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[Oct. 23rd, 2008|10:43 am] |
Now that the bar passage news high has worn off, I'm trying to assemble all its practical ramifications into a mental compartment and deal with them. I don't know what this means for my current job, and I guess I'm not sure how this will affect my chances of going back to Philly with a job, realistically speaking. The market is in the crapper, so I'm guessing Philly firms aren't exactly in a twitter to hire foreigners, whom they can't even interview in person.
Within my current firm, things dont look too much rosier, either. I spoke with HR about what my bar passage would mean and she said it may very likely not mean anything. I was told that they would have to "re-hire" me and the criteria for that will be a lot different from what were used to hire me as a Legal Executive (my current title). She said I need to talk to my boss before anything else can be done, so yesterday I talked to him. Asked him what my options are in the firm now that I've passed the PA Bar. His first question: "Is there a precedent for this?" And there is none, of course. I am 99% sure I am the only non-American in S'pore who is qualified in PA. Most lawyers here are either purely locally qualified or are UK & S'pore qualified, or worst case scenario, locally qualified, and then took the NY bar. So my boss was stumped with my question, and HR was stumped, and I'm totally bewildered. And terribly frustrated and anxious. Because fuck if I don't get a pay raise even after becoming an attorney!
Ultimately, after me and Boss both looked at each other, clueless as to how to continue the conversation, he said he'll send out a firm-wide mail regarding my situation and we'll take it from there. Boss is going on leave from tomorrow, so I don't know when I'll hear back about this. |
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[Mar. 6th, 2008|04:41 pm] |
I surprisingly find myself with some free time at work today. Being the ever-producitve person I am, I decided to not squander such precious minutes and blog.
The past week has been good. Not quite as hectic as I had thought, but it definitely kept me busy. But there were a few light moments in there, as well. One of them involved grabbing a bunch of beers with KF and Bizarro, which was a lotta fun. The funnest part of course, was being tipsy over my favourite beer - Heineken.
Another day, Boss and a couple of other colleagues went out to lunch at Boss' initiation. I think that was pretty much the first time I had seen Boss truly being social. A couple of other occasions there was always something that held him back, but this time it was just 3 of his colleagues and some yummy biryani (not the nasi kind that day, though). Now Boss' name suggests that he belongs to one religon but that is deceptive. So I asked him how he became a Believer in the religion of his choice. From there on, there was no looking back. He unleashed a lot of info on his personality and spilled many a delightful bean on his childhood escapades re his rebellious nature. At some point during all that, he truly got into the spirit of it all and turned to me and asked why, being a brahmin girl, I consume beef, drink hard liquor, and date otuside my race. I have never been one to be circumspect about such things and consequently, spoke my mind on my own brand of morality and what I think my parameters are. Thus ensued quite a lively conversation on the different races and their unique hang-ups (which I shall, for a change, be circumspect about considering the medium and S'pore's tough laws) at a table quite well-represented by those very races. Quite interesting.
This evening, after music class, I'm meeting one of my friends who lives in the States. The last time I saw her, we were both quite drunk and she was busy barfing out of a fast-moving cab on the streets of Washington D.C.. It was her bachelorette party, you see. About a year ago. Man, those were fun times. But anyway, she is now back in S'pore for a brief visit and we've decided to grab some bitters. This time there shall be no barfing. |
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[Jan. 9th, 2008|10:02 pm] |
Iowa went to Obama and NH went to Clinton. So the race is on. I'll actually be happy if either of the 2 wins the election. I just think that if Obama gets the democratic nomination, he still stands a very good chance of being beaten in the presidential election, whereas if Clinton gets the nod, she will most probably win it. From that angle alone, I would prefer Clinton to get the nomination.
Boss found out during our team lunch that I am following the election quite closely. Ever since then, he's been acting as my newsfeed, sending me e-mails with news articles whenever any state's caucusus results are announced. It's really nice of him to take an interest and it certainly is good to interact with The Man outside of work.
Work has been a lot more regulated this week, although I have a massive assignment due by the end of the week. Hopefully I will have the weekend off, if not, I see a potential full-day this Sunday.
Today a piece of my hair pricked and get stuck in my thumb. Is that even possible?? I am dead serious, there was a piece of my hair embedded in my thumb, and it bloody hurt whenever I touched it, just like a thorn would! I managed to get it out, but for the first few seconds, I just stared at it disbelievingly!
Off to bed, got an early morning alarm set up. Next up, Nevada! |
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