to look quick to see them such was their talent in remaining unseen.
But they were there, for I heard them chuckling in the darker corners at the foolishness that they beheld.)
But Lo!
Such strangeness!
Even though naught was said of it, everyone that came wore his or her masks!
(You and I were the only ones that did not, so people looked at us in a strange way, wondering why we choose to be so different.)
T’was a strange sight, –
All of the Ladies and Lords, -
The Knights and the Squires, -
Even the King and his Queen, -
All dressed in their finest royal robes and gowns -
And every one of them wearing a silly mask.
Some of the masks were the masks of piousness, as if they were holy and just people.
(We knew that their hearts were black and cold).
Other masks were of great smiling faces proclaiming, “All is well!” -
But from underneath the corners we could see tears falling like rain.
Masks, -
All the masks that people wear.
Masks of righteousness, -
Masks of peace, -
Masks of debauchery, -
Masks of understanding.
Masks of the gentle father, (while harshly scolding his children).
Masks of the loving wife, (while wickedly stroking the arms and loins of other men).
Masks of the faithful lover, (with bodies still aglow with the sheen of sweaty passion from their last encounter with a stranger).
All the masks, - and it saddened me.
And so I left the main ballroom and found a quiet corner where a single candle sputtered in its holder.
There alone, (or so I thought), I touched fire to my pipe filled with the Noble Herb, -
And sat musing as I sipped from my goblet of wine.
Then there was the touch, -
Your touch, -
On my sleeve, -
On my heart.
I turned and you stood there alone with a gentle smile on your face.
Your face, -
Not a mask.
“May I join you?” you asked.
“I have tired of the masks.”
“Indeed!” I replied. “What is your name?”
“Love” is all you said.
“Love is” all you said.
“Love is all” you said.
Love is all you said.
And I smiled.

Minsan kay hirap i-appreciate o ipagpasalamat ang buhay lalo na kung panay o maraming paghihirap ang iyong nadarama at nadaranasan. Ngunit minsan darating din talaga ang mga kasagutan sa ating mga katanungan kung kaya hindi tayo dapat nawawalan ng pag-asa.

Salamat po Diyos ko. 

midterms

aral mode!

 

kapag umabot ka na sa 3rd year law 2nd sem, there’s no turning back. konti nalang ggraduate ka na, at nakakahinayang na yun tinapos mo na mga taon.

 

high lights ng buhay law school:

buong araw at magdamag mag-aral tapos pagdating sa klase magdadasal na wag sana matawag sa recitation

masigawan at murahin at mapahiya sa klase

tawaging bobo at tanga

nasabihan na umuwi nalang at buti nalang at maganda ka, mag-asawa ka nalang ng abogado

halos mahagisan ng lamesa/eraser, ballpen, libro

palayasin sa klase

lumagpak sa exam kahit pa todo ang aral, daig pa yun binuno ko pamula elementary upto college ah

nasipa narin ako ng eskwela (kaya nga from san beda eh andito na ako sa arellano)

ma-recruit o mapasali sa fraternity/ sorority

malunod sa usok dahil todo paninigarilyo ng prof sa loob ng klase

maglasing kapag masaya dahil nakasagot sa recit o hindi natawag

maglasing kapag malungkot dahil bokya sa recit 

maglasing para makiramay sa mga kaklase masaya man o malungkot

hindi matulog kapag exams at masobrahan sa kape

makakabasa sa exam ng tanong na hindi naaral sa 3 libro na nabasa mo

ma-ospital dahil sa ulcer dahil sa pagpipigil sa kain ng oras, high blood pressure dahil sa kaba, magkatama sa atay dahil sa sobra sa alak, o UTI dahil sa pagpipigil sa ihi

itatago sa bag ang law books kasi baka matanong ng isang simpleng mamamayan at wala ka maisagot

matawag na attorney ng buong barangay

mang-barops tuwing September

 

at marami pang iba

ang saya diba ?!

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buti sana kung aral lang iniisip ko. pero pasalamat parin ako kasi i am surviving this far.

 i envy full-time students who think nothing of tomorrow. i hate full-time students who waste time & money.

cheers to all full-time working students!  bow ako sa inyo.