This is a totally random post. I don't really have anything in particular to blog about and yet I find myself hitting the "new post" button and here I am. Today is 24th November 2009. 24 days after I officially end my pupillage. I am on my holiday or to be exact I am in this transition phase from a pupil to an advocate and solicitor.
I think by now some of you might have already knew that I was not retained in ADC. The fact which I have grown to accept rather easily I must say. I was really really down when I first learn about it though. I was only sad for one day to be honest. The day after that I was actually okay. This may be due to the fact that I was already informed that they are not taking any people in even before I started my pupillage and because of that, I was sort of prepared.
So, in this so called holiday or should I say the period of lazing around and doing nothing which I find myself getting significantly good at it, I was supposed to be actively pursuing for a job. Having said that, I must say that I have not been "actively" seeking for job. The so-called attempt that I made was not in any definition suit the phrase "actively seeking for a job". I was not aggressive and I, unfortunately procrastinate thing as usual.
I do have a few firms in mind but somehow my instinct or should I say the voices in my head that I have been fondly been listening to all these years has yet to give me any signal. I am in desperate need of some sort of signs. I need that voices in my head to lead me, give me clues and drop me some hints. Basically, i need the voices to tell me which are firm(s) I should send my application to.
I could be stubborn at times and this is one of the time my stubborn ness choose to show its face. I insisted to only listen to this instinct of mine and after some interrogation with the voice within, you know the bad cop/good cop tactic and all the other hooplas, instinct finally DROP major hint so based from the hint given, I send two applications at these small but reputable firms. I crossed my fingers, baca Bismillah and click the "send" button. Praying really hard that they will at least call me for an interview.
My instinct told me this may just be the perfect place for me and being the obedient listener that I am, I believed them. I figured since all this while they have pretty much led me to where I am now....which so far is a good and blessed life, I assumed that I have no reason to doubt them. They are trustworthy."They" here is of course referred to the voices in my head a.k.a my instinct.
Then, the "impossible" thing happens....
Almost two weeks have passed and I have yet to receive any reply from this two firms. I started to doubt my instinct. Something tells me this is not the first time.*sigh* Suddenly the voices in my head are not making any more sound. I began my frantic search all over my head. I even sent a Special Branch detectives (together with Starbucks and Donuts) and Special Weapon and Tactic S.W.A.T unit to find them. I force them to make a noise or at least to whisper something to me but to no avail. They won't budge and the silence is killing me and sudenly the future looks so bleak to me and without further ado, I approach my other friend, my other confidante who is, my common sense.
Here is a snippet of our conversation that day....
Common sense : Yes the Gorgeous Iskandar, why are you calling me? It's been a while since we last talk.
Iskandar: Oh, something is seriously buggin' me. Instinct stopped talking to me for no apparent reason. The last time I talk to Instinct, he suggested I applied to this two firms and now it has been two weeks and still no progress. Why huh?
Common sense: Ermmmm... (a long pause). Iskandar, when instinct gave you this "brilliant" suggestion of his, did it ever occurs to you that you should have at least check the Malaysian Bar website first to see if there is any firm out there that actually in need of new L.A? I believe this two firms that Instinct asked you to apply did not even advertise any vacancy. Am I right?
Iskandar: Errrr...I guess so. I just simply send my application to them and hope for the best. Tak boleh ker?
Common sense: You #$%&*@#$% foooool!!!! Of course la they didnt reply or even bother to reply when they are not even looking for people to join them in the first place!!! How can you be so ignorant and just listen to Instinct bla bla bla bla bla @#$%$#%&#@* bla bla bla bla @#$#@%&#*&#!!!!!!!!
Iskandar: Ouch! FINE!!!!!! I'd go check the Malaysian Bar website and see if there's anything.
So, after being told off by Common Sense, I send my application to this one particular firm in Damansara which actually did advertise for a vacancy. and true enough, they called me the day after for an interview
But then....
Gosh, I think I should have just listen to my instinct. Common Sense is not making much sense. When I reach the place for the interview, I could not bring myself to the office. I was stuck in my car for almost 40 minutes collecting reasons and strength to actually get the hell out of my car and just go for the interview.
