Music and Law

"Thank you for the music"
This blogger's first musical instrument, a one-of-a kind RJ Pink guitar.
Source: Laws and Found Blog

Music is like the air I breathe. When I read law books, music adds reading pleasure with it playing softly in the background.  I believe I understand better that way. It is like water. A human can survive 10 days without food, 3 days without water but for me, a day without music feels like eternity.

I can read and work as long as music is present. It is an adrenalin-drawing factor that pumps me up so I'd have the energy to clean out the mess in my work space.  I can survive a life without television but not without music. In fact I play YouTube music right on my television just to get my fix.  Each chance, I drown myself with the best mixes I can find. 

Music is like salt and lemon to my tequila. It is like ganache to my favorite triple trouble chocolate cake. I can do whatever needs to be done as long as there is music.  For me, my existence is missing one link without it.

When I hop into my ‘truck’ it is music I play that accompanies me all throughout. It keeps me happy when I get stuck in traffic. It keeps me alive when I drove 15 hours to the tip of southern Luzon. 

When it comes to the kind of music I listen to it’s as varied as the colors of the rainbow coming from the extreme ends of the musical spectrum. I dig an eclectic mix from classical, celtic, pop, tribal, to alternative to rock, to new age. 

So, thank you for the music!

Of Law Students and Coffee Shops

Bars? Not really. Most law students love hangin' out in coffee shops I think.

Coffee Shop Invasion

It's hard enough studying law in a place not conducive to mind-numbing memorization. Your school's law library is of course a perfect choice but not all of them are on 24/7. So which is the next best place to read and study? Coffee shops!

One of them coffee shops

Law students are a special group of folks who love chugging coffee and water on normal days and I definitely think the coffee shops are missing out on a great marketing opportunity (more on this soon). They should have a special promo or card  or rewards plus for law students, haha. Just saying. Undeniably, coffee shops are great hang outs for law students like me not only for the coffee and the great nibbles but for the opportunity to read quietly.

Worst Times to Read in a Coffee Shop

Pre-exams week are awful not only in finding prime but quiet nook but also in getting a safe parking slot. It's not just fellow fab law students fighting over a seat and a table cause these places are also filled with med students.

Weekends especially Friday nights are also not conducive when the working and nightlife crowd descends in these coffee shops. Some of them have already called it a night after a few rounds of drinks in some bar and they can get, well rowdy, you get the picture.

Perfect Timing

Of course, the best time to actually spend some nice time is during early mornings on weekdays. The only drawback is you gotta fight it off with the rush hour crowd to get to these places, which is kind of a bummer and such a time waste unless you live right next to one.

Some Coffee Shop Etiquette Please!

And yeah, some can get pretty over the top during exams week. I often see some bringing their study lamps, some small pillows, I mean really! Actually, there are times I feel like I'm in the middle of the private study room, which should not be the case. After all these are still commercial establishments trying to earn a profit. There's nothing wrong with doing reading but don't overdo it, y'all. These are just some habits that I think should be better left done in the privacy of your own room.

Happy reading and raise up those warm mugs of your choice, cheers to studying law! Tweet