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Table hunting

Went table hunting with Diane before going home. She’s got a new Mac Book Pro and her old desk just won’t cut it. Earlier today, I searched the web for possible places where we could buy Diane’s desk because last month, when I was table hunting myself, the SM-Parksquare-Glorietta area proved to be poor hunting grounds. My search did not provide satisfactory results.

Three weeks ago, Diane saw cheap tables at the supermarket in SM Marikina, so we initally visited the SM Makati supermarket. After a brief survey of the area, we decided to ask a guard, who , eventually directed us to go to the 4th floor.

On to the furniture section.

After about 8 minutes of comparison, Diane decided to get a PVC-laminated desk (she calls it “faker kahoy”)  priced at P2,999.00. Remembering the difficulty I had last month when I discovered the the instructions included by the manufacturer in the table I bought was for an entirely different model, I asked Furnline (I swear, that’s how he introduced himself to us), the guy who assisted us, whether or not they could assemble the table already and whether it will fit the back area of Diane’s Montero.

Long story short, we got the table and I just learned that Parksquare 1 has 8 levels!

A.M. No. 2010-4-16-SC–Rule on Court-Annexed Family Mediation and Code of Ethical Standards for Mediators

I was fixing my Google Chrome bookmarks when I accidentally stumbled into reading A.M. No. 2010-4-16-SC. Rule 5 caught my attention:

RULE  5.    Presence of Lawyers; Others.  – Lawyers may act as consultant or adviser of the parties but may attend only upon the request of the mediator. The participation of persons other than the parties may be allowed as may be agreed upon by the  parties and upon clearance by the
mediator.

Now, that’s interesting.

The Drive did turn up...

After two days of sweating over that lost Drive, it eventually turned up... in the drawer of my secretary! Whew!

The Perfect Prefatory

Early on, I was taught the importance of starting pleadings and motions with  a smashing  prefatory. A prefatory’s function is simple and elegant—to show in one, two, or more paragraphs, that your opponent is downright wrong. Preferably, it should bite—hard.

So, there.

I’ve been drafting a reply for three days already. Due to the avalanche of other equally important work, the reply was constantly demoted to a lower position in my to-do list.

After finishing my first draft, I launched Lex Libris and searched for jurisprudence to substantiate the prefatory I just made. Unfortunately, nothing came up.

Contrary to the principles of efficient time management for law office workers (okay, I just made that up), I spent two hours searching for the perfect biting quotation that I’ll use to conclude the prefatory.  Just when I found the perfect concluding remark, I was told that we won’t be filing the reply anymore.

 

2011-01-24, 11:46 p.m.

For the most part of the day. I’ve been waiting for a cerebral kick start. It came late, however. So I’m still here in the office. I just finished drafting a pleading, which, after discussions with one of my bosses, will not be filed.

In other news, sulit talaga iyong two piece combo chicken meal ng 7-11. I cup of Hotta Rice, 2 cups of gravy, and 2 pieces of tasty (unhealthy!) fried chicken all for 100 bucks!!! Then, I wash all of ‘em down with Diet Coke

The Drive

That drive should turn up, or else….

That Moment of Clarity

I have a long overdue pleading. At 7:34 p.m., it all became clear.

Trial Post

I just installed Windows Live Essentials 2011 and I’m testing functionalites of Windows Live Writer. I’m done with my self-maintained wordpress blog at the moment, as I don’t have the time to manage the backend side of things.

mucking aroung with my e-620

I just got an Olympus E-620, and I think such a fine DSLR is wasted on me. Haven't had the time to read the manual, but I think I should do so soon. Here is a sample photo taken by my brother. It's so refreshingly clear, my not so refereshing face is displayed here with all my pockmarks, blemishes and stubborn fat:)