Time flies. It does not wait for you, it does not wait for anyone. You can only catch up to it and seize the moments, for they are merely moments. A quarter century. Twenty-five years. 2-5. I remember my childhood as if it was yesterday. Naive, innocent, excited, rebellious, you name it. Life was simple, chore-ish, go to school, listen in class, learn something, come home, do homework, spend time doing extracurricular activities, mom and pops would pay for EVERYTHING. A decade later, I'm still going to school, listening in class, learning stuff, come home (library), do homework, read, spend time doing extracurricular activities, mom and pops no longer pay for EVERYTHING. Instead, I have loans, I have bills, I have responsibilities for myself. All grown up. In pursuit of happiness, and of my career.
I have been blessed. With everything you can imagine. A great family, that I love and that loves me. Relative good health, besides my back injury, my body is doing what its suppose to be doing.. for the most part. ha I've been blessed with athletic abilities. I've been blessed with a brain that is capable of learning and retaining information, sort of intelligent. haha I have been blessed with a personality that gets along with others and is capable of understanding other perspectives and adapting. I have been blessed with great people surrounding me.
This feels more like a Thanksgiving entry but its just my showing of appreciation for life, its gifts, but mainly the frailty of it. All of this can be taken away in an instant. Cliches are just that, cliche-ish. But they're developed through the truth.
Life is unpredictable, it is short, it needs to be lived. We live for the moment, appreciate what you have and enjoy every moment of life. Stress is unnecessary. The other "S" is necessary, Smile!
Laugh, Smile, Live. Be you.
10.20.10 - October 20th, 2010.
My birthday, but also happens to be the day I realize at this point in my life how fortunate I am, how loved I am by others.
Facebook - a drug society can't stop taking. We get caught up in it, we get lost in it, we definitely get distracted by it. But its a part of our lives now. Its embeded in our daily activities, it influences what we do, what we say, everything! The Social Network. the revolution, the evolution of our society.
A necessary (evil?) if you want to call it that. Without it, I wouldn't be able to keep in contact with the people of my past, present, and possible future. Today, my notification section says I received 120+ post on my wall. A testament to the love I get from people whom I call my friends. I am truly loved. I thank you for that. Because in recent weeks, I have felt more lonely than ever. I live in a condo in downtown by myself. People at school I see at school and some outside of school, most of which have boyfriends and girlfriends. I have nothing against that, its just nice to come home and be able to talk to someone about everything. I have Killer II to talk to, but he doesn't usually respond, he just 'blurps' at me looking for me to feed him, if he doesn't want to listen, he'll just continue to swim around the bowl.
But serious, 120+ post, wow, I'm blown away at the amount of people willing to take the time to say happy birthday to me. People can easily brush over it, and not bother, but taking the time to type it out and just enough to think of me and comment, thats awesome. I made it a point to respond to each comment to reciprocate the gesture they made to me by commenting. That's the very least I can do to show my appreciation.
I must be doing something right to illicit such a response of birthday wishes. Simply put, THANK YOU.
My reflection continues, my thoughts keeps analyzing, my feelings searching, my emotions filtering. At this moment, right now, I am happy.
Enjoy the pleasures of today, tomorrow will be another journey.
"Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air,
I know I can count on you,
Sometimes I feel like saying 'Lord I just don't care,'
But you've got the love I need to see me through." - Florence and The Machine - You've got the love.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
You know you're in law school when...
First off, here is my official shout out to some people you said they'd be reading my blog. Meghan and Stephanie. My law school peeps! woot! haha
Anyways, I'm just a little over 4 hours apart from my third law school midterm, my fourth and last being tomorrow afternoon at 1pm. It is quite the experience when you learn that your midterms in law school, which in fact aren't common since most other law schools in the US do not require midterms, are held on the weekend. I've never had to take midterms on the weekend in any part of my life. I can honestly say that the amount of work I have done in the past 7-8 weeks in law school are equivalent to 3+ years I did in undergraduate at UCI. It is sad and yet, I am proud of myself that I have committed myself to this cause and am working as hard as I am.
