48 years after...

and i'm still alive! although barely. my new beat/assignment is killing me physically and psychologically (and emotionally). but after two weeks of being there i've kind of proven to myself (and to them) i can do it (well, not really).

more than two weeks ago, i was told i would be assigned to courts (of all assignments!) i was dreading it, i didn't know they had the nerve to punish me that way. i did not do anything wrong and anything right. ffff! they still pushed it even with my shock and my silent but obvious displease with the news. hello courts! i'm not into lawyering or anything related to it. court beat is actually considered a dead beat coz there's practically no story there, i mean good stories worthy of publication. and that's aside from really being there; sitting in courtrooms listening to alien terms and practically alien people!

i was thinking of resigning then but the maldita in me said i could do it. 2 days before my first day i went to my new assignment to get a glimpse of it and be oriented by a fellow reporter whom i would be taking over after his 4 years of being assigned there. i was apprehensive but i still felt challenged.

then on to my first day...guess what! i gathered 5 stories and all were published. sigh. but i went home past 10pm that day, and asked at least 3 people with legal knowledge for my stories. think: contempt.

the problem does not actually end after getting and writing every damn court story. i always include in my prayers (yeah i also pray) i have not twisted my stories (and face contempt the next day) grrr!

well anyways, the past days went by with a handful of outscoops, 2 banner stories :P and a number of scoops.

but even that i still want to be reassigned. i hate attending boring hearings. the longest hearing was 5 hours! God! i wanted to shout at that stupid lawyer for always asking objectionable questions. and that 5 hours went to nothing as the witness' testimony was closed to being stricken off coz this stupid lawyer failed to connect the incident (the massacre of the accused's wife's family of which the former was the alleged mastermind) to another one (the murder of his wife. yeah he was the murderer) which could be basis enough to pin down the accused (this refers to the big-time cult leader/the accused).

however, there were still few consolations in this dead beat aside from meeting famous characters-lawyers and accused alike. i've attended a few "lively" (even funny with one lawyer who acted like he was a judge) ones, and even controversial trials (involving, again, the big-time cult leader who allegedly killed his wife; and his member allegedly killing his wife's lawyer).

newayz, i'm still thinking of quitting. aside from not having time to write a blog i already sound like a lawyer, a stupid lawyer (yikes!). yeah, i still consult my lawyer/co-reporter/friend for most of my stories especially the sensitive ones. just tonight i was only writing 2 simple decisions and finished them in 4 hours. bravo me!

i'm out of words. tomorrow is monday and there's no hearing to attend to. might as well curse mondays. and that means i'll have no story too. good luck to me and to The Freeman!