This morning I found out that someone I know just passed the BAR. It was still early in the morning when I did, just a little before sunrise. It was still dark in my room, but outside I can already hear the occasional carefree twittering of early morning swallows and roosters cautiously crowing as the day was slowly stirring awake. I was stirred from my sleep, and remembered that yesterday at the office we were excited to check out the results of the bar exams, which was due to come out anytime yesterday. We know people, acquaintances and friends, who took the last bar. I guess we were excited for them. We waited the entire day, constantly checking the Supreme Court of the Philippines website for the results, but it didn't come out as we have expected it would during our office hours. We left the office still wondering about the results. So after I woke up this morning and said my morning prayers, I took out the trusty Aspire One and went to the supreme court website to see if the results are already there. It was. I browsed through the name of the passers and found that familiar name there, in silent black and white. I grinned.
You see, I'm studying law right now and someday I'll take the bar exams too. They said it's the most difficult professional licensure exam in the Philippines. Having seen that name there of someone who studied Law as I did, who went to the same university as I am now, who studied while working as I did, in the same agency where I worked... Ah, my heart was filled with hope. If someone roughly four years ago was in a very similar situation as I am now has passed the most difficult licensure exam in the Philippines - so they say - well, I might do too.
There are very few things in my life that I can say I really worked hard for, things to which I have given enough of my heart and soul, of all that I am, for me to actually remember them in great specific detail. I think I just found the second one.
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