just got back from montalban this morning. then slept the entire day. woke up around 630pm or 7pm. tomorrow, i clean up my room and off to the cemetery the following day

attended don's wedding. it was nice. realized that ive attended a number of weddings already and that its hard to really have that perfect wedding where everything goes well. its like someone's bound to screw up, even a little. of course this doesnt ruin the wedding but these tolerable mistakes are not inevitable and very much avoidable. anyway, tomorrow, going to UST for my brother's college entrance exam and then off to montalban. ill be back by monday to vote for the local baranggay elections.

im a proxy in a wedding in a few hours and im staying up late. nice.

sembreak. not much to do. all i do is watch movies ive rented.

its wednesday morning, the week after i last wrote a blog entry. the previous week was anything but slow. tuesday last week was supposed to be the day i was going to study for my tax law final exam. i did study but not quite the way i wanted. i started studying in the library but i was just so sleepy and tired and the next thing i know, im heading to Trinoma to have some lunch. i ate at taco bell and after having three rounds of re-fillable iced tea, i wasnt feeling very well. so i went to sm north to walk the feeling of excessive fullness off. then went back to UP to try to study again. hours were wasted but fortunately, the tax lectures of erwin and kate were good and very helpful that when i took the exam, im not really going to battle without any ammunition. thats one thing you hope in every exam in case for some stupid reason you werent able to fully prepare yourself, have something sensible to write. anyway, right after the tax exam, its time to worry about succession. but i rented a movie first before officially starting to review for succession. so i used the remaining hours of wednesday, the entire thursday and friday morning studying for succession. and the time to take the exam came and when i finished it, my mind went blank. i just dont want to think about it. sure i was able to answer everything but everything was uncertain. crap. thats not good. anyway, by that time, i was pestering people about the PIL schedule for the ala moot court exam. i would rather think of PIL than succession. anyway, the second part of the PIL exam wasnt confirmed until monday morning, the same day of the exam. the exam was scheduled for 2 days, and fortunately or unfortunately, i was scheduled on the 2nd day. so most or some if not most, were surprised and confused of the sudden confirmation and schedule of the exam. and now, its the day after that exam. so the week was just about taking an exam or studying for an exam.

just got home. the exam ended 9:45pm. not sure if i did ok. for sure i didnt do well. i just hope my exam turns out to be not so bad. right after it, i was just speechless. not really because of its difficulty, i was expecting that but because im so tired. and im only halfway done. 2 down and 2 more exams to go. holy shit. and they're scheduled with one day intervals. no time to rest, and not enough time to study. and now im thinking of whether to go to sleep or to study for my tax law exam on wednesday.

just woke up. finally some sleep. but im not feeling well. crap. i hope its nothing. or its nothing serious. ive got three more exams. at least three

i barely slept last night and until now, i cant sleep. what the? i need sleep badly! and i just bought a coffee maker last night

im sleepy. just had my transpo exam a few hours ago. not sure if i did well. you can never really tell. these exams are just filled with uncertainty. anyway, right after the exam, i went to the mall to buy a coffee maker. finally, i bought one after weeks of window shopping and comparing prices. weird part is, ive been planning to buy a new set of earphones and a dvd player for months, and the idea to buy a coffee maker was just a few weeks ago and the one i bought first was the coffee maker. im just addicted to coffee. anyway, i hope i did well in my transpo exam.

i hope it rains tomorrow. i really like it when it rains

what have i been up to? well, just watched resident evil 3 (resident evil: extinction) a while ago, and it wasnt that bad. but it wasnt as good as i hoped it would be. i think its more worth watching on video than in cinemas. anyway, last friday, we watched a film for evidence. its "the return of martin guerre", which is based on a true story. i liked it so i watched it again the following day (two screening dates because because not all classes are available in one screening date). what else did i do last friday? i cant seem to remember. but for saturday, i spent most of my day in the library researching for my memorial. i was supposed to start on it last friday but it seems i wasnt able to do that. like i said, i cant remember what i did last friday aside from watch the film for evidence. wait, i remember now. we had another one of them tax lectures before the evidence film. and before that, i was reading my PIL readings to find stuff i can cite for my memorial. so i was able to work on my memorial as early as friday. then on sunday, i continued doing my research for PIL. so research in the library for saturday and online research for sunday. then monday, had succession, went to the mall to eat and read some more PIL stuff to cite and by monday night, started doing the memorial which i thought i could finish quickly. i was wrong of course because come 11am of tuesday, im still not done or not as done as i wanted to be. i think i took too long in some arguments that i forgot to apportion enough time for the other arguments. i thought i would finish it soon enough that i would be able to meet the deadline. well, i was able to submit it on time but i wasnt really able to write everything i wanted to write. anyway, had a sleepless night but still attended the tuesday succession class scheduled at 4pm which started at around 5pm. as for today, i started studying for the transpo exam for saturday. im aiming to study for evidence and tax tomorrow. as for succession, im reading it in "piecemeal" method

cmon sleepy feeling, hit me! i want to sleep!

after a very long and tiring day, i cant sleep. perfect. im in the mood to study too. but i cant. i need to go to school early to do some research for the memorial. and i dont think the reason i cant sleep is because im excited to do some research. i dont know why i cant sleep. somehow, the long class in evidence affected my sleeping pattern. ok, that last statement doesnt have any basis and purely an allegation snatched from thin air.

the evidence class extended until around 11pm! and i only had a hotdog sandwich for lunch! just got home. got a free ride from kate accompanied by third. had a very late dinner at jollibee with some of my blockmates. had the last day for PIL. and got a weird comment from kate, saying im angelic. a goody-goody. nice. thats what happened today. and no rain!

harsh as it may sound, law school has become easier if you shut out everyone else. like your family and friends. its really hard to keep juggling and allocating time. if you just focus on law school and to hell with everything else, then law school wont be as stressful. but thats living like adam sandler in Click. giving too much attention to work and the next thing he knows, he's old and dying and no idea what happened to his relationship with his family. i mean, the life of a lawyer is a lonely one and the life of a law student is a wretched life. why not get used to it and live that life? i mean, thats not really incompatible with the kind of life i have. just think of law school and to hell with everything else. i havent reached that kind of life but im heading there and getting near. this sem, ive spent a lot of time alone (this is the most "alone" that ive been in years). not sure if it helped or its been effective in raising my grades but so far, i dont mind living such a life (again). the more i keep this up, the more i will be like my highschool self, detached from everyone else. only this time, my head shouldnt be up in the clouds, it should be focused on what im supposed to do. and on that part, im still a bit far from the target. i need to make my mind sharper and my memory and retention better.

just got home. had succession and the continuation of the tax lecture by erwin and kate. the first one was better because i was more attentive last time. my mind just kept floating somewhere since succession so i really had a hard time focusing. then after the tax lecture, went to cubao to look for some coffee maker. still havent found a coffee maker cheap enough that i like.

had PIL. got called and gave a summary that sucked a lot. for some reason, i never get that summary right and the summary a while ago is the worst. a one sentence summary. well, it wasnt supposed to be but i got confused when the professor said we already tackled jurisdiction and so i doubted what i was supposed to say next and assumed i was wrong. well, it happened to be that if i continued talking, i was in the right track. another loss due to hesitation.

had evidence. even if already had a good recit last meeting, i still have doubts whether i do have an immunity from being called again. so im still preparing and would prepare for the next class meeting.

the succession finals had been moved. now i have to adjust my study schedule. not that im complaining but i have to re-arrange everything as soon as possible. time is of the essence.