weekend fast approaching....

The weekend is slowly creeping back and daylight saving will officially end this weekend. My roommates intend to party this Saturday to capitalize on the additional hour of tootheys beer and weed, but guys do something more productive and not smoke yourselves to death. Self destruction is the greatest sin any mortal man can do to themselves and the more deplorable sin is ignorance.

The additional hour would be reserved for my law readings. Wahoo. There is no intended pun seriously but my readings are piling up and I just can’t seem to clear the workload sitting comfortable on my desk screaming for my immediate attention. Foundations is my favorite subject thus far this semester (**I am reserving and cautioning this statement till I get back my first law assignment**) but still no subject can arouse the same intellectual workout than law have done so far. I mean having nightmares about my law readings and waking up at 2 in the morning to finish my law assignment could be directly/indirectly attribute to this undying interest that has been sparked by the highly intellectual classmates of mine who are in the top 99.65% in the whole of Australia and the relentless questions ricocheted in class. The feeling of inadequacy strikes home and the fact that I can barely cope with the intensity of class discussions make me realize that there’s still so much to be learnt. In law seminars and tutes, theres no time to pause and actually think, everyone is going at such bullet fast speed,I can barely catch my breath before the professor carry on and talk about the next chapter.

As I was munching on my salad bar today, I can’t help but start thinking of ways to expedite all my homework’s and assignments by Friday so that I can keep my weekend free for partying, but judging from the rate that I am going, the only party I would be attending is that of my dreams. I want a life… I want a life right now.

life at sydney law....

I am taking a quickie from my books to post some updates. Firstly, I am an officially a law student. Wahoo after years of building sandcastles in the air, I am finally living the American dream, you know those kind of typical stories about poor disadvantaged people going against all odds and getting to law school and becoming the valedictorian and ending up in the big law firms litigating for those corporate bigwigs who will trade their mortal soul for cold hard cash. But the reality is it’s always easier said than done.

3 weeks into law school and boy am I turning into a cynical anal retard who just can’t tell the difference between Obiter Dicta and Ratio Decidendi. Which brings me to my next point? Why do judges ALWAYS beat around the bush and make unnecessary comments in a legal case? They know that their words have dominion and legal effect but still, the very fact that law students are taught to be concise and sharp is indeed a sharp contrast from what judges are supposed to be.

I guess this is how law school trains you. I have never been so humiliated at the prospect of asking really stupid and unintelligent questions just to get brownie points for participation. I guess it’s the desperation and the competitiveness of those around you that’s spurs you to do things you never imagine yourself ever capable to do. And that includes pages after pages of mundane and boring legal cases and journals and notes. One thing for sure, if one thing that law school has taught me so far, it has been the fine art of bullshitting..

I seriously wonder whether this double degree thing is really working out for the better. I want to be an accountant. I want to be a lawyer. Nope, accountant. Nope Lawyer.

I guess I have never been so torn in my life. It’s like Sophie choice, but the truth is that I am neither interested in law or accountancy. But we are living in a corporate driven environment no matter how much one can argue against the greater good of living for oneself and not selling out to the rat race, I want to provide for my parents in the future, I want to give my kids a good education, I want to be able to tithe more money in church, I want to live life in decent comfort. Truth of the matter is my life is pre destined by God and I know that he has a plan for me in the future.

Back to the books….