Sorry I've not posted often; been busy and the router at home has gone kaput. Anyway, here are my daily pupillage notes, from 10th to 21st May.
D81 (10th May): Dreams can turn into nightmares, and nightmares into dreams.
D82: "If you're moving towards peace, you're moving away from money. If you're moving towards money, you're moving away from peace."
D83: Going to the High Court nearby is almost like working from home!
D84: Goodbye Gordon! Hello David! And, err...Nick I suppose.
D85: All bets off. Back to war.
D86 (17th May): The audacity of some lawyers!
D87: Tenaganita Legal Aid Training Day 1. (I'm missing a trial I've prepared months for and it's raining buckets!).
D88: Day 2 of Legal Aid Training. Daniel Lo says, "If you always fight for truth and justice, you will never lose a case".
D89: Friends make my world go round.
D90: I was fortunate enough to hear Y.A. Dato' Azhar's landmark decision on Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal's case. I'd never guess the "Law, Literature & Art" course I took at uni would come to life so soon!
P.S. In case you haven't notice yet, all my posts viz. pupillage are titled with lines from Queen songs.
Tuesday 25 May 2010
Saturday 1 May 2010
Insanity Laughs Under Pressure We're Cracking
D71 (26th April) : "Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, We'd sing and dance forever and a day."
D72: The highlight of my day: Old Town French Toast. Sad, no?
D73: I'm hungry tonight, but have no appetite to eat.
D74: People may seem unassuming, but never assume that they are.
D75: Fact: all lawyers are sadomasochistic.
D76 (3rd May): It's hard to think of others when you're all alone.
D77: Maps have traps. Both figuratively and literally.
D78: Boss says, "Don't panic!"
D79: Why is it that when I'm free, everyone ignores me, but when I'm dying from the workload, I get loads of invites?! Why?
D80: What doesn't kill you only makes you balder.
D80A (Sat 8th May): Now I know why they bolt the windows: so no one can attempt suicide.
D80B (Sun 9th): No words.
Last week was a nightmare. I went home past midnight 4 out of the 5 weeknights, and over the weekend I went to the office for about 8 hours on both days, all this in preparation for an upcoming trial which will not even proceed due to settlement.
At one point I was swear delirious: it was so un-funny that it became funny and I laughed to myself in the office like a madman for half a minute. No kidding.
To makes matters worst I got lost and was therefore late for an event, missed Mother's Day dinner tonight and couldn't make it for a friend's welcome-home-cum-birthday party.
But through it all, I surprised myself—I survived (with help from above), and I realise I'm a lot stronger than I thought.
On a separate note, the 15-year old who was fatally shot by the police recently is my sister's junior and studied at my alma mater. Students there are of course reeling from the tragedy.
The fact that it happened shocked me, the fact that it happened 2 minutes away from my house makes me shudder, and the fact that the police are not just unwilling to apologise but are implicating the innocent victim makes me want to vomit. Why can't any public body take some responsibility in this country instead of trying to cover things up and play the blame game?
D72: The highlight of my day: Old Town French Toast. Sad, no?
D73: I'm hungry tonight, but have no appetite to eat.
D74: People may seem unassuming, but never assume that they are.
D75: Fact: all lawyers are sadomasochistic.
D76 (3rd May): It's hard to think of others when you're all alone.
D77: Maps have traps. Both figuratively and literally.
D78: Boss says, "Don't panic!"
D79: Why is it that when I'm free, everyone ignores me, but when I'm dying from the workload, I get loads of invites?! Why?
D80: What doesn't kill you only makes you balder.
D80A (Sat 8th May): Now I know why they bolt the windows: so no one can attempt suicide.
D80B (Sun 9th): No words.
Last week was a nightmare. I went home past midnight 4 out of the 5 weeknights, and over the weekend I went to the office for about 8 hours on both days, all this in preparation for an upcoming trial which will not even proceed due to settlement.
At one point I was swear delirious: it was so un-funny that it became funny and I laughed to myself in the office like a madman for half a minute. No kidding.
To makes matters worst I got lost and was therefore late for an event, missed Mother's Day dinner tonight and couldn't make it for a friend's welcome-home-cum-birthday party.
But through it all, I surprised myself—I survived (with help from above), and I realise I'm a lot stronger than I thought.
On a separate note, the 15-year old who was fatally shot by the police recently is my sister's junior and studied at my alma mater. Students there are of course reeling from the tragedy.
The fact that it happened shocked me, the fact that it happened 2 minutes away from my house makes me shudder, and the fact that the police are not just unwilling to apologise but are implicating the innocent victim makes me want to vomit. Why can't any public body take some responsibility in this country instead of trying to cover things up and play the blame game?
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