Ice breaking

Hi, my name is Lynette Tan Ping Ling (DO NOT MOCK THE CHINESE NAME!) and I am a Law Graduate that just got employed. Nice to meet you! :D

Part 6

Throughout every part, I've mentioned a little bit here and there about my friends. These are the people who have helped me to where I am now. Remember my whole speech on how everything happens for a reason? Yeah don't want to be so long winded by repeating that again. But yes, throughout the years in MMU, I've met these wonderful people. People who I will not forget for the rest of my life. Not only the ones I have mentioned but also ones that I didn't mention. I apologize as I am not able to list everyone down. I didn't get the chance to get to know all of my classmates. People who never fail to amaze me are people like Iimk, Ashvin, Steven and all who have been persistent in working hard throughout the degree. People like Hasif, Danial, Nizam who were always so fun to hang out with and can never be tired of their jokes. And what would I do without my close friends like Kai Choy, Jia Rou and Chek Kang who were always there when I needed them. Who would make time to go out with me and they would never leave me alone. Jia Rou for all the late nights at home drinking until we would get so emotional without logic. Kai Choy for always treating me to drinks and who is always there to listen to my rants when no one would. Chek Kang who would always have the answers to any law related questions when I need it and would never say no in lending a helping hand. Shad. Even saying his name makes me want to laugh. He and I are too similar in the most demented ways that it is absolutely impossible for us to get involved romantically. He knows when I'm dying inside and I know when he's about to flee the scene. The thing about us is that we don't speak about our problems as often as best friends should. So what DO we talk about usually? About our concepts, about who's prettier (me or him), about who are crushes were that week, about everything that is absolutely nothing. But from time to time, we do sit outside the walkway and talk about just anything.

But most importantly the person who deserves most credit in helping me change my ways is Leon. He refrains me from doing things I would regret in the near future. He cools me off when I'm about to murder someone with a spoon. And he motivates me to do better everyday. Without him, I definitely would not be where I am today. 

I finally gathered up every ounce of confidence in me and sent out my resume to a few firms last week and almost instantaneously secured 3 interviews with 3 different firms. And by yesterday, I received 3 job offers from 3 amazing firms. Unfortunately I could only accept one and I decided to start off my career with Cheang & Ariff. I start in July and I really can't wait to be able to kick start my working life. Yeah I'm saying this now. I am almost if not absolutely certain that when I read this post again in 3 months time, I'm going to slap myself and scream "WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING? CANT WAIT TO KICK START WORKING LIFE. PFFT! NOW YOU WANNA WAIT OR NOT?? GEH KIANG!" Yeah ok. I like talking to myself. My followers on Twitter would agree strongly with me on this. 

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So... Yeah ok I don't know how to end this post wtf. 

Erm... I'll just quote something very inspirational now...

RATATATATATTA CIRCUS! RATATATAT AFRO! RATATATA CIRCUS AFRO CIRCUS AFRO POLKA POLKA DOT! - Marty (Madagascar 3)

kthxiloveyoubai :D

Part 5

The first semester of my final year went great. I succeeded in scoring relatively good grades and this was all thanks to my boyfriend who would force me to study everyday. He would only go on dates with me if it was a Sunday. Other than that, we had to reserve at least two hours of studying. I must study lah! He would pretend to study but is actually playing Mousehunt or Forces Of War on Facebook! I had lady luck on my side that semester and was as optimistic as ever! Until it was time to face my second semester.

That was the semester where I had to take up seven subjects. I couldn't decide if I should retake the whole course or just sit for the supplementary paper. I was in such a dilemma until Nizam approached me one day on BBM after I changed my status to "Confused". I'll have you know that we have never really talked or chatted before that particular evening. He asked me what I was so confused about and I told him (surprisingly, yes I did!) and he said "You know, this is only my opinion but why not you just retake both the subjects?" Now, why didn't I think of that sooner? I was so torn between which paper I should retake and which I should just go for the supplementary. But of course I would have to work harder than ever. So I took on seven subjects that semester. Criminal Procedures 2, Civil Procedures 2, Professional Practice 2, Jurisprudence 2, Evidence 2, Land Law 2 and also IT Law 2. God, I swear that whole semester was not at all funny. Like I've mentioned before in my previous post that home is the worst place for me to sit and study at. I just can't do it. So everyday after my last class, I would go over to Shad/Mirul/Sudesh's place at BBU to do my tutorials or assignments and whatnot and would only go home after midnight. Up to the point where my mom thought I was having a secret affair with Shad. And when confronted, Shad told my mom "Aunty, I think she's my boyfriend/mother, rather". (Mom asked: "So... you're my daughter's new boyf is it?). So if you were wondering how I did it, here's how:

