Sunday, March 14, 2004
Oooh Work
I'll be starting my BusinessWorld stint tomorrow. I just came back from the orientation at their New Manila office with the three other Locsin scholars. My job basically involves tagging along Carissa, one of BusinessWorld’s reporters, and coming up with one or more stories by deadline, which is 5 pm. My beats are DFA (the Department of Foreign Affairs), the Senate and (tanatantatan!) FPJ,
Tomorrow’s activities include attending a 2-hour presscon by the UN, starting at 9:30am at the New World Hotel in Makati (oooh, hotel food! Hehe). And then it’s off to the Senate for us.
A part of myself is happy about finally doing something productive (*Yey! No more rotting around the house watching TV until kingdom come!*). But a bigger part, well, wants more vacation time (*Boo! No more rotting around the house watching TV until kingdom come!*).
So many things, so little time. There’s the Ateneo law test this week. The week after the this is graduation and learning how to drive week. Then after that I might leave somewhere for holy week. And then it’s time to prepare for the *shudder* UP Law interview.
It’s not so much as the possibility of flunking that frightens me, since I still don’t know if I’m psyched about going to law school. What’s scary is facing a panel of 10-12 UP law faculty who will grill you for 30 minutes with questions ranging from the usual (“Why do you want to be a lawyer?” which I hope they don’t ask because I honestly don’t know, except perhaps that I’m pretty much secure with regard to finances and clientele when I become one) to the absurd (“Am I beautiful?” asked one of the panelist two years ago. C’mon, how do you answer that?). We’re requesting that I have my interview scheduled in the second week of April, just in time before we leave for the US on April 19. It’s going to be difficult if we move pa our booked flight.
Aaaah, I want one month to hang out with my little sisters, go out with friends and watch all the dramas and movies Nikki and I have accumulated last month. One month! Is that too much to ask?
But it looks like it is.
***
Today’s Sunday. I came back from mass a while ago and my reflexes told me to prepare for school, which I’ve been doing for the past 10 years or so. Then I suddenly I thought, there’s no more school for you dummy. Ever (That is unless I go to law school). Still hard to get used to it though. I wonder how many Sundays will pass before I’ll get used to the fact.
posted by melich on 03:18
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
I'm baaaaaaaaaack....for now
I promised a couple of people I’d move to LJ once this sem is finished, but I’m still too tamad to make a new web journal so I’ll have to make do with this one first. I missed blogging! And I feel that I have to vent out now because I can’t find my diary. I might erase this entry soon, but for now it’s here.
An hour ago, my grade school kabarkada April texted me, telling me that the UP LAE results are already. I was just starting the GTO movie when I received the text, and suddenly I didn’t have the appetite for it anymore. The spell was broken. There I was, spending the week after finals, the week after school is over for crying out loud, watching movies (the fruits of our labor), with horrid thoughts such as “the future” or “work”, or worse, “law school” completely blocked out of my mind when suddenly this one text message wakes me up, forcing me out of my beautiful, beautiful dream. Arrgh. Talk about cold shower.
So anyway, to get it over with, since I was pretty sure I wouldn’t pass given the preparation I had (or lack of thereof, in other words, napilitan lang) for the test, I texted my good friend Kat, who was in UP at that time, to please check the results for me since I wanted to relay the “bad” news to mi papa pronto. Actually, I wanted him to stop with his delusion about me getting into his beloved Alma matter and soon taking over his beloved law firm. I’m not yet sure what I want to do in the future, but becoming a lawyer is at the bottom of my list.
Anyway, in the middle of practicing how to break the news to my dad (“Daddy, Kat saw the list of those who passed the LAE, but wala name ko…” or “Daddy! Sabi sayo hindi ako papasa eh! [Kaya lang masyadong obvious]”), Kat texted me…she saw my name in the list in Malcolm Hall. And worse, written beside my name are these words: Qualified for interview. My first reaction: “Oh noooooooo! Why???” I mean it feels good to reach round two, but then what?
And I don’t understand, I remember not finishing 3 parts, including the friggin essay portion, so what happened? If I am to pass, I could’ve at least be qualified for acceptance, like the small, small lot of those henyo students, but noooooooo, life had to make me take an interview with those UP admissions people who will probably cook my brains and have it for breakfast. But the worse is, my trip to the States next month (where I am supposed to look for work there) will be moved, or worse will get cancelled, which will mean screwing up my plans.
