Senior citizen na dating katulong, pumasa sa 2023 Bar Exam sa unang take | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho - video Dailymotion

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Ang 62-anyos na si Nanay Rose, kabilang sa mahigit 3,000 bar passers ngayong 2023!   Paano nga ba nalampasan ni Nanay Rose ang lahat ng hadlang at pagsubok? Ma-inspire sa kanyang kuwento sa video na ito.

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00:00 [Dramatic music]

00:03 Congratulations to the bar examiners, to our new lawyers,

00:10 including Rose, who is now 62 years old, and is now a lawyer.

00:19 [Dramatic music]

00:40 And when it came out, she cried and cried.

00:49 Thank you Lord! Thank you!

00:51 Lord, thank you so much!

00:53 [Dramatic music]

00:57 Thank you Lord!

01:00 But one of the 3,812 bar passers-by,

01:05 was really a crybaby, Ms. Rose.

01:10 [Crying]

01:13 I'm not doing this!

01:15 Who passed?

01:16 Me!

01:18 Who will now be known as Attorney Rosula Calacala.

01:23 It was her first time taking a bar exam.

01:26 She passed right away at the age of 62 years old.

01:31 She is now a senior citizen.

01:33 I'm so happy to be an attorney all of my life.

01:37 Thank you Lord!

01:38 For those who want to fulfill their dreams, watch the story of Mother Rose, our new lawyer.

01:47 [Dramatic music]

01:49 Here in the small town of Jones Isabela, Mother Rose lives inside their home.

01:55 This corner is full of books.

01:59 I read all of them. I still have a lot to read because I read a lot online.

02:04 Before she was able to hold the Kodal, or the book that contains all of the Philippine laws,

02:11 Mother Rose preferred pocket books.

02:15 It's up to you to write, to have a frame of mind when you read.

02:20 Your English is really good, which is a great factor in the bar exam.

02:26 To have knowledge, you have to read.

02:29 I was taught that even if you have a printed copy of the book, you have to read it.

02:36 She loves to read. She passed it to her children, Mark, Ruth, and Jyre.

02:44 Every weekdays, when we go to Santiago City, my children are there.

02:50 My children also love to read because they can see me.

02:54 She's really kind. In school, she really supports us to study.

02:59 Even after her children graduated, Mother Rose still continues to work.

03:04 She serves in their local government.

03:07 I used to be an employee of a bank. I became a school director of a school.

03:13 But our former mayor said, "Why are you here? You're old. You have to come to Jones."

03:19 Even if your salary is small, you can just live in the municipality.

03:24 I took that opportunity because my children are done.

03:27 My husband is the only one left in the house. It's really a blessing.

03:31 Most of the time that I was in the municipality, I was really taught to be a scholar, to be an LGU.

03:37 And every day, she serves in the government.

03:41 Mother Rose was moved by the lack of lawyers.

03:45 I want to help my constituents in Jones, Isabela because there are no lawyers living there.

03:50 Maybe I'm the only one who can survive there.

03:53 Because young lawyers have a lot of opportunities in the cities.

03:57 This is what pushed Mother Rose to try to become a lawyer.

04:01 Since the time of my children, I was their tutor.

04:05 When I arrived, even if I was really tired, I have to tutor three small kids.

04:10 I still cook. There's no one to help me.

04:13 So after they graduated, they have a job.

04:17 She made a lot of sacrifices for us.

04:19 We were still young. She really had to put us first.

04:23 What else can I do with my life?

04:25 From 65 after the retirement, what can I do for more or less 30 years of my life?

04:31 I have nothing to do. I just have to work.

04:33 Why not study?

04:35 I thought from the beginning of going to law school, I'm not smart.

04:41 But I'm patient. I will do everything to get what I want.

04:47 So I have to double time.

04:49 Every time I'm in a car, I'm in a meeting, when my boss orders me, I have a code.

04:57 Actually, every day of your life, you want to give up in law school.

05:00 But if you started one thing, you should finish it.

05:04 So I didn't give up.

05:06 I saw her hardships. I told her, "Don't work anymore. Just stay at home."

05:12 Day and night, you will see her perseverance.

05:16 It's very hard to be a law student.

05:19 You have to memorize laws.

05:21 Because I know I'm very weak in memory, I have to read, read, read, read.

05:27 Every day of your life, if you're a law student, you don't want to anymore.

05:31 You give up. You give up.

05:34 But you shouldn't give up.

05:36 But in 2020, the biggest challenge came, the pandemic.

05:42 I really gave up.

05:44 Our exam was online.

05:46 I couldn't answer because I was a COVID patient.

05:49 I let go of the ballpoint pen.

05:51 I said, "Daddy, I'll stop. It's up to the teachers to fail you."

05:56 You know, my professors were very considerate during that time.

06:01 They knew that I was a COVID patient. They gave me a 75.

06:05 My husband was always there to help me.

06:09 During my law school days, my husband was the one who did the housework.

06:16 Until 2022, Rose finished her law school.

06:22 But to become a lawyer, she had to pass one of the most difficult bar examinations.

06:30 Your answers were not yet certain.

