working life
cant believe its only my 2nd day of work. im so totally drained. the 9 hrs seemed like 9 years. aft work, im literally like a walking zombie. went to collect my corporate suit and then to steamboat buffet dinner at suntec. wasnt fantastic though. think the mala buffet in bugis was much better.
back home, i've got my singsoc stuff to settle again. i wonder if i can last till the end of my attachment.
but well, the good thing is my mentor spoke to me today! imagine the awkwardness when there were only me and him in his office for 9hrs a day, and we didnt even speak for like more than 10 words ytd. ok 8hrs excluding lunchtime. but near the end of today, we had a long conversation about a lawyer's life, the abusive judges, A&G's corporate culture, the weirdest cases he had handled / heard abt, blah blah blah.
he doesnt seem to be like the lion i thought he was. in fact, i actually learnt alot from our almost 2-hr conversation. and he said smth tt made me think he's the perfect mr-nice-guy. he told me he doesnt want me to keep doing legal research like wat most interns are doing throughout my attachment. of cos, legal research is part and parcel of a lawyer's job but most imptly, he want me to get a real feel of the legal industry. he'll be getting me involved in whatever interesting things tt he's involved in for this whole month. so tmr i'll be following him to a formal meeting with his clients. and on friday and half of next wk, i'll be attending a criminal case trial at the sub courts, most probably sitting in the chambers. so i gotta be in formal black and white. ooo..
yay at least i wont be as bored, though i'll still be burnt out. my mentor is the most considerate boss afterall. oh and he and two other partners will be bringing 3 of us attachees out for lunch sometime soon. before today, i wld hv thought tt the only time the lion would bring me out for lunch was to make me his lunch. he looked so stern i thought he cld really bite.
im just so glad tt i was so wrong.
back home, i've got my singsoc stuff to settle again. i wonder if i can last till the end of my attachment.
but well, the good thing is my mentor spoke to me today! imagine the awkwardness when there were only me and him in his office for 9hrs a day, and we didnt even speak for like more than 10 words ytd. ok 8hrs excluding lunchtime. but near the end of today, we had a long conversation about a lawyer's life, the abusive judges, A&G's corporate culture, the weirdest cases he had handled / heard abt, blah blah blah.
he doesnt seem to be like the lion i thought he was. in fact, i actually learnt alot from our almost 2-hr conversation. and he said smth tt made me think he's the perfect mr-nice-guy. he told me he doesnt want me to keep doing legal research like wat most interns are doing throughout my attachment. of cos, legal research is part and parcel of a lawyer's job but most imptly, he want me to get a real feel of the legal industry. he'll be getting me involved in whatever interesting things tt he's involved in for this whole month. so tmr i'll be following him to a formal meeting with his clients. and on friday and half of next wk, i'll be attending a criminal case trial at the sub courts, most probably sitting in the chambers. so i gotta be in formal black and white. ooo..
yay at least i wont be as bored, though i'll still be burnt out. my mentor is the most considerate boss afterall. oh and he and two other partners will be bringing 3 of us attachees out for lunch sometime soon. before today, i wld hv thought tt the only time the lion would bring me out for lunch was to make me his lunch. he looked so stern i thought he cld really bite.
im just so glad tt i was so wrong.
posted by geri at 11:20 PM
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