20 chuvaneses

Going to law school for 2 years now, speaking to law students and lawyer-professors almost everyday changed how I understand, misunderstand and malunderstand things.  I developed abnormal habits, silly notions, expressions, etc.  Here are some things I tend/ usually do…

1.  Take every promise, accepted offer, or sometimes, simple statements as a contract… subject to reformation in proper cases, rescission when not conforming with the rules of equity, or simply void when I am the one prejudiced.

2.  Use the phrase fortuitous events for happenings which could simply be called accidents.

3. Tell my friends to sue their employers everytime I hear that they are treated unfairly (when their overtime hours are not paid, when they had to spend their time in the office while I’m having coffee in Starbucks alone.

4. Use the words accrue, rescind, estopped, default, and laches  in normal, everyday conversations.

5.  Use however, moreover, furthermore, nevertheless, consequently, subsequently, etc. more often than using apparently and obviously. 

6.  Use therefor, thereto, theretofore, heretofore, wherefore more often than therefore.

7. Bear in mind that TENDENCY is not a word I can use in law school!

8.  Invoke the principle of estoppel whenever one takes back what had been said of something. 

9.  Accuse people for committing estafa in its simplest forms.

10.  Misspell and totally forget the spelling of some simple words.

11.  Unconsciously avoid the use of contractions.

12. Make it seem like “uhhmm…” is an English word which could make me seem to be an intellectual know-it-all. Haha.  I seldom use that word. I hate it when I hear it; moreso if it comes from my own oral orifice (?)!

13. Add clauses to my sentences with the use of provided… until provided finally.

14.  Define rape without having to mention the word sex.

15. Develop a very sensitive sense of hearing… for the whispers.

16. Practice lip-reading.

17. Practice sign language in such a way that only the recipient of the message would see me.

18.  Sleep at 4am, wake up at 1pm everyday.

19.  Look for big bags whenever I go to the mall.

20.  Try to forget everything about laws whenever I go out with friends so I won’t bore them with something they are not interested in.

wala lang… I just miss my classes… I miss the feel of the aircon as it freezes me and makes my knees weak everytime I hear my name.  I miss the feeling of relief after class and reviving the tensed feeling a few minutes after kse may next class pa.  I miss the feeling of fulfillment whenever I have my shining moment and the feeling of embarassment and frustration after a kodak moment… specially when, the I did not sleep the night before just to finish reading the assigned articles.  I miss the feeling of [i-dont-know] when I memorize all the articles and I’m the only one who does not get called.  I miss the library where I stay whenever it’s hot like hell in our apartment.  I miss my classmates. I miss my housemates.