I can see my plans for the summer, my plans for my life going down the drain. My dad knows I don’t like to go to law school, but still he insists on me taking it. I’m bagay daw for law school and once I have a taste for it I’m sure to like it. And besides, I won’t earn much with my course (Communications), and sayang naman daw yung law firm nila ni mommy. As far as I can remember, they’ve groomed to become a lawyer. I grew up hearing law terms at the dinner table (hear about so and so judge who cited so and so for contempt), and they’d teach me things, too. They’d bring me to court as well as to alumni get-togethers where we’d get together with their compañeros and comañeras and their respective families.
Two weeks ago, my dad and I had a major fight when I told him I don’t like to take the Ateneo law school because I don’t see the point. It will be just a waste of P1200 since I had my sights set on going to the States after graduation. My dad went berserk, told me that we had talked about it (me taking the Ateneo law entrance test) already and that it will simply be a back up plan. More so, he threatened to cancel my trip to the States this summer (although I know that after his anger would subside, so will his threats). I don’t usually answer back when we have these fights but I accused him of dictating my life, and he seemed genuinely hurt. He asked if I had a better plan, a plan in which I will guarantee a good future for me. Since I didn’t have anything yet, I remained silent. I know it means so much to him that I’ll go to law school. If I tell people my situation they’d easily say, tell your dad how you feel. It’s your life, he shouldn’t have a say in it. But it’s not that easy. It’s never that easy, and things are really more complicated than it seems.
I just broke the news to my mom, saying that I didn’t want to go to UP Law, I didn’t want to do the interview. It turns out that my dad was with her, so mommy excitedly relayed the news to him. “Sabi ko na eh!” my dad was shouting, “Sabi ko na anak ko mag-UUP law din!” or something to that effect. I told him not to get his hopes up high because of the interview portion, but he seemed to block out that part. I swear, I can almost hear him dancing. He was so happy, which broke my heart because I was feeling just the opposite.
My dad handed the phone back to my mom. I repeated my pleas “I don’t want to go.” “Bibigyan ka daw ni daddy ng kotse,” my mom said. “I don’t care, I don’t want to go.” I asked, how about our trip this summer? It will have to be moved. We’re booked kasi next month, on the 19th. So instead of me looking for a job already when I get to the States, I have to wait for the results of the interview.
Is this a sign that I’m not meant to go to LA after grad? Oooooh, I don’t know.
***
In other news, my brother won the position he ran for-VP Human Resources-in his org, AMA. It’s weird, the results should’ve been out last week, but he found out only last night. When we counted the votes for the Celadon elections two weeks ago, the results came out four hours after we started counting! My other brother naman, the one who still goes to LSGH, passed UP, but sa Los Baños sya. My parents are convincing him to go there, but ayaw niya kasi I think he sees Los Baños as probinsya. UPLB is a beautiful campus, reminds me of UBC, and I’d jump at the chance to get to study there (not that I’m regretting going to Ateneo or anything), sayang naman he doesn’t like to go there. My parents seem to see his point, although they (particularly my dad) are nasasayangan. What’s with UP anyway?
***
Ann, Rom, Nik and I have this “freedom” month—one month in between finals week and vacation, in between being full-time students and full-time employees (or students again). We made a list of things we would do, basta the point is we’d try to hang out with each other as much as possible to make most of our break. Our “freedom” month just started last Monday, when Ann and Nik’s philo orals commenced. We went straight to Ann’s place and watched some videos (Chasing Papi! The ultimate flick when you’re watching with your girlfriends). Yesterday, Ann and I, together with my high school kabarkada Kat and Nik and Ann’s HS friend Anna went to UP for lunch in Chocolate Kiss. It’s funny because we saw other high school people there, including a classmate, JP, whom we haven’t seen in a long time. “Poveda reunion ah!” JP exclaimed when she saw us. Then Anna, Ann and I went to Ann’s house to catch “The Other” and “Serendipity”, pigging out on Gonuts Donuts on the side. Sarap!
Things we have lined up for “freedom” month:
- Sleepover at my place (watching Kdramas, Asian movies and those sort of things.)
- Get a body scrub or a massage together at a Spa. (Perhaps we’ll go to that one near my place) Ahh, bliss!
