The Law and Economics of Lust, Love and Life

Legal Feasibility and Consequences of a Fixed Foreign Exchange Rate for OFW Remittances

my new thesis topic.

Thanks Ana D.

CINE EUROPA Day no.1: Eunice's Retreat / Cinema Getaway

I had my very own retreat. It's not your conventional silent retreat, heck it wasn't even spiritual, it was a CINE EUROPA retreat. If you know me, you prolly would just give me that knowing look because you're resigned to the idea that I have my weird ways. I watched The Taming of the Shrew [yeah, that Shakespearian play], Carol's Journey and Jalla! Jalla!. This is my own way of detoxifying and reflecting. I haven't watched a flick alone in years, I have almost forgotten how liberating it is. Not having to think of how to establish a conversation, not having to share your popcorn with anyone and being able to give my full attention to the film if I want to or let my mind wander a bit. It was a perfect ritual. Inside the cinema, I only have myself in mind.

It wasn't planned, it was more like a blessing in disguise when my friends Angel and Jason backed out on me. [Hmmph!] I tried to invite my other friends but everyone's busy with their own work, deadlines and everything that this cruel life has to offer.

My first film for this year's Cine Europa was The Taming of the Shrew. I was able to identify with Kate, not because I'm an outright shrew nor am I a bratinella [not close] but because of her being a surface toughie. The second film was too serious for me. Carol's Journey is set during the war. I know it could've been better appreciated by me if I didn't feel drained after The Taming of the Shrew. Carol's Journey, unfortunately, became my "break" in my movie marathon. The last film for the day was Jalla! Jalla!, and what can I say but J'adore! It was pretty refreshing, the plot's not new, it's about Mans, a guy who's having and erectile dysfunction and his friend, Roro who's being forced by his parents to marry a girl whom he doesn't love. I loved the humor and the fact that the guy playing Mans was effin' HOT. Woohoo!

At the end of the day, I tried to cap everything off by smoking at Shangri-La’s Smoking Area near Starbucks. A guy, who freaking looks like Jesus, asked if I can give him a cig stick. I said yes because I am reminded that Jesus is in everyone around us and how we treat them mirrors how we treat God. Yeah, yeah... It was more like, "Spreading the Lung Cancer," but I had good intentions. Then he sat in front of me, right at my table! I didn't mind him because I was actually making pa-cute to that other guy who borrowed my lighter a few minutes before "Jesus" came along.

It was a great day. I needed that.

BEST "AFTER FINALS PARTY" MOMENTS

Euns: Oh no, i forgot to pass my Legal Accounting quiz.
Patty: Kamusta ka naman?
Ces: Kamusta ka?!
Haze: Seryoso?
Rach: [the talking MAKOPA] HOW ARE YOU?
Everyone: [puzzled silence]
Patty: Ah, english ng KAMUSTA KA NAMAN?!
Everyone: [walang hanggang pagtawa]

Sev: Hey Rach.. Are you drunk?
Rach: Uhmm, I don't think so... but I think so..

Shem: [tradisyon na'to] He looked sooooo dugyot.
Mel and Euns: "He looked sooo dugyot....."

[Pasok sila Anton na may dalang cake at nakasinding candle]
Everyone: [sings happy birthday with questioning looks]
Natapos ang pagkanta na walang nakakaalam kung sino ang may birthday... si KC pala. Ang catch, sa Friday pa.

Dahil Hindi Pwede na Perfect ang Lahat

My PC crashed. Everything's gone.

Again.

CINE EUROPA 10 - FILMS AND SCHEDULE

CINE EUROPA 10 - FILMS AND SCHEDULE
Posted by: "Golda Gaudiel" at the Cinemanila yahoogroup:

OCT. 18-31, 2007
SHANG CINEPLEX, SHANG-RI LA PLAZA MALL

Summer with the Ghosts AUSTRIA
A film is being produced at the medieval fortress of Finterstein in Austria, at the great displeasure on the resident ghosts. Peter, the film producer is visited by his daughter Caroline from Montreal, who is on summer holiday. As her father is busy, she begins her own exploration of the fortress.

The Kiss BELGIUM
Sarah, a beautiful and gifted girl of 15, lives in a wealthy but dysfunctional family. She holds on to one dream: to run away and to become a professional ballerina.

Dead Man’s Hand BELGIUM
A wacky comedy about a frugal husband who spends his days repossessing goods purchased by big spenders–while an old friend teaches his neglected wife how to shop on a grand scale.

Kolya CZECH REPUBLIC
A bittersweet comedy set in Prague about an aging bachelor saddled with a small boy from Russia. It is set in the late 1980s, the period just before the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia.

The Leap DENMARK
Tobias Jacobsen is 42. When the doctors tell him he is fatally ill, the earth opens up beneath him and he finds himself plunging into the abyss.

FC Venus FINLAND
A romantic comedy of men and women, and the differences between the two. It is a story of success and failure, the joy of winning and the fear of losing–and football.

