Praise the Lord!!!

Praise the Lord, Thank you, God, Praise the Lord.... !!!!

That's what's in my mind this morning while I was woke up by this phone call from this law firm that interviewed me yesterday. They promise to let me know in the morning and I was waiting and because of that, I didn't manage to sleep tight last night. But yes... I received their call this moring at 9:30am. They gave me an offer and they asked me to start work on Monday. So, I am starting my career with this "Y" firm.

I heard of this firm many times, but many times, I said to myself, I might not be able to get in. But who knows, things happen and I am starting to work in this firm on Monday. I hope thing works well from here.

So, immediately after that, I called 2 of the other firms who offered me and thank them for the opportunity given to me. One gave me the impression that they want me desperately because the partner did asked me to re-consider my decision. The other one, which I felt so burden to reject them did blessed me. We even made a joke to say we will meet each other in court sometime soon.

My mom called me about 15 minutes ago just to catch up to see how I made my decision this time. I told her how the interview went, how I came to know the firm (through a case with my previous firm) and what will I get in the firm, etc. She seems happy about my decision and yes, I am excited about it either.

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Trust me, after the previous incident in that "J" firm, in every interview I got (6 in total) thereof, I asked all the firm about if they will ask me to do what "J" firm asked me to do and to my expectation, they all said they won't do that because that's against the law and I can be even sentence to 3 months imprisonment and more so, I will not be able to be lawyer anymore.

Of all that, one conclusion made. I am happy that I left "J" firm because they are a terrible and not an ethical firm. I thank God I didn't start my career in such a firm. So, of all these, although I didn't get what I want in this new job (in terms of salary) and I was unemployed for 3 weeks, I praise the Lord for His protection, His guidance, His love, His blessing and His providence. He is wonderful and awesome!!!

Thank you, Lord for being faithful always!!!!

- glory to the Lord -

Job v Career

What came into my mind when I consider whether to stay in Tawau or KL a few months ago, was the issue of what I want in life now. To be honest, I didn't really know what I want. What exactly was in my mind was to get a job, start earning and get my life going.

Today, I attended 2 interviews. At one of the interview, I was asked by the interviewer of what exactly I am looking for. JOB or CAREER? .... It was not an easy question to answer.

The different between a Job and Career is that, the former doesn't require you to earn more than you know and the later do require one to learn more, get more experience, work harder, have more commitment. So, I guess that's the fear of all employer to have someone just need a JOB. Obviously, I am trying to build my career instead of just working. Hence, I am re-considering whether it is right for me to be in KL. Will that be a waste if I didn't work in KL for life? I am kind of 'wrong' in setting my mind to 'get exposure' in KL. I probably will get the same amount of explosure I can get in Sabah UNLESS I work in a corporate firm or doing a commercial or corporate litigation. As I am focusing to get exposure and go back to Sabah, I am wanting so much to learn certain laws, ie. the Banking, the bankruptcy and other matters. But if I am doing that, What different does it make if I stay in Sabah? haha... I am confused and I am contradicting all my reasonings. ...

I went to this interview with this firm ("Y") and I think they are quite keen to offere me a post. They will call me to confirm tomorrow after talking to the 2 senior partners. I hope this one works but at the same time, I am a bit concern about me not being given opportunity to explose to the other area of law because my main field in this firm is to do banking. Honestly, I don't mind learning banking as a starting. After all, I was given lots of chances to do things other than banking before this (during my pupillege).

Well, is it too early to determine between Job and Career or I was wrong in making decision? ... hmm.....

On the other hand, another thought came into my mind. I am thinking of quiting this professions after a few years. So...? Job or career? hahahah...

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Different Standard?

To get you all updated, ... the law firm who interviewed me yesterday called this morning to let me know that what I am asking is indeed the market price. But unfortunately, they will only offer me what I am asking for after 3 months of probation. I am happy about it but I am still wanting to go through all the interviews and see if any other firms can give me a better offer. ... After all the nature of the work this firm has is quite limited for me to learn.

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I went to an interview this afternoon and the person interviewed me (David) sort of questioned me about my knowledge in law. Wow... it's not easy to answer because I forgot 95% of the English law and he was asking me the difference between the English law and Malaysia law. So, I didn't answer much of his questions.

In almost all the interviews, the interviewers tend to ask me if there is anything different between the 2 different jurisdictions (High court of Malaya and High court in Sabah & Sarawak). It is so difficult to answer but I guess it is the different standard that both of the jurisdictions applied. Sabah tend to be more flexible and among fellow lawyers, they are friendly and willing to share. I am not saying which one is better than the other one. What I am saying is, different lifestyle made different standard. In KL, no doubt, competition is there. More people is rushing for that little piece of cheese and therefore, people tend to be selfish and not willling to share with others. But that's not the case in Sabah. That piece of cheese is still big enough to accomodate the whole Sabah. So, that's no competition and people are nice and willing to share with each other.

In terms of law... hmm... if you are a KL lawyer, you need to put more efforts (more knowledge) to win over a case and earn your living. But if you are a Sabah lawyer, you can just put 1/2 of the efforts you need in KL to win over a case and earn your living. ... So, I call it... "different standard".

So, if you ask me why came back to KL. I shall say, I want to get more explosure... and I want to be in a higher and difficult standard for now. Believe me, some of the 2 years experience lawyer I know are better than 6 years lawyer I knew in Sabah. So, I guess I want to go through a hard time to gain as much as I can before I go back to Sabah one day... (if that's part of plan of God).

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