When I was still in college, one of the most dreaded subjects was media law. Everyone panics every Monday and Wednesday because we will be seeing the famous Atty. Bong Lopez once again armed with the magical deck of index cards that will decide our fate for his subject that semester. Everyone enjoyed his class but no one wanted to take it up again. No one dared to fail it because he can be one asshole you wouldn’t want to displease during recitations. He was one of the very few professors who can make even the laziest student burn candles until the early morning just to make sure that he is prepared for his class.
After I graduated, I have a lot of friends who took up law and swore that Atty. Lopez is a monster scarier than the boogie man. This man can say things that can break stone into dust. He would throw class cards out of the window whenever one of the students would do something he doesn’t like and students would start running out of the classroom hoping they can still find the class cards he threw out. There were tons of other horrid stories flying around the AB building and even on other law schools about the experiences that they’ve had with one of the best professors that I’ve met in my entire life.
There’s no doubt, everything I said earlier about him is true and anyone who have encountered him in their classes would agree. But for me, he was one person I will never forget for the rest of my life not only because of his teaching techniques but also because of this poem that he shared with the class one rainy day…
Mangyari lamang ay tumayo ang mga nagmamahal
Nang makita ng lahat ang mukha ng pag-ibig
Ipamalas ang tamis ng malalim na pagkakaunawaan
Sa mga malabo ang paningin.Mangyari lamang na tumayo rin ang mga nagmahal at nasawi
Nang makita ng lahat ang mga sugat ng isang bayani
Ipadama ang pait ng kabiguan
Habang ipinagbubunyi ang walang katulad
Na kagitingan ng isang nagtaya.Mangyari lamang ay tumayo ang mga nangangambang magmahal
Nang makita ng lahat ang kilos ng isang bata
Ipamalas ang katapatan ng damdamin na pilit ikinukubli
Ng pusong lumaki sa mga engkanto’t diwata.Mangyari lamang na tumayo ang nagmahal, minahal at iniwan
Ngunit handa pa ring magmahal
Nang makita ng lahat ang yaman ng karanasan
Ipamalas ang katotohanang nasaksihan
Nang maging makahulugan ang mga paghahagulhol sa dilim.At sa mga nanatiling nakaupo
Mangyari lamang ay dahan-dahang tumalilis
Palabas sa nakangangang pinto
Umuwi na kayo!
At sumbatan ang mga magulang
Na nagpalaki ng isang halimaw.At sa lahat ng mga nakaiwang nakatayo
Mangyari lamang na hagkan ang isa’t isa
At yakapin ang mga sugatan
Mabuhay tayong lahat
Na nagsisikap makabalik sa ating pinagmulan
Manatiling masaya at higit sa lahat
Magpatuloy sa pagmamahal.

Grabbing a few bottles of beer with his students just after grilling them in a grueling recitation..







never mess up with people who knows photoshop, SIR.. they can mess you up really bad…