It does not feel right and I had a strange feeling that I will not like it. What a negative thought!!! I tried to shooosh them away and I was so in need of some tough loving and some motivation so I called Bary and asked her to knock some senses right into my head so that I could just go for the interview. After a few minutes of rambling about my not so stable emotion, I then found the courage to get out of my car.(eleh..chill la, macam nak pegi perang jer, interview aje kot) Still, I didnt feel good about it.
Haish!!!!! I should have just listen to my instinct. I was right. I didnt like it. The firm was not bad though. It just that it does not suit me. I can tell. I so can tell okay. Suddenly, the voices that have disappeared a couple of days ago slowly creeping back to my head. Slowly and slowly it is getting louder and what at first was just like a blurring echoes of a phrase... starting to get clearer and clearer. The voices kept chanting this phrase as if it is some sort of powerful mantra and it's getting louder and louder. They chanted the phrase "I told you so", "I told you so". I feel so overwhelmed and started to feel as if I am now drowning in this "pool of noises" which by now starting to sound like it's mocking me. Not cool man. So not cool. In fact some of them did laugh at me. Kurang asam btol. When you are at the receiving end, this phrase can be so freaking annoying. Urgghh.
I need to have a serious conversation. Face to face. I called both Common Sense and Instinct for a serious meeting. After a lengthy discussion with both of them, we have decided to consult Mr Practicality. Mr. Practicality is also one of my dear friend that I have been in contact with for quite some time. When he make a visit, we tend to come out with quite a few good decision. He rarely makes an appearance nowadays though. Wonder why.
Anyway, Mr. Practicality suggested that I combine both Instinct and Common Sense ideas. Mix them up together, create a balance mixture of those two and see the result. Why should I abandon my inner voice and why should I discard Common Sense. Who said that I can't have both? Who said that it should be one or the other. Thus, I mixed them up together. I am now hopeful of what the result may be.
It has been 2 days already and I am still hopeful. Finger crossed. If tak jadi jugak, Mr.Practicality is in dire need of some serious whipping!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Story of Ebenezer Scrooge
I am not a big fan of animation or cartoon. Growing up, apart from Sesame Street, Thundercats and a few others, I don't really watch that much cartoon. I am into movies but somehow, the idea of watching animation does not seem too appealing to me. The reason being is I can't seem to convince myself that they are real. Being animation, it is not supposed to be real anyway but that is just what I think.
As a self-proclaimed movie fan, it is quite embarrassing to admit that I have not watch some of the highly acclaimed animation movie in the past decade or so. It could be a shocking discovery to some people that I have not watch animation movie like, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Monster Inc and a lot more.
On my defense, I did watch Toy Story, Beauty and the Beast, The Ice Age trilogy and Finding Nemo. I know it is a crime to say this but I didn't like Finding Nemo. I don't understand what the fuss is all about the movie. Okay, maybe the colorful animation is quite something and the vegetarian sharks is kinda funny but other than that it is kind of forgettable to me.
So, I was quite surprised last Thursday when I found myself reading the review of the latest animation movie by Walt Disney, A Christmas Carol in New Straits Time and The Sun when suddenly I felt a tinge of curiosity and a slight excitement to watch it. I wonder why. So, when Kak Mie suddenly asked me to join her for a midnight movie at Sunway Pyramid last nite, without hesitation I suggested we watch A Christmas Carol.
Throughout the duration of this animation, my eyes was glued to the big screen. From start to the ending, the animation is beyond amazing. I know that the word amazing is loosely used nowadays but it is indeed amazing. I could not believed my eyes sometime because it looks so friggin real. The opening scene itself is worth all the praises.
I have a basic idea of the storyline but it was just in bits and pieces. I found it to be quite engaging and very thoughtful. It was after all a classique literary story so it is sort of expected to be up to that level.
The story of a supergreedy man named Ebenezer Scrooge is presented in a slightly dark and edgy mode. Too dark and too edgy for animation I think but it is not a bad thing at all. I would not want it any other way. The mood needed to be dark and hollow. There are quite a few scenes in this movie that just gives me the goose bumps. I like it when that happened.
