In Avoiding Small Talk
There was a period in my life when I equated small talk with tedium. I don’t think I had a problem with it prior to that or found it so …
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Call Speech for Nur Ain binti Mohd Fauzi
May it please My Lady, Not all of us who walk the court corridors knew that this is what we wanted to do for gainful employment. Many of us end …
Selective Amnesia and the Imposter Syndrome
My father once recited Rudyard Kipling’s If to me. I loved it and resonated with every line in that poem. But some of those lines I hold fast to. One …
Call Speech for Amos Tan Yu Tsen
May it please your Lordship Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner, Amos Tan Yu Tsen. The Petitioner is the younger son of Michael Tan Khen Choan and Madam Joyce Lim Gaik …
The Importance of Not Using Metaphors to Describe Symptoms
Once in my teens, I went to see my usual doctor, a general practitioner, in what is now called Damansara Uptown. I was suffering from pretty bad diarrhoea. Time always …
Call Speech for Iqbal Harith Liang
May it please Your Ladyship, Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner, Iqbal Harith Liang bin Danial Liang. My Lady, the Petitioner’s parents Madam Umi Kalthum and Mr Danial Liang are present …
Mentoring the Mediocre
For a long time now, I have not been discerning about whom I teach. The gifted, talented and brilliant naturally find equally competent teachers who wish to mentor, tutor and …
Call Speech for Amanda Alexandria Funk
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner, Amanda Alexandria Funk, hails from Kota Kinabalu in Sabah and is the eldest child of three of Mr Andre Alexander Funk and Madam …
When I feel down, miserable and beaten
it is usually a sign that I have not got enough sleep or lost my sense of gratitude, often both. The former often leads to the latter. It happens when …
