The Law and Economics of Lust, Love and Life

One for the Road

If there's one thing I learned in life, it's the fact that there may be times when you look at yourself and you see someone so inadequate, someone so unworthy that you end up feeling sure that you will end up lonely or that you are in fact lonely... but amidst all these YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT FOR AT LEAST ONE PERSON, YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

It's not faith, it's not wishful thinking, it's for survival. You cannot dwell on pity nor of discontent because sooner or later, something worse will happen and you will end up more depressed than before or more pitiful or more discontented.

WE ALL ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH. I know I am.

I HEART ATENEO LAW T-SHIRT DAY

Yes, today is the day that I denied myself of any preppiness I have and I defied Ateneo Law's dresscode by wearing [ironically!] the I HEART ATENEO LAW shirt. It kind of got a lot of people offguard because well, wearing a TSHIRT is just not one of the many things that you wouldnt normally associate to the drama queen that is me. It's fun, besides the fact that I can be my "barubal" self, I got to break the rules [subtly, of course!] Let's go to the fun part,, which is like the ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS in the PARTNERSHIP that is EUnice and this blog.

After our REALLY INTERESTING apparent and actual quiz in partnership, we waited at the TITANIC [that part of the 3rd floor which resembles, SURPRISE! The TITANIC]. Kiboy and Pepe were teasing each other...

Kiboy: Pasensya ka na Pepe ha, mahirap lang kasi ako e.
Pepe: Ayos a.
Kiboy: Yan ang hirap sa mga mayayaman e...
Chris: Bakit?

We just laughed our asses off because Chris didnt actually realize how wrong it sounded. It was like a voluntary admission of guilt [the offense was her being mayaman] but she actually meant "Bakit, ano ang problema sa kanila?" but of course we let that slip and just focused on the fact that she actually instinctively answered, "Bakit?" Oh well... Laughtrip parin.

To be continued... [gotta go to Mass]

non-LOVELIFE

From my last entry, i got into a conversation about how important it is for me to see my crush to sustain whatever liking or desire or passion i have for him. What I wasnt able to narrate was the fact that while I was actually doing my CRUSH LITANY / MONOLOGUE he emerged from the heavens, or from hell or ok fine, from his room. Sabi nga ni Ana, it's GOd's way of saying... "Eunice, wag kang bibitaw. Patience is a virtue at basta maniwala ka dadating din sya." And all i could say way, "Yeah right Euns. You wish." But seriously, even my non-love life [in celebration of non-boyfriends, non-girlfriends, non-lovers and non-friends, hehehe] is complicated because after I sort of decided that I wont dwell on his being cute anymore, I bumped into him TODAY a lot of times. WHat's the point of this whole entry? I just wanna rant that my life's sooo twisted even the stupid things are sooooooo "WHAT THE F AND WHY THE F IS IT HAPPENING-ish" [shift to bimbo language intentional].

Speaking of non-love lives... I saw Mel today all alone... staring at emptiness and [drumroll please!] SMILING. It's kind of hard to describe but it's the "my crush is soo cute, and he's perfect, and i think i love him" SMILE. Creepy. I had to call her attention and stop her before somebody else sees her.

Since this entry's theme is L-O-V-E...

*Eunice looks at Hazel, raises her eyebrows, half-smile

.... SCORE!!! Hazel approached us with her unusually sweet/ tweetums smile and said, "First conversation." I swear I almost heard the song "PERFECT COMBINATION" play in the background.

Update on the Ana - Pepe love team, I seriously asked Pepe if they will really end up together eventually and he said YES. WITHOUT HESITATION. Therefore, Ana... you're future's gonna be interesting. Yihee.

But the ULTIMATE non-LOVELIFE of 'em all involves SUPERMAN and his LOIS LANE. It happened twice guys, i think even Atty Mercado sensed the LOVE between these two people. You guessed it right, it's ARMAN and CES. Mr and Ms Love and Affection. THe couple who will continue to be together even after DUE PRESENTMENT and DISCHARGE of their INSTRUMENTS. They are THE COUPLE... Move over SPIDERMAN and MJ [hmm, metaphor lang ha?] here comes the FABULOUS SUPERMAN and LOIS tandem. Hehe, Ces... PEACE.

