Finals week, Metaphysics, 7 categories with 4 topics in each category. A make or break situation. where making it means not dealing with Prof. Edwin Martin's mockery again, no more late night memorization, no more pressure and sweaty hands, no more graded recitations and oral exams. Freedom. Breaking it is simply not an option, it's hell and back, a pain in the ass.
Seven cards faced down, you choose one. No way you gonna play Russian Roulette, every Philosopher's name you should know by heart, each and every school of thought dissected. It's now or never. I pointed my ball-point pen to the one in the middle. he turned it around, all the tears and sweat and blood came back to me in a blaze of glory. It says Clairvoyance, Jaime Licauco's book, bi-location and THe Sophists. I knew them like the back of my hand...
What he didn't know was that the ball-point pen left a not-so-obvious mark at the back of the said card. Not-so-obvious for him... Most of us passed.
"Molded by bold, undaunted men of pray'r, work and peace"
There are only three ways to oust a president. 1.) Resignation 2.) Impeachment and 3.) Death. The Constitution does not mandate that if 6 million Filipino people would march to EDSA and wreck havoc and pray the rosary 20,000 times, it would entail that the president would step down from the Palace. Saguisag thought so. Amidst all the criticisms and bad-mouthing, he defended the constitutional rights of the then president. This is what seperate men from boys. Where and when principle is against the status quo, he chose the former.
"Through the care-free days of our boyhood and the visions of our youth"
He knew Roger since his Elementary and High School days. He munched on his "Chicharong Hangin" and his "Soulful Balut". He even used his white towel to wipe off the vinegar and the slime of Roger's delicacies. He was the son of a former senator. They own properties in both Seattle and Singapore. He rides the "CEU-Baste Jeep route" as well as the LRT line 1 to school and back. He mingles with the "out-crowd". He is the epitome of a true Bedan.
"You gave us the wisdom of Benedict's soul, FAITH in GOD and LOVE for the TRUTH"
THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Thank you.
The honorable Senator-Judge Roco.
SEN. ROCO. Yes, Mr. Chief Justice.
You’re the daughter of .... What is the name of your father?
MS. BANAL. George Banal.
SEN. ROCO. George Banal, yes. He is an old friend.
We in San Beda Law, we were taught that Law is a noble profession; it is not a business.
Am I right to assume that you in UP Law were taught the same thing?
MS. BANAL. Yes, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. Yes, I am sure, I am sure. We also were taught what was written in the Law School of UP.
What is this written engraved in snow, in stone?
MS. BANAL. The business of a Law School is not to teach law but it is to teach law in the grand manner.
SEN. ROCO. To teach law in the grand manner. And it is....
We as lawyers, because we are brothers and sisters in the profession, we should always be motivated by a sense of idealism because we are the ministers of the law. Could this be correct?
MS. BANAL. That’s correct, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. And so, when you transfer from a higher-paying job to a lower-paying job,
it is not necessarily an erroneous career decision, would this be correct?
MS. BANAL. That’s correct, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. In fact, it could be motivated by a sense of idealism?
MS. BANAL. That’s correct, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. Correct. And it’s the women lawyers like you who should be motivated by
such sense of idealism. Would this be correct?
MS. BANAL. Yes, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. Yes. I thought that should be elicited because I was surprised to learn of the usual career pattern of going from lower-paying jobs to higher-paying jobs.
Now, it does not mean, of course, that the former law firm that you came from did not give idealism,is this correct?
MS. BANAL. Yes, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. Nor does it mean that in joining the Romulo Law Office you are now partaking in a greater sense of idealism, correct?
MS. BANAL. Yes, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. It just happened to be that since Law is not a business but a noble profession,the question of compensation is not very material.
MS. BANAL. That’s true, Your Honor.
SEN. ROCO. I thought you had all the right answers. Thank you.
"'Though we encounter trials and hardships, we shall give you honor and fame"
Down by a game, a rare 4-peat on the line, as the seconds tick away, it seems like forever. "We'd lose this one" I said to myself. "But we will win the hearts of many more Bedans. We will all stand up and sing and punch the arid air of Araneta. We will sing as one PROUD community...
"'Cause nothing but this, show our loyalty clear to our Alma Maters name"
No one left the stadium until the final note of the hymn was heard. I saw someone shed a tear as the final horn was blown. The crowd gave the gold and red a well deserved round of applause and left one by one, by groups and then by horde. Although tears were shed, the "Pride" remains intact. A PROUD community indeed...
"Bring out the challenges we'll win them all"
At the start of the next season we were rampaging. Merciless, Ruthless and eager to regain the lost crown. the path to REDemption is here. The path was paved convincingly. They made way for the coming of the true "KING of the JUNGLE."
"And fear neither FIRE nor BLOOD"
“I do not hold the key to our liberation, I do not know all the solutions to our many problem all I know is that if the situation continues in the Philippines, then blood will flow, and when blood flows, there will be no victor and there will be no vanquished because all of us will be a victim of our folly”
-- Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino (San Beda College High School Class of 1948)
"BEDANS will answer the clarion's call for SAN BEDA our COUNTRY and GOD"
