Friday, October 03, 2008
finish line
29 september 2008. 10:15am. i woke up to the sound of my cellphone as a text message came in. almost like a routine, i thought to myself, i won't study until late that day since it's a monday after a bar exam sunday, but i had to prepare my books and reviewers for the following sunday. the thought lingered for a good few minutes. then i wasn't able to gather my thoughts as to what was the next subject i needed to study. then it dawned upom me that the entire thing was over. the bar exams ended the previous day. really surreal.
the journey ends here (i hope). the ride that spanned 4 years and 6 months was quite something. law school and everything that came with it molded me to the person that i am today. and despite everything, i do not regret having entered and continued with law school. the months that consisted the bar season were the longest and most tiring and stressful months that i've experienced. and while i acknowledge that what lies ahead after this would be far more stressful than this, taking the bar is not something i would ever want to take again. (Lord, please make me pass... please?)
with the stressful bar month came great people who provided relief (sometimes, comic) and made this somewhat enormous task of taking the bar (yes, mere taking the exams is an endeavor itself) more bearable. my heartfelt gratitude primarily to my ateneo human rights center family and to the ateneo central bar operations 2008. maraming salamat sa todo-todong pag-aasikaso, suporta at mga panalangin.
sa mga heads, understudies at volunteers ng central barops, salamat sa mga reviewers, tips, sa mga bumibili at nag-aakyat ng mga pagkain namin sa kwarto. sa mga nanggising sa amin ni bo sa kwarto (jake, alphie, carmi, kate at vina), sobrang salamat. (baka hindi kami nakapag-exam ng morning exams kundi dahil sa inyo).
to my ahrc family, a big big THANK YOU! it is only now that i really understood how much your help, prayers, and mere presence really is encouraging. (sana ay hindi naman kayo nahirapan sa mga requests ko). lyan, salamat sobra para sa lahat lahat! (lagi kong binabasa ang mga barops blogs at albums mo dahil napa-praning ako kaya kailangan kong i-check kung kasama ba sa "lists" mo yung mga requests ko. hahaha!) to the barops '08 heads, thank you and a congratulations! my batchmates (flory, mon and anna a), thank you for the support and words of encouragement. (flory, luto ka ulit next time. at oo, pwede ka nang mag-asawa! haha!) hindi ako magsasawang magpasalamat sa inyong lahat. ayoko nang isa-isahin ang mga pangalan at baka may makalimutan pa ako. basta, sa lahat lahat, maraming maraming salamat! sana ay masuklian ko ang lahat ng nagawa ninyo para sa akin.
to my family, thank you very much for everything. Mom, thank you. this one's for you...
above all, thank you my Lord for being with me each step of the way. ad majorem dei gloriam.
