Saturday, March 29, 2008
this is it
after months of anticipation, weeks of anxious waiting, two straight days of drinking session and hours spent refreshing the supreme court website - finally we can go back to our version of normal though strangely enough things will never be the same again. our bench now has a legal department of our own, haha.dych was almost missing in action for most part of law school and even after that, hehe. still i appreciate it that she remembered to keep her promise of bringing cupcakes to the first major bench get together she attended. of the three of them lorr (as what she's called by her other friends) was my vote for most likely to pass if only because her ahia harvey came in secod during his time. i just think that it runs in the blood and even though she studies with the eternal distraction of ym and internet at bay she still made it because as i said it's in her.
rich survived a lot these past few months and as i was telling her if this was the trade off then she got the best deal. she's a real sweetheart who took the time to fix my personal blog one midnight because she needs a break from law school. that's the kind of extra special talent she has and the kind of love she has for friends. she took the time to make it to our bench gatherings as much as she can. qc was her home base so having to go all the way to makati is bothersome but she did oftentimes and i'm always glad to see her because her being there assures me she's hanging in there. i know you are tough dear and destined for greater things that has nothing to do with your past. i love you my sunshine, you know you always make me smile.
D, well she's my D. spending most of my time with her, i vicariously went through everything she had to go through. she's easy go lucky. i mean we've spent a lot of times cutting class (cutting work for me) to catch the first showing in rockwell or if we can't then there were also the last full shows, chatting all night long even if she had readings and i had proposals to go through and doing just about any other thing not related to what we're supposed to be doing. there were also a lot more other things. on the onset i thought the whole lawyer thing wasn't for her. it's not that she's not good but it's just that i've seen her at her best away from books. i realized now though that D, even if she doesn't recognize it, will always do great in whatever she decides to get into. she doesn't need to muster courage or gather strength, somehow in her own unique way she'll always come through. you know that i'm so proud of you, always been.
cheers! here's to winning all your future cases ;)
p.s. congratulations also to another dear friend eis for making it =) attorney, when's our lunch? =)
(9:35 PM) ♥ tal
NEWS FLASH
100% EBENCH!
TO D, RICH AND DYCH - WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU OUR DEAR NEW LAWYERS!
LET'S PARTY! =)
(12:32 PM) ♥ tal
Friday, March 28, 2008
one big day coming up
now showing 3 girls drinking san mig light and finishing off tuna belly from davao. throw in some royce chocolates and 2 cyberspace friends who are joining in the fun. that's just 5 out of the whole bench and already we feel some sort of calm before the whatever it is that awaits.drink up and so we did. parted ways with a promise to meet up again tomorrow. if they don't feel like it then let it be. that's how it goes when it's a make or break.
i've things lined up, quite a busy schedule actually but i'll drop everything if i need to. that's what friends are for.
when one is bordering drunk and yet sober enough to fit in the pieces, it's best to do so once and for all. who i am doesn't hate who i've been but it's a whole lot better if i've these people, the same people who know me too well - that i'm just as freaked out as them at this hour.
any minute now we'll be liberated, until then i am playing it steady and if it matters at all we are keeping the faith.
(12:53 AM) ♥ tal
Thursday, March 27, 2008
anything you want, you got it =)
he's got it, kimi's finally got it. winning the gp in sepang is proof.i got it. staying in manila over the holy week did me some good.
cile's back from new zealand and just when i needed her she gives me a call. we were on a roll for over an hour.
i finally caught erika online. she's been very busy with her new work but the debate over which F1 tickets to buy will soon be resolved.
BF's been sick so i hope he'll be well soon. he still thinks that mac is the best laptop even if i highly recommended the new hp artist edition. anyway it's just nice to hear from him again after the frantic phone call of losing his credit card, haha.
now if D's plan to have a drinking session later will push through, we've got everything covered ;)
there's still friday but tomorrow is an entirely different story - a big day in itself.
