Bar Blues

January 17, 2008, 3:17 p.m.

Sender: Beneboy

“Bro, my possibility dw na dis feb ang labas eithr last week or march 1st-2nd wik…maaga tau mgagiging mga lawyers he he.”


The Bar Season is actually one year divided into three parts. The Bar Review normally from April to August, The Bar Exams held during the month of September and The Bar Results from October to March. Each part has its own source of stress, The Bar Review is the stress of preparation. The Bar Exams is the stress of the exam and The Bar results is the stress of waiting for an unknown.

I’m at the third stage, and the agony of waiting for the results will take a mental and psychological toll on you. Texts like this only amplifies frustration since it reminds you of impending doom without offering you anything concrete to hang on to. During the wait you will receive different variations of this text but the bottom line is, no one knows the actual date of release of the results except the Supreme Court. I think its something systemic to spread the fear and frustration amongst the barristers. Misery loves company, right?

What you need to do is to try to distract yourself like focusing on your work (which I didn’t have), find a GF (not yet in the the proper mindset), or find a hobby (reading books is my hobby and I’ve just had enough reading for the moment). The start of my year was a very bad one and I was already dreading the fact that it might even get worst. I was really hoping that I had reached the bottom so I can finally rebound.