The Fitness and Law School Struggle is Real!

Hello second sem!  I had an awesome week! School is open and of course I love going back to my books. I love the smell of new books, too bad the prices have double too! Oh well, one day I can see myself publishing my own law book,  watch out for that!

On another note, I can feel a struggle going on.  Since I have to be on track on my fitness regimen (Fit Mob blog), some days I find it difficult to do things when I have not done my workout for the day!

I would often sleep early and wake up early because I find it really easier to read when the world is sound asleep (in my location at least). Then at around the 3am or 4am I start doing my fitness routine before everyone else wakes up or before the sun rises.  There is something primal and addicting about these hours and though it may seem weird  (but I like weird),  I love it!

So that seemed to work for the past week and I hope to keep it up with a few modifications to accommodate be school commitments further.  On one hand, my class schedule has been really irregular and also at unusual odd times at certain periods of the day.  In short, my class sked is not a routine, now that may be exciting for me but it puts a damper on my "early to bed, early to rise" program.

When I wake up at 1am or 2 am, that means that by 6pm, I'm almost ready to call it a day, but then I got an evening class on some days.  Nevertheless, there is always a way to work things out.  Maybe a nap will extend my wake up hours on those days I have an evening class.

To my fellow law students, let's kick the high gear early on!  Good luck to everybody this second sem.  Let's rock law school!

5 Things I Love About My Law School

Studying in a law school of your own choosing is often not a choice given to many law students.  I took 4 exams in 4 different law schools.  The first one was with my undergrad university but unfortunately I did not make the cut.  Then I took the exam at a sectarian university,  I made the cut and was allowed to enroll bypassing the interview but I did not push through with my enrollment there.

The third is another sectarian law school which honestly was not my own choice but my boyfriend's. It is where I spent a considerable amount of time before I got to my current school which brings me to this discussion

The school that I am currently in is one that I am truly proud of for these apparent and unusual reasons:

1.  I choose it.
Yes, that is definitely one major important dealbreaker for me.  I chose my school and nobody did manhandle me to enrol there.   In my past life, I have been a very obedient and agreeable person and I often do not have to really think for myself, other people close to me have the habit of doing that for me, for free.  Unfortunately,  there came a point when I realize that I don't want anyone thinking for me.  I realize that I don't don't like orange but something else.

My current school is of my own choosing. That is why I am happy with my choice because it signifies something more important than the simple act of choosing my path without the unsolicited prodding from others.  So there.

2.  The faculty is just awesome great

Our dean and a majority of the members of the faculty in my school come from my Alma Mater (undergrad) so more or less the way of teaching is something that I can already relate to.  It is kinda comforting to be in that kind of environment.

3.  The school has the perfect learning environment

Despite the usual and expected pressure to study which is really a given if you are in law school,  my school provided the right mix of instruction and level of student participation in the whole learning process.  In fact,  I felt more pressure to study now than I was in my previous law school.  I am not saying that my school is better than the previous but here I felt like every class I need to be on my toes all the time. In my previous school I could not say the same.

4.  It is very accomodating to working people

If you study law and you also work at the same time, it is akin to being in smashed in from of 2 boulders especially if your boss or school do not meet head to head when it comes to the fact that you are a working law student.

Here in this school I never felt not even once that I would have to make special arrangement or accomodations in my work or that I would have to exert extra effort just to make things work between my previous work and my studies.   It is like my school undertands our plight as working people so I really have to thank this school for that.

5.  It is very accessible 

My previous school it takes me at least an hour to get there and that was years back before the hellish traffic sitch in Metro Manila right now.  I cannot imagine the gruelling daily commute I would have to do now, maybe it would take double that time to just attend my classes everyday!

My current school is about halfway and on good days, I can reach there in 15-20 minutes.

All in all, I feel very lucky to be in my school right now and I could not have chosen any other school if given another chance.  For most part , it is the school that chooses whether to admit you or not,  not for me, it is the other way around. And for that,  I feel so lucky and thankful..