What else but OAZzzzz 2013. Just like last time, the halls of the Embassy were filled with screams of "Kahon!", five-a-days of junk food and caffeine, and walang tulog personnel walking around like zombies. To make things more interesting, this year the tally boards sent to us listed the hundreds of party-list candidates randomly/non-alphabetically, which meant every time a ballot was read out, us vote-counters had to sluggishly stagger and criss-cross precinct rooms like extras from The Walking Dead.
(That being said, our embassy posted the highest OAV turnout percentage in the world. Where you at, Rome?!)
LLDD-HYPHEN-L / LLDD-BABY HIGHLIGHT-OF-THE MONTH
At the back end of the month, we were lucky enough to go to Venice (or as my nephew prefers to call it, Venice-zuela!). You can see our boatload (har!) of travel pictures here. Needless to state, in every shot, the LLDD-Hyphen-L was channelling Angelina, while I was feeling deeply Depp-y.
The LLDD-Baby, meanwhile, was just plain cranky because a gondolier out-birit her "Row, Row, Row your Boat"
LONDON LIVING HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
Once upon a time in the 90s, there was a Lame Law Student who really wanted to go to the one-night-only Manila concert of his favourite group.
(it was his favourite group because listening to them made him feel pseudo-profound and emo)
Unfortunately, the concert was scheduled the night of one of his final exams. His only hope was to do well enough in recitations and quizzes to earn an exemption from taking the finals.
(he also hoped no one else from law school got exempted from taking the final exams, so that he'd have a convenient excuse for not finding a date and going to the concert alone; but he was getting ahead of himself)
He studied hard, answered well, and after the grades were tallied...missed being exempted by .05 points.
Almost 20 years later, the professor who didn't exempt him is now a Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Lame Law Student went on to become a Lame Lawyer / Dorky Diplomat / Office Concierge.
And the group that he wanted to see, formed so very long ago....
IS STILL TOGETHER AND KICKING ASS AND HAD AN AWESOME CONCERT IN LONDON AND THE LLDD FINALLY GOT TO SEE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!
As with all fairy tales, this one has a love-filled happy ending: The LLDD is now happily married and has a beautiful child, and no longer has to worry about getting dates - forever.
He just has to worry about his wife constantly rolling her eyes at his taste in music, and his baby mouthing "you're gonna spend my college fund on what!?!"
Once upon a time in the 90s, there was a Lame Law Student who really wanted to go to the one-night-only Manila concert of his favourite group.
(it was his favourite group because listening to them made him feel pseudo-profound and emo)
Unfortunately, the concert was scheduled the night of one of his final exams. His only hope was to do well enough in recitations and quizzes to earn an exemption from taking the finals.
(he also hoped no one else from law school got exempted from taking the final exams, so that he'd have a convenient excuse for not finding a date and going to the concert alone; but he was getting ahead of himself)
He studied hard, answered well, and after the grades were tallied...missed being exempted by .05 points.
Almost 20 years later, the professor who didn't exempt him is now a Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Lame Law Student went on to become a Lame Lawyer / Dorky Diplomat / Office Concierge.
And the group that he wanted to see, formed so very long ago....
IS STILL TOGETHER AND KICKING ASS AND HAD AN AWESOME CONCERT IN LONDON AND THE LLDD FINALLY GOT TO SEE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!
although the LLDD hates that Gahan and Gore are in their 50s and look that good without shirts on
As with all fairy tales, this one has a love-filled happy ending: The LLDD is now happily married and has a beautiful child, and no longer has to worry about getting dates - forever.
He just has to worry about his wife constantly rolling her eyes at his taste in music, and his baby mouthing "you're gonna spend my college fund on what!?!"
I wanted to. But I didn't. But I wanted to. But I didn't.
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