Wednesday, January 30, 2008
9 div warrior! sianz kenna called up by mindef today to go for reservist! haha actually i knew it was coming ever since i got my reservist unit a few months ago. yesterday i got called up for some briefing on april 5th, and today i got the dreaded news that i got ict from jun 2nd to 6th. any of u guys kenna reservist yet?
Friday, January 25, 2008
clifford (no) chance just got home from the clifford chance internship talk and its awe-inspiring. not the talk itself per se, but the thoughts that it invoked. first of all, the internship allowance at clifford chance is amazing. $450 a week! - more than 3 times the market rate. sadly, i've got nearly no chance of making it into the programme since there are only 6 slots, and lots of very very eligible prospective applicants. however the talk did inspire me to think of working in an international law firm. i've always thought of working at a local law firm when i graduate. one of the big 4 yes, but still a local one. but the talk made me realize that the singapore market is really tiny compared to the world out there. it really is a world of opportunities for one equipped with a nus llb. many lawyers from nus are being employed in large uk & us firms, getting involved in mega cases and raking in, ahem, mega bucks. clifford chance is the largest of these mega firms, and it had a revenue of 1b pounds last year. amazing. and yea i learnt a new term: magic circle. yep - this is the circle that clifford chance is in. this is what i wiki-ed: magic circle list of largest law firms globally
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
law, debates, God God first. for seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all that i need would be added on to me. (Matt 6:33) unfortunately my spiritual life has been stuck at gear 1 for quite some time now. faith is an issue. for faith undergirds all that i believe in, and so without faith all is lost. yet faith is so difficult to sustain, and i feel Him pulling away from me. for while all have fallen short of His glory, i've fallen far short. and i've yet to repent. in my comfortable existence sloth has bound me in chains. law next. and how i wish this were true for the way i lead my life. justin told me he'll probably read more of the constitution this sem than the bible. and i will probably do so too. the most important book i'll read in my life, yet after holding on to it for so long, i've never finished reading it. much less delve into its meanings. and the debates. i've always liked to hear a good debate. debates are like warfare, without the actual blood and gore. yet a good verbal sparring could result in bruised egos and is just as exciting. i went to the law-medicine debates yesterday and it was quite entertaining. the law debaters were undoubtedly more eloquent, but the medicine team was good as well. at least better than i could ever be. their 3rd speaker in particular could hold her own against any competitor i know from law. anyway, the motion was 'it is bad for society if lawyers earn more than doctors'. law was (of course) the opposition. but somehow medicine changed the motion into something more like 'it is bad for society if lawyers earn a lot'. that, for me, meant that the proposition has failed to discharge their burden.. haha.. so even though i didn't stay for the results to be announced i felt that law had clearly won it. but yes, i admit that i'm not really impartial. okies. gotta go back to my books (again). lots of work to be done.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
wk 2 begins tmr! the readings for public law are killing me! and i tot 1st wk is supposed 2b introductory (read: slack). sigh. instead i had to spend most of this wkend on the readings. ah well i shouldnt complain. gotta have to get used to it sooner or later anyway. just that this time the workload came piling in from the start. anyway i was contemplating on whether i should apply for internship at a law firm or to a company and get some in-house exposure. then i surfed and surfed and i came across the psc website - u know, public service commission. not the supermarket. xp anywae i saw their 'management associate program' which is being offered to grads. and wow the pay is good! up to 100k a year after 3 yrs! but i guess this would only be for the scholars la.. see. this proves that 'a'-levels is really the most important exam one would take. do well for the 'a's and ur career is set. haha enough griping and crying over spilt milk. dearie's results are coming out soon and so i'll end this post with: best of luck dearie! and no matter what, continue striving hard for ur goals! :)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
yr 2 sem 2 yep. sem 2 coming up in a few days time! =( and again the pia-ing for grades would have to begin.. sigh.. what a competitive society we live in. i've been really happy in law school ever since an initial adjustment period, but the concern of grades always loom over my head. law school is not a relaxing environment. well at least not if u have any ambitions at all to achieve something. i know some ppl have studied for the nxt sem ever since the start of the hols. amazing. and i can't have many complaints if they do score better than me cos i just dun have the capacity for that. no one is gonna rob me of my hols! hahaha well its the start of a new sem but some ppl i noe arent going 2b back in uni. dunno wats up with glk but it seems he wouldnt be at ntu for the nxt sem. and ldm has moved on to pursue his interest at other unis. gotta applaud these 2 for breaking out of the mold and taking a brave step into unconventional territory. i can nv do it. i'm a route 1, conventional kinda guy. and my parents are probably happier that i'm so. haha anyway as some of u noe my dad was hospitalised for a gall bladder infection. he had gallstones which caused the gall bladder to be perforated and the doc had to remove the entire organ. and then he had pneumonia as well so he was sent to icu for a couple of days. spent a week in hospital but thank God he is ok now. another checkup due nxt monday but the doc said he should be fine. thank all for ur prayers =) reminder to myself: gotta apply for internships soon.