The scene featuring the Ghosts of Christmas Present is my favorite and the scene where Ebenezer took a journey back into his past is worth the RM11 you paid to watch this movie. Please go and check it out.
The journey of self redemption has never looks so friggin cool. I like it. Wait, that is wrong. I f**king love it!! oops!! pardon me!
p/s: The voice of Mr. Scrooge is by Jim Carrey and with that thick English accent I almost didnt recognize it. Two thumbs up.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
3some
Three is a charm
Two is not the same
I don't see the harm
So are you game?
Never would've I thought that a song about threesome would make my day. Haha. Im lovin' it. I've been listening to it non stop for a few days and I still do not get tired of it. Yet. Simple (but suggestive)and repetitive lyric and very very catchy tune. Mindless fun.
Love the video too. Britney looks hot in it. Im not sure whether my taste in music is gettin more and more superficial but hey, as long as I am enjoyin it, who cares rite?? Two thumbs up Brit. Im lovin it. and yes Britney, the more is indeed the merrier. haha
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Reality Check
Masa berlalu dengan sangat pantas..These past few weeks was like phew!! Looking back, I was not so sure myself what did i do? Thus..I am now in the mood to recap some of the things I have done this past few days. This is what I call "reality check".hehe
Tuesday 27th October 2009
Initially, I planned to serve my papers to KL Bar, Bar Council and AG on the 28th October 2009 but since I was free that day, I decided might as well do it now. So I texted Shikin about my plan and she agreed to be my chaperon for the day...hehehe.
Around 9.45am I fetched her from her new house..wooot wooot. As usual, I need to alas my big (cute) perut and Kin suggested we go to this one mamak at USJ3 called Sri Melur. According to Kin, TheStar Newspaper cakap this is one of the best place to go for breakfast and the roti canai is really sedap. I was like.."Eh, sedap eh?? Jom jom makan, teringin nak cuba tempat baru". Then, when we reached there I was like, laaaa ni ke restoran tue. I've been here like gazillion times already. My aunty used to stay sumwhere over there. Chiiit!!! What a bummer. I was expecting a new cool place.heheh. However, that does not stop me from gorging 2 keping roti canai anyway..hihihi.
And then..in the afternoon it was Convo Time. Not our convocation obviously but it was our dear frens' convocation. Saiful, Bary and Lovely. Owh Lord, how fun it is to be able to meet and talk to Lovely after so long. We even managed to squeeze in our mean session in between all the craziness of convocation in Uitm Shah Alam. (Those who had their convo in Uitm will agree with me on how crazy it can be)
Of course, a few hours with Lovely is not enough so we extended our time together at Delicious MidValley later that nite. Aisya, Cindy, Fido and Chaos joined too. All in all, it was a great day. I managed to served all my papers to the respective bodies and I have managed to be with my fren on their happy day. Mind you, this is the third convocation for Bary that I have attended. Rajin sungguh budak ini menuntut ilmu. heheheh.
p/s: Feel bad didnt managed to take a pic with Ros Adleen who also graduated on that day :(
Thursday 29th October 2009
I was scheduled to go to Ipoh High Court with one of the senior lawyer in ADC, JM for a matter regarding Bill of Costs. (Owh Tuhanku, I despise Bill of Costs). I fetched her from the office at 7.45am and we went straight to Ipoh. Before i tell you any further of my journey there, let me tell you a little bit about JM. She is a very loud person and she talks A LOT. A LOT. Imagine a very talkative person who talks as loud as it can get. Whoaa!!! The result is I was not sleepy at all through out the entire journey pergi balik Ipoh ok!! haha.
She shared a lot of things about life as a lawyer with me and she gave me quite few pointers on how to survive and how to make it in this field. See...this is what I love about talkin to older people. They are so wise and their perspective on life is, naturally, different from us. I love different ideas and different views. It makes me want to think or it forces me to think.
One of the things that strikes me the most is when she said something about the problem with young people.She told me that young people nowadays wasted so much time thinking but at the the end of the day, we did not get anything done. This is what she said to me;
"Sometimes in life, you just have to do it. Think about it for a while and then just do it. Do it. Execute it. If it works, bravo but if it doesnt, move on".
