The first experience to lead

Aside from academics, this one pressures me even more.

I am the type of person who is comfortable in working alone. I hate interferences and conflicts. The decisions are just for myself and dislikes the concept of accountability by myself.

Suddenly, I was chosen to lead my classmates. I'm not sure if I can bear this responsibility. Dealing with my classmates and my professors are not easy considering that it's my first time. Maybe, it is very easy for others who has the previous experience; but in my case, I don't really know.

All important announcements are my responsibility for my classmates' right to information. There are times that I have to make big and on the spot decisions affecting my classmates in case of time constraints. I should have proper sense of management and a wide foresight. All errors shall be shouldered my me.

To obtain the best results, I believe that doing it all by myself systematically is the proper way. But I think that I stand wrongly. Getting the concurrence of every class members and the professors (considering that they are lawyers and magistrates) needs some sort of skills which I'm trying to learn for now.

My conscience will really torture me if a wrong decision will be pronounced by myself. Everybody seems to be blaming me even if I already did my best that I can to resolve the issue. They will tend to ask why is it like this or like that, how did it happen, will this push through, and other critical questions.

But, it is not yet the end.

One concerned classmate of mine said:

"Tulungan lang pare, 'wag mong sarilinin."

The terror ends...

Through amicable settlement with the help of the Student Council, my complaint, in behalf of the class, against the "terror" professor turned-out fine. :)

The professor has already explained his side and we assume that he already understood our side.

Thank you for those people in the Civil Law Student Council who helped us in the resolution of this problem.

With that, all statements against that professor in my previous blog entries are hereby REPEALED. :)

After the class, we went to dapitan square and have our first 2AA drinking session. :)



***extra curricular updates.

- - elected as one of the batch representatives ---> more responsibility...
- - still making the lay-out of our Student Council news letter --> I hope that it'll be fine...

Why Shouldn't I drop?

It's 12:33 AM. I gave up reading...

I'm not yet finished reading and understanding the cases in Labor Relations Law.
- Rights of the the Members of Labor Organizations.
- Remedies in case of violation of rights.
- Unfair Labor Practices.

My mind is very tired and sick of reading these following words:
- Labor Organization
- Union
- Med Arbiter
- Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR)
- National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
- Labor Arbiter
- Reyes Trajano
- Ferrer-Calleja
- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
- Secretary of Labor and Employment
- Federation
- Local Charter
- Independent Union
- Unfair Labor Practices
- Labor Code
- Omnibus Rules
- Voluntary Arbitration
- Certification Election
- Petition for Certification Election
- Employees
- Employer
- Union Security Clauses
- Closed Shop
- Union Shop
- Modified Union Shop
- and other related words

A number of my classmates dropped the subject.
- - for these concurring reasons - -
- - WE DO NOT LIKE THE STYLE OF THE PROFESSOR - -
- - Aside from he only terrorizes us, WE ARE NOT LEARNING SOMETHING - -
- - UNFAIR - -
- - The saying of 1 MILLION UNITS - -

I decided. I WILL NOT DROP.

I really understand why my classmates dropped.

BUT...
I have more compelling reasons for my self why not to drop.
As I contemplate, I thought of these reasons...

1. I survived my 1st year not using my full effort and skills without failing a single subject.
--- This only means that I can do better this year than the previous year.
--- All I have to do is to add more effort and my the improvement of my skills will follow.


2. I got a grade of 87 percent in my Labor Standards class to a professor who has a better credentials than my present instructor and has a strict standards in grading.
--- Why should I be afraid to a professor who only knows is to terrorize?


3. I'm the class president. I should be a role-model. I should be strong.
--- Our class should stand strong. I don't want to fail them. We should fight!


4. My friends in the Faculty of Civil Law are always there for support!
--- We can do this together! United we are strong!


5. Aside from being a Thomasian. I must not forget that I'm a La Sallian!
--- It is a shame for me, being a La Sallian, that I will just give-up with this small trial!
--- ANIMO! xxx and never shall we fail!

All contradictions from my previous blog entries are hereby repealed! lolz

It's now 1:42 AM... Time to sleep... The new morning is waiting for me. :)

A Crucial Stage

I am now in the stage of contemplating if my decision of studying law is right.