FREE TIME = LAGLAGAN TIME

Deo: Ano ang pangalan ng kamag-anak ni Negotiable Instrument?
Class: Ano? [tonong Ang TV]
Deo: REASONABLE TIME.
CLASS: [awkward silence]
Deo: Kasi diba, it's RELATIVE?
[Ooooha, oooha, ooha!]
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Noli: Guys announcement... [nakuha ang attention ng class] Si Lea Abutan nagtake ng pregnancy test, positive.
[natawa na lang ang class dahil nga si Lea ay isang INOSENTENT BATA]
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Ana: [Nagkwento ng sobrang madmaing details]
Eunice: Wala nanaman climax?
Ces: Dapat siguro umatttend ka ng convention para jan...
Eunice: Tama CLIMAX Convention. [napaisip] Err, ano ang plural ng climax?
[after tanungin lahat ng tao, kahit na ang aming resident English Professor di nasagot]
Eunice: Alam ko na kung bakit wala masyado nakakaalam ng plural ng climax.
ANa: Bakit?
Eunice: Kasi usually ONCE lang nangyayari un e.
Patty: Unless may ROund 2.
Eunice: Ano ba.. short story kaya ang pinag-uusapan. [painosente effect]
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Eunice: Sa tingin ko di ko na sya crush. Kasi di ko na siya nakikita e.
Kibs: Porke't di mo na nakikita di mo na crush?!
Eunice: Oo kaya, kasi nga crush lang di naman love no? Fleeting sya. SUPERFICIAL! Kung di ko pa nakikita ano pa un diba? Di na nagli-linger.
Kibs: Tama rin.
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Chiara: Guys, ang prject natin dapat before matapos ang sem mahanapan natin ng girlfriend si Paopao. May qualifications ba Pao?
Paopao: Dapat kapareho ko.
Deo: Naka-dress tapos naka-rubber shoes?
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Deo: Hoy Lea Abutan nakita ka namin sa Powerplant... Kumakain ka ng HOTDOG?! Ikaw din Shelly, nagh-hotdog karin! Nakatalikod pa nga kayo nun e...
[di dapat nakakatawa e, pero dahil madumi mag-isip ang mga tao, therefore natawa parin kami]

TIME FOR MYSELF... my point exactly.

Dear Eunice,
Here is your single's love horoscope
for Wednesday, September 6:

Opposing celestial influences play with your emotions, but you're tired of having your heart be the object in a tug-of-war. Decide to lay down arms and declare a truce. You need time for yourself. Take it.

Men See You As: An Attainable Challenge

You know how to make your man crave more of you
But you also know when to show some interest back
You're good at keeping your guy guessing
And over time, you'll let him know how you really feel

Are You a Challenge?

BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE

Date of Birth: 14/05

Your sense of self may be challenged today, Eunice, and you might have trouble keeping your seat during the joust. Keep in mind that the way others see you isn't necessarily who you really are. Don't feel like you have to change your direction to please anyone. Ultimately, your only responsibility is to yourself. Bizarre events are apt to spring up, asking you to change your way of thinking.

Ohh, BIZARRE EVENTS? I'm assuming in the REAL WORLD BIZARRE EVENTS would be synonymous to the NORMAL EVENTS in MY LIFE and if in the REAL WORLD i will be experiencing BIZARRE EVENTS then logically speaking, my day'll be perfectly normal.

Sabi nga nila, ako ang gauge if something's gonna happen sa class. Yesterday I decided to skip For Med, voila! He checked the attendance. Yes people, this is the same professor who never checked the attendance until yesterday. Therefore, I vow never to absent myself from class unless i want my classmates to suffer, hehe.

I was waiting for the update on our SALES class today and it turned out, I DIDNT RECEIVE the TEXT MESSAGE, AGAIN! Buti na lang I texted Anton and Patty... Oh well. Malas lang siguro talaga.

Nasan un LOVE TRIANGLE part? Wala lang, I was just gonna type BIZARRE but then I remembered the song, so there.

Hay Love.

Eunice, A Secret Agent is the man of your dreams

Mystery and intrigue — it's not just for action-adventure movies. It's what you are looking for in life and love. From spontaneous weekend getaways to notes stuck in your jean pockets, you love being surprised and appreciate the extra thought and effort that goes into making it happen.

That's why a secret agent could steal your heart — he's got what it takes to change the world, but he's not about to go around shouting about it. But don't worry, your secret's safe with us. Shhhh.

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Quotes from The Devil Wears Prada

Miranda Priestly: The details of your incompetence do not interest me.

