Zhi Hui

My Chinese name is "Zhi Hui" which means "clever wisdom".

Bar

Before entering law school, I thought, being smart and intelligent is enough to be able to cope up with the struggles in law school.

I was wrong!!!

By being able to survive for almost two months in law school, I now somewhat understand what Atty. Clemente told us during the freshmen orientation that:

"In surviving in Law school, we should have:

1% mind and 99% heart"

Everyday is a challenge! Everyday is a test! A test of our determination, our limits, our capacity to be able to go beyond our comfort zones! Every subject needs our 100% focus and slacking off would mean failure, failure in the subject and worst, failure in the Bar exam.

Before, I live a carefree life! I'm not thinking about whether or not I've studied enough on the topics given to us because in the end I know everyone will pass! But now, everything is different, reading just two or three books is not enough! Reading is not enough! comprehending, understanding is not enough! Time is not enough! Every effort I put to learn the subject is not enough! Everything is not enough! It's as if there's always lacking!!!

Seeing the Barristers in the library, I always ask myself:

"HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE LAW SCHOOL?,"

and

"WILL I BE ABLE TO FINISH LAW SCHOOL?"

These questions keeps on bugging me!!!

Sometimes I just want to quit! In the end, I will not, because I have my goals set, set to be fulfilled! If I can't do this, how can I be able to pass the next challenges?

I just keep on telling:

"HELL YEAH!!!

I CAN DO IT!!!

IF OTHERS CAN DO IT,

WHY CAN'T I?"

Well, I need to work harder, study harder, and pray harder everyday to be able to reach that stage.

The start of the Bar Examination will be this Sunday, September 6, 2009. I'll be in La Salle to cheer the Barristers.

To the 2009 Barristers:

GOOD LUCK!!!

and

GOD SPEED!!!

Nobody!!!

I absolutely like this song!!!

Nobody By: Wonder Girls

You Know I still Love You Baby.
And it will never change. (Saranghae)

I want nobody nobody But You, I want nobody nobody But You
How can I be with another, I don't want any other
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

Why are you trying to, to make me leave ya
I know what you're thinking
Baby why aren't you listening
How can I just
Just love someone else and
Forget you completely
When I know you still love me

Telling me you're not good enough
My life with you is just too tough
You know it's not right so
Just stop and come back boy
How can this be
When we were meant to be

I want nobody nobody But You, I want nobody nobody But You
How can I be with another, I don't want any other
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

I want nobody nobody But You, I want nobody nobody But You
How can I be with another, I don't want any other
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

Why can't we just, just be like this
Cause it's you that I need and nothing else until the end
Who else can ever make me feel the way I
I feel when I'm with you, no one will ever do

Telling me you're not good enough
My life with you is just too tough
You know me enough so
You know what I need boy
Right next to you is where I need to be.

I want nobody nobody But You, I want nobody nobody But You
How can I be with another, I don't want any other
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

I want nobody nobody But You, I want nobody nobody But You
How can I be with another, I don't want any other
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

I don't want no body, body
I don't want no body, body

Honey you know it's you that I want, it's you that I need
Why can't you see~

I want nobody nobody But You, I want nobody nobody But You
How can I be with another, I don't want any other
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody (2x)

Back to the days when we were so young and wild and free
Nothing else matters other than you and me
So tell me why can't it be
Please let me live my life my way
Why do you push me away
I don't want nobody nobody nobody nobody but you.

Happy B-day!!!

Happy Birthday !!!

To:

Michaela Lorraine 'MICAH' F. Octaviano,

Shaina Patricia 'SP' F. Octaviano,

Alberto'AMBET' T. Fernandez,

Pamela Oquialda,

Meriel Tapawan,

Jonnalyn Herrera,

Fina N. Ong,

and

Ana Lorena V. Ramos

Angry!!! Grrrrrr....

I'm kinda pissed off last Saturday because there's a person who act as if he is GOD!

