| Thank you |
[Oct. 10th, 2008|11:12 am] |
To all those who congratulated me about the bar news, thanks. I was walking on air all day yesterday and bought a huge box of donuts for people in my firm. It was awesome. I wanted to go shop later but I also had dinner plans later-later (errrr... ok), so I wasn't able to browse as much as I would've liked to. i ended up not buying anything, but I am not deterred!
I am heading to the Law Society of Singapore's Dinner & Dance event tonight with some of my colleagues. It's open bar. I intend to celebrate. Hard.
Have a great weekend, folks. See ya later! |
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| Short and sweet |
[Oct. 9th, 2008|09:53 am] |
I passed the PA Bar.
I can't stop smiling. I look retarded, but I'm too fucking happy (and relieved) to care! |
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| Back |
[Aug. 8th, 2008|11:22 am] |
Arrived wednesday morning. Slept 14 straight hours. Decided to go to work on Thursday even though I was officially on leave till Monday. Good decision. Shopped and met D Thursday evening, and got home at 11.30pm. Slept from midnight till 3.50am. Wide awake till 6.30am. Showered and here I am now, at work.
Meaty posts are long overdue on my exam, trip, meeting with She Says over at Unblague. I beg your indulgence another day or two. Seriously need some time to catch my breath and readjust to being back.
But advance congratulations to She Says and SM on their impending nuptials. Terrific couple. |
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[Jul. 30th, 2008|10:57 pm] |
Done. Exhausted. Still not totally over jetlag. Missing Othello. Loving being back in Philly, hating being back in Philly. HATING being back in Philly.
Done. Exhausted. |
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[Jul. 28th, 2008|11:26 pm] |
Thanks to everyone who has sent me good wishes, vibes, and any and everything else good, concerning the bar. It's in less than 24 hours and I'm very very scared. There is far too much on the line this time especially, or maybe I'm just aware of it all this time. I don't know. I feel very insecure about how much I know about con law, crim law definitions, and property.
Today, I'm going to finish reading through Criminal law, Corporations, Fed tax, and Fed & PA Civ Pro.
All the very best to Co_techie and everyone else taking the bar. May you never ever have to take it again. |
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| From Philly |
[Jul. 28th, 2008|01:11 am] |
Landed last evening, came to my friend's place by 9.30pm. Like to think I slept off my jetlag. I read all of crim pro this morning. Sometime later today, I wanna issue-spot all the essay questions from 2006 onwards to spot employment discrimination and DUI issues. Then maybe do some Con law studying.
It feels really surreal being back in Philly. I miss it now worse then ever. But before I go into all that, BAR. Must focus! |
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[Jul. 23rd, 2008|09:09 pm] |
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1. I keep getting torts and crim law mixed up.
2. I always forget one particular element/part of any definition or a rule of law.
3. I can never remember whether consent is part of the crime/tort or whether it's a defense.
4. The freehold estates addle my brains.
4. There just so much I don't remember. I think I'll fail. |
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| Torts are evil |
[Jul. 18th, 2008|11:15 am] |
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You know what I'm having a real big problem with? The so-called objective facts presented on the MBE portion of the bar. This is germane to all the MBE subjects, but applies with particular lethality to tort questions. I read a hypothetical and think negligence is proved because the std of care is met, because a reasonable person under those circumstances would behave a certain way. So I know my rules, I do my application, and reach a conclusion. Based on it, I select my answer... which always tends to be wrong. The examiner has analysed the facts differently and has concluded that a reasonable person under the same circumstances would have acted in a manner different from what I think she would have acted like. On the essay portion, I would get credit, but on the MBE I'm thoroughly screwed.
How can I rectify this disconnect? It's really messing with my MBE scores like nothing else, and leaving me mighty frustrated because no matter how many questions I do and try to look at facts a certain way, there are those new fact patterns that throw me off. |
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| Of Bar and Bri |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|10:24 am] |
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I think I finally realise why I messed up so badly the previous times I took the bar. The first time, I didn't study, so thatw as no mystery. But the second and third times, dammit, I did! But the problem was, I did not really learn the PA distinctions. I knew all my common law/majority-view rules, but wasn't able to pinpoint how PA differed from those. I know it's bloody stupid to anyone reading this - how in hell did I not know to study those?? Well. Beats me. This time around, I'm doing a lot more essay questions and writing out both the rule to be followed on the MBE, and the rule that will be followed in PA, regardless of whether they coincide or not. That way, it reinforces the difference/non-difference of the rules to be followed for both days of the bar.
I have been mighty stressed about this whole process. So is everyone who is taking the bar, of course. But the problem in my case is, I have other stresses. I had to scurry around and get my visa just to get to the States. I had to figure out my plane tickets, which, believe me, was not an easy process AT ALL. I had to figure out my work schedules. And then I had/have to deal with the stress that I have finally, totaly and completely, lost Othello. I found out a few days ago that not only has he lost all his feelings for me, he is also in a relationship with someone else. It hurts, but you know, it was probably the best thing for me to hear because it has forced me to move on, too. Given me the closure I needed to shut the door on that chapter of my life. It was/is painful but also necessary.
So amidst all these stresses, it's almost like studying for the bar is a place of refuge. That alone is within my control. When I get stressed or hurt thinking of the other things, I grab the nearest bar book and throw myself whole heartedly into the rules governing contract remedies. When I inevitably think of how much I miss Othello, I instead force myself to think of how easements are formed. When I lapse into moodiness because I feel homesick for Philly, I burrow further into how PA does not have criminal battery but instead simple and aggravated assault. And when I think of how I have so successfully screwed myself over in life - career, relationships, money - I desperately focus all the more on the dormant commerce clause and the substantial nexus aspect of it.
In a very perverse way, I will miss studying for the bar. |
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| Conspiracy |
[Jul. 14th, 2008|01:21 pm] |
I'm quite confused about this particular aspect of conspiracy: when you have 2 people who are charged with the crime and one of them is acquitted, does it necessarily mean the other must be acquitted? I've run across this in a couple of multiple choice questions and I'm sorta confused. I thought I remember the PMBR lecture say that at common law that USED to be the rule but under modern law, it is no longer required that for a person to be convicted of conspiracy, others also need to be convicted.
Can someone pls clarify?? Thanks. |
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| In list form then |
[Jun. 30th, 2008|05:09 pm] |
Since I'm not in the frame of mind to craft sentences, but still want to do a post of some sort.
1. Studying for the bar
2. Applying for the visa
3. Booking tickets to fly to Philly & back
4. Making post-bar travel plans
5. Working
6. Trying desperately to keep from flipping the fuck out about all of the above, and then some.
I also really miss Philly. |
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| A brief announcement |
[May. 14th, 2008|07:51 pm] |
My beloved readers,
The sporadic and mostly brief, posts are here to stay temporarily.
1. Work has been crazy the last few weeks, as has my social life. Neither of my choosing.
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