Posted in General rants on Jan 1st, 2009 Comments Off on Happy New Year 2009!
A little while ago, New York heralded the arrival of 2009. The celebrations at Times Square were as euphoric as ever, but of course, I am now smart enough to just watch on TV in the comfort of my living room. I was hardly going to spend 10 hours waiting in the bitter cold just […]
Posted in General rants on Sep 15th, 2008 Comments Off on The bloodbath on Wall Street
This morning, Lehman Brothers, one of the largest and most prestigious investment banks in the world, announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Last night, Bank of America announced that it has reached a deal to acquire Merrill Lynch for $50 billion. As expected, the markets around the world reacted violently this morning. […]
Posted in General rants, shihjernStories on Nov 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
I like to think that I have properly settled into my new apartment. Of course, it was not really a “new apartment” in the customary and general sense of the term. I moved to an apartment with the same dimensions as my old one, in the same building and on the same side of the […]
Posted in General rants, shihjernStories on Jul 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
Today, I turn 25. I am now a quarter of a century old. Gosh, it sounds so much older when you phrase it that way. If we assume that the average life expectancy is 75, I am one third through life. Sometimes, I still think I am a kid. I suppose this is a time […]
Posted in General rants, shihjernStories on May 22nd, 2007 9 Comments »
Earlier today (May 21), I was formally sworn-in as an Attorney and Counselor at Law of the State of New York. The ceremony was short but fairly pomp. The courthouse of the Appellate Division (First Judicial Department) is spectacular and imposing. As I sat there staring at the marvellous murals on the ornate ceiling and the lofty […]
Posted in General rants, Reviews, shihjernStories on Apr 28th, 2007 Comments Off on M&A, the summer and Superman Returns
Earlier this month, the time came for the junior associates at my firm to be rotated to a different group. After five months in the Capital Markets Group, I was rotated to the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Group. I approached the rotation with some trepidation, as the M&A Group is infamous for its long and […]
Posted in General rants on Jan 1st, 2007 Comments Off on Happy New Year 2007!
About an hour and a half ago, New York celebrated the New Year. This being my first New Year celebration in New York, I decided (or rather, naively insisted) on being at the mother of all New Year parties – Times Square, New York. I planned to arrive at 11.30pm, in good time for the countdown. What […]
Posted in General rants on Nov 15th, 2006 Comments Off on Of working life and the New York Bar…
I have formally started work at a big and prestigious Wall Street law firm in New York for over a week now. Working life really is very different from life as a student. But strangely enough, I actually rather like it! I have a marvellous room (rather than a mere cubicle!!), a very helpful and pleasant […]
Posted in General rants, shihjernStories on Nov 6th, 2006 1 Comment »
Today is the last day of my last student holiday. After all my many years of education – from Tadika Bunga Anggerik all the way to Harvard Law School – tomorrow I will finally step into the real world of working life: the adult world where I have to pay taxes, answer to my superiors, […]
Posted in General rants on Aug 4th, 2006 Comments Off on The end…finally
Earlier today, I finished the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), the compulsory legal ethics exam for admission to practice as an attorney in nearly all US states. I shall not comment on the exam, but merely wish to record my great relief and joy that FINALLY, there is nothing more to do. This may well be the last […]