Law School Musical

While waiting for the BAR results, you might want to check this music video about life in law school. =)

Lakbayan Grade

I'm a B- traveler as of March 23, 2008. Noticeable white spots- Northern Luzon, Palawan, Bicol Region and Samar.

My Lakbayan grade is B-!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

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In the service of the Filipino youth.

The Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs is a non-stock, non-profit, non-government, and non-sectarian organization. It is the only national federation of youth science clubs in the Philippines. Its thrust is to promote the Public Understanding of Science, Technology and Environment (PUSTE). With more than 100,000 active members nationwide, the society on its 37th year of existence is continuously conducting activities geared towards the promotion of scientific interests and consciousness among our youth (www.psysc.org/beta)

Fast Break

I was watching American Idol this week and the theme was songs from the 80's. It was great, I like 80's music. Most of the songs were familiar and I could somehow spot if the contestants made a certain song their own or at least they paid respect to their chosen songs.

For the guys, my top three for 80's night would be Jason Castro, David Cook and David Archuleta. I like Jason Castro because he didn't have enough TV/camera time during his audition and Hollywood week and he turned out to be one of the best guys in the competition. Add the fact that he sang Hallelujah, nuff said.

As for David Cook, it was really nice of him to turn a Lionel Richie song into some sort of slow rock/emo-ish. My problem with this guy is that he will never make it to the top 2. Unless Michael Johns would keep screwing up his songs and David Archuleta would drop-out from the competition due to his vocal paralysis thingy (knock on the wood).

Aside from the fact that David Archuleta is good looking and likable, he can really sing and he's also good at playing the piano. I think, music is some sort of life itself for this guy and he's using it as a tool to convey what's going on inside his heart and mind. Every time he's being ask about his song choices he relates them to societal problems or changing the world to make it a better place kind of thing.hehehe. Not bad coming from a 17 year-old guy. His deep breathing is quite annoying, though.

As for the girls, there are no outstanding performances so far. They're really good but they still have to have their own "moment"(quoting Simon). My top 3 for the girls is generally based from their performances since Day 1 and not just from the theme because clearly the 80's week was owned by the guys.

First on my list is Carly Smithson, among the girls she's the one to beat. Forget about the previous record deal. It failed and that's the reason why she's on AI so that it won't happen again (I hope so).

Second, Ramiele Malubay, yes, she's Filipino but she has a good voice and she's also likable. I agree with some people saying that they like her because she's really good and talented and not just because she is a Filipina.

My third choice is Brooke White; she keeps picking the right songs. That's the only reason I got as of now.

As for the others, they will have to exert extra effort if they still want to stay in the competition or at least make it to the AI tour.

Kady, Luke, Danny, Asia'h were eliminated from the show. Too bad for Asia'h..

xoxo

Once and Again

I used to compete in badminton tournments way back in grade school. Badminton was relatively an unfamiliar sport then as compared now. My teammate and I won in the mixed-doubles category division level. Based on that result, we were supposed to advance to the regional level. But my name was not part of the list of players who will be representing our place for the regions and I was kinda disappointed so I shifted to basketball during my first year in high school. I felt like I was not fit to be part of the bball team for some reasons so I tried my luck in table tennis and I was able to represent our place in the regions. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not that good at table tennis but only few of us were interested to play the sport (it’s difficult to find a table in order to play regularly so why bother :p). I was given the chance to participate in the regions for three consecutive years. I must say, sports were really part of my life back then.

When I went to college, I played table tennis and a little bit of basketball during my freshman year but after that short stint I wasn’t able to give time for any kind of sport. It all boiled down to priorities and the lack of opportunity to play. I played some badminton and table tennis with friends but those were plainly for fun and to keep us physically fit (daw) once in a while.

Recently, the lex circle in school hosted a badminton tournament which was open for all students provided that we would form a team for mixed-doubles. It was a round-robin type of competition and fortunately my teammate Feil and I landed as champions =) The road to championship wasn’t a smooth one. There were also teams who were really equipped and capable of winning. I didn’t have a formal badminton training for quite some time and I was just lucky to have a strong teammate (again, in mixed-doubles). Feil was the “main man” but somehow I also did my part =P

teammates: 210 reps

I know this is not really a big deal as compared to passing and having good grades during exams but the feeling of getting involved once again in the sport that was part of my childhood days (when life was a little bit less complicated) is priceless. I hope I could play badminton or any kind of sport frequently. Laziness and time management are my enemies!

P.S. with much love and thanks to our classmates and friends who supported and cheered for us during our games (210 strikes again!).