The Complete Substitute for All Forms of Sociability

Welcome to my home office! So after like a month of deciding, moving furniture and adding accents here and there, it's finally finished. I must say, I like the overall result. And I'm glad I didn't do anything drastic like buy that super expensive printer, shelf, table and chair set for P30k. It turned out I didn't need any of it because the glass table does just as well as an office table and I transferred my, uhh, pirated books to my room, away from public view. Yes, those were books I bought with my hard-earned money while still a law student. But I can't honestly face my clients with that poor man's collection of law books. So to the attic with you, my children. I bought a cheaper printer unit by Brother that will serve its purpose for now. Work is slow for now. It's why I'm also actively job hunting to help cover my daily expenses. More about my job hunting experiences later. But, yes, welcome to my home office. :)

By this time next week I should officially be a resident of...well, some other city besides my current zip code. I'm a bit excited about the whole living in a spanking new house in an, I suppose, okay neighborhood (although it's also a bit out of ways) but moving...isn't fun. It really isn't. Especially if you're a hoarder, like me. I'm a rat see. That means, I was born in the year of the rat (heh, did you think that...? never mind) and we're hoarders -- you know, in addition to being supposedly brilliant business minds or whatev. Being a hoarder, I have a lot of stuff. Pretty useless stuff, it turns out. Would you believe me if I tell you that I still have all my exam booklets from frickin' college? Yep. I'm a walking fire hazard, I tell you. Anyway, I used to like enjoy leafing through them on those rare occasions I enjoyed leafing through them. Not anymore. Gotta stop. I can't haul all these crap (admittedly) to the new house. Nu-uh. But even ...

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I made my first court appearance today. A pretty simple case and it was a hearing on a motion. The funny thing is, I wasn't in the least bit nervous even though I ought to have been. Maybe because today wasn't a particularly busy court day in that sala. Fewer people, lesser spectators to any bloopers I might have committed. I was trying hard not to look too neophyte but it's impossible when there's only so many litigation lawyers in Cebu. According to one experienced lawyer acquaintance, you're bound to know, if not their names, then their faces in the long run. Our case was the first one called and I think that from the first few words out of my mouth ("Good morning, Your Honor. I am Atty. Bleep in collaboration with Atty. Bleep and Atty. Bleep, appearing for the defendants, Your Honor."), they already figured out I was new. Old-timers no longer feel the need to introduce themselves to the court since court personnel and the judge already know them. ...

is still a rose. But let's not get horticultural all of a sudden here. Speaking of names, I've changed the name of this blog. From the awkwardly phrased, nostalgic but highly derivative " Mind the Twit ," I've turned it to " Just Desert. " But that's not all. Oh no, it's really  not all. Because "just desert" is really a clever way of saying "Jute's scarcity." Even better, the title fits the "desert" theme of this blog perfectly. Scarcity, of course, pretty much explains itself. But "Jute's," well, if you jumble it up and take out one letter, it really spells "just." ROFLMAO See? Smart and  funny and most importantly, BRIEF. Or at least, it's one word shorter than the previous title.

Congratulations to all my fellow successful 2009 Bar Examinees! The results came out last night at around 10:00 p.m. View the complete list at the SC Website.

So aside from finally updating Brilliant at 3:00 a.m. (now on Chapter 2!!) , I've been busying myself these past couple of days with new layouts for my blogs. I like these new ones. They're XML and compatible with the new Blogger's widgets. Also, tweaking the themes gave me a sort of crash course in CSS coding. heh XD Of course, that means obsessing over the whole thing to the point where I have dreams of them. Also, while I'm at it, I discovered Google Chrome . I'm still testing it out but so far so good. It definitely provides faster browsing. The only tiff I have with Google Chrome is that it doesn't have the Delicious toolbar and also the multiple search engine bar that Firefox has. But its delightful extensions might make for it. For instance, the screenshots of my blogs below are accomplished through this nifty extension called Webpage Screenshot . Really cool. If you haven't tried Google Chrom e yet, you should give it a try. ...

We reached a milestone moment in our webcomic .