sitting pretty

education students dread practicum.
med students dread internship.

up law students dread the office of legal aid internship.

the summer interns looked like they haven't had any sleep the entire summer. usually happy, chirpy people, with the exception of this guy, were literally biting our heads off. our supervising lawyer -- who i know is amazing with international law and stuff -- looked like a huge flake with a piluka but seemed like fun to work with. it was our first duty day and there was so much to do. finally, after four years of slaving (well, sometimes. i AM a terrible student, i know) over law books, i was finally going to have a taste of "lawyering".

some of my groupmates worked on case assignments. others got their first chance of interviewing.

i got the chance to play receptionist for a day. yes. i worked my ass off for the last four years to be able to send myself to law school and the first thing i ever did under rule 138-a was to sit on a high swivel chair and say "good afternoon, po. ano pong kailangan nila?"