1. You're going to need a demented/self-obsessed friend (Shad) to remind yourself that you're not the only crazy person around
2. You're also going to need a friend who has permanent brain damage and is forever laughing even after you've insulted him to the max (Sudesh) to remind yourself that you're still sane
3. Also, you're going to need a friend who shares the same type of music/movies with you and who lets you watch Spongebob Squarepants and imitate the stupid starfish (Patrick) and who downloads celebrity porn (Amirul) just so you can watch and release a bit of stress
4. You would have to sleep on a sofa the month before your finals
5. You would have to drink Nescafe's 3in1 every single hour of every single day (Preferably until you feel like there is no reason for you to live anymore)
6. You would have to be broke at least 4 times a week so that you can't afford to have proper meals and hence would work in keeping you up for at least 21 hours a day. 
7. Last but not least, you would have to stay calm even though you have Land Law in the morning and Juris in the afternoon and Criminal Procedure the next morning and guess what? You're yet to start on Criminal Procedure :D Just. Stay. Calm. 

One morning, I got a call from Shad. He was on his way to KL and wanted to meet up with me to do some shopping. Actually, he merely wanted to forget about the rumors on the release of results that evening. So after our his shopping spree (when I say shopping spree, I meant loitering in EDC for an hour as I wait for him to decide on whether he should get a blue shirt), the three of us (together with my boyfriend), we went to Kayu Kota Damansara to have our dinner. And out of the blue, everyone was freaking out on Twitter about the results. I stayed calm and told my boyfriend NOT to check my results first as the grades are not out yet and even if my transcript reads "PASS", there might be a possibility that I might get a C- and in our course, that was a fail. In the midst of talking some sense into Shad just so he would stay calm, my boyfriend was secretly refreshing the site on his phone intending to check my results. And suddenly shouted "OMG BABY! YOU PASSED!" and seconds after that, "OMG I PASSED!!!!!!!!" Shad screamed. WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT NOT CHECKING UNTIL THE GRADES ARE OUT?? But the grades WERE out. And I DID passed everything. I teared up when I was talking to my parents on the phone telling him the good news. 

Part 4

The preparation for 2011's Law Night was really nothing to joke about. It was a mistake for me to think that I could well manage everything and still be able to pass all my 3rd year subjects. You see, I've never been good at failing. I don't accept defeat so easily and when I found out later on that I failed Land Law 2 and IT 2, I felt my whole world caving in on me. I was literally on my breaking point back then and almost felt as if I was going into depression. I secretly gave up on everything. And by everything I mean everything. I have everything around me grasps so tightly in the palm of my hands just to make sure that nothing slips- leaving no space for failures. But you see, if I hadn't volunteer to organize the event, I would have missed my chances in meeting so many people. This girl who blew me away with her voice - Lily, they called her. The dude who has the scariest eyes and looks as if he is going to tear your head apart and has Rock for a name but is actually one of the sweetest guys I know. Then there is this one guy... God I have no words to describe the kind of person he is. Let's just say that I am very convinced he is actually a 60 year old man stuck in a young person's body - Muz. And this other guy - Dareen. No, not Darren. It's DAR-EEN. I get confused every time Amirul tells me "Darren is coming over later" Pfft. The confusion he puts me in sometimes. I remember once, I dragged Dareen all over campus to accompany me run errands for the event. He tried SO hard to convince me that he had a stomach ache and had to go home and use the toilet. "Pleaseee! 2 hours only!" he begged. "You don't lie. You want to go home and sleep you think I dont know?" I said while walking ahead of him. "A while onlyyyy. Ok I'm pregnant." Yes, he told me he was pregnant and had to go back to his unit to deliver the baby. I let him go. Didn't want to be responsible for his miscarriage. And to my surprise, he did come back after 2 hours! I can never be more thankful for having these people and so many others in my team. They made my days of plain torture easier to get by. Oh and how can I forget the little princess. The most classic name I've ever come across - Kaesandra. Cannot love her enough for doing my nails at the very last minute in the hallway of FBL (5th floor).

I must admit that despite having to stay awake until 3am planning the event in my room and then waking up at an ungodly hour because people wouldn't stop calling me and having several mini heart-attacks when I receive bad news from my committee members or sponsors or Ms Kuek at possibly every waking hour and having to crack my brains to find another way around the problem, I had fun. I really did. Well that was until I failed 2 third year subjects. I guess I should have seen it coming when all I did was plan the event's finance and event flow during every lecture hour and contacting about 30 people at the same time during tutorials throughout the whole semester!

I was doing my internship when the results were released. I had a feeling that I was going to fail at least one subject. But no, I failed two. So being the very well-planned person I am, I waited until the very last minute before my lunch break to check my results. By then everyone was already celebrating their success on Twitter and Facebook. I saw how badly I did and I just switched my laptop off and headed downstairs for lunch. I tried REALLY hard not to cry but upon hearing my mom's voice telling me that it is going to be fine after patiently going through with me all possible options for me to take on in order for me to graduate in time, I broke down in tears. I have never felt so shattered in my life. The thought that I let my parents down crushed me. But I got over it as soon as the new semester started and I was determined to work as hard as ever for my final year subjects.

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