Rainforest Spa

Today I had an appointment at Rainforest Spa for a 135 minutes pampering session consisting of a jacuzzi session, body scrub and aromatherapy massage! It was delayed/belated portion of big birthday gift from Azmir.

The place is located at Green Canopy at Setia Alam, Shah Alam. First thing that came to mind was that it seems kinda far and since I don't know the area, I didn't know exactly what to expect. But when we got there I was pleased :) The place is done up nicely with a nature concept..lots of trees and flowing water....hence the name.

We started off with a 20 minute jacuzzi where they provided us with Lemongrass drink and a wet peppermint towel for us to place on our face while we were enjoying the jacuzzi. The wet towel was very cooling and a nice counter to the hot jacuzzi water.

After that I had my Apple scented body scrub. It was my first time going for a body scrub and I liked it! I felt super clean after that and refreshed.

Last but not least was the aromatherapy massage. I could feel the masseuse trying to untangle the 'knots' behind my back :P This lasted for about an hour I think after which I just felt like sleeping there and then. So relaxing!

All in all, a very great pampering session and a nice way to close 2011.

Happy New Year Everyone! :)

A Big Win

As a litigator, it is not something new to go to court and argue your case on what the position of law should be for a certain matter or issue.

Today however was different.

I was fortunate to have been put to assist on a Court of Appeal case involving an important question of law on the interpretation of certain statutes and subsidiary legislation and the powers it conferred on the relevant authority. After almost a year of hard work, it finally culminated in the hearing before the Court of Appeal panel today.

The case was one of the first to he heard. After hearing the submissions by both parties and deliberations, the Court decided in our favour! Needless to say I was extremely happy! :)

All the stress of running around preparing submissions, authorities (we had a 5-inch high bundle of cases to support our arguments), additional bundle of documents and doing additional research to the very last minute was all worth it!

This case, unlike other wins, could possibly be a landmark decision on the issue. One of my colleagues who assisted in the research commented that the best part of being a litigator is that you can play a part in developing / changing the law. I agree! :)

Rainbow Log

I was walking around 1U the other day and passed by Haagen-Dazs and saw this really cool ice-cream cake...the Haagen-Dazs Rainbow Log. If my birthday was coming up I would ask for this as my birthday cake :P

It's been a while since I last updated this blog. So what's been going on? I guess nothing too significant...there was a period when I was super stressed but now it is getting better :)

So this weekend I plan to take it easy & enjoy it with my dear husband :)

Eid Mubarak!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my friends and family Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! Maaf Zahir dan Batin :)

This year like previous years I helped out in the kitchen to prepare Raya cookies and also the dessert menu. The only difference is that this time around, I have a little helper...none other than my husband hehe.

The weekend before Raya we did 3 types of biscuits, biskut arab, mazola and nescafe.

As for the dessert menu for the first day of Raya, I decided to make Chocolate Berry Tart and Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes :) The tart did not set as much as I would have liked it to, but it still turned out well :)

Biskut Arab

Biskut Nescafe

Chocolate Berry Tart

Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes

I survived!! :)

Last week was one of the most hectic week for me. I was very worried about surviving it and thank goodness I survived.

Why was it so hectic? Because I had 3 different trials back to back and the last one being in Muar, Johor. Trial preparations are very taxing and takes up a lot of time because over and above having to do extensive research to support your legal arguments, you have to interview witnesses, study bundle of documents in detail and also have evidentiary laws at your fingertips. You need to know the evidential rules because your opponent could suddenly object to your line of questioning or a document that you wish to tender in court as evidence, and you have to be able to rebut it there and then.

But having said that, trials are also the highlight of the job cause you get to conduct cross examination and this is where there can be some 'mini drama' :P The Muar trial especially was to me out of the ordinary with the opponent accusing our witness of perjury and witness tampering and the Judge giving numerous stern warnings to the other side's counsel not to provoke the witness.

As for the other sessions court matter, I was relieved that I was able to conduct the cross-examination in MALAY fairly decent. lol

All in all, I am happy that I survived this week :) I was so relieved that I even told the partner this on our way back from Muar :P She smiled and then straight away asked me, "so next week you will have capacity to do x, y, and z, right?" lol

My 6 years' anniversary weekend

This weekend I was away in Phuket for the Dispute Resolution Practice Group Joint Office Retreat. It was a 3 days 2 nights event with training on Risk Management and for us to get a chance to meet our colleagues from the Baker & McKenzie's office in Singapore and Jakarta. It was pretty fun except for the fact that it fell on my 6 years' anniversary weekend! >.<

When I got back on Sunday, Azmir came to pick me up from the airport with a white hydrangea!!! :D It was good to be back home :)

We then had our own little plan for the day and I took Monday off since half of my Sunday was gone in Phuket :P I had tons of work deadlines on Monday and Tuesday but I decided to do it remotely...at least that way I can still spend the day with Azmir albeit intermittently interrupted by bb e-mails and work related phone calls (sorry sayang!).

All in all, a good weekend! :)