Saturday, February 25, 2006
LAW
DJ YUEYyesterday was the first day in my 40 year journey as a lawyer! attended my first law lecture at uni of adelaide...and i have to say it was a strange (in a good way) experience. thing have jus changed so fast. last friday i was still in the SAF...booking into pasir laba camp at a fixed time...watchin how long my hair was..etc. in the army they go out of their way to make u feel shit. law school is different. theres so much freedom..the lecturers go out of their way to make you feel GOOD. and for the first time in 2 years i felt like i had a purpose. in the army i was drifting..not caring about what i did at work. it was selfish..but it was hard to care about much in the SAF when everything i did was forced upon me and not for ME.
yesterday in lecture they were asking us why we chose to do law. some wanted to be diplomats. some wanted to be practising lawyers. some wanted to make the world a better place. i guess im in the last category. when i applied 2 years ago, i only chose law / commerce cuz i had no idea what else to do and it seemed quite a versatile combination to study. but over the last 2 years ive developed more motivation for studying law. i suppose i have a dream to make the world a better place. in the sense that i want fairness in society. im not sure what type of law i will stream into..but at the moment criminal law appeals to me. there may be ethical issues, but over the past year or so 2 cases have inspired me immensely. the michael jackson case and the nguyen case. thank god michael jackson was vindicated..but nguyen was executed. id love to be the one that could have changed that. maybe one day...
another reason for studying law is that it interests me. i hear that law is boring..and im sure studying it may be somewhat mundane on occassion. however, i jus find the whole concept of the law fascinating. how u dun reli have control over ur life at all. how society is forced to impose law because fundamentally..the primal nature of man is not very virtuous at all.. im not saying i support or oppose the capital punishment wholeheartedly, but isn't it amazing that a panel of judges or a jury can decide to legally take one's life? hmm.. im sure my understanding of law will grow over the next 5 years and i lok forward to it..
peel me [][][][][][][[]] 6:38 AM