About Me
wants:
olympus fe-4000
(no more new gadgets for the moment!)
wolf hall, by hilary mantel
what the dog saw, by malcolm gladwell
my laptop fan to be quiet
to go cycling
europe tour
holidays with family
to be a lawyer
to enjoy my final yr more
others to be happy
to be a better person
...i'm all about wants! haha!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
9 div warrior! sianz kenna called up by mindef today to go for reservist! haha actually i knew it was coming ever since i got my reservist unit a few months ago. yesterday i got called up for some briefing on april 5th, and today i got the dreaded news that i got ict from jun 2nd to 6th. any of u guys kenna reservist yet?
Friday, January 25, 2008
clifford (no) chance just got home from the clifford chance internship talk and its awe-inspiring. not the talk itself per se, but the thoughts that it invoked. first of all, the internship allowance at clifford chance is amazing. $450 a week! - more than 3 times the market rate. sadly, i've got nearly no chance of making it into the programme since there are only 6 slots, and lots of very very eligible prospective applicants. however the talk did inspire me to think of working in an international law firm. i've always thought of working at a local law firm when i graduate. one of the big 4 yes, but still a local one. but the talk made me realize that the singapore market is really tiny compared to the world out there. it really is a world of opportunities for one equipped with a nus llb. many lawyers from nus are being employed in large uk & us firms, getting involved in mega cases and raking in, ahem, mega bucks. clifford chance is the largest of these mega firms, and it had a revenue of 1b pounds last year. amazing. and yea i learnt a new term: magic circle. yep - this is the circle that clifford chance is in. this is what i wiki-ed: magic circle list of largest law firms globally
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
law, debates, God God first. for seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all that i need would be added on to me. (Matt 6:33) unfortunately my spiritual life has been stuck at gear 1 for quite some time now. faith is an issue. for faith undergirds all that i believe in, and so without faith all is lost. yet faith is so difficult to sustain, and i feel Him pulling away from me. for while all have fallen short of His glory, i've fallen far short. and i've yet to repent. in my comfortable existence sloth has bound me in chains. law next. and how i wish this were true for the way i lead my life. justin told me he'll probably read more of the constitution this sem than the bible. and i will probably do so too. the most important book i'll read in my life, yet after holding on to it for so long, i've never finished reading it. much less delve into its meanings. and the debates. i've always liked to hear a good debate. debates are like warfare, without the actual blood and gore. yet a good verbal sparring could result in bruised egos and is just as exciting. i went to the law-medicine debates yesterday and it was quite entertaining. the law debaters were undoubtedly more eloquent, but the medicine team was good as well. at least better than i could ever be. their 3rd speaker in particular could hold her own against any competitor i know from law. anyway, the motion was 'it is bad for society if lawyers earn more than doctors'. law was (of course) the opposition. but somehow medicine changed the motion into something more like 'it is bad for society if lawyers earn a lot'. that, for me, meant that the proposition has failed to discharge their burden.. haha.. so even though i didn't stay for the results to be announced i felt that law had clearly won it. but yes, i admit that i'm not really impartial. okies. gotta go back to my books (again). lots of work to be done.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
wk 2 begins tmr! the readings for public law are killing me! and i tot 1st wk is supposed 2b introductory (read: slack). sigh. instead i had to spend most of this wkend on the readings. ah well i shouldnt complain. gotta have to get used to it sooner or later anyway. just that this time the workload came piling in from the start. anyway i was contemplating on whether i should apply for internship at a law firm or to a company and get some in-house exposure. then i surfed and surfed and i came across the psc website - u know, public service commission. not the supermarket. xp anywae i saw their 'management associate program' which is being offered to grads. and wow the pay is good! up to 100k a year after 3 yrs! but i guess this would only be for the scholars la.. see. this proves that 'a'-levels is really the most important exam one would take. do well for the 'a's and ur career is set. haha enough griping and crying over spilt milk. dearie's results are coming out soon and so i'll end this post with: best of luck dearie! and no matter what, continue striving hard for ur goals! :)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
yr 2 sem 2 yep. sem 2 coming up in a few days time! =( and again the pia-ing for grades would have to begin.. sigh.. what a competitive society we live in. i've been really happy in law school ever since an initial adjustment period, but the concern of grades always loom over my head. law school is not a relaxing environment. well at least not if u have any ambitions at all to achieve something. i know some ppl have studied for the nxt sem ever since the start of the hols. amazing. and i can't have many complaints if they do score better than me cos i just dun have the capacity for that. no one is gonna rob me of my hols! hahaha well its the start of a new sem but some ppl i noe arent going 2b back in uni. dunno wats up with glk but it seems he wouldnt be at ntu for the nxt sem. and ldm has moved on to pursue his interest at other unis. gotta applaud these 2 for breaking out of the mold and taking a brave step into unconventional territory. i can nv do it. i'm a route 1, conventional kinda guy. and my parents are probably happier that i'm so. haha anyway as some of u noe my dad was hospitalised for a gall bladder infection. he had gallstones which caused the gall bladder to be perforated and the doc had to remove the entire organ. and then he had pneumonia as well so he was sent to icu for a couple of days. spent a week in hospital but thank God he is ok now. another checkup due nxt monday but the doc said he should be fine. thank all for ur prayers =) reminder to myself: gotta apply for internships soon.
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