- Go to Makati, spend half a day sipping coffee while reading books at Powerbooks, and half a day shopping in Greenbelt
- Go to our rest house in Batangas, watch videos, take a boat ride to Taal, and fish
- Go to EK! Imo and Nikki haven’t been there
- Perhaps go to the Celadon ball with our corresponding dates (Imo with “Imo”, Nikki with his “King”, Ann and her, well, gulat looking boy and Rom with his boy (the one with lots of piercing, hehe). Me? I’ll go stag.:P
- Nikki and I will burn cds and enjoy the fruits of our labor (last month we traded a lot of our cds with, well, more cds. This month, we’ll start watching them).
- Go to Nik and Rom’s place and, well, watch videos and pig out.
***
I just realized that my freedom month with my friends would be cut short because of the following things:
- Internship at BusinessWorld for my Journalism Scholarship (whole day work for 7 days, or possibly longer, starting March 14)
- A few assignments for 2bU
- Getting my teeth extracted. Yeah I know, I keep on procrastinating this one, but I must do it before I leave for the States
- Learning how to drive (which I have to do too before I leave)
posted by melich on 03:25
I'm baaaaack.....for now
I promised a couple of people I’d move to LJ once this sem is finished, but I’m still too tamad to make a new web journal so I’ll have to make do with this one first. I missed blogging! And I feel like venting out now and I can’t find my diary. I might erase this entry soon, but for now it’s here.
An hour ago, my grade school kabarkada April texted me, telling me that the UP LAE results are already. I was just starting the GTO movie when I received the text, and suddenly I didn’t have the appetite for it anymore. The spell was broken. There I was, spending the week after finals, the week after school is over for crying out loud, watching movies (the fruits of our labor), with horrid thoughts such as “the future” or “work”, or worse, “law school” completely blocked out of my mind when suddenly this one text message wakes me up, forcing me out of my beautiful, beautiful dream. Arrgh. Talk about cold shower.
So anyway, to get it over with, since I was pretty sure I wouldn’t pass given the preparation I had (or lack of thereof, in other words, napilitan lang) for the test, I texted my good friend Kat, who was in UP at that time, to please check the results for me since I wanted to relay the “bad” news to mi papa pronto. Actually, I wanted him to stop with his delusion about me getting into his beloved Alma matter and soon taking over his beloved law firm. I’m not yet sure what I want to do in the future, but becoming a lawyer is at the bottom of my list.
Anyway, in the middle of practicing how to break the news to my dad (“Daddy, Kat saw the list of those who passed the LAE, but wala name ko…” or “Daddy! Sabi sayo hindi ako papasa eh! [Kaya lang masyadong obvious]”), Kat texted me…she saw my name in the list in Malcolm Hall. And worse, written beside my name are these words: Qualified for interview. My first reaction: “Oh noooooooo! Why???”
I don’t understand, I remember not finishing 3 parts of the 5 1/2 hour long test, including the friggin essay portion, so what happened? If I am to pass, shouldn't i have at least qualified for acceptance to UP Law, like the small, small lot of those henyo students? But nooo, life had to make me take an interview with those UP admissions people who will probably cook my brains and have it for breakfast. But worse is, my trip to the States next month (where I am supposed to look for work there) will be moved, or worse will get cancelled, because of this one big cosmic joke.
I can see my plans for the summer, my plans for my life going down the drain. My dad knows I don’t like to go to law school, but still he insists on me taking it. I’m bagay daw for law school and once I have a taste for it I’m sure to like it. And besides, I won’t earn much with my course (Communications), and sayang naman daw yung law firm nila ni mommy. As far as I can remember, they’ve groomed to become a lawyer. I grew up hearing law terms at the dinner table (hear about so and so judge who cited so and so for contempt), and they’d teach me things, too. They’d bring me to the courts as well as to their alumni get-togethers where we’d get together with their compañeros and compañeras and their respective families.
Two weeks ago, my dad and I had a major fight when I told him I don’t like to take the Ateneo law school because I don’t see the point. It will be just a waste of P1200 since I had my sights set on going to the States after graduation. My dad went berserk, told me that we had talked about it (me taking the Ateneo law entrance test) already and that it will simply be a back up plan. More so, he threatened to cancel my trip to the States this summer (although I know that after his anger would subside, so will his threats). I don’t usually answer back when we have these fights but I accused him of dictating my life, and he seemed genuinely hurt. He asked if I had a better plan, a plan in which I will guarantee a good future for me. Since I didn’t have anything yet, I remained silent. I know it means so much to him that I’ll go to law school. If I tell people my situation they’d easily say, tell your dad how you feel. It’s your life, he shouldn’t have a say in it. But it’s not that easy. It’s never that easy, and things are really more complicated than it seems.
