now, it's dedicated!

I woke up pretty early today. And yeah, it's a unique enough event to deserve mentioning.

I flipped off the covers prematurely this morning for a 9am exam at NEC Technologies, a Japanese company most Anime fans would be familiar with. The alarm rang at about 7, leaving me an hour to haphazardly put on some clothes and another hour to pick my way through the unfamiliar realm of saturday morning traffic.

A sadistic headache escorted me to the bath. That, stray thoughts about the Bridge to Terabithia, a half-digested platter of buffalo wings & a Twilight Zone DVD were the guilty residues of the fun night before. I grit my teeth, put my pants on and walked out the door with my half-ass resume and a thoughtful box of HP my adorable sis left for me.

The company was in Fort Bonifacio, in a cheerful yellow building there that made me think of lego on steroids. I was early so I sat in an embarrassingly-noisy leather couch and worried. My friend prepped me on what to expect: utter C++ hell disguised as an NEC application exam. I tried to calm myself down, reviewing notes on Bubble sorts and other Com-Sci stuff you learn in college and never really get to use in real life. I ended up worrying some more.

Of course, all the while I looked calm, secretly hoping the 2 people I'm taking the exam with notice my eerily placid face and start worrying themselves. I guess that worked coz they seemed to be holding each others hands. Never mind that they smile too much, that their a guy and a gal or that Valentines was 2 weeks ago.

After 3 hours, some propaganda they call "company introduction" and the application exam, my feet stepped out and casually strolled along the overcast streets of The Fort. My head though was floating around in the clouds musing about working in Japan, acceptable 6-digit salaries and maybe the Nobel prize for inventing the next big thing since tissue paper.

I couldn't help but smile at the shiny future my parents got me for my very first birthday, so then and there I decided to finish my thesis for 'em. What parent wouldn't love such a practical gift?

Panda's consumed: 3
Yan-yan's regretfully consumed: 1
Panda of the day: 8. Archery
Nostalgia of the day: "*p = &x;"

the greeting biscuits

Nabaliw ako today.

Lumabas ako ng bahay at naglakad nang ka-layo hangang Sucat Rd., habang nasa ilalim ng matinding init ng araw, para lang bumili ng biskwit. Para lang bumili ng Hello Panda.

Syempre, yung thesis ko nasa bahay lang, kunwari gumagawa mag-isa.

Si bili talaga pasimuno nito e. Humirit isang araw na naghahanap ng Hello Panda at naalala ko na lang yung panahon nung gradeschool ako.

Makikita ko yung isang kaklase ko may Hello Panda tapos hihingi ako, tapos ansarap, tapos hihingi ako uli, tapos nde na ko bibigyan. Konti na lang kasi yung Hello Panda. Humingi na din kasi yung iba.

Matagal ko nang nakalimutan yun, pero na-realize ko na lang ngayon na yung craving ko naman for Pocky ay ang nagba-balat-kayong gutom ng Hello Panda.

So ngayong matanda na -- at may laman na ang wallet -- ko, todo indulge! Asahan nyo pag may condo na ko, meron ako stock ng HP at Pocky, chilled.

would you enroll me?

After checking out pilot applications my dad hinted on (probably to stave off any thoughts of a career in flight stewardship), I obliged my mom's wishes and mossied on to Ateneo College of Law's website and took a look at the law requirements there.

They haven't changed since last I looked before UP LAE, but my nonchalant gaze has. I look at them now calculatingly, and what I see are 9 units I lack and 2 letters of recommendation I have no idea where I'm going to pull out (of my ass?) from.

A link to the left caught me though, a quick click sent me to an online application form which could be unreliable (I'm not exactly sure where to put my 'II') but I filled it up anyway.

After the birth dates and Yes/No questions, the application surprised me with these 3 questions. I tried to answer them as consciously honest as I could:

What are your strong points?

Well, as far as my limited understanding of what it takes to be, at the least, a passing lawyer, all I can offer are:
- an expediently academic mind, willing to learn and hungry for guidance
- and, a devoted heart fiercely loyal to a justified purpose

What are your weak points?

As far as I can relevantly see
- my shabby background on accounting may impair me in negotiation and conveyancing but my experience with math should serve to ameliorate this
- also, I have put myself at a disadvantage against my fellow applicants due to the choice of course I took in college. I may not have the required units, but I will make every effort to comply with any imposition short of missing enrollment this 2007.

If admitted, how much time can you devote to your study of law?
As long as I'm awake.

How do you intend to support your studies?
My parents are willing to sponsor me as best they can through this endeavor

Please state any additional statements to support your application.

I am much aware that the opportunity to study law under Ateneo is scarce. Set against the large population of potentials drawn by its renown, I see clearly that the odds of getting in are slim.

But, I want to try. I want to apply despite that and see if I've got what it takes, maybe more. I may sound foolish and immature in saying this, but I see law as an opportunity to make a mark in the world.

It's a dream I've always had and always wondered about. Perhaps, law is the ticket I've been searching for all along.

So, would you enroll me?

movie wall!

Salamat, iwi! Nag-aalala ako noon na baka yung mga paborito kong movie e makakalimutan ko na lang bago ako magka-cash para pambili ng maraming DVD.

This is so much more fun (and convenient) than writing down some odd list somewhere, which'll probably get trashed, deleted, burned, eaten by insects or some other fiber crushing, pulp-obliterating event.

Yey for great movies!

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