Two things that won't work

So I'll start work on Monday. Great! Now the sad part is that I'll be saying goodbye to living a carefree life, though I don't really think that what I did the past 8 years is really carefree! I prepared my whole life for this opportunity, to work in a law office, and be of service to your fellowmen. But the law firm that I'll be working specializes in labor law; not quite my greatest strength. Moreso, we'll be representing management.

If only the dead can know what is happening to the living, my late friend Darius the Great will be laughing in his grave and will be joking at the irony of my existence. I can picture him saying: "Pa-lecture lecture ka pa ng Karl Marx sa amin nun, ipagbibili mo lang pala yung utak mo sa burgis!" I had my own laugh at his expense though because in his wake, his coffin is in front of two big crucifixes. Ayaw mo palang magdasal ha! Sad thing is that he died too early; I won't be able to fulfill my promise the last time we were together in a drinking binge: that I'll represent him in case he became accused of rape, which, knowing him, is really a possibility...

Not that it is really a bad thing since it is reality, and truth does not lie (Hello Garci?!), but knowing how corrupt labor law practice in this country already makes me shudder. Soon, I'll be preparing myself to do a job that I avoided when I had my practicum: give a bribe to a labor arbiter in order to obtain a favor.

At least, the good thing is that the eldest in the family will finally get a job; four years after my younger sister did and three months after my other sister started working after becoming a licensed engineer. We always kid each other through that zany episode in SpongeBob Squarepants where SpongeBob yells at Squidward "There are two things in this house that won't work" - a potshot at me and my younger brother who is still is college. Now, come Monday, there is one less thing in the house that won't work!#