new day,
new blessings,
new challenges.
best to just go on
and do what best i can.
thank you for my precious babies
and whatever little blessings come my way.
blessed.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
win some, lose some
such is the way of life and the world.
you gain a bit, you lose some.
but one just has to go on.
roll with the punches.
it ain't ever gonna be a walk in the park.
you gain a bit, you lose some.
but one just has to go on.
roll with the punches.
it ain't ever gonna be a walk in the park.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
thank you for the lifeline
today, i check my email and see that one professor has allowed me to extend the deadline for the paper for a day or two. this is one of the few lucky breaks i have, when i am cut some slack where i expected none. thanks, sir. for you and for the other humane professors i dedicate my effort to pass the bar on the first try. thank you.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Appeal
Sir, may I humbly request for your kind consideration and allow me to enroll this semester at the College of Law in order for me to finish my law degree. According to Prof. Lumba, I may not enroll due to the double probation rule of the College of Law.
However, may I be allowed to point out that my grades have been slowly but steadily improving despite my extremely difficult personal circumstances.
Sir, I humbly ask that you allow me to continue with my studies at the College. I believe that my extraordinarily difficult circumstances have made it extremely difficult for me to cope with the rigors of law studies.
Foremost of my difficulties is the fact that when I enrolled in the College of Law my son was just diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Thus while I was starting and adjusting to my law studies, I had to attend to my son as he underwent intensive chemotherapy for one whole year.
On top of the symptoms of his illness, he had to contend with severe side effects brought on by the chemo drugs like drastically weakened immune system and drug-induced alopecia. My son stopped schooling for one year because he underwent chemotherapy daily and we had to deal with the adverse effects of the medicine. His condition became even worse when he was often confined for numerous infections. I feared greatly for his life because given the gravity of his illness, even the common cold could be fatal.
For weeks on end, we would stay in the hospital until he was stable enough to be cared for at home. I frequently went to class coming from the hospital and straight back to my son’s side after classes were over. My very difficult first year of law school was also the time when I was undergoing a difficult pregnancy with my third child.
But I forged on knowing that taking up law studies is one of my goals in life, notwithstanding my very difficult personal circumstances. Too many times, I wanted to quit and just devote myself to the care and rearing of my children, particularly my son who was still being treated for leukemia.
Things at home were made more difficult because although my husband is around most of the time, the tasks of primary childcare fell solely on me. When he is away on long business trips, I had to assume the responsibilities of both mother and father.
Thus, like a vicious cycle, the chronic depression stemming from my son’s sickness was made worse by how badly I was doing at the College.
But it was my family, my kids in particular, who encouraged me to go on, because they know that pursuing and succeeding in my law studies is one way for me to be a better mother to them and ultimately, a better and more complete person.
Indeed it is ironic that the rigors of law school helped me cope with my problems because it took my mind off the other harsher realities in my life.
Now, my son has finished his three years of chemotherapy and is back in school like the happy boy he was before he got sick. My grades are also improving greatly as evidenced by my 1.81 GWA this past semester.
Sir, my kids and I had high hopes for all of us this year. We were gearing up for a big year this year because should my son hurdle this year up until second quarter of 2010, he will already be declared cured from his illness.
That means he would be free from innumerable and endless blood tests and even more painful bone marrow extractions. This year, my daughter would also finish grade school and my youngest child his first year of school. I would also have completed my law studies.
Sir, I am already in my fifth year and it is something I am supremely proud of, having gone this far given all the trials I have been through to get here.
I also just finished summer OLA with quite possibly one of the heaviest caseloads I inherited from four previous interns. I have completed most of the core courses and the required number of electives for the degree. I am almost done and I only need to take OLA 2, Tax, Succession and Supervised Legal Research.
I humbly appeal for your kind consideration to allow me to enroll this semester. I have gone through all the four years, barely making it past the required grade point average despite my very difficult circumstances.
I am almost at the finish line and the GWA I have now is something that I worked so hard for considering the endless stumbling blocks thrown at me along the way.
I also know that finishing the degree is just the beginning, as I set my sights and gather my bearings for the even greater challenge of hurdling the bar exams.
Sir, allow me to make the solemn promise that I will only take the bar exams when I feel that I am sufficiently prepared to do so. I have gone too far amidst so many challenges to rush taking the bar. I owe it to my children, for all their love and support all these years, that I will only take the bar once and succeed on the first try.
I also understand and acknowledge any academic units that I enroll while my appeal is pending with the Appeals Committee headed by the Dean of the College of Law will be considered void should the Committee decide against allowing me to re-enroll in the College.
I therefore ask that you kindly consider my appeal for another chance to prove myself worthy of graduating from this great institution.
Thank you very much.
However, may I be allowed to point out that my grades have been slowly but steadily improving despite my extremely difficult personal circumstances.
Sir, I humbly ask that you allow me to continue with my studies at the College. I believe that my extraordinarily difficult circumstances have made it extremely difficult for me to cope with the rigors of law studies.
Foremost of my difficulties is the fact that when I enrolled in the College of Law my son was just diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Thus while I was starting and adjusting to my law studies, I had to attend to my son as he underwent intensive chemotherapy for one whole year.