I know that most of you know that I just a happy-go-lucky person who hates reading and studying.

A conventional law student, as they said, should be reading and studying much which I'm not doing. They say that a law student should be studying at least more than 50% of their time which I failed to do.

Yes, I know that I have a lot of time to study. But I'm not really comfortable doing it.

Reading lots of cases...
Memorizing provisions of law...
NO WAY

With that way of attitude, it seems that I can't survive in the Faculty of Civil Law.

I'm just studying 1-2 hours a day and that's it.

In my first year, I don't know why I survived with that kind of study habits considering more that half of my classmates, who studies a lot more than I do, were debarred from UST.
PS: I didn't fail a single subject...

I'm really wondering why.

Maybe, I'm just LUCKY... I'm NOT BRILLIANT anyway...

I repeat... I HATE READING (cases) AND MEMORIZING (provisions).
I can't force myself to do so...

I cannot make myself a conventional law student. I'm trying to do but I really can't do so!

I'm still allowed to drop subjects before August 3rd.
I'm still thinking about it...

Question: Should I really act as a "conventional law student" in order to survive?

So tired...

Last night, I went to the birthday dinner of a high school friend in Quezon City after my evening law class. It was fun and happy seeing my high school friends after a long time.

Have some games.
Have some drinks.

I got home for about 4am this morning.

I went to school at 8am.

I was called for the recitation in Negotiable Instruments Law.
I was called for the recitation in Labor Relations Law.
I was called for the recitation in Public Corporations.

GRAND SLAM!!!

stressed...

3 hours of Law on Property... movable, immovable...
Sobrang bilis...
Article 415 - Article 439.
Isang meeting lang 'yun.
Buti na lang hindi natawag.

On our way home,
Sinubukan namin ang Roxas Blvd. route.
Akala namin, may left turn papuntang Vito Cruz...
'Yan tuloy, sa MoA pa kami naka-ikot.
Pero ok lang 'yun...

Sapagkat mas nakaka-pressure ang Labor Standards Law bukas...
1 Million Units!!! (hoping for the class suspension)
...and Criminal Procedures...

Anong mas nakakatakot? Law Recitation o Multo?

May nabasa akong isang blog na nagsasabing may nagpaparamdam daw sa room 141 ng UST Main Building. Ang room 141 ang aming silid-alaran noong 1st year at maging ngayong 2nd year. Ang balita daw ay may namatay na isang mag-aaral ng Pharmacy sa naturang silid na naka-upo sa may bandang likuran. Sa may bandang likuran din ako naka-upo. Marami na daw kaso ng pag-paparamdam ang naging usap-usapan sa Main Building ng UST tulad nang pagpapakita daw ng isang espiritu na hugis pari.

Medyo nakakatakot ang mga ganoong usapan lalo na't isang hot spot ang aming silid-aralan.

Ngayon, saan ba dapat mas matakot? sa recitation na mahirap sagutin o sa multo na talagang nakakakikilabot?

Who is the legal counsel in that case?

Ano bang klaseng tanong yan?

2nd year law is a joke anymore...

Now, I realized that 1st year law is just really the start and a lot easier than second year.

From 3 or 4 major subjects in 1st year to 7 damn major subjects in second year!!!

...more cases... ...less relaxed subjects...

...less time for leisure... ...more time spent for studying...

If the mortality rate of in 1st year is 57%... how about 2nd year which is a lot more difficult?

Despite of all those things, all I need to do is to study, study, study and study...

I might disappear in the social realm on the following days...

My last night in Batangas before I go back to Manila

June 15 is fast approaching.
It's time to be ready for my comeback to the Faculty of Civil Law.

Vacation is officially over.

I can feel the shift.

I just packed my things (clothes and gadgets). I'll be going to Manila tomorrow. I'll be going away from hometown for a while.

Too bad, my room renovation is not yet done. Probably, I can only use my soon-to-be-newly-renovated room on October after the first semester.

My second year in the Faculty of Civil Law is a new chapter of my life. My 1st year block is now dissolved because of the debarment (kick out) of most of my former classmates. I'm assigned to a new block. ...not quite a major adjustment...

Things to look forward:

New classmates... that's for sure... but there are still former classmates of mine who survived... less than 15, I think...

