A God Teaches Obligations & Contracts
December 4, 2007'Cause you're a God
And I am not
And I just thought
That you would know- Vertical Horizon
26 November 2007 made history in the Barely Legal chapter of my life.
It was the first lecture *slash* recitation session in Obligations and Contracts, a five-unit class, under Atty. Elmer Rabuya.
Prior to this day, Kumareng Keewy, the optimist and ego-booster that only she could be, kept telling me not to worry about ObliCon. Concurred by other upperclassmen, she said that the professor is not at all terrifying. In fact, he gives the class a refreshingly relaxing atmosphere—a complete contrast to some of our professors during the first semester.
Atty. Rabuya is reputed to be an exceptionally brilliant instructor in Civil Law and this is evidenced by his 95% Civil Law rating in the Bar Exam and his first published book, Persons & Family Relations (I have an autographed copy). What impressed me more is that he’s my brother’s contemporary in Law School which decodes his age to just mid-30s.
Given his notable resume and disregarding how lanky and geeky he looks in a barong, I had this arrogant plan of acing my first recitation. Just in case my brother asks him how I am as a student, he could give him a feedback that my brother could respond “kapatid ko ‘yan e”.
For the first time in the Barely Legal chapter of my life, I exited the classroom with my jaw still on the floor. WOW! Atty. Elmer Rabuya is god in ObliCon.
From then on, I call my Mondays “worship day”. Sumamba na naman kami kanina. Amen!
Previous Comments
once you meet someone who really KNOWS the law, it’s a challenge and an inspiration to have an iota of that knowledge. we seek to impress this brilliant person but what we really want is to have a piece of his intelligence.
Posted by nadine at December 4, 2007, 2:11 pmenjoy the 4 months of bliss and awe… hopefully he teaches other civil law subjects in the future for you. unfortunately for me, i only sat in his class. i was finished with all my civil law subjects by the time i went to ausl.
Posted by nadine at December 4, 2007, 2:14 pmhey gee..post ka ng pic ng god sa school…
Posted by Liz at December 5, 2007, 3:43 pmWell, thanks for this piece though I don’t think that I deserve the superlatives… Am I that “lanky” and “geeky” when wearing barong??? (hehe) … I can hardly recall your first recitation in OBLICON but I do recall your British accent which I found diffcult to mimic… By the way, who is kumareng keewy??? Tell her that I appreciate the kind words, as I do appreciate your kind words in this piece (as well as the comments of ehm and nadine). Thanks guys, your kind words inspire us to teach better…
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please?
i totally agree.. i knew the answers na nga pero i hardly can’t explain it to him.. hehehe.. standing for 2 hours straight sa obli is next to persons recitation.. hehehe.. he’s really good in the subject..
dba kamukha nya c makisig?
he’s my super inggo!! =D
Posted by ehm at December 4, 2007, 12:01 pm