WILOCI Induction Night (Please pass.)

The UP Women's Lawyers Circle (WILOCI) will hold its Induction and Recognition Night on September 11, 2008, 6:00 pm, venue is at Social Hall B of One Roxas Triangle.

WILOCI will welcome and induct its new members that night, led by the recent female bar passers from UP. At the same time, WILOCI will honor some outstanding members. All female lawyers who graduated from UP Law are automatically members of WILOCI. While the ticket for the event is Php1,000 per member, the inductees will be free. There will also be a raffle. Door prizes include cell phone from SMART, some cash gifts, etc.

The Recent Female Bar Passers from UP are as follows:

1.Along, Angela Sigrid
2.Alviar, Myvilen
3.Amparo, Ma. Lourdes
4.Avance, Candy
5.Bacelonia, Joy Anne
6.Bacorro, Lianne
7.Balba, Jennifer
8.Balein, Mignonette Emelaine Gail
9.Barroso, Rachel
10.Bartolome, Sheryl
11.Batocael, (Domingo) Faye
12.Castenada, Kristina
13. Celino, Sarah Eufrosina
14. De Claro, Christine Joanne
15.Del Rosario, Julie Fe
16.Dela Torre, Mailene
17. Depasucat, reyna Faith
18. Dychiao, Lorraine
19. Espano, Mary Trish
20.Espinosa, Maria Karla
21.Gan, Paula Katherina
22.Gervasio, Lianne
23.Lim, Joanne
24.LLave, Maria Isabel
25.Lu, Anna Victoria
26.Luna, Sandra
27.Macapagal, Richelle Joy
28.Manalang, Kristina
29.Menez, Kristine Joy
30.Mercado, Katherine C.
31.Milla, Patricia COrpuz
32.Ong, Jennifer
33.Paner, Linda
34.Rafael, Hyacinth
35.Ramos, Carmen Grace
36.Ramos, Liz Michelle
37.Recolizado, Ma. Nerissa
38.Repol, Judy Alice
39.Reyes, Ronces Anne
40.Rienza, Pia
41.Romero, Rowena
42.Rosales, May Ann
43.Sabado, Susan
44.Sabitsana, Clemens Angeli
45.Sabundayo, Maria Lourdes
46.Saldua, (Castillo), Cherry
47.Sanchez, Dionne Marie
48.Sarinas, KAren
49.Sebastian, Mia Mary
50.Sevilla, Camille
51.Sicangco, Maria Cecilia
52.Sta. Maria, Odessa
53.Tagle, Sharon
54.Tamayo, Kristine Jazz
55.Tan, Vivian
56.Timbol, Jennifer
57.Tizon, Sheryl Ann
58.Togle, Maria Inez
59.Torralba, Mary Grace
60.Tumaneng, Rochelle Marie
61.Veloso, Tonette
62.Yumul, Ily Grace

Interesting...

Interesting. Although in my case and most of my friends', the whole thing's moot and academic. Anyhoo, I got this off Michelle (Santos)' Facebook page:

http://msn.match.com/msn/article.aspx?articleid=1781&TrackingID=516311&BannerID=544658

Can exes be friends?

By Analise Pendergast

Wouldn't life be a little sweeter if we could all just get along? But when it comes to exes, bad blood too often taints the mix.

The weird thing is, theoretically, you used to think this guy was the bomb! Even if you don't exactly miss being his significant other, maybe you do miss his hilarious sense of humor, his lasagna and the ways he really "gets" you as a person. Okay, so the party's over, but does that mean you drop out of each other's lives forever?

Transitioning from breakup to buddies is a tall order. Even with the best of intentions, it's not always possible to bury the baggage and make a fresh start as friends. But if you're both up for the challenge, the rewards can be great.

If you and your ex want to stay friends, make sure that you:

Give it time. Changes of this magnitude doesn't happen overnight. After a split, there will inevitably be issues to resolve, lives to reconfigure, feet to be gotten back on. It may take a couple of years or more before relating in a whole new way is really workable.

Disconnect old buttons. Didn't it drive you nuts, the way he always left his dirty socks on the floor? Know what? It's not your problem anymore. Detach from old judgments and irritations that bedeviled your former days as a couple. Remember the bigger-picture stuff you really like about him, and let the picky stuff go.

Dredge for grudges. If grudges lay buried in your inner underground, employ grudge-removal techniques forthwith. Whether your style is to sort it out in a journal, with a therapist or by beating hand drums and burning sage, do your homework and work it through. You can't expect to have an honest friendship until you harbor no hard feelings.

Clarify boundaries. Are you absolutely sure you're ready to be friends, and just friends? Is a little tiny part of you secretly yearning to re-spark the old flame, or have a roll in the hay for old times' sake? If so, stop right there. It's not yet time to pursue a platonic friendship if romantic intentions still reside within either of you. Wish each other well, and proceed with establishing your own separate lives for now.

Jettison jealousy. Nobody's expecting you to love the one your ex is with now, but do respect their relationship and be cordial, at least. Still, a little jealousy can be a natural reaction, turning that hip dinner for four suddenly unappetizingly cold and crusty. Suck it up and be nice. Besides, she's the one who gets to deal with that nasty sock habit now.

Offer the olive branch. Accompany it with a slice of humble pie. Forgive yourself, and him, for blunders and bygones. It's a delicate operation, but with wisdom, patience, and care, you can welcome this man you once held most dear, back into your inner circle. Like the old campfire song says, "Make new friends and keep the old. One is silver and the other gold."

The earth is getting bigger around the waist. Literally.

Because the planet rotates and is more flexible than you might imagine, it bulges at the midsection, creating a sort of pumpkin shape. The bulge was lessening for centuries but now, suddenly, it is growing, a recent study showed. Accelerated melting of Earth's glaciers is taking the blame for the gain in equatorial girth.

http://www.livescience.com/php/trivia/earthfacts/index.php?qnum=10

Paris Hilton for President (This one works. The one I posted doesn't pala.)

Fairy tale trivia

I just finished reading some of my favorite fairy tales, as translated from the original, i.e. with all the blood and gore and taboo that you can’t let children read. I learned quite a few things. The originals are actually quite different from what most people remember having read as children. (I think Ray can attest to this. Hehe!) Anyway, here are some things I thought were quite interesting:

(1) Rapunzel is the German word for lettuce. Rapunzel was named so because, as you may remember, her mom had such an insatiable craving for the lettuce from the sorceress’ garden.

(2) Cinderella is not the poor girl’s real name. She was called that in jest because she was made to sleep near the hearth, over cinders, that her skin was perpetually darkened by ash.

(3) The original Cinderella story originated from China.

(4) Cinderella does not involve a glass slipper, a pumpkin that turned into a carriage, mice that turned into horses, or rats that turned into a coachman and a footman. It actually involved birds magically flying gowns into the cemetery where Cinderella’s mother was laid to rest, and where she frequently visited.

(5) In the original Cinderella, both of Cinderella’s stepsisters were not ugly. They were, however, quite the obedient children to their mother, as the first cut off her big toe, and the second cut off a portion of her heel in order to force their feet to fit into the slipper. And yes, the original story says that blood flowed into the shoe.

(6) In the original story of the Princess and the Frog, the princess did NOT kiss the frog. She flung him at the castle wall in a blind rage. And THEN he turned into a prince AND married her. Bad sign, Mr. Prince guy.

(7) Snow White was seven years old.

More next time. Have to go back to work already.