Miranda Priestly: I don't understand why it's so difficult to confirm an appointment.
Emily: I know, I'm so sorry, Miranda. I actually did confirm...
Miranda Priestly: The details of your incompetance do not interest me. Tell Simone I'm not going to prove that girl she sent me for the Brazilian layout. I asked for clean, athletic, smiling; she sent me dirty, tired and paunchy. And RSVP yes to Michael Kors' party, I want the driver to drop me off at 9.30 and pick me up at 9.45 sharp. Then call Natalie at Gloria's Foods and tell her no, for the 40th time, no, I don't want dacquoise, I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote. Then call my ex-husband and remind him that the parent/teacher conference at Dalton is tonight. Then call my husband. Ask him to please meet me for dinner at that place I went to with Masima. Also, tell Richard I saw all the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers and they're all so deeply unattractive. Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender, female paratrooper? Am I reaching for the stars here? Not really. Also I need to see all the things that Nigel has pulled for Gwyneth's second cover.
[seeing Andy]
Miranda Priestly: Who is that?

Nigel: You bet your size 6 ass!

Andy Sachs: [after Emily explained to her no to go upstairs in Miranda's house] I went upstairs.
Emily: [Angry] You went upstairs? Why didn't you just crawl into bed with her and have her read you a bedtime story?

Miranda Priestly: Yes, move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.

Andy Sachs: Doesn't anybody eat around here?
Nigel: Not since two is the new four and zero is the new two.
Andy Sachs: Well, I'm a six...
Nigel: Aha, the new fourteen.

Emily: It's no fair though, I mean you eat carbs!

Emily: Andrea, Runway is fashion magazine, an interest in fashion is crucial.
Andy Sachs: What makes you think I'm not interested in fashion?

Miranda Priestly: [last lines]
Miranda Priestly: Go!

Nigel: You are in desperate need of Chanel.

Emily: [to Andy] You sold your soul to the devil when you put on your first pair of Jimmy Choo's!

[rushing out the door to accomplish an impossible task for Miranda]
Andy Sachs: Wish me luck!
Emily: No. Shan't.

Miranda Priestly: Bore someone else with your questions.

Miranda Priestly: I need 15 skirts from Calvin Klein...
Andy Sachs: what kind of skirts?
Miranda Priestly: ...please bore someone else with your... questions.

Andy Sachs: What if I don't want this?
Miranda Priestly: Oh don't be silly, EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*

Emily: A million girls would kill for this job.

Miranda Priestly: ...You have no sense of fashion...
Andy Sachs: I think that depends on...
Miranda Priestly: No, no, that wasn't a question.

Nate: I don't care if you were pole-dancing, as long as you did it with some integrety!

Andy Sachs: You look so skinny!
Emily: Really? Thanks. I'm on this new diet for Paris. I don't eat anything... and then when I feel like I'm about to faint, I eat a cube of cheese.

James Holt: [Andy approaches at the party to get the top secret dress] So you're the new Emily.

Miranda Priestly: [to Andy] Emily... Emily... Emily...
Nigel: [to Andy] She means you.

Emily: I'm one stomach flu away from reaching my goal weight.

[Andy is on the phone taking a message]
Andy Sachs: Can you spell 'Gabbana'?
[person on the other line hangs up]
Andy Sachs: I guess not...

[At the "Urban Jungle" fashion shoot, talking to Andy]
Nigel: Don't make me feed you to one of the models.

[repeated line]
Miranda Priestly: That's all.

Andy Sachs: [seeing Nigel with a black gown] I love that! Will that fit me?
Nigel: A little Crisco and some fishing wire and we'll be in business.

Lilly: [stroking a Mark Jacobs bag] And it's pretty!

Nigel: Other girls dream of working here. You merely deign.

Christian Thompson: Je suis tres désolé.
Andy Sachs: You're not désolé.

Nigel: [talking about Andy] Who is this *sad* little person? Are we doing a before-and-after piece I don't know about?

Miranda Priestly: Find me that piece of paper I had in my hand yesterday morning.

Doug: Python's hot right now!
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quotes from http://imdb.com

Hay Salamat.

You Should Get a JD (Juris Doctor)

You're logical, driven, and ruthless.
You'd make a mighty fine lawyer.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?

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thank you Ipe for this BLOGTHING.

Too Tired to be Witty

I have yet to fully grasp why my life's such a sucker for telenovela-ish / teeny-bopperish scenarios. If Hollywood's or the local film industry's looking for a storyline that's too good to be true, their best option would be to talk to me. Today was another manifestation of how absurdly weird the circumstances in my life are and will always be.

