A look back
Four years in law school is about to end. Four long years. I'm glad I went to UP, although sometimes I do wonder what it would be like if I didn't go to law school, or if I went to the other law school.
Someone once said that they didn't like it in that other school because people weren't nice and they were competitive. Now that I think about it, it's so funny that someone would say that considering that: 1. A lot of people aren't nice, they're really just pretending. Its not just in that school where these "not nice" people go. They are everywhere. Yes even in UP. 2. About competitiveness. Well I really think that there should be a certain amount of competitiveness to make people do better. Of course, it is another thing if competitiveness leads to petty High School behaviour we see so much in law school. Its the competitiveness which make ordinary people do extraordinary things. Maybe some people just can't measure up to these expectations. Oh well, too bad for them.
Another thing I learned is that Loyalty counts. I hate it when people try to maintain this image of being nice, good, friendly and principled. It's really in what you do that defines who you are. Often times its the people who don't have that image that delivers. That's why the old saying that birds of the same feather flock together is so true. Look at the people you call friends. If you find that you don't really like your barkada, hooooboy, you are in trouble. So be smart, use your intuition, and stick with the friends who do count. Yes, friends will have flaws and you might want to strangle them at some point, but so do you. Loyalty tells you a lot about a person.
You don't have to be friends with everyone. Heck, so what if some people don't like you? That's okay. The opinion of the people who you really like are the ones that really count. Oh, and value yourself. Demand that you be treated with respect. A friend told me that another friend of ours is so clueless that her own friends don't really respect her. That to me is the saddest thing.
Just a few more days, and finals will be over. Just a few more months, the bar will be over too. I'm so glad that my friends (especially those from waaaaaaay back, think ICA-days) are still there. I promise I will make up for the past 4 years of cancelled lunch/dinner/merienda dates, missed vacations, birthdays and shopping moments.
Someone once said that they didn't like it in that other school because people weren't nice and they were competitive. Now that I think about it, it's so funny that someone would say that considering that: 1. A lot of people aren't nice, they're really just pretending. Its not just in that school where these "not nice" people go. They are everywhere. Yes even in UP. 2. About competitiveness. Well I really think that there should be a certain amount of competitiveness to make people do better. Of course, it is another thing if competitiveness leads to petty High School behaviour we see so much in law school. Its the competitiveness which make ordinary people do extraordinary things. Maybe some people just can't measure up to these expectations. Oh well, too bad for them.
Another thing I learned is that Loyalty counts. I hate it when people try to maintain this image of being nice, good, friendly and principled. It's really in what you do that defines who you are. Often times its the people who don't have that image that delivers. That's why the old saying that birds of the same feather flock together is so true. Look at the people you call friends. If you find that you don't really like your barkada, hooooboy, you are in trouble. So be smart, use your intuition, and stick with the friends who do count. Yes, friends will have flaws and you might want to strangle them at some point, but so do you. Loyalty tells you a lot about a person.
You don't have to be friends with everyone. Heck, so what if some people don't like you? That's okay. The opinion of the people who you really like are the ones that really count. Oh, and value yourself. Demand that you be treated with respect. A friend told me that another friend of ours is so clueless that her own friends don't really respect her. That to me is the saddest thing.
Just a few more days, and finals will be over. Just a few more months, the bar will be over too. I'm so glad that my friends (especially those from waaaaaaay back, think ICA-days) are still there. I promise I will make up for the past 4 years of cancelled lunch/dinner/merienda dates, missed vacations, birthdays and shopping moments.
posted by LegallyChef at 10:13 PM
7 Comments:
sooooo true.. i can so relate.
hello anonymous!
it would be nice if you didn't stay anonymous :)
im nt the other anonymous..but go on..it takes a strong person to tell the freaks of this world, FUCK OFF. kaya nga nag-lawyer ka, you're trained to deal with difficult people. oftentimes impossible people. dead-ma ka lang.
Yep. Also, I won't go out of my way to avoid people because I would rather they go through the trouble of avoiding me. My motto is: one of these days, when you need me, I will be extra difficult to deal with.
Only thing is, in law school you have to deal with a lot of people that you wouldn't really like, but you just have to deal with it.
trick is: do not dislike them. just think them as inferior and they probably are. Hahaha!
Hahahaha. Basta, I'll do my best in everything I do and I won't think of them nalang. :)
Hey anonymous I hope you'll keep coming back to my blog and leave comments or at least write back to me at gellibelli at gmail dot com
talk the talk, walk the walk.
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