Last Friday, August 14 my dad and I went to the Regional Trial Court to see the presiding prosecutor for our pending case via network scamming. What bothered me is the site I saw within the vicinity. The heaps of papers, yellowed to their death (I blame high acid content and reckless regard).
And like a Bundy clock for time-in, my dad with his booming authoritative voice, instantaniously remarked that "once you become a lawyer do not be a part of these people who we blame for these heaps of garbage. These people under this system -- a system of the pending judgement."
A remarkably sad sight to see, if only I had a camera to let the public have a look-see of the tragic justice system. Imagine how I was in dire need of Mike Enriquez the Imbestigador ng Bayan, wanting him to barge in out of nowhere and say "Sa dami-rami ng taon, sa huli namatay na din ang hustisya ng ating bayan. Aba!" with his obnoxious intonation of a broadcaster.
And like a Bundy clock for time-in, my dad with his booming authoritative voice, instantaniously remarked that "once you become a lawyer do not be a part of these people who we blame for these heaps of garbage. These people under this system -- a system of the pending judgement."
A remarkably sad sight to see, if only I had a camera to let the public have a look-see of the tragic justice system. Imagine how I was in dire need of Mike Enriquez the Imbestigador ng Bayan, wanting him to barge in out of nowhere and say "Sa dami-rami ng taon, sa huli namatay na din ang hustisya ng ating bayan. Aba!" with his obnoxious intonation of a broadcaster.
After a short trip to Atty. so-and-so (forgive my disrespectful memory gap, I forgot her name), our drive back home was filled with my dad's 101 lessons for lawyers, just to point out a few, he only had three most important points to tell.
1. Learn how to use a gun. It is high time for us to know that many big bosses and/or not-so-big people use intimidation as a form of response to situations they cannot handle the legal way. So he said, LEARN TO USE A GUN.
**Imagine my bewilderment and fear add to that my overhanging fear of the LAE exam and
2. Befriend the parking lot boys, takatak and cigarette vendors. These are the people that would stand in front of you with a bullet through their head (again, with the gun talk). His logic was simple yet philosophical in a level that is hard to comprehend, show these people respect (these people who do not receive respect and high regard that often) and they'll show you the respect and loyalty you deserve. Give and take.
3, He mentioned being non-supportive of befriending "authorities" because unlike the takatak vendors, these people do not know the meaning of loyalty even if you shove it in their faces. Maybe because they feel they are already receiving high regard and respect they do not even deserve, Take and take.
Yes, of course, it is a highly-biased and dogmatic take against "authorities". Maybe at some points there are kinks, but simple logic and knowledge of the Philippine society will tell you the reliability of probable cause for such beliefs.
P.S.
These are just ramblings, the only poignant point in this article is to serve as an affirmation to my desire of becoming a lawyer. Four years is just four years,, I wouldn't even see it coming and going, just like undergraduate studies. There's really nothing to lose, its a win-win game. If I quit right in the middle of the game, it makes me a quitter but not a loser. And I just want to know that once I look back at the years I spent wherever, I'll turn back with no regrets.
Insomnia brings out the sentimentality in me.
Cheers!
Pau
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