College friends... I can probably see/visit them again... Kim, Ina and company in Makati... Maybe more often time with Brian and Ponch because their schools (San Beda and Baste) are just nearby... Selle, a friend of mine from LSPO, who is an incoming freshman in the Faculty of Civil Law... I'm also looking forward for the incoming UAAP games! ANIMO La Salle still!!! :)

Highschool friends/barkada... hoping to hang-out with barkada, Joshua, Jerahmeel and Jade, who are now Manila based, hoping that Carl and Gerard can go to Manila also... together with my other highschool friends. :)

New subjects... Criminal Procedure, Property, Labor Relations, Land Titles and Deeds, Sales, Public Corporation, and Negotiable Instruments... Quite tough but I'll do my very best! Study harder!!!

Most of all, My condominium in Vito Cruz Towers :) 36 inches LCD TV with cable, faster internet connection... landline... fastfood delivery... :)))

My 1st semester 2nd year law school schedule

Classes Starts on June 8, 2009

Monday:

06:00pm - 09:00pm Properties

Tuesday:

06:00pm - 07:00pm Criminal Procedure
07:00pm - 09:00pm Labor Relations

Wednesday:

06:00pm - 07:00pm Criminal Procedure
07:00pm - 08:00pm Vacant
08:00pm - 09:00pm Properties

Thursday:

06:00pm - 08:00pm Sales

Friday:

06:00pm - 08:00pm Land Titles and Deeds
08:00pm - 09:00pm Negotiable Instruments Law

Saturday:

10:00am - 12:00pm Negotiable Instruments Law
12:00pm - 01:00pm Labor Relations
01:00pm - 02:00pm Vacant
02:00pm - 04:00pm Public Corporation

My Video Game Line up this Summer :)

At Last! Summer Vacation and a two months continuous break from law school!!
Therefore, it's gaming time for me!!!

Here are my line up of games for the summer:

For Sony PSP:

1. Resistance Retribution
2. Valkyrie Profile
3. Star Ocean 1
4. Star Ocean 2
5. Chrono Cross (PSX)

For Nintendo DS

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
3. The World Ends with You
4. Suikoden Tierkreis
5. Ninja Gaiden
6. Grand Theft Auto China Town
7. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
8. Pokemon Platinum
9. Final Fantasy IV

Just an advice for other law students...
Don't think of law school when it's summer vacation otherwise, you'll not be able to enjoy it because you're thinking of the exam results and final grade. :)

That's all and Happy Vacation to Everyone ^_^

1st year 1st semester grades

At last. The Office released our grades!!!
My grades are not that high. The only information that I will give is that I don't have a failing mark and I'm not in probation. My QPI is above 78 (QPI below 78 will be subject to probation).
I feel that the second semester shall be trice more difficult so need to work more harder to save me from debarment.

My Collection of Law Books

Law School is not yet over for me!!!!

I'm now officially enrolled for the second semester in law school and this is my schedule:

Monday:

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Legal Writing
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Obligations and Contract


Tuesday:

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Constitutional Law


Wednesday:

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Obligations and Contract


Thursday:

5:00 pm - 6:00pm Legal Writing
6:00 pm - 8:00pm (Vacant)
8:00 pm - 9:00pm Criminal Law 2


Friday:

NO CLASSES!!!!


Saturday:

11:00am - 12:00pm Roman Law and Philosophy of Law
12:00pm - 1:00pm (Vacant)
1:00pm - 3:00pm Labor Standards

The exact figures of my grades are not yet released. The office told me that all my subjects except PERSONS are all passed because our grade in persons is not yet given by the professor to the office. I'm still eligible to enroll in just in case I fail that subject (PERSONS) because I passed the rest. BTW, in UST, PERSONS is not a prerequisite to OBLICON. I don't care if I have a failing subject or be in probation because law school is really hard. The important thing is the fact that I'm not yet kicked out from law school. I'm really happy today because I successfully enrolled for the second semester despite that the grades are not yet released.

The Finals of the Law First Semester is Over....

SPEECHLESS!!!!!!!!!

It's really hard to speak.

I don't know what should I feel.

It's very different from the College Final Exams.

Enough Said.

