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http://www.arellanolaw.net/publish/gazette-0906_04.html Arellano Law Gazette Crossing Borders Somewhere n Limbo by !

i"helle #e$es %here are "ertain things in li&e we ha'e opte( to (o) not be"ause we reall$ want it but be"ause there is a great nee( &or it. n m$ li&etime) all reall$ thought (oing best was to write. At an earl$ age) ha'e been open to the elements o& the magi"al worl( o& literature an( ha'e "on'erte( those imaginations into wor(s. All o& a su((en. realize( that was ta*ing up +ournalism as a (egree in one o& the reputable ,omini"an uni'ersities in !anila. %here was) rea"hing &or a (ream that sin"e "hil(hoo( has haunte( me. A&ter gra(uating) was (ea(set to establish a "areer as a pro&essional writer. -ntil the$ ma(e me realize that m$ (ream is nothing but a mere (ream. .es. ha'e (e"i(e( to pursue another &iel( totall$ (istin"t &rom the &i"tional worl( ha'e been a""ustome( with. /ot be"ause reall$ want to) but be"ause ha'e to. ha'e &ollowe( not the wishes o& m$ heart) but o& others - who seemingl$ *new the best things in li&e. t has been a struggling 0ourne$ &or me) t was a battle between the min( an( the heart) 0ust as (i&&i"ult as "hoosing whom to lo'e. !$ min( tells me that this is the pra"ti"al thing to (o $et m$ heart "onten(s that this is not m$ passion. .et) ha'e ma(e a "ru"ial (e"ision. /ot be"ause want to. but ha'e to. 1a'ing a "ollege (egree as a ma"hiner$ to &a"e the e'er-(eman(ing so"iet$ seems to be insu&&i"ient espe"iall$ with the alarming nationwi(e unemplo$ment rate o& 2.3 4 sin"e +anuar$ as reporte( b$ the /ational Statisti"s 5&&i"e 6/S57. A lot o& gra(uates - e'en "oming &rom the most e8pensi'e an( highl$ respe"te( uni'ersities - splurge into business pro"ess outsour"ing 69:57 "ompanies li*e "all "enters to earn a (e"ent amount o& mone$ in or(er to sur'i'e Some ma$ e'en en( up pursuing a "areer totall$ (i&&erent &rom the (egree the$ ha'e s"e"ialize( in. 1owe'er) pursuing $et another (egree -- as a &allba"* -- to ebe e;uall$ "ompetiti'e in the labor &or"e is a matter o& "hoi"e. <or one) law s"hool gi'es no assuran"e that e'er$thing will turn out per&e"tl$ right) that e'er$thing woul( 0ust be as eas$ as pi"*inp up apples a&ter a storm$ (a$ uproote( a tree. 1ar( wor* "ouple( with pra$ers ha'e alwa$s been the "onstant "ompanion o& a law stu(ents. 5ne "oul( also "ount those en(less nights o& whining about gra(es an( tons o& "ases as well as re"urring (rea( o& a (a$ &ull o& re"itations. 9ut with all these $ears spent in law s"hool. *new that (espite sa"ri&i"ing passion - least to sa$) a (ream - will gain something more. Let me ;uote law$er :resi(ia =. #ue(a-A"osta on one o& her spee"hes) she sai(:

>:ra"ti"e o& law is not a mone$-ma*ing 'enture 6?anlas 's. ?A) 364 S?#A 3607. t is not a business whi"h wealth is the primor(ial aim o& the law$er. t is a pro&ession in whi"h the pe"uniar$ rewar(s are "onsi(ere( in"i(ental 6Att$. Leon L. Asa) >%he Law$er@s /oble !ission)> %he Law$ers #e'iew +anuar$ A3) 3999) p. 27. !a$be) those who ma(e me realize that the$ *new @the best things in li&e &aile( to show the signi&i"an"e o& stu($ing law. <or in the outset) what greatl$ matters is the material gains it might gi'e. thin* that e'en i& most o& us are trappe( in an un"ertain situation) what (eems to be important is that we ha'e pro'en them that we are willing to surren(er to their pleas -0ust as an o&&en(er will&ull$ submitting himsel& to authorities - no matter how seemingl$ har( the battle with the min( an( heart is. Be are to pro'e them that (espite the internal "on&li"t arising &rom pra"ti"alit$ an( passion) we opte( to gi'e in to their (eman(s - out o& outmost lo'e an( respe"t. %hat though the "ompelling &or"e might be that o& &inan"ial rewar(s) something nobler is most li*el$ to be a"hie'e( in the en(. Something "ommunal instea( o& personal Something that "oul( - in more than little wa$s - help upli&t the worsening politi"al situation in the "ountr$. As "are&ull$ rush to the en( o& all these) it ma(e me realize that entering law s"hool is not a ba( i(ea a&ter all. n the worl( ha'e pre'iousl$ been use( to) m$ tas* is to e(u"ate an( in&orm. thin* still ha'e the same responsibilit$ l$ing on m$ ba"*. Getting into law s"hool might ha'e partiall$ separate( me &rom the seemingl$ @non-lu"rati'e "areer@ ha'e alwa$s wante( to (o. 9ut m$ heart alwa$s &in(s its wa$ ba"* to where it reall$ belongs an( is now ma(l$ beating in a &ast-pa"e( mo(e as it &in(s a new resting pla"e. 1ere in law s"hool. Still "on'erting imaginations into wor(s as impart a pie"e o& me.

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