Haish..I wish I could do just that!
p/s: Guess who I met at Ipoh Court?? Yana!!! so syiok dapat jumpa kawan lama. she suggested us to go have our lunch at the infamous Hainan Chicken Rice in Ipoh Town. Not bad. Not bad at all.
30th October 2009
My last day at ADC. I spent my day talking to people in the office and busy answering questions on where and what I'll do next. I just basically tell them that I want to take some time off and think about it later. In actual truth, I don't even know where I will go after this.
I had a superb and fantastic time at ADC throughout my pupillage period. It was so far the best working environment that I have ever been exposed to. I admit, I don't really have much working experience but for a normally stressful job, ADC is a relax and fun working place. Too bad I didnt get retain there. Takpela, takda rezeki.
31st October 2009
I went out with Justine to refund our Beyonce tickets. I was not really dissapointed that the show was postponed as the reason I wanted to go in the first place was just to hang out with some of my fren so Beyonce, no hard feelings ok? If you nak datang next time, datang la ok? I tak halang. Maybe we can meet up for a drink or something? Ajak Jay Z sama k kalau dia free.
Justine took me to this supercoooool place called Kedai Makanana Raju dkt PJ. Ya Allah, sedap and bestnyerrrr. Why didnt I know or heard of this place before sedangkan I was in Shah Alam for almost 5 years already!!!! Why why why. I loveeee the place. The roti canai especially. (Errrr..I have yet to try anything other than the roti canai so I assume yg lain tu sedap jugak la). The roti canai is thick and crispy. Makan atas daun pisang. Banana leaf roti pisang with 3 types of kuah. Got meat curry, dalca and fish curry and the best thing is the sambal. Memang superb the sambal. The price is slightly mahal but it's worth it.
Later in the afternoon, I went out with Bary, Epul and Fido. We bought our bus ticket to Singapore. (Yeay!!! We are going to Singapore!!!!!) and we go makan at the infamous Sate Kajang Haji Samuri at PKNS, Shah Alam. Yummy.
p/s: makan je keje aku ni
1st November 2009
I reached Penang. All the issues that have been buggin' me does not seem so important anymore. P.E.N.A.N.G. never ever fail to make he happy. Gotta go have my happy pills now. First I need to have my Nasi Kandar at Line Clear and Hameediya, then I gotta go have my Roti Canai Daging at Transfer Road. Not forgetting I need to have bubur kacang at Jalan Dato' Koyah and bubur gandum behind the old Cathay Cineplex and I gotta meet Faisal and Izzah pronto!
p/s: why didnt I include Sup Hameed as well?
All in all, I had fun. Thats the most important thing. We MUST have fun. hehe
Tuesday 27th October 2009
Initially, I planned to serve my papers to KL Bar, Bar Council and AG on the 28th October 2009 but since I was free that day, I decided might as well do it now. So I texted Shikin about my plan and she agreed to be my chaperon for the day...hehehe.
Around 9.45am I fetched her from her new house..wooot wooot. As usual, I need to alas my big (cute) perut and Kin suggested we go to this one mamak at USJ3 called Sri Melur. According to Kin, TheStar Newspaper cakap this is one of the best place to go for breakfast and the roti canai is really sedap. I was like.."Eh, sedap eh?? Jom jom makan, teringin nak cuba tempat baru". Then, when we reached there I was like, laaaa ni ke restoran tue. I've been here like gazillion times already. My aunty used to stay sumwhere over there. Chiiit!!! What a bummer. I was expecting a new cool place.heheh. However, that does not stop me from gorging 2 keping roti canai anyway..hihihi.