06:33 But I said, "Lord, I always pray after the bar exam and up to the time the results come out,

06:42 I pray that you use the bar examiner to pass me."

06:48 But Rose was not a pious person.

06:51 Especially not all of her prayers were answered.

06:57 Rose was born early in her life.

07:00 She was only 10 years old when she became a member of the household.

07:05 My father died when I was 8 years old.

07:08 My mother was the only one who took care of us.

07:11 Every opportunity, she would see someone who wanted to teach me.

07:16 She sends me off to those people.

07:19 I was 10 years old. I helped them wherever I went to study.

07:25 Our food was oil.

07:28 Now, we remember that those were ricado.

07:31 But for us, that was our food.

07:34 In 1984, she graduated Commerce in Northeastern College, Santiago, Isabela.

07:41 The following year, she became a certified public accountant.

07:46 It is not in vain that it is difficult to finish your studies.

07:51 Just don't be ashamed to be an assistant or to work.

07:55 In 1990, Rose became a family member.

07:58 And a few decades later, she was appointed as a lawyer.

08:06 But it seems that fate really took her.

08:11 Because a few months before the bar exams,

08:14 I was chosen.

08:15 This is painful. Everything here is painful.

08:19 I was lying down for five months and I was sweating.

08:22 Imagine the strain of the eyes when lying down.

08:25 I endured it because I wanted to be a lawyer.

08:28 There is another one.

08:29 My mother died in February.

08:31 Imagine if your mother died every day.

08:34 Even if you sweat, you will cry.

08:36 But I said, "This is not a distraction for me, my mother's death."

08:40 But before sleep, I remember my mother.

08:43 All the exams were very difficult.

08:48 I didn't know how to start the sentence.

08:51 What I did was I did my best to answer it to myself.

08:56 But when I was in the Supreme Court, I will go there because I will just watch.

09:01 I was just here in Manila, so I said I will just watch what will happen.

09:06 So when the result came out, in an instant,

09:11 all her hardships came back to her.

09:16 [Music]

09:20 [Crying]

09:21 Thank you, Lord!

09:22 [Crying]

09:25 [Crying]

09:28 When I saw my name, I was so surprised.

09:32 I didn't expect that I would pass.

09:35 After I saw my name, I thought, "Oh, Lord, thank you, Lord."

09:43 Thank you, Lord, I will have no more regrets.

09:46 I will have no more regrets.

09:48 [Crying]

09:49 Oh, my God!

09:51 [Crying]

09:55 I didn't expect that I would pass.

09:58 Everything that is happening to us now is really a blessing.

10:02 We take everything to God that everything has a purpose.

10:07 I want to tell her that I'm very proud of her for taking the leap of faith.

10:13 If I compare myself to now, I'm so far away, I can't help anymore.

10:19 I'm still an attorney. I didn't expect to be an attorney all of my life.

10:25 [Music]

10:29 God has a purpose. He will serve other people.

10:33 [Music]

10:36 This Friday, Rose returned to their hometown in Jones, Isabela.

10:42 What she didn't know is that she prepared a surprise for her friends and family.

10:48 Congratulations!

10:51 [Cheering]

10:53 Thank you, God!

10:55 [Crying]

10:57 I didn't expect that I would pass.

11:00 I didn't expect that I would pass.

11:02 Congratulations!

11:05 [Clapping]

11:06 One by one, Rose's friends embraced her.

11:10 She couldn't help but cry.

11:13 This is my husband!

11:15 [Crying]

11:16 Without him, I wouldn't be who I am now.

11:19 I'm so grateful to you for having welcomed me this way as an attorney, Rosoladi Calacala.

11:28 [Clapping]

11:30 [Music]

11:34 Her mother brought her to the school where she finished her law degree.

11:41 [Cheering]

11:46 Her professor visited her.

11:48 I was really confident that you will make it. I have no doubt about it.

11:54 My God! Our president is here!

11:59 And the school's president, where she was also a witness as an assistant.

12:04 Many people will be inspired.

12:07 I think it's not too late to dream of becoming a lawyer.

12:12 My advice to them if you want to become a lawyer, it's 100% commitment.

12:18 All of your energy, all of your time, just focus.

12:23 Train yourself as a law student so that when you go to court, you will be able to fight for your love life.

12:32 How much more of the life, limb, and freedom of other people.

12:37 So you should have a strong heart.

12:39 In our life, while we are aging, while we are senior citizens,

12:44 so that society won't look down on us and say, "Oh, she's a senior citizen, she's useless."

12:49 No, let's make the remaining years of our life productive.

12:54 It is really the ability to live in age or state that is not measured.

13:00 A person with ability, intelligence, and a good heart will do everything for their dreams to be fulfilled.

13:11 I'm done with my best years of my life.

13:14 But my best years is yet to come because I didn't expect to become a lawyer.

13:20 But there are so many chances that I might die.

13:24 The worst COVID patient that is about to die, why did God spare me?

13:29 There must be some purpose why God spared me from death.

13:34 Thank you, Lord!

13:36 Oh my God!

13:38 Oh my God!

13:40 Oh my God!

13:42 [Music]

13:45 Thank you so much, Kapuso!

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