I just broke the news about the LAE results to my mom (called her cellphone), whining that I didn’t want to go to UP Law, I didn’t want to do the interview. It turns out that my dad was with her, so mommy excitedly relayed the news to him. “Sabi ko na eh!” my dad said while grabbing the phone, shouting excitedly, “Sabi ko na anak ko mag-UUP law din!” or something to that effect. I told him not to get his hopes up high because of the interview portion, but he seemed to block out that part. I swear, I can almost hear him dancing. He was so happy, which broke my heart because I was feeling just the opposite.
My dad handed the phone back to my mom. I repeated my “I don’t want to go” pleas. “Bibigyan ka daw ni daddy ng kotse,” my mom said. “I don’t care, I don’t want to go.” I asked, how about our trip this summer? It will have to be moved. We’re booked kasi next month, on the 19th. So instead of me looking for a job already when I get to the States, I have to wait for the results of the interview.
Is this a sign that I’m not meant to go to LA after grad? Oooooh, I don’t know.
***
In other news, my brother won the position he ran for-VP Human Resources-in his org, AMA. It’s weird, the results should’ve been out last week, but he found out only last night. When we counted the votes for the Celadon elections two weeks ago, the results came out four hours after we started counting!
My other brother naman, the one who still goes to LSGH, passed UP, but sa Los Baños sya. My parents are convincing him to go there, but ayaw niya kasi I think he sees Los Baños as probinsya. UPLB is a beautiful campus, reminds me of UBC, and I’d jump at the chance to get to study there (not that I’m regretting going to Ateneo or anything), sayang naman he doesn’t like to go there. My parents seem to see his point, although they (particularly my dad) are nasasayangan. What’s with UP anyway?
***
Ann, Rom, Nik and I have this “freedom” month—one month in between finals week and vacation, in between being full-time students and full-time employees (or students again). We made a list of things we would do, basta the point is we’d try to hang out with each other as much as possible to make most of our break. Our “freedom” month just started last Monday, when Ann and Nik’s philo orals commenced. We went straight to Ann’s place and watched some videos (Chasing Papi! The ultimate flick when you’re watching with your girlfriends). Yesterday, Ann and I, together with my high school kabarkada Kat and Nik and Ann’s HS friend Anna went to UP for lunch in Chocolate Kiss. It’s funny because we saw other high school people there, including a classmate, JP, whom we haven’t seen in a long time. “Poveda reunion ah!” JP exclaimed when she saw us. Then Anna, Ann and I went to Ann’s house to catch “The Other” and “Serendipity”, pigging out on Gonuts Donuts on the side. Sarap!
Things we have lined up for “freedom” month:
- Sleepover at my place (watching Kdramas, Asian movies and those sort of things.)
- Get a body scrub or a massage together at a Spa. (Perhaps we’ll go to that one near my place) Ahh, bliss!
- Go to Makati, spend half a day sipping coffee while reading books at Powerbooks, and half a day shopping in Greenbelt
- Go to our rest house in Batangas, watch videos, take a boat ride to Taal, and fish
- Go to EK! Imo and Nikki haven’t been there
- Perhaps go to the Celadon ball with our corresponding dates (Imo with “Imo”, Nikki with his “King”, Ann and her, well, gulat looking boy and Rom with his boy (the one with lots of piercing, hehe). Me? I’ll go stag.:P
- Nikki and I will burn cds and enjoy the fruits of our labor (last month we traded a lot of our cds with, well, more cds. This month, we’ll start making copies for ourselves and watching them).
- Go to Nik and Rom’s place and, well, watch videos and pig out.
***
I just realized that my freedom month with my friends would be cut short because of the following things:
- Internship at BusinessWorld for my Journalism Scholarship (whole day work for 7 days, or possibly longer, starting March 14)
- A few assignments for 2bU
- Getting my teeth extracted. Yeah I know, I keep on procrastinating this one, but I must do it before I leave for the States
- Learning how to drive (which I have to do too before I leave)
***
Life's so short
posted by melich on 03:25
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