Thursday, August 25, 2005
People who drive with headaches ought to be shot
Okay, first off, it's almost 5am, and I'm still up. The reason being the title, and this oddity of an assignment known as 'closed memorandum'. Another thing is, I realise my last few posts have been rather angsty. And whiny about law school. So I shall reform. And be more cheerful and optimistic (or maybe it's all that supper still warm in my stomach that's keeping me so bright and perky at 5am).The concept of a closed memorandum is seriously rather interesting. A scenario where a client seeks your aid to fight his case, and you're supposed to (with your superior experience of 3 weeks in law school) look through certain cases, draw precedents and rules from them, and by logically and legally analysing all the plausible options, decide whether you're going to take up the case and the poor bugger's money. Along with a suitably accompanied explanation of 1000 words of course.
Funny thing is, 1000 words is really not a lot. I overshot it rather easily. The hard part comes when trying to decide what cases to take. And what rules to use. And what the issue of your case is, as well as how you're planning to write it. Formatting is a bitch. So is the guy who drives with a headache and gets impaired vision in one eye and jumps the curb and hits a girl. After 7 hours of pondering over how I was going to write the memo, and after an hour of attempting to write it, I was considering changing my stance totally and vote to send him to jail. (Of course I didn't in the end, I'm like how nice. And besides, in the real world, I would never send a potential client away right? It's just not profitable) Anyway, that explains the title.
Now, after having spent the last 10 hours cooped up in the Student Lounge in Law Faculty, I'd like to say that I've found my new chill spot. So much for the boring stuffy old Law Library, the Lounge is the place to be! Firstly, you can talk at normal volumes. Secondly, you don't freeze. Thirdly, you can make yourself more comfortable (I love the sofas!!!) And lastly, there're games to alleviate boredom. And I get to play music without having to listen through earphones. (Yeah, so you notice I don't really keep count)
But seriously, for all my complaining about law, tonight, after having stayed in the lounge till 230am, I've realised that it's actually quite fun in its own way. That particular way being the kind of fun I used to have in canoeing in JC, where you train 5 times a week, reach home at 10pm every night too tired to do work, and spend all your free time in the gym, fitness corner or something similarly related. It's what normal people would call crazy, but they just don't get it.
It's the people whose company you keep. I mean, nobody in their right mind would stay till 230am in the lounge by themselves. You kinda need nice friends to chat with and feel that hey, there're others out there in the same boat as me. I'm not so pathetically alone after all! Whee...
Of course, there's also the issue about studying with friends, and ending up playing (like how I spent 45mins watching Russell Peters for like the thousandth time. But hey, anything beat going back to my memo...) but come on, you win some, you lose some, and I don't mind losing in that kinda manner that feels like you've won.
Right. So, maybe it's time for a change in mindset. Maybe I'm just getting used to the pace in law. Or maybe it's just getting so late that I've become crappy. Whatever the case, the first draft of my closed memo is done.
Going Insomnia@CHIJMES tonight to see Scottie's band compete again!! And I got into Dive Comm! (Whether or not this was a wise choice for me remains to be seen....hopefully I've learnt enough to plan my time accordingly...)
wen was dreaming at 4:45 AM