from up

Yes, Your Honor, call me “neneng” any time of the day, in open court or in chambers, over the phone or in front of community partners, network organizations, colleagues, court personnel, the media even – it’s all good.  

The fact remains that human rights protected by the Constitution must prevail and they do.  The fact is, justice prevails today although it’s uncertain for how long.  We will come up with correct and more clever ways and that’s a promise.  In the meantime, we shall seize the day and enjoy the view from here. 

Dear Lord, thank you for making plans realities and for giving more than what was hoped for.  Thank you for tomorrow.

(Photo courtesy of Jackie & Roxy)

spinning in place

From school to the bar to applications to work to work to work to passing to work to work and to work again.  And now, here I am.  This year, I only submitted “accomplishment reports” and have just submitted a “work plan” now that half the year has gone.  So bad.  Gotta take vitamins.  And long walks.  Learn from last year and celebrate mother’s and father’s birthdays and own birthday at home.  Must take time to be with friends, partake of good food, at a warm sunny place away from the harsh truth of work, and just be.  Next time, will write in complete sentences. 

the baby elephant with big ears

I have recently reaffirmed what I had always suspected.  And so, I decide, now, that there must be limits or else there will be nothing left.  Even with work.  Most especially with work.  If I were dealing with Hannibal Lecter I would be breakfast, not even lunch, definitely not dinner.  This makes me sad.  My mother was right, intelligent is different from smart.  I  really should listen to Aimee Mann and take her advice.

I feel like Elisabeth Shue to Val Kilmer disguised as some saint in The Saint.   Pero buti pa si Elisabeth Shue sa movie, it had to take more than a perfect sentence in English delivered in the nicest of tones, before she handed over the Secret Formula (or whatever top secret thing she was in possession of).  I cringe and I mentally hit my forehead against the wall!  (OA na, so I’ll stop here.)