Assorted Shit

What I learned today in Obligations and Contracts:

1) You cannot just bulldoze squatters away, even if your father, Mr. Fernando, named you Bayani. It's the surest path to not being a hero.

2) Japanese war notes are an arsonist's best friend. They are excellent for kindling fire, among others.

3) In 1961, a house stood right smack in the middle of Quezon Avenue. The drivers, who were so alive back then, weren't so thrilled. Some of them are now dead. But as fate would have it, some others were strong enough to live and tell the tale, preferably in law school.

4) And finally, farmers are not only fine smokers. They are also the best economists. They roll their tobacco on "Grade 1" paper. Maybe "Grade 2" paper does not taste as good.

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Overheard somewhere in the college building.

Classmate 1: (Sees Classmate 2 approaching) Hey, where are you going? Don't we have a class for Criminal Law 2 later?

Classmate 2: No, our professor won't be holding class today.

Classmate 1: Really? Why is that?

Classmate 2: Why, do I look like someone who will cut classes?

And I said to myself, Jesus, I'd do anything to look just like you.

Another lesson learned.