I've read most law student's blogs and yup, they rant and rant about the rigors of law school and yes, Most of the time they are right. However, in my case I have some good things to say about law school and these lessons I learned aren't trivial I assure you. First of all, I learned to be strong on my own. You know, I grew up in a home where I had mostly the things I wanted and where I ran to my parents for advice about everything: my business, my personal life, my love life etc...I had a driver to pick me up and bring me wherever I had to go and that kind of thing. I wouldn't say I was a strong person then. BUT now, I can really say that I've become really strong compared to before. I became more self sufficient and fearless. 50% more bravery!
Secondly, I was always a serious person before because I had my hand in too many things and Law School, ironically, taught me to relax and smile and endure and eventually move on when the doldrums are around and everything seems to come crashing at you personally. My mom has always told me to strive to be more cheerful because it is a virtue in itself which will lift me up during those times in your life when you are really down.Thirdly, It taught me how to interact with different sorts of people. Before I went to law school my friends were mostly like me. we were all the same. we went to the same places, we lived near each other, we did the very exact same things together. In law school, it was very different. Now I like the medley of people I have met and learned from.
Monday, April 30, 2007
The Downside to Law School part 1
problem is, I grew up having the assumption that people are all good and that they won't do a thing to hurt you. Honestly, in law school I learned the opposite. People in law school are surprisingly adept at being competitive, too much it seems and are professional backstabbers if they choose to be and are experts in inflicting harm to others in a myriad of ways thru some professionalized ostracism. They forget: that not everyone is an enemy. This isn't a courtroom.
somehow i think na lang na this is practice for the real thing.
Sometimes I think If your feet aren't on the ground because of all that studying and nervousness, you will lose your mind or 'luluwag ang tornilyo' mo. Ive observed this in many people in law school. Hence my effort to strive to be normal at all costs. I tell myself, "Law School is my choice and hence the extreme stress at all costs. I guess you just have to hurdle it. "
I don't want to sound jaded about law school. Lawyers are needed wherever you go especially in the world of business. The challenge is to remain normal despite all the stress one undergoes. I even told my flamenco teacher that I think I went 'Gaga' in law school. That somehow I lost some parts of myself trying to juggle law school and my business from my first to fourth years.
I also realized that I would have to put my marrying age at a higher number than 26. maybe after bar na lang para orderly. plantsado. I don't need to move houses and yeah, have a baby before I take the bar. I don't know how to take care of a baby! I can't even take care of myself as it is. I still can't drive. Mang Ben still drives me. I can't cook. I can't wash and iron clothes. Lots to learn...
somehow i think na lang na this is practice for the real thing.
Sometimes I think If your feet aren't on the ground because of all that studying and nervousness, you will lose your mind or 'luluwag ang tornilyo' mo. Ive observed this in many people in law school. Hence my effort to strive to be normal at all costs. I tell myself, "Law School is my choice and hence the extreme stress at all costs. I guess you just have to hurdle it. "
I don't want to sound jaded about law school. Lawyers are needed wherever you go especially in the world of business. The challenge is to remain normal despite all the stress one undergoes. I even told my flamenco teacher that I think I went 'Gaga' in law school. That somehow I lost some parts of myself trying to juggle law school and my business from my first to fourth years.
I also realized that I would have to put my marrying age at a higher number than 26. maybe after bar na lang para orderly. plantsado. I don't need to move houses and yeah, have a baby before I take the bar. I don't know how to take care of a baby! I can't even take care of myself as it is. I still can't drive. Mang Ben still drives me. I can't cook. I can't wash and iron clothes. Lots to learn...
Thursday, April 26, 2007
On Dance
Dance is very refreshing. has so much joy de vivre in it. If you are feeling dead and lackluster because of the stress in law school, this is the ultimate antidote. For me, it's Flamenco. My maestra said Im pretty good at it. After passing the bar, I will definitely try to upgrade my skills in flamenco but right now, during the school year, once a week would be enough for 2 to 3 hours or so. someday I want to get an accreditation. :-)
Flamenco is serious and elegant. Beautiful to watch especially if you are one who is keen on watching grace and rhythmic footwork and clapping. Most of my classmates in flamenco are tall girls who look good in long regal skirts.
Flamenco is serious and elegant. Beautiful to watch especially if you are one who is keen on watching grace and rhythmic footwork and clapping. Most of my classmates in flamenco are tall girls who look good in long regal skirts.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
flamenco terminology
sadly, I cannot join my flamenco recital this June 8 because I'm joining my sisters in San Francisco for a while. Missed them all!
The Las Bellas broodery. Haha!
