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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Good Luck, 2008 Bar Examinees!

It’s hard to believe it’s been two years. How could that be, when the memories lodged in my brain are as fresh as yesterday’s? Well, maybe indeed, much of the most challenging times of our lives leave mementos not even time can diminish.


For it was a Saturday like no other. It was a prelude to D-day, the penultimate call to the marks. At stake were lots of invested precious time, money, effort and lost social lives.


I still remember everything I did that interesting day: I went to the hotel room just about after lunch. I brought a bagful of books and notes, like it were it still possible to read them all. I joined the last minute brush-ups with anxious mentors and cackled with the rest of the guillotine gang in discussing answers to supposed tips. Our juniors were all over the place, doing errands that would shame the household help.


The tension caused me a budding headache that I know would only be aborted if I were to get a massage. I went out of the hotel to have a quick one. But while in the middle of the soothing caresses, I was jolted. What if one of my brain nerves get wrongly pressed and would erase everything I have so far learned? The realization brought me to my feet to run back to the hotel.


There it was hell unleashed – on the façade come the comforts of the room, but inside me was a mad rush to grasp every legal tidbit that would still find space in my overcrowded brain.


I remember not having any decent sleep that night. I tried, but the mindless crackling of liquored voices from the nearby bar wasn’t much help. It did fire-up my inner Rambo, but it was a good thing I realized I was studying to uphold the majesty of the law. I retreated to the CR where I read the Constitution until dawn.


From there of course were events that others would call history. I prefer to call everything, my fate. After all, many twists have since unfolded and life for me has gone to extents I never thought still possible.


Today, the Saturday before the first Bar Sunday, is the most critical day for the “baristas”. How the student composes himself now, will matter a lot during the rest of the entire month-long ordeal. And having been there before, I can only sympathize.


Many of my schoolmates whose mettle will be tested beginning tomorrow are still my classmates (there was a time I had 1st, 2nd and 3rd year subjects in a semester). And for one who is not easily impressed, I am convinced that these guys have the makings of good lawyers. I do hope they will make the cut, or better yet, lead the pack.


For the first time in six years, I will not be in Taft Avenue for the traditional send-offs and festive rituals. Much as I would want to show my personal support, I am helplessly constrained by more pressing concerns far from where the action is.



But through this blog, I convey my best wishes to all those who will march into La Salle tomorrow. And with the rest of their friends, relatives and schoolmates, I am hopeful that they will all emerged triumphant in this battle of wits and personal resolve.


Godspeed!

19 comments:

sexymoi said...

yahooo... honga noh.. bar ops nanaman... lapit na rin bday mo. happy bday satin hehe ka virgo pala ata kita eh... :)

ScIoN said...

Good luck to my Ate!!! :)

Panaderos said...

I join you in wishing this latest batch of Bar examinees the best of luck!

Anonymous said...

good luck..

live well
laugh often
enjoy life

Anonymous said...

Ahh, I reminished my own board exam. Tough but satisfying in the end. To all "baristas", Good luck, may the force be with you!

Anonymous said...

Waw. Lawyer ka pala. In tokyo?

Anyway, thanks for dropping by my site.

Jake said...

Haha. This makes me reminisce my first night before the first Sunday, I wasn't able to sleep. So I took political law exam with two big eye bags hehe. Good thing I hurdled the big reckoning. My batch had one of the most difficult exams in the history of the Philippine Bar. :)

slim whale said...

gee, i remember reading your post about last year's BAR exam. has it been that long? or was it a different blogger?

anyway, it's good to read you again.

Anonymous said...

aba! parang kailan lang yung post mo about you passing the bar...two years na pala yun :)

atto aryo said...

sexymoi: bday mo ba? ako hindi. he he. saan kaya ako magtatago? :-)

atto aryo said...

Scion: Sana nga. Maghanda ka na ng pampainom sa March or April. :-)

atto aryo said...

panaderos/ice: after all the efforts, they sure do need our support.

atto aryo said...

blogusvox: he he. at least ngayon, reminiscing mode na lang tayo ngayon...

atto aryo said...

bino/geno: lawyer po na janitor sa tokyo... he he

atto aryo said...

Jake Tornado: Funny thing is, ang kasama ko sa kwarto, ansarap ng tulog. Complete with sound effects! Kaya sa CR na ko naglagi dahil nahiya akong magbukas ng ilaw. :-)

atto aryo said...

slimwhale: ei! you're back! it's actually been two years...

atto aryo said...

bp: two years. di ko rin namalayan...:-)

Anonymous said...

e pakanton ka naman, two years ka ng loyer e lol!

thenomad said...

hay. wish it was my turn to take the Bar. if only i could squeeze trillions of law digests in one capsule, no matter how bitter it'd be, i'll gladly take it.