Networking

I went to the internaional bar association meetings last week. Boring! Now I know why nobody in office volunteered to go! And why I was "volunteered" to go there by big boss!

I was supposed to be there for networking purpose. Boss was thinking of branching to do inter country transaction in Asia, especially China. I was the one tasked to do it, because my Chinese is the most passable among them, a few of whom aren't even Chinese.. LOL

The thing is: there weren't many lawyers from China at the meeting. Waste of money if you ask me. But well, getting away from work was a welcoming respite while it lasted. The only problem now is to catch up with all the backlogs!

Looks like I will be ignoring my blog for a while again. Haha!

Oh, I got to see Chee sparring with Jaya too. But I can't be bothered to listen. Please spare me the politics! I will really fall asleep! LOL

All jobs suck!

So, today I met up with that Lao Shi earlier in the evening. Sigh, don't know how to say. Seems like each job has its own problem.

Here I was bitching to him about my low-life job and trying to sound out the idea of crossing over to teaching, and there he was, complaining about his crazy students to him.

Seems like he is having problem with both his students and his HOD. He may be leaving the field to go back to the private sector. I guess I was getting advice from the wrong person!

On another note, I don't know if my woman's instinct is correct. I think this Lao Shi does secretly like me to call him "Lao Shi"! I think he enjoys the idea of a grown woman pretending to be a little girl. The vulnerability of a young girl in a woman's body. Something like that. Hard to explain. It's more of a woman's 6th sense thing.

I said to him "Lao Shi, Zhai Jian" in my most teasing voice. just before I left his car. I think I saw a "reaction" at that "place". LOL!

Lao Shi, if you are reading this blog, you know I am talking about you. Haha! Oh, I try reading your blog too. But what the hell are you talking about?. For every 10 lines, I catch one line. Hey, my Chinese is not bad, it's your fault! You are writing in ancient Chinese grammar using ancient Chinese character! Tsk tsk.

My job sucks!

So, it looks like I have abandoned my blog for 8 months. Sigh! How to put it? I guess this has to do with the problem of working in the legal line. Day in, Day out, everyday deals with words and language. I just somehow get sick of writing again when I finally reach home!

Friends inevitably think that law is a very glamorous career reserved for people who are very good in English and who love arguing everyday. Not so! That's the image of lawyers arguing cases in criminal court cases. But that's not how most of us work in the legal sector.

Unlike in Singapore, where only the elite few can get into NUS law faculty and therefore it can pick only those with super good English, it's not that difficult to get into law schools in UK. Sure, one has to pass GP, but writing grammatical queen's English is much much less important than the ability to form coherent arguments and getting good overall grades, in gaining admission to law schools. Maybe this explains why acquaintance are forever so surprise when I tell them I am a lawyer. LOL

Ok, to be fair to myself, my English is not really bad, even if it is not the A1 type. Most of their surprises have to do with the fact that I do not appear to be an argumentative person. Hey people, you guys watch too much Law and Order! The simple truth is that most of us do not argue cases in court. Many of us work in companies as legal counsels, helping to draft legal contracts. And many work in family law, handling divorce. Yet another field is in making real estates' legal transaction. Anyway, you get the idea. For me, I do not quite like to argue, in fact. Moi is an easy going person. LOL

But I digress. Where was I? Oh, glamorous！ Excuse me. for those of us in the property field, there is nothing glamorous at all handling mundane legal transaction regarding properties every day! Trust me on that. I used to handle properties a few years back!

I am doing no better now. Nowadays, I handles family law. Every other day, I have to console a crying wife contemplating divorce. I end up more like a social worker than a lawyer! Or a weeping mother trying to wrestle custody from the father. Or some bitchy women trying to get more money from ex-husband, not because they are poor, but to get the guys to pay back for their adultery. And of course, I, have to be the evil + bitchy lawyer to help them suck more money from their ex-husbands!

Some men do deserve it, and in those cases, I relish doing what I am instructed to do. But sometimes, it's clear cut that I am dealing with a woman that I, too, would walk out of, if I were her husband! That's when I pity the man and hate my job.

Where's the meaning in life? To do something meaningful and helpful instead of doing what your client wants, regardless of whether you think is meaningful or not?

No wonder I never feel the mood to write, after coming home from work! I just don't want to face the written world again!

Recently, I seriously started contemplating becoming a teacher. Yeah, that advertisement got to me - do something meaningful with your life, Teach!

I understand that they need loads of English teachers. Hmmm, maybe I should try. Gotta ask that Lao Shi more about it. Been in contact with him via email now and then. But didn't meet up with him since June. Who knows, maybe he has forgotten this little girl? LOL

Ok, enough ranting.

Good night, world! Time to get my beauty sleep ;)