Hopefully this coming year I don't need to give up flamenco even for a few months as I am aware that this is may last year in law school and my review subjects are extremely important. Oh my...political law! commercial law! not an ounce of which I truly learned by heart in law school. I liked civil law a lot though. But as my friend who just recently became a lawyer this 2006 says, take it a day at a time and don't give up your art. She is a fellow flamenkera.
some flamenco terms to spice up (which does nt necessarily refer to flamenco dance, more to follow) ...am off to dancing later. I want to be a bailaora!
Aficionado -- an enthusiastic follower, fan or knowledgeable observer of flamenco. The word also means an amateur participant.
Afillá -- a type of flamenco voice which is hoarse and earthy. Aire -- a description of the expressiveness, atmosphere or general character of a flamenco performance.
Alante -- the front of a stage.
Alboreas -- a song and dance form which is of pure gypsy origin. Traditionally, alboreas is sung only at weddings, being considered unlucky during other occasions. Thus, it is basically a gypsy wedding song performed to the compás of bulerias. The world "alba" means daybreak or dawn, which may signify that alboreas were originally sung at dawn or as a symbolic representation of the dawning of a new life.
Alegria or Alegrias -- a joyful song and dance form in compás of twelve beats normally played in the key of A Major. The origin of this dance is found in the jotas of Cadiz located in Southern Spain. It is based upon the traditional folk music of Aragon, brought to the Andalucian region by soldiers during the War of Independence in the early Nineteenth Century. The main characteristics of this flamenco style are the richness of its guitar accompaniment, the intricacy of the dance, the demands of its difficult rhythm and the lively sound. Alegrias is a descendent of the Soleares family. The words "alegria" (which is singular) and alegrias (which is plural) are commonly interchangeable and mean exactly the same thing.
Alegrias Por Rosas -- sometimes known simply as "rosas," this is an alegrias normally played in the key of E Major, which is typically somewhat slow and rather melancholy in melody.
Alzapua -- a playing technique which uses the right hand. The thumb is used to play down-and-up strokes across one or a group of strings in combination with apoyando single notes. It may be that this technique developed as an imitation of the manner in which the medieval Arabic 'ud (a form of lute) was played with a wooden plectrum.
Ambiente -- atmosphere or ambience. Anacrusis -- one or more steps which may be heard immediately prior to the main accent of a phrase (such as in a four-step redoble).
Andalucia -- a regional area located in Southern Spain which consists of eight Provinces. Andalucia is generally accepted to be the traditional birthplace of the art of flamenco.
Anular -- the ring finger and a right-hand guitar notation symbol indicated by a lower case "a."
Apagado -- a muting technique on the guitar which may be accomplished with either hand and is used to cut the sound short. Apagado is also referred to as "parado," which means "stopped." A Palo Seco -- an unaccompanied singing style, except for the rhythmic beating of an upright stick on the ground. Literally, the phrase means "dry stick."
Apoyando -- a guitar terms which means to play notes using the classical style "rest stroke." All picado passages are played apoyando. Aro -- used to described the curved side of a guitar. It literally means "hoop."
Arpegio or Arpeggio -- a chord whose notes are played in succession as opposed to simultaneously...a chord broken up into a series of single notes. Arrastre -- a guitar playing technique by which the ring finger is dragged up the strings from treble to bass.Atrás -- the rear of a stage.
The Las Bellas broodery. Haha!Hopefully this coming year I don't need to give up flamenco even for a few months as I am aware that this is may last year in law school and my review subjects are extremely important. Oh my...political law! commercial law! not an ounce of which I truly learned by heart in law school. I liked civil law a lot though. But as my friend who just recently became a lawyer this 2006 says, take it a day at a time and don't give up your art. She is a fellow flamenkera.
some flamenco terms to spice up (which does nt necessarily refer to flamenco dance, more to follow) ...am off to dancing later. I want to be a bailaora!
Aficionado -- an enthusiastic follower, fan or knowledgeable observer of flamenco. The word also means an amateur participant.
Afillá -- a type of flamenco voice which is hoarse and earthy. Aire -- a description of the expressiveness, atmosphere or general character of a flamenco performance.
Alante -- the front of a stage.
Alboreas -- a song and dance form which is of pure gypsy origin. Traditionally, alboreas is sung only at weddings, being considered unlucky during other occasions. Thus, it is basically a gypsy wedding song performed to the compás of bulerias. The world "alba" means daybreak or dawn, which may signify that alboreas were originally sung at dawn or as a symbolic representation of the dawning of a new life.
Alegria or Alegrias -- a joyful song and dance form in compás of twelve beats normally played in the key of A Major. The origin of this dance is found in the jotas of Cadiz located in Southern Spain. It is based upon the traditional folk music of Aragon, brought to the Andalucian region by soldiers during the War of Independence in the early Nineteenth Century. The main characteristics of this flamenco style are the richness of its guitar accompaniment, the intricacy of the dance, the demands of its difficult rhythm and the lively sound. Alegrias is a descendent of the Soleares family. The words "alegria" (which is singular) and alegrias (which is plural) are commonly interchangeable and mean exactly the same thing.