(10:02 AM) ♥ tal
Sunday, March 16, 2008
i take after kimi
friday was a long work day for me so i went into the night prepared. a delish filipino food themed lunch with wins and tep at abe in serendra ensured me that i will get to enjoy the wine and champagne buffet later that evening. i've always said that my friends always make it easier for me to go through the details of my work that i don't like with a smile. janus, gem, neil, didy, rich, ther and adri made it so even though i was very tired i was still up and about until 3am.the next day i was up early for the qualifying of the australian grand prix. this marks the official start of the f1 season and i didn't feel the lack of sleep kicking in as i watch and once again hear the roaring of the engines that i have come to love. soon it was time to prepare for sandro and sheng's wedding. it didn't take me long to prepare and slip on my last minute choice of gown. i didn't realize this event would be an extension of the night before, the asti martini bottle was simply irresistible. one bottle for each guest at least that's how it went for our AA table, haha!
now the australian grand prix just wrapped up. kimi was nowhere in sight during the podium announcement and yet i am delighted to see young faces at the podium especially that of nico rosberg. after all more than being a kimi raikkonen fan, i am passionate about f1 as a sport. kimi struggled without traction control and that's why i say i take after him. i love go-kart racing but i always have issues about braking late or not braking at all. i am a bad driver of real cars in the same sense. i hope he gets it in time for malaysia. as i always say, probably the best thing i have learned about this hobby is control because as much as life is about speeding on and going after your dreams, it is also about knowing when to take it slow.
(3:09 PM) ♥ tal
Friday, March 14, 2008
crystal lives dream, plays for the yankees
it's all over the papers and no it's not me but billy crystal. the headlines garnered mixed reviews but i'm on the side of those who think this is a good thing. i have always believed that living a dream, no matter how small and trivial it may seem to other people, will give you an inspiration to live life to the fullest.now if it were me, i'd be playing for the red sox. although it would be more spectacular to race in a ferrari car in an f1 track. happy weekends are here again ;)
(10:36 AM) ♥ tal
Monday, March 03, 2008
could it be magic?
kimi makes or breaks my day come F1 season. he's the reason why i'm a ferrari fan. hamilton and alonso don't stand a chance with me, they are great but kimi is the greatest. and here's one more reason why i love my kimi, read on:You see it on the podium too. No jumps. No fist-punches. No dances. Just Kimi, quiet and happy to have won another motor race. To have done what he loves doing more than anything else in the world.
And to reflect - maybe, perhaps once in a decade, in special moments - that it's been a long, hard road. His family were not well-off - but his upbringing, clearly, was well-grounded. Many in his situation have wallowed in materialism the instant they have tasted money and power; Kimi stayed - and remains - low-profile. He isn't a big spender. He lives quietly and stays away from the glitz- unless the glitz (and tabloids) finds him, of course. He's his own man, doing things his own way.
After Brazil, I interviewed Kimi for Speed TV before switching, as one does, to Felipe and Fernando. It was while I was talking to Fernando, camera running, that Kimi reappeared in the corner of my eye. He was waving a hand and mouthing something I couldn't quite grasp. I raised my hand to say "Wait a second", finished the chat with Fernando, then asked Kimi what he wanted.
"I forgot to say something," he said. "Start the camera again." We did - whereupon Kimi went into a lovely little soliloquy about just wanting to say hi to his parents and grandparents, who he knew would be watching right now, without whom he would never be where he is, etc...
And it struck me, clearly, for the first time: Kimi, perhaps more than any front-running driver on the grid, has been a loner all these years. His wife and his close family attend races infrequently. There are the Robertsons... but they, too, are low-profile. No. Kimi is just Kimi - and he's at his best when he does what he does from the heart, without reference to anyone around him or to anyone who has stepped there before him. He is unique. The genuine article.
And he is, therefore, a great racing driver in the truest sense of the word.
so for people like me and Peter Windsor (the author of the article), with kimi, everything's magic =)
(4:02 PM) ♥ tal
