So much has been happening lately that I don't quite know where to start.

For one thing, I have officially been retained :) So all that hard work paid off in the end.

Work is getting busier by the day. I'm just waiting for the point where I have enough exposure to be able to do the work at half the speed I am doing it now :P

Something nice also happened when I came into work on Tuesday. There was a cranberry shortcake on my desk. I assumed it was from my buddy cause there was once she left some chocolates on my desk for me. But when I thanked her I later found out that she had nothing to do with it...oops...oh well..still don't know who is it from, but thank you to whoever you are hehe

I guess that is all from me. I will end with a an e-mail from one of my colleagues that was able to motivate me in doing my work when I was stuck in the office at night working on a case...

"A litigator must always pick sides

Remember, you do not pick the side you think will win

You pick a side and then make sure you win"

Well, believe it!

I got a comment today that sent me through the roof! Someone commented

"I find it really hard to believe that your are really THAT swamped that you can only eat lunch like once a week"

WTF

I have been sleeping at 3am the past few days and working through the weekend to clear my work and someone has the audacity to suggest that I am skipping lunch for the fun of it?? Fine, he did say that it is clear that I am being overloaded. But in my defence, as a pupil/trainee who is technically at the bottom of the food chain do I have much say or control in the amount of work I get? It's not like I purposely do this to myself. When some people come to me asking me to work on a matter, I do inform them of my limited capacity as I already have a lot on my plate But if they insist on it and still ask me to squeeze one more matter, how do I say no? By hook or by crook I have to get it done.

Today I also got a comment from one of the associate that my work is a bit not up to my usual standard. When I apologized even he acknowledged that he understands that I am swamped and thus not able to do a thorough check.

So in my response to my level of work being unbelievable, I say you better believe it!