Alegrias Por Rosas -- sometimes known simply as "rosas," this is an alegrias normally played in the key of E Major, which is typically somewhat slow and rather melancholy in melody.
Alzapua -- a playing technique which uses the right hand. The thumb is used to play down-and-up strokes across one or a group of strings in combination with apoyando single notes. It may be that this technique developed as an imitation of the manner in which the medieval Arabic 'ud (a form of lute) was played with a wooden plectrum.
Ambiente -- atmosphere or ambience. Anacrusis -- one or more steps which may be heard immediately prior to the main accent of a phrase (such as in a four-step redoble).
Andalucia -- a regional area located in Southern Spain which consists of eight Provinces. Andalucia is generally accepted to be the traditional birthplace of the art of flamenco.
Anular -- the ring finger and a right-hand guitar notation symbol indicated by a lower case "a."
Apagado -- a muting technique on the guitar which may be accomplished with either hand and is used to cut the sound short. Apagado is also referred to as "parado," which means "stopped." A Palo Seco -- an unaccompanied singing style, except for the rhythmic beating of an upright stick on the ground. Literally, the phrase means "dry stick."
Apoyando -- a guitar terms which means to play notes using the classical style "rest stroke." All picado passages are played apoyando. Aro -- used to described the curved side of a guitar. It literally means "hoop."
Arpegio or Arpeggio -- a chord whose notes are played in succession as opposed to simultaneously...a chord broken up into a series of single notes. Arrastre -- a guitar playing technique by which the ring finger is dragged up the strings from treble to bass.Atrás -- the rear of a stage.
Monday, April 23, 2007
SUMMER!
i'd figured that if you're summer bored. there is never a good enough thing to do than to read books that bring you somewhere else. After all I HAD OPTED to take a vacation right now and not do the summer OLA. this may be my last vacation for my student life. Student life? a student at 26? never thought of it before when I opted to be a law student but those are the choices you make.
I am resolving not to be remember about law school for the next month. Law school should be far away. I am going hilly-billying off in the mountains of neverwhere :-)
I am resolving not to be remember about law school for the next month. Law school should be far away. I am going hilly-billying off in the mountains of neverwhere :-)
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
:-) flamenco
Flamenco is a wonderful art form. it is not merely dance but also includes singing and music. The dance itself is serious and elegant and difficult to master. I've gotta practice hard. I have already learned my braseos (arm movements), palmas (clapping), golpes (footwork) and vueltas (turns) and some nice combinations with the help of my maestra.
I think it is a nice respite from the rigor of law school and something I can take with me as a hobby even when I am already a lawyer.
SOME HISTORY of FLAMENCO i GOT OFF THE NET:
Flamenco is a genuine Spanish art form, or, to be more exact, a genuine Southern Spanish art. It exists in three forms: el cante, the song, el baile, the dance, and la guitarra, the guitar playing. Gypsies are often credited with the "invention" of flamenco, and it is at least certain that they played an important part in its creation. But the popular songs and dances of Andalusia also had a major influence on early Flamenco.First there were the legendary Tartessos, and later, nine centuries of Muslim occupation. Neither passed without leaving an imprint on Andalusian culture, and both influenced flamenco, directly and indirectly. The earliest mention of flamenco in literature is in Las Cartas Marreucas of Cadalso, in 1774.
During its Golden Age (1869-1910), flamenco developed into its definitive form in the epoch´s numerous music cafés (cafés cantantes). Flamenco´s most intense form, cante jondo, expressing deep feelings, dates from this period. And in the cafés cantantes, the art of flamenco dance rose to new heights as the dancers became the major attraction.
Flamenco is a genuine Spanish art form, or, to be more exact, a genuine Southern Spanish art. It exists in three forms: el cante, the song, el baile, the dance, and la guitarra, the guitar playing. Gypsies are often credited with the "invention" of flamenco, and it is at least certain that they played an important part in its creation. But the popular songs and dances of Andalusia also had a major influence on early Flamenco.First there were the legendary Tartessos, and later, nine centuries of Muslim occupation. Neither passed without leaving an imprint on Andalusian culture, and both influenced flamenco, directly and indirectly. The earliest mention of flamenco in literature is in Las Cartas Marreucas of Cadalso, in 1774.
During its Golden Age (1869-1910), flamenco developed into its definitive form in the epoch´s numerous music cafés (cafés cantantes). Flamenco´s most intense form, cante jondo, expressing deep feelings, dates from this period. And in the cafés cantantes, the art of flamenco dance rose to new heights as the dancers became the major attraction.
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