My day started sort of bumpy but I swear it got bumpier with me cursing til eternity when I realized that it was already 11:45 and my class is at 12nn. I arrived at school at around 12:30, hoping that my professor was late and that he decided to give the last two people who still havent recited yet a hard time. Sweating like crazy and with a heart that's beating at a rate of "God knows how fast", I reached my classroom and was welcomed by the site of my classmates answering our FIRST QUIZ for the SEM. Yep, the only day that I was late was the only day that my professor decided to come to class on time and give the class a quiz. All I could do was smile and accept my fate that the stars have bestowed upon me. My prof asked me,"Who texted you about the quiz?", he was joking but I realized that I dont have time to kid around because the quiz that my classmates were answering for 30 minutes is the same quiz that I have to answer in a "more than a marathon" 5 minutes. Great. My prof had to add insult to the injury when ha said, "Imposible nang matapos mo yan." with the "iling-iling". Fine, I got to answer all three questions with an average of about three sentences per item. This will be pale in comparison to my classmate's page-long answers. Why can't my life be normal? Or at least, tamed! Buti na lang my prof made a disclaimer after by saying that he just wanted to know if we understood even a single concept and that what's important was that we were there. Thank God.

I also hosted FLYING COLORS: 2006 Ateneo School of Law Send Off Party and I had my superstar moments when i realized that RPN9 and GMA7 was shooting the whole shindig. Yihee arista. I co-hosted it with Charles. But the fun didnt end there, after the Send-off I went to that specific spot where I left my bag. IT WASNT THERE. All that was left was a sort of similar bag which I didnt pay attention to because I was busy panicking about my own bag. Then it hit me that the owner of the abandoned bag mustve thought that he/she brought his own bag. Great, just great. Now I had to find out who got my bag and then if he/she's a barrister, I prolly have to wait til Monday to reclaim my bag which by the way contained everything important that i have. The bag that was left didnt actually leave a clear clue with regard to the identity of the PERPETRATOR. They had one suspect, this guy who also did the same thing yesterday... [he brought home Nad's polo shirt thinking that it was his polo] So, we began the search for MR. CONFUSED AND LOST. FInally, Patty spotted him CLUELESS OF THE FACT THAT HE WAS CARRYING MY BAG. Yes, considering that his bag's TOO BIG and well, too magulo. Gaaawd! Pattyasked him, "____ is that your bag?" The guy FINALLY REALIZED his uhmm, MISTAKE and said,"Shit, NO." sabay bigay kay Patty. NR na malupit!!!!! Then when I came face to face with him, he just give me "THE NOD" and went straight to his bag, without any hint of being apologetic. FINE. FORTUITOUS EVENT Na lang sya. Leche.

I am too tired to come up with anything funnier. I will end with the pictures we took while we were slaving through the night... It's a Saturday and if you're asking me where I am... I AM AT THE LIBRARY, desecrating it! Hope the Tips we made for the barristers helped 'em...

Gotta go.. Patty's calling me. I think we need to do something. Lemme go back to the ASSEMBLY LINE.

Eat Your Heart Out

Love this song... love this song... Why? SECRET!

IN DEMAND
by Texas

When we were together I was blown away
Just like paper from a fan
But you would act like I was just a kid
Like we were never gonna last

Now Ive got someone who cares for me
He wrote my name in silver sand
I think you know youve lost the love of your life
(and you said) I was the best youve ever had

Because Im in demand
Youre thinking of the way you shoulda held my hand
And all the times you said you didnt understand
You never had our love written in your plans
But now Im in demand

Dont ever think you saw the best in me
Theres a side youll never know
Cos love and loving are too different things
Set your sites far too low

Now Ive got someone who cares for me
He wrote my name in silver sand
I think you know youve lost the love of your life
(and you said) I was the best youve ever had

Because Im in demand
Youre thinking of the way you shoulda held my hand
And all the times you said you didnt understand
You never had our love written in your plans
But now Im in demand

Youre thinking of the way you shoulda held my hand
And all the times you said you didnt understand
You never had our love written in your plans
But now Im in demand

Its only when I fall asleep
I see that winning smile
When my dreams just move along
Youve lost the race by miles

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(never had our love written in your plans)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Because Im in demand
Youre thinking of the way you shoulda held my hand
And all the times you said you didnt understand
You never had our love written in your plans
But now Im in demand

You know Im in demand
You see Im in demand
You know Im in demand
You know Im in demand
You never had our love written in your plans

You know Im in demand
You see Im in demand
You need me in demand
You want me in demand
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You Are 40% Bitchy

You're a pretty sweet person, and you're definitely not prone to bitchy outbursts.
Sometimes, though, you can't help thinking mean thoughts about people. But at least you don't act on them!

How Bitchy Are You?

You'll Find a Boyfriend Within 3 Months

Maybe you need a bit more time to get over an ex
Or maybe you need a confidence boost to talk to new guys
Either way, you'll find a boyfriend in time...
As long as you keep getting out there and meeting new guys

When Will You Meet Your Next Boyfriend?