La Mome FRANCE
From the streets of of the cutthroat Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York’s concert halls, Edith Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love.

Summer in Berlin GERMANY
A story of two girlfriends, who, from their balcony–between heaven and earth gaze down at their turbulent and difficult universe, where the right men are all too often exactly wrong, and to get ahead even a good-looking woman had better be strong.

Just Sex and Nothing Else HUNGARY
Discovering that her lover is already married, Dora, a 30 year-old playwright, decides to give up on men. She focuses on satisfying her own desire to have a child and starts to look for a donor.

Inside I’m Dancing IRELAND
Michael has cerebral palsy and has spent all his life in residential care. He knows nothing beyond the walls of the Carrigmore Home for the Disabled. Until, that is, he meets new resident Rory, a wise-cracking rebel who will not allow his Duchenne muscular dystrophy to sap his spirit.

Facing Windows ITALY
Giovanna is a bookeeper in a company which packs chickens. She is married to a man who has a precarious job. Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna begins to reflect on her life and turns to a young man who lives across from her.

You am I LITHUANIA
A contemporary tale about an architect-dreamer building a futurist house in a tree, within a gloomy forest.

Ellis in Glamourland THE NETHERLANDS
A world famous glamour guru is in town publicising her hugely successful help book. In a moment of brashness at a publicity presentation, she randomly selects unsuspecting hotel cleaner and single mother, Ellis, promising to turn her from "ugly duckling" to "beautiful swan".

Meeting the Enemy SLOVAKIA
The setting is a snow-covered landscape towards the end of World War II. The film revolves a day in the life of a soldier, who was tasked to escort his prisoner with orders to shoot him.

Carol’s Journey SPAIN
Carol, a 12 year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the secretive family environment.

Jalla! Jalla! SWEDEN
Måns and Roro are best friends and work as park attendants. The days calmly pass by until Måns all of a sudden has serious problems getting an erection and Roro is faced with the fact that he has one week to avoid being married off.

Taming of the Shrew UNITED KINGDOM
Baptista has 2 daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody’s much interested in problem child, Kate until Baptista declares that he won’t give Bianca away in marriage until he’s found a husband for Kate.

OCT. 18 (THURSDAY)
OPENING NIGHT
Shooting Dogs (1:55) 7:00 PM

OCT. 19 (FRIDAY)
Summer with the Ghost (1:25) 12:00 PM
The Kiss (De Kuss) (1:37) 2:00 PM
Dead Man’s Hand (Petite Miseras) (1:17) 4:00 PM
Closely Watched Trains (1:29) 6:00 PM
Fanny & Alexander (3:08) 8:00 PM

OCT. 20 (SATURDAY)
Kolya (1:48) 12:00 PM
Leap (1:31) 2:15 PM
FC Venus (1:47) 4:15 PM
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1:31) 6:30 PM
La Mome (2:20) 8:30 PM

OCT. 21 (SUNDAY)
The Leopard (II Gattopardo) (3:05) 12:00 PM
Summer in Berlin (1:47) 3:30 PM
Just Sex & Nothing Else (1:30) 6:15 PM
Ellis in Glamourland (1:35) 8:15 PM
You am I (1:30) 9:20 PM

OCT. 22 (MONDAY)
Facing Windows (1:36) 12:00 PM
You am I (1:30) 2:45 PM
Karakter (2:00) 4:45 PM
Lives of Others (2:17) 7:15 PM
Ellis in Glamourland (1:35) 10:00 PM

OCT. 23 (TUESDAY)
Meeting the Enemy (2:00) 12:00 PM
Carol’s Journey (1:44) 2:30 PM
Jalla! Jalla! (1:28) 4:45 PM
Taming of the Shrew (2:07) 7:45 PM
Shooting Dogs (1:55) 10:00 PM

OCT. 24 (WEDNESDAY)
Closely Watched Trains (1:29) 12:00 PM
Fanny & Alexander (3:08) 2:00 PM
The Kiss (De Kuss) (1:37) 5:30 PM
Summer with the Ghost (1:25) 7:45 PM
Dead Man’s Hand
(Petite Miseras) (1:17) 9:40 PM
OCT. 25 (THURSDAY)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1:31) 12:00 PM
La Mome (2:20) 2:00 PM
FC Venus (1:47) 5:00 PM
Kolya (1:48) 7:20 PM
Leap (1:31) 9:40 PM

OCT. 26 (FRIDAY)
Taming the Shrew (2:07) 12:00 PM
Ellis in Glamourland (1:35) 2:30 PM
You am I (1:30) 4:30 PM
Karakter (2:00) 6:30 PM
Facing Windows (1:36) 9:00 PM

OCT. 27 (SATURDAY)
Shooting Dogs (1:55) 12:00 PM
Taming of the Shrew (2:07) 2:30 PM
Carol’s Journey (1:44) 5:00 PM
Jalla! Jalla! (1:28) 7:15 PM
Meeting the Enemy (2:00) 9:15 PM

