today

so, i went to starbucks 6750 today to do some serious studying. i find the place soothing and very conducive for my bar review especially so since the mezzanine on which i stay affords a temperate sense of seclusion which to my liking is just enough--not too isolated nor too frequented by many. and since the place sets my mood, i was able to cover a great deal of topics regarding mercantile law, particularly the banking laws.

but, true to the law of diminishing returns, after some hours, my mind began wandering on different things which led to a slow down on the retention rate which eventually led to this:







yes, picture taking. alas, the serious law student silently reading at the corner became some kind of a tourist busily taking pictures of whatever, haha...

anyway, while all these were going on, it rained, and understandably, the room temperature dropped to some degrees, which, owing to the skimpy shirt i was wearing, caused me some inconvenience. and so, ever impulsive as i am, i decided to have a break, head for the mall, and voila, buy myself some jacket. hahaha... at first, i was looking for a more formal jacket which i can wear over my business attire. but thinking about it, as it is still a few months before i begin wearing those long sleeves again, i thought it better to buy some good looking, trendy, and rugged jacket.

and so, i headed off to my favorite store: oxygen. i love their shirts. given a chance to choose, i'd always go for oxygen. it is the designs and it is also the fit. always do i receive complements from people i am with when i am wearing its shirts. and it has never failed. so i love it. anyway, i fell in love with their jacket. as it turns out, it is one desigend by pepsi herrera for oxygen, which made nothing but reinforce my desire to take it home. and i did. hehe, good thing i had some sideline last week, oh thank goodness for elections, hahahaha... anyway, here are some pictures of the jacket. i'll try to post some more when i'm wearing it na... ;p

healthier

you think? ;p

what's up there?

dunno... ;p

week-long ordeal

unproductive is an understatement in describing the week that i've had. went to bicol for the elections, earned some dough, met new acquaintances, but never opened a single book in preparation for the bar! argh. i feel as if my iq level just dropped a notch for the lack of any intellectual activity which is geared towards attaining that highly coveted supreme court license. what's worse is that i am not feeling that sense of panic that should've sunk in today so as to enable me to be in that review mode again. add that to the fact that my allergic rhinitis kicked in for the whole morning and that my body aches all over, and voila, you have one freaking unproductive week.

but wait, there's more! i went to albay with my partner lawyer to visit some of his relatives in tobaco city, and along the way, we passed by the world famous Mt. Mayon, which of course i have never laid eyes on before. and guess what, when we were at its foot, what do i see? umm, nothing! the whole mountain peak was freakin covered with clouds. i never even got a decent picture of it. argh, what the f*ck!

wanna see those pictures? well, here they are:




sucks, right? anyway, there's one upside though. and guess what it is... i freakin tried wakeboarding!!! 'twas soooo cool. we were staying at the camsur watersports complex in pili, camarines sur, and we got to try their watersports for free!!! nice perq huh!

i first tried the kneeboard, and i easily got the hang of it. it was such a rush that i decided to try the next big thing! water skiis! unfortunately though, i never made it past the initial pull of the string. i just sank in the water head on everytime i felt the weight of my body. i guess i need some more gym time, oh well.

since i got frustrated trying the skis over and over again, i decided to go on to the ultimate rush, wakeboards!!! i was so determined to learn how to do it that i tried and tried until i got nasty blisters on my hand. and guess what again... tantarararan: i never freaking got it! i was never able to pull myself up let alone stand on those freakin boards! it looks easy doing it, right? well, wrong. it was hard as hell. not to mention the fact that i am with these 13 year old kids who also do not know how to do it. sheez, i'm 25 and i'm having classes with those pre-teens, what a drag!

BUT I STILL ENJOYED EVERY SECOND OF IT. it was such a saver that i immediately forgot, and decided to let go, of the very unproductive week that i've had. hey, i can get to say that i tried wakeboarding, right? and for free at that. so all's well...

by the way, i can now connect my phone to my pc again, so expect some more pics the next time i blog. 'til, then. ;p