What a terror professor would say

This is an indicator that a law professor will cold bloodedly flank students indiscriminately:

A professor of mine in Persons and Family Relations with a suspicious smile said (essentially) that:

"You know class, it's not yet the end of the world if it happened that you have been debarred from this University. Don't Lose hope. You can still pursue your dreams in other law schools. I have classmates here in UST that finished their law in other schools due to debarment. but still, they are also lawyers like me."

Interpretation: Assume that I will flunk you because I'll really do and that's the general rule. But remember that there are always exception to the general rule.

A Crucial Midterm Political Law Question

5. A (Chinese father) and B (Filipino mother) were married on February 14, 1972. Thier child born on January 17, 1973. IS the child a Philippine citizen? Does the child need to perform an act to acquire or perfect his Philippine citizenship? If so, is the child a natural-born Philippine citizen? (10%)

My Answer:

The child is not a Philippine citizen because his mother is already a Chinese Citizen at the time of birth. The child is not already under paragraph 3, Section 1 of Article 4 of the constituition because it only covers those who are born before January 17, 1973. He is not also covered by the provision those who have Filipino mother or father because the mother is already a Chinese Citizen (Note: before January 17, 1973, Filipina who marries a Chinese man will terminate her Filipino Citizenship according to the Chinese law because the 1935 constitution does not protect the citizenship of a Filipina who is married to an alien). The child need to perform an act to aquire or perfect his Philippine citizenship through naturalization that means, he is not a natural-born because natural born only includes paragraphs 1-3 of the Section 1, Ariticle IV of the Constitution.

Score: 10/10

For the record, only two of us got a full credit in that question, the other one is an accountancy proffessor in UST. I just got 79% in political law but it is not bad anymore because the professor in that subject is rumored to be a terror and a number of the members of the class didn't make it to the passing grade. As of now, I just got three midterm results and the other two are just 1 unit subjects. (Legal Research: 86%, Law and Values: 83%) The results of the othr two important (Criminal Law 1 and Person and Family Relations Law) subects are not yet released.

Considering DLSU Law

I'm currently studying in UST Faculty of Civil Law and I'll give a fair comparison of the two law schools.

1. Duration
UST has 4 year curriculum while DLSU has 3 years. Therefore, in both schools, I can possibly take the bar exam on 2012.

> Decision Abstain

2. Degree
UST offers L.L.B. degree while DLSU offers the J.D. Honestly, I really don't care about the J.D. vs. the L.L.B. thing. The important is that both degrees can qualify a Filipino Citizen to take the bar exam.

> Decision Abstain

3. Time Established
UST is the oldest law school in the Philippines while DLSU is the newest. The date of establishment is an immaterial area of comparison if where is the better law school.

> Decision Abstain

4. Academic Performance
As of now, I don't have the basis of comparing this because DLSU law school has not yet started its operation.

> Decision Abstain

5. Cost
Obviously, DLSU has higher tuition fee then UST but money is never a factor for me as long as I get the proper education I need.

> Decision Abstain

6. Transportaion
From my residence, DLSU is a lot nearer than UST because DLSU is just a walking distance.

> 1 point for DLSU for that instance

******

It is said that DLSU law will just accept 90 students for next year so the entrance exam is, I think, not an easy one. There are still many factors that are to be considered aside from those mentioned. As of now, I still have no decision if I'll stay in UST or transfer to DLSU. No one really knows what happens next.

Studying Law brings back my Very Cold Heart

Without noticing it, when I start stuying law, little by little, the emotional part of me weakens as days goes by.

I never feel happiness.

I never feel sadness.

I never feel love.

I never feel pity.

I never care for strangers.

All inside me is a cold heart.

A cold heart that never loves

A cold heart that fears no one and nothing

A cold heart that is full of will

A cold heart that is driven by justice and retribution

A cold heart that never forgives

A cold heart that is full of pride

I act without tighing emotions.

I act without considering values.

But I assure that I don't act violating the rights of other people.

In my present state, my mind is saying that strong emotions is not right for me.

Strong emotions will just make me weaker and uncertain.

I'm not cruel, I'm just logical.

I still care for my friends and family but never driven by emotions.

I just need to do my duty to study and finish what I've started.

I clearly know what I want because there's no emotions bothering me.

Dura lex sed lex (the law may be harsh but it is still the law)