Today

I am not feeling pleasant as I woke up this morning. I knew I didn't had a good rest last night. The only thing I remember what happen last night was that I was turning around and feeling uncomfortable in whichever direction and whatever position I sleep. Well, I woke up knowing that I have a client coming in at 9:30am and that after she came in, I will then make sure I file in the petition to the court. I seriously hate contested divorce petition. What I am going to do first is to lock her husband's property by injunction. Ghoosh... !!!!

I remember a senior lawyer told me when I was seeing him to get some advice about becoming a lawyer then, that lawyer is always under stress, and stress that you yourself didn't even know it is exist. The more responsible you are, you will be handle with more stress. Well, I understand it now after I became the partner in a firm. It's no so much when I was a Legal Assistant in a law firm. I guess, somehow, I am stress!

If I have a choice, I do not want a contested divorce matter in my hand. Not only that I am not good in it, but also it's contrary to my faith and believe. It's also very discouraging and it just something that I really don't like. When this matter came to me few months ago, I tried to advice my client to have a talk with her husband but her husband seems reluctant and hence, I suggested that we sent him a letter. The content of the letter is more on asking him to enter into a joint divorce petition. But he too, rejected and hence, I have no choice but to go for a contested divorce petition.

Both my father and my brother married people in the church. I am now, divorcing them... Well, ... they are wearing a white robe, I am however, in black ...

I don't know... I don't have anything much to do today except this and I am done with it.

Hence, because of this matter, I am feeling a bit ... 'insecure' and 'lonely'.

- Today -

Court matters

Together with a senior lawyer, we walked out from the chamber of a Senior Assistant Registrar and the first thing the senior lawyer said to a crowd of 25 others who were outside waiting for their turn was "Not even 3 minutes we were in there after waited 2 hours!", it has broke the silence and frustration of everyone who were there since 8:45am. Yes, our case were called first, that's a relief to the senior lawyer but not to me because I have another case and I was asked to wait... it's my partner's fault for forgetting to attend the said hearing yesterday and hence, I was quite sure that the case will be called last. Hence, my mood was kind of 'out' while waiting.

Few days ago, it was recorded in my diary that this case was fixed for rulling (giving out decision) and so, I went to court and when I saw my case was not listed, I was a bit shock and hence, I thought I had make a mistake and therefore I called my opponent. I was told I was right as my opponent also in court. So, I waited for about an hour plus where the interpreter of the Judge appeared and she told the other lawyer who were also waited there that there's no case for today. I was shocked and asked her if I was suppose to be there for the rulling. After checking, she came back and told me, no. Shocked... but I thought may be I made the mistake and so I went back to office. An hour later, my opponent called and asked me what happen in court that morning and I told him that apparently, the court said the date was not fixed for ruling but for other purposes. He was shocked too.

After the last 'shouting' of my office boy, I did all my filing and attestation by commissioner for oath myself. Didn't want him to throw my documents to the dusbin and caused me in trouble. We also found that, he always get matter done without a receipt lately and hence, we really wonder if all the attestations are legally done. Not until a day, when I went to court and in front of me, the commissioner for oath did attested the documents which were pre-signed without any record and hence, I believe, he got paid into his own pocket too.

Suprisingly, many Priest is suing people, their own fellow church members these days and it's surprice to know how many church members deceived their pastors and priest too. May be because they are PASTOR and not 'REVEREND'? hahaha...

Some law firm is having some difficulties getting their documents served by personal service lately as not may process server is available to service their documents outstation. So, I am doing my ex-firm a favour to serve one of the documents to 2 persons but I went and couldn't served because despites numerous knocking, no one open the door. Hard work it is... and I therefore wonder if I can set up a company, like a courier services kind of setting, just to serve documents for law firms. What do you think? hahaha...

- court matters -

Honouring God FIRST!

As I was preparing the sermon for tonight in my cell group, I read thought Chapters 21 to 25 of Numbers in the Old Testament of the Bible. While I was almost done with my reading, a friend was online and we chatted for a while as I asked her about her husband's condition (her husband was dignosed with cancel a few months ago) and so, we praise God for He has somehow guilded them through and the condition of her husband is kind of 'stable' for now. Well, we we talked about what lesson we learned from all these. Due to the reading, I highligted that we have to remember how to put the Interest of God first in our life and of course she said she has been doing that and she didn't realise why I put that across to her. Well, to summarise, both her husband and her used to have this zeal for the Lord. From the day I arrived in Kuala Lumpur, I can see that they are serving God diligently, enthusiaticly, full of zeal. However, for the past few years just before I left KL, not only they have not serve the Lord in any of the ministries they used to served, but they have also started to miss sunday services. Zeal for the Lord? Passion for Christ? Hmm.... I must say, it's very discouraging to see them in that 'status'.

Just like the Isralites I must say. How many times does God need to rescue them? help them? encourage them? safe them? guide them? provide them whatever them complain about? deliver them? etc. etc... and yet... on Chapter 25, what did they do? God keeps on blessing them and yet they sinned against the Lord and they have even forgotten about God and His mighty works. They worshipped Baal. Let's not talk about the zeal that we have for the Lord. Being a nobel person, will you forget what God did for you in the past? How many times we have forget that and we start sinning on the same way again and again? How much more God need to deliver us from all these?

My friend told me she met a lady in the hospital who was being dignosed to have lung cancer few years ago too. 3 years ago, she was being told by the doctor that she only has a few more months to lives and so, she prayed and she heard the Lord ask her to solely trust in Him and so, she stopped all the treatment and just honour the Lord by giving her time to the Lord. Few months later, the doctor was amazed by her performance as the cancer was gone.

As I listen to what my friend told me, it has just reminded me that if we living for the Honor of God and we promise to honour the Lord with zeal, the Lord remembers.

In the lesson of putting the interest of God first, in the examples I listed above, would you focus on what treatment to go? what the doctor says? do I have enough money for treatment? or will you focus on what God want me to do now?

Phinehas was honoured for his courage and zeal because he did just as what God asked him to, without even thinking of killing is murder? or manslaughter? or... sins? ... He just did what pleased the Lord.

Are you honouring God First in whatever you do?

- honouring God FIRST! -