OCT. 28 (SUNDAY)
Summer with the Ghost (1:25) 12:00 PM
Dead Man’s Hand
(Petite Miseras) (1:17) 2:00 PM
Fanny & Alexander (3:08) 4:00 PM
The Kiss (De Kuss) (1:37) 7:30 PM
Closely Watched Trains (1:29) 9:40 PM

OCT. 29 (MONDAY)
Jalla! Jalla! (1:28) 12:00 PM
The Leopard (II Gattopardo) (3:05) 2:15 PM
Facing Windows (1:36) 5:45 PM
Just Sex & Nothing Else (1:30) 8:00 PM
Lives of Others (2:17) 10:00 PM

OCT. 30 (TUESDAY)
Leap (1:31) 12:00 PM
La Mome (2:20) 2:00 PM
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1:31) 4:50 PM
Kolya (1:48) 6:50 PM
FC Venus (1:47) 9:15 PM

OCT. 31 (WEDNESDAY)
Just Sex & Nothing Else (1:30) 12:00PM
Karakter (2:00) 2:00 PM
Carol’s Journey (1:45) 4:45 PM
Summer in Berlin (1:47) 7:00 PM
The Leopard (II Gattopardo) (3:05) 9:15 PM

http://www.delphl.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm?pagename=specialfeature&feature...
DATES AND VENUES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.

CINE EUROPA na! [A SHOUTOUT]

RACHELLE!!!!! This is the moment we've been waiting for. CINE EUROPA NA, kahapon pa!

Special thanks to Meg for posting the schedule...

Spontaneity Attack

After our Torts exam, everyone felt quite damaged and as much as we want to claim moral damages for the Mental Anguish, Physical Suffering, Serious Anxiety, Fright and Wounded Feelings that we suffered, we realized that there was an ASSUMPTION OF RISK on our part when we decided to go to law school.

There was nothing left for us to do but to have dinner at Grams and do what we do best… DRINK and BE MERRY. It was a successful one round, only because Krizna, Dema and Sev were gonna watch StarDust and Haze felt the urge to go home. So, Ces and I went to Starbucks for divine intervention. We didn’t get Divine Intervention, technically…. but we sort of got it when B.“Dy” Samantha texted Ces to tell her that they’re at Binalot with B.Ilards and Gerona, drinking. Ces went to the washroom and I got ready to leave. Quanny saw me packing my stuff so he innocently asked, “Are you leaving?” and I answered, being the drama queen that I am, “I don’t know… I don’t know what to do with my life!” [with facial expression and proper intonation] We were a table apart and the table between us was occupied by two women we don’t know. These two strangers looked at me with worry in their eyes and a subsequent funny look only to find out that I was just kidding. One of the strangers while sort of laughing said,.”I’m sorry… I can’t help but overhear.” Great, give it to me to find unique ways to humiliate myself.

Then Ces and I went straight to Binalot to drink and sort of freeload [at least on my part]. It started pretty innocent, we talked about the usual stuff including the alleged plan to go to Galera. A duo was performing and like any other day, Gerona and I were daring each other to sing. I told him, “If you sing, I’ll sing…” AND HE DID. So I DID TOO. Argh. The worse part? I actually sang three songs. Two in a row and another one a few minutes later. It was like I did half of the duo’s set. Haha, dyahe. Pero it was a liberating experience. So I owe Gerona a “thank you” wave for his undying support and encouragement. Woohoo! We also got to meet pala two of Sam’s friends. I think they actually told us their names but uhmm… I forget. Totally normal for a drunkard who just sat there and let the night take its course... kumbaga NORMAL and PROBABLE consequence, forseeable man o hindi.

So as a summary… I got drunk and sang. I thank you.

Aral na ulit!

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Author's Note:
the video of my "first song", a rendition of Tattoed on My Mind, in Binalot is in Ces' Multiply site.

A Trip Down Tumbler Memory Lane

circa 2005

circa 2006

circa 2007

*i should be studying TORTS*

Para sa Finals..Inspiring!

Richard Fish:
"Let me tell you something. I didn't become a lawyer because I like the law; the law sucks. It's boring, but it can also be used as a weapon. You want to bankrupt somebody? Cost him everything he's worked for? Make his wife leave him, even make his kids cry? Yeah, we can do that."

Friendster Horoscope for October 17, 2007

Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20)

The Bottom Line
You can kiss goodbye to the deep issues of life today. It's time for some fun.

In Detail
Relationships are fluid -- people are moving in and out of the center of your life all the time, whether you realize it or not. This drifting phenomena is continuing with a troubled friend, who seems farther away than ever. Let them continue on their own path and value what they gave you. Ultimately, you are all individuals who need to take their own journey. Is there someone you've lost touch with who you miss? Get in touch with them today -- even if it's just to say a final goodbye.

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Yebaah, luma-last goodbye talaga e no. haha.