As I have been studying for these midterms this week, I keep reminding myself not to get caught up in the stresses of these test and anticipation for my performance. I have to keep in mind of the big picture. I am learning the process of thinking and writing like an attorney. I'm learning what makes a contract and what constitutes a homicide under the MPC and under Common Law. I shouldn't be so overwhelmed and caught up in getting the best grades and whatnot because the end game is passing the bar. Obviously if I understand the concepts and materials, I should be fine in terms of grades, even if the whole class is curved. My understanding will exude itself into my exams. Hopefully I am able to actually write my knowledge out into the format required by each professor. We will find out shortly.
I am enjoying myself at law school even through these tormenting times of studying for midterms on a weekend where it is gorgeous outside. Sunny San Diego and it would be unwise to spend my time outside soaking up the sun and all San Diego has to offer while I should be inside preparing myself to explain what creates a contractual duty from one person to another.
For the sake of studying...
"One basis to create a contractual duty includes mutual assent and consideration. Mutual assent is the showing of that both parties have reasonably expressed their agreement to common terms of a bargain. It is objective and accounts for what a reasonable persona may say or understand. Mutual assent is satisfied when two party's agree and both sign a formal document. In the absence of the formal document, the alternative is to evaluate offer and acceptance to satisfy mutual assent.
An offer is the manifestation of willingness to enter into a bargain so may to justify an understanding that his assent to that bargain is invited and to conclude that bargain. An offer requires: an expression by the speaker that must identify a bargain to the addressee, the speakers expresses the present willingness to be bound by the terms of the bargain, and the speaker must invite the assent of the addressee in the manner which the addressee understands that his assent to the bargain is all that is needed.
An acceptance is an expression by the addressee that manifests their unequivocal assent to the terms of the bargain in a manner that is invited or required by the offer. An acceptance requires: an expression by the addressee, their unequivocal assent, and in the manner that is invited or required by the offer."
Yeah, that just happened. I just explained to you what mutual assent is. if you stick around long enough, I may explore to consideration... ha.
Anyways, I'm just a little over 4 hours apart from my third law school midterm, my fourth and last being tomorrow afternoon at 1pm. It is quite the experience when you learn that your midterms in law school, which in fact aren't common since most other law schools in the US do not require midterms, are held on the weekend. I've never had to take midterms on the weekend in any part of my life. I can honestly say that the amount of work I have done in the past 7-8 weeks in law school are equivalent to 3+ years I did in undergraduate at UCI. It is sad and yet, I am proud of myself that I have committed myself to this cause and am working as hard as I am.
As I have been studying for these midterms this week, I keep reminding myself not to get caught up in the stresses of these test and anticipation for my performance. I have to keep in mind of the big picture. I am learning the process of thinking and writing like an attorney. I'm learning what makes a contract and what constitutes a homicide under the MPC and under Common Law. I shouldn't be so overwhelmed and caught up in getting the best grades and whatnot because the end game is passing the bar. Obviously if I understand the concepts and materials, I should be fine in terms of grades, even if the whole class is curved. My understanding will exude itself into my exams. Hopefully I am able to actually write my knowledge out into the format required by each professor. We will find out shortly.
I am enjoying myself at law school even through these tormenting times of studying for midterms on a weekend where it is gorgeous outside. Sunny San Diego and it would be unwise to spend my time outside soaking up the sun and all San Diego has to offer while I should be inside preparing myself to explain what creates a contractual duty from one person to another.
For the sake of studying...
"One basis to create a contractual duty includes mutual assent and consideration. Mutual assent is the showing of that both parties have reasonably expressed their agreement to common terms of a bargain. It is objective and accounts for what a reasonable persona may say or understand. Mutual assent is satisfied when two party's agree and both sign a formal document. In the absence of the formal document, the alternative is to evaluate offer and acceptance to satisfy mutual assent.
An offer is the manifestation of willingness to enter into a bargain so may to justify an understanding that his assent to that bargain is invited and to conclude that bargain. An offer requires: an expression by the speaker that must identify a bargain to the addressee, the speakers expresses the present willingness to be bound by the terms of the bargain, and the speaker must invite the assent of the addressee in the manner which the addressee understands that his assent to the bargain is all that is needed.
An acceptance is an expression by the addressee that manifests their unequivocal assent to the terms of the bargain in a manner that is invited or required by the offer. An acceptance requires: an expression by the addressee, their unequivocal assent, and in the manner that is invited or required by the offer."
Yeah, that just happened. I just explained to you what mutual assent is. if you stick around long enough, I may explore to consideration... ha.
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