Beautiful Song...

London

I was watching Notting Hill on Astro and it made me miss my life in London. If I had the time and money I would like to go there again someday..

Concerto Cafe at High Street Kensington

Hummingbird Cafe, Portobello Road

Patisserie Valerie, Knightsbridge

Borough MarketNotting Hill

My Practising Certificate!

This week I finally obtained my practising certificate! So this is the official starting point of my career as a lawyer :) Things have been relatively light in terms of workload since I wasn't able to attend court before this. Now that I have gotten my practising certificate, things will start to get busy as I will have the added assignments of attending court for hearings and mentions. 

My first hearing will be next week at the Sessions Court. I haven't done much advocacy since Bar school and I sure hope that everything will go well. Better make sure I have all the facts and law at my fingertips! :p

So Raya is finally over and to a certain extent I am quite relieved. Had so many open houses during the weekends that made it very tiring for me. Though I think this weekend I still have to run around for some things. The lawyer's retreat is coming up and I am involved in organising some of the activities. Need to make sure everything is finalised soon. 

The other thing I need to think about is the dinner. We are having a Murder Mystery game for the Lawyer's retreat and the theme is "Post Oscar Bash". I have been given my character card and I have to "dress elegantly and glamorously in your best evening gown"! Don't think I have that so need to find one I can borrow asap! Some people have to wear a tuxedo, beret and scarf haha This should be very interesting hehe

Eid Mubarak

One day before Raya I decided to bake Death by Chocolate. It has always been my thing to contribute a dessert for Raya. I just bought this dessert cookbook which has 365 different recipes of all sorts and decided to pick this one because I have never tried it before. My sis and I also wanted to do a fruit tart and decided on a cherry and peach tart. We figured it will have a nice balance, one fruity and another chocolate-y ^^

As for the Raya morning itself, I was busy helping out in the kitchen. I was also assigned with the task of making Eggplant Parmesan and of course helping out with the preparation of the Laksa Johor. I managed to settle everything just in time before all the guests started to arrive.

Death by Chocolate

Cherry and Peach Tart

Aqil

Later that night I went out with Jonie and the rest to the Look out Point to experience the night view of KL. It was beautiful :)

The view of KLCC when we were on the way to the Look Out Point

Rebecca Taylor Handbags

I've been meaning to get a good handbag for a while now. It all started when I went to go buy lunch and passed through the Isetan department store where they had this beautiful Burberry bag on display. Every time I go buy lunch I would look at it and sigh. I think that is a bit out of my league as I was just a chambering student then :P

Since I just started working, I think I should take a step back and look at other alternatives other than that Burberry bag. I've been looking at some Rebecca Taylor handbags and have found a few that I quite like. So what is the problem? Well, for starters they don't sell them here and secondly I can't quite decide from just looking at the pictures online.

But here are my top three choices:

The Rosetta (17,850円)

I really like the design for this one and the lining inside too! Yes, I actually have a thing for inside linings.




The Plum Looks (19,950円)

This one fits the criteria of being the every day nice practical bag that I can take to court.



バック（ハートチャーム付きトートバック）(19,950円)

Another option for the nice practical bag :)


Hence my current dilemma. I did take note of these bags the last time I went to Japan. But seeing how I haven't even started working at that time, I decide against getting one but got a nice dark purple Anna Sui wallet instead, which I love to bits :)

Back at work

I am now in my second week of work after my pupillage ended. So what's different? Well for starters, I have my own room now :) I think the thing I like most about it is that there is privacy. When I am making a telephone call to another law firm or to a client, at least I know that the whole world can't hear me. I have also resorted to using the speaker phone more often. That way it is easier to multi-task! My hands are free to do some typing or writing while talking on the phone hehe


Workload has been alright I think. As soon as I gain my momentum back everything should be fine. I find myself taking extra long to draft legal documents and opinions when I would usually be able to do it relatively quickly. I think I am still half in holiday mode. Need to snap out of it!

Today there was an interesting 'development' in my legal career. Its starting to have a clear direction. The partner of my practice group informed me that they need a person to focus on employment related matters and was wondering whether I am okay with taking on the role or opposed to the idea. I told her I am willing to concentrate on that area of law. To be honest, I always felt that I enjoy it and if I had a choice I would want to specialise in this area. It was after all an employment case which lead me to draft a 60+ page submissions which cited over 40 cases :P So I am happy :)

Not too long after she left my room, I got an employment assignment. So I guess it is with immediate effect :P

Time really does fly! I can't believe that it is already reaching the end of my holidays :(

Today I finally managed to settle all of my court papers filings. After a week of running to court, Bar Council, Bar Committee and the AG's Chambers in Putrajaya, I am finally done with all the paper work. So now I am all set for the Long Call on 29 August 2009 :)

I think this holiday has been filled with running errands, be it work related or personal errands. So I wouldn't say that I had that much time to just chill. For the first week I was constantly checking my office e-mail through my Blackberry....until it went into SOS mode all of a sudden. Can't do much with it now. I took it as a sign that I should not be thinking about work for at least one week of my holiday :P

Last weekend was pretty great as it was the first time I went treasure hunting with Jonie, Audrey and Azmir. It was a full day hunt starting from the KL Bird Park all the way to Pulai Springs Resort in Johor. I think this was the part that I really felt like I was on holiday. I think it has to do with being somewhere else other than KL. Spending the night at a nice hotel also added to the nice holiday feel :) Oh and to top it all off, our team actually won first place!! What a great first treasure hunt hehe

I guess I still have 3 more days of my holiday left. I should probably try and make the most out of it cause after this, things are going to get busy!