He/She (I don't want to put that person's name as well as gender here to create mystery and avoid charges!!!) is one of the worst person I've met!!!

Imagine, he keeps on asking questions as if he/she knows everything!!!

What makes me angry the most is when he/she even called us "ENG-ENG" (a Filipino word which means stupid, moron, and dumb in English)!

That person is the reason why, instead of attending the "SEND OFF" to the Barristers, I just decided to go home!!!

I don't know if I'll be able to get along with him/her. But one things for sure, I don't like him/her!!!

disturbed? what a word!!!

I'm quite bothered with regards to my exam in Civil Law because I'm not satisfied with my answer to the question provided by my professor. I did answer all the questions but still I'm a bit disturbed (not referring to psychological incapacity) if I did a good job answering those.

Well, I will just try to calm down, forget what happened and wait for the next episode!?

To everyone:

I'm back! Alive! and Kicking!

I miss blogging very much!!!

Disappointed for having no classes

After all the sleepless night I went through last Friday to study Criminal Law, all of it was blown by the wind because the class was suspended yesterday!!!

Worst, I have to read and review it all over again!!!

Some Well Known Latin Maxims

Actus me invito factus non est meus actus - An act done by me against my will is not my act

Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea - the act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intention were so

Dura lex sed lex - the law maybe harsh but it is the law

Ex dolo malo non oritur actio - No man can be allowed to found a claim upon his own wrongdoing

Favores ampliandi sunt; odia restringenda - Penal laws whic are favorable to the accused are given retroactive effect

Impossibilium nulla obligatio est - There is no obligation to do an impossible thing

Index animi sermo est - Speech is the index of intention

Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium - Public interest requires that by the very nature of things there must be an end to a legal controversy

Lex de futuro, judex de praterito - The law provides for the future, the judge for the past

Lex prospicit, non respicit - The law looks forward, not backward

Nullum crimen sine poena, nulla poena sine legis - There is no crime without a penalty, and there is no penalty without a law

Ratio legis et anima legis - The reason of the law is its soul

Salus populi est suprema lex - The voice of the people is the supreme law

Ubi jus, ibi remedium - Where there is a right, there is a remedy

Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt - The laws aid the vigilant, not those who slumber on their rights.

they call me

My family, relatives and friends used to call me "Paula, Ola or Paula Phamie" (what vianka used to call me) but since I entered law school, they started to call me "ATTORNEY", as if I already passed the bar!

I was so awkward! Like when I saw Christine Ganalongo in Pasay MRT station, she called me "atty." I don't know what to tell her that time! I was so excited as well as a bit surprised that a former classmate and a also a friend will call me atty.

I will not let them down!!! I'll make sure of that!

after a month

Almost one month already past since I posted my last entry in this blog. It doesn't mean that I got tired from blogging nor I hate it but the truth here is that LAW SCHOOL is so DEMANDING!!! Come to think of it, I'm a full time student yet I still don't have enough time to study!!! I did try to use a time chart to schedule the subjects that I will study per day and also I already adjusted my body clock from the usual 9 p. m. - 6 a. m. to 3 a.m to 7 a. m. sleep.

Worse, I almost dropped out of law school because of some terror professor whom I almost have a heart attack.

Last week, we got our midterm exams in three subjects namely: Statutory Construction, Criminal Law and Constitutional Law. By next week, we will have our exams in Environmental Law and Persons and Family Relations. Luckily, our professor in Legal Accounting, Atty. San Buenaventura, will not give exams in exchange of a project.

Yesterday, Ate Esther already dropped Statutory Construction. I understand her predicament because that subject requires a lot of effort like digesting cases and etc. but I hope she'll reversed her decision.

As of now, I have to focus on my classes in law school!!!

I hope and pray that we will all pass the subjects! God knows how I studied very hard for it!!!

All I want to say is

"THY WILL BE DONE"