On top of the symptoms of his illness, he had to contend with severe side effects brought on by the chemo drugs like drastically weakened immune system and drug-induced alopecia. My son stopped schooling for one year because he underwent chemotherapy daily and we had to deal with the adverse effects of the medicine. His condition became even worse when he was often confined for numerous infections. I feared greatly for his life because given the gravity of his illness, even the common cold could be fatal.
For weeks on end, we would stay in the hospital until he was stable enough to be cared for at home. I frequently went to class coming from the hospital and straight back to my son’s side after classes were over. My very difficult first year of law school was also the time when I was undergoing a difficult pregnancy with my third child.
But I forged on knowing that taking up law studies is one of my goals in life, notwithstanding my very difficult personal circumstances. Too many times, I wanted to quit and just devote myself to the care and rearing of my children, particularly my son who was still being treated for leukemia.
Things at home were made more difficult because although my husband is around most of the time, the tasks of primary childcare fell solely on me. When he is away on long business trips, I had to assume the responsibilities of both mother and father.
Thus, like a vicious cycle, the chronic depression stemming from my son’s sickness was made worse by how badly I was doing at the College.
But it was my family, my kids in particular, who encouraged me to go on, because they know that pursuing and succeeding in my law studies is one way for me to be a better mother to them and ultimately, a better and more complete person.
Indeed it is ironic that the rigors of law school helped me cope with my problems because it took my mind off the other harsher realities in my life.
Now, my son has finished his three years of chemotherapy and is back in school like the happy boy he was before he got sick. My grades are also improving greatly as evidenced by my 1.81 GWA this past semester.
Sir, my kids and I had high hopes for all of us this year. We were gearing up for a big year this year because should my son hurdle this year up until second quarter of 2010, he will already be declared cured from his illness.
That means he would be free from innumerable and endless blood tests and even more painful bone marrow extractions. This year, my daughter would also finish grade school and my youngest child his first year of school. I would also have completed my law studies.
Sir, I am already in my fifth year and it is something I am supremely proud of, having gone this far given all the trials I have been through to get here.
I also just finished summer OLA with quite possibly one of the heaviest caseloads I inherited from four previous interns. I have completed most of the core courses and the required number of electives for the degree. I am almost done and I only need to take OLA 2, Tax, Succession and Supervised Legal Research.
I humbly appeal for your kind consideration to allow me to enroll this semester. I have gone through all the four years, barely making it past the required grade point average despite my very difficult circumstances.
I am almost at the finish line and the GWA I have now is something that I worked so hard for considering the endless stumbling blocks thrown at me along the way.
I also know that finishing the degree is just the beginning, as I set my sights and gather my bearings for the even greater challenge of hurdling the bar exams.
Sir, allow me to make the solemn promise that I will only take the bar exams when I feel that I am sufficiently prepared to do so. I have gone too far amidst so many challenges to rush taking the bar. I owe it to my children, for all their love and support all these years, that I will only take the bar once and succeed on the first try.
I also understand and acknowledge any academic units that I enroll while my appeal is pending with the Appeals Committee headed by the Dean of the College of Law will be considered void should the Committee decide against allowing me to re-enroll in the College.
I therefore ask that you kindly consider my appeal for another chance to prove myself worthy of graduating from this great institution.
Thank you very much.
Just Walk On By
There are days when the sun shines down on me and I feel how fortunate I am. But the days when I feel like everything is just so screwed up and that the universe is again dumping some cosmic joke on me, when everything seems to be going wrong.
Lately, I just keep moving along even with the bumps along the way. It must be my advancing age and the sense that I really do not have much time to sit and ponder like I used to. So when all else fails, I look at my three lovely kids and tell myself that God loves me and this is his purpose for me. The rest is just a bonus and entirely up to me.
Lately, I just keep moving along even with the bumps along the way. It must be my advancing age and the sense that I really do not have much time to sit and ponder like I used to. So when all else fails, I look at my three lovely kids and tell myself that God loves me and this is his purpose for me. The rest is just a bonus and entirely up to me.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
happy scatterbrain
it's exams time and papers are due. as usual i am in a mad rush to try and finish the papers and study while trying to take care of the kids, especially the terrible toddler.
it's hard juggling motherhood with studying at THE college of law. there are no excuses whatsoever. not when i have a sick child to attend to and two other kids. not where there are some who juggle being top 5 of the batch while trying to go win the ms. universe title. not where there are professionals who are not allowed to go on leave whose parents just died and had a stroke. not where there are no reasons valid enough to constitute exceptionally difficult circumstances.
nope, there are no excuses at all.
still, i'd rather be a straggler, as we are called.
better that. than a cheater. or worse, a killer.
it's hard juggling motherhood with studying at THE college of law. there are no excuses whatsoever. not when i have a sick child to attend to and two other kids. not where there are some who juggle being top 5 of the batch while trying to go win the ms. universe title. not where there are professionals who are not allowed to go on leave whose parents just died and had a stroke. not where there are no reasons valid enough to constitute exceptionally difficult circumstances.
nope, there are no excuses at all.
still, i'd rather be a straggler, as we are called.
better that. than a cheater. or worse, a killer.
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