And then..in the afternoon it was Convo Time. Not our convocation obviously but it was our dear frens' convocation. Saiful, Bary and Lovely. Owh Lord, how fun it is to be able to meet and talk to Lovely after so long. We even managed to squeeze in our mean session in between all the craziness of convocation in Uitm Shah Alam. (Those who had their convo in Uitm will agree with me on how crazy it can be)
Of course, a few hours with Lovely is not enough so we extended our time together at Delicious MidValley later that nite. Aisya, Cindy, Fido and Chaos joined too. All in all, it was a great day. I managed to served all my papers to the respective bodies and I have managed to be with my fren on their happy day. Mind you, this is the third convocation for Bary that I have attended. Rajin sungguh budak ini menuntut ilmu. heheheh.
p/s: Feel bad didnt managed to take a pic with Ros Adleen who also graduated on that day :(
Thursday 29th October 2009
I was scheduled to go to Ipoh High Court with one of the senior lawyer in ADC, JM for a matter regarding Bill of Costs. (Owh Tuhanku, I despise Bill of Costs). I fetched her from the office at 7.45am and we went straight to Ipoh. Before i tell you any further of my journey there, let me tell you a little bit about JM. She is a very loud person and she talks A LOT. A LOT. Imagine a very talkative person who talks as loud as it can get. Whoaa!!! The result is I was not sleepy at all through out the entire journey pergi balik Ipoh ok!! haha.
She shared a lot of things about life as a lawyer with me and she gave me quite few pointers on how to survive and how to make it in this field. See...this is what I love about talkin to older people. They are so wise and their perspective on life is, naturally, different from us. I love different ideas and different views. It makes me want to think or it forces me to think.
One of the things that strikes me the most is when she said something about the problem with young people.She told me that young people nowadays wasted so much time thinking but at the the end of the day, we did not get anything done. This is what she said to me;
"Sometimes in life, you just have to do it. Think about it for a while and then just do it. Do it. Execute it. If it works, bravo but if it doesnt, move on".
Haish..I wish I could do just that!
p/s: Guess who I met at Ipoh Court?? Yana!!! so syiok dapat jumpa kawan lama. she suggested us to go have our lunch at the infamous Hainan Chicken Rice in Ipoh Town. Not bad. Not bad at all.
30th October 2009
My last day at ADC. I spent my day talking to people in the office and busy answering questions on where and what I'll do next. I just basically tell them that I want to take some time off and think about it later. In actual truth, I don't even know where I will go after this.
I had a superb and fantastic time at ADC throughout my pupillage period. It was so far the best working environment that I have ever been exposed to. I admit, I don't really have much working experience but for a normally stressful job, ADC is a relax and fun working place. Too bad I didnt get retain there. Takpela, takda rezeki.
31st October 2009
I went out with Justine to refund our Beyonce tickets. I was not really dissapointed that the show was postponed as the reason I wanted to go in the first place was just to hang out with some of my fren so Beyonce, no hard feelings ok? If you nak datang next time, datang la ok? I tak halang. Maybe we can meet up for a drink or something? Ajak Jay Z sama k kalau dia free.
Justine took me to this supercoooool place called Kedai Makanana Raju dkt PJ. Ya Allah, sedap and bestnyerrrr. Why didnt I know or heard of this place before sedangkan I was in Shah Alam for almost 5 years already!!!! Why why why. I loveeee the place. The roti canai especially. (Errrr..I have yet to try anything other than the roti canai so I assume yg lain tu sedap jugak la). The roti canai is thick and crispy. Makan atas daun pisang. Banana leaf roti pisang with 3 types of kuah. Got meat curry, dalca and fish curry and the best thing is the sambal. Memang superb the sambal. The price is slightly mahal but it's worth it.
Later in the afternoon, I went out with Bary, Epul and Fido. We bought our bus ticket to Singapore. (Yeay!!! We are going to Singapore!!!!!) and we go makan at the infamous Sate Kajang Haji Samuri at PKNS, Shah Alam. Yummy.
p/s: makan je keje aku ni
1st November 2009
I reached Penang. All the issues that have been buggin' me does not seem so important anymore. P.E.N.A.N.G. never ever fail to make he happy. Gotta go have my happy pills now. First I need to have my Nasi Kandar at Line Clear and Hameediya, then I gotta go have my Roti Canai Daging at Transfer Road. Not forgetting I need to have bubur kacang at Jalan Dato' Koyah and bubur gandum behind the old Cathay Cineplex and I gotta meet Faisal and Izzah pronto!
p/s: why didnt I include Sup Hameed as well?
All in all, I had fun. Thats the most important thing. We MUST have fun. hehe