consultation to decide future

Today, 24th december, i go to talk to a lawyer who study in Monash university before to get a clear idea so that i could decide whether to study in malaysia or australia under jpa scholarship.Below are the content of the consultation


Tan : Is Australia law compatible with malaysia law? Will we face any difficulty practising in malaysia?

lawyer ng : As far as i am concern, the basic principle of Australia law is the same
as malaysia law as we are commonwealth Malaysia' land law is almost the
with malaysia's land law because it follow australia's torrens land law.
In one way or another, contract law, company law,is the same. The only
difference is that the case law is different .But that should not be a
problem as you can learn it latter during chambering or clp.

Tan: But we need to do clp , which is quite hard to pass.

Lawyer ng: I am in the bar council and we already finish the syllabus of CBE. CBE is a common bar exam where graduate from local or foreign university will
have to sit for this exam. It will replace clp in a few year time( 3year)
So i think is should not be a problem for you as everyone would have to sit for the exam and we would stadardise it and maintain the quality
I think it should not be a problem for you as you excel in english . The
main problem people cannot pass clp is that their language is poor and
they cant even answer the question accurately. If you are really good,
you should not be worrying too much.

Tan : OIC, haha,maybe i worry too much d.

Lawyer ng: It depend on yourself la,what you want and your ability.

Tan: I heard that you graduate form Monash University. How is the university? Is the
education there good?

Lawyer ng: Certainly, the quality of education there is good.Monash University focus
on practical aspect of law and there are many Asian student there. There
even got malaysia student law society which i am former president. Now
Australia university try to integrate other subject with law.It is
favourable that you do double degree there. But if jpa dont allow, you
can still study other subject together with law.After graduate, i got
scholarship to study my master there as i was among the top 5% in the
examination.I fell grateful to australia government provide
assistance disregard of your race and country origin. The best will
be rewarded,where we compete on a fair ground basis.

Tan :Which University is the best to study law?


Lawyer ng: As far as i know, Monash, Melbourne , NSW , Sydney, and adelaide are the
best. But i reccommend you to go monah or melbourne. There got more Asian
and malaysian and you would not feel left out.Adelaide also not bad, but
not as famous as others. ANU situated in Canberraand there is like
putrajaya, lifeless and dull , mainly for administration.

Tan: The main reason why i want to stay local is that i want go UIA to study syariah
law.Do you think i should study syariah law.

Lawyer ng: Syarah law is a small branch of law, mainly deal with petty case like
divorce.I dont think you should study it la. No malay would trust you to
fight their case.There are many other brach of law where you can earn big
money.

Tan : IS UIA good?

lawyer ng: The student i met who graduate form UIA are not very well equipped and
and has poor command of english because they study mainly in malay.
Moreover, local university standard are very low.

Tan :Is there any discrimination in Australia?

lawyer ng: I dont think so. Australian value your effort and talent. They give same
treatment to everyone.

Tan: How long you work before you open your own law firm?

Lawyer Ng: i work for 2 years in kl before opening my own law firm. I dislike the
hustle and bustle in KL .Life in Malacca is more peaceful and relaxing.
Morever, lawyer here are nice and seldom use underhand tactic to
win.

Tan:What type of law you practice?

lawyer ng:I do all type of cases as malacca is a small state.But mostly i do
litigation.

Tan: Thanks for all the advice.

lawyer ng:elcome

Interview to decide future

100 ways to success and motivate yourself

Recently, i finished reading " 100 ways to motivate yourself " by Steve Chandler and i find it very inspiring and provide the catalyst to success by first keep yourself motivated. Below are the summary and excerpts from the book.)

1)Get on your deathbed

Imagine yourself going to pass away in no time. What will you be thinking?

Most of us will feel a tinge of regret for not accomplishing our goals and dreams

So we should do what we want today as if we will not be able to do that tomorrow

By programming your mind in this way , you will aware of the gift of life.


2)Stay hungry

We must have desire to succeed

By creating a vision of what we want to be, we will be motivated by our vision and goals.

In long term, we will then live into the picture as if it is already true



3) Tell yourself a lie

Lying to yourself by creating a vision of who we want to be, mke it as great as possible

Fake it until you make it



4) Keep your eye on the price

Focus on what you want

keep reminding yourself what you want in life

Focus on what we want instead of negative possibilities



5) Learn to sweat in peace

Push yourself as hard as possible. ( not over the limit)

Remember " the harder you are on yourself, the easier life is on you"

Pick out something harder than usual to do, confront the challenge instead of letting challenges to confront you


6)Simplify your life

Weed out all the activities that dont contribute to your projected goal to reduce distraction

Combine your task to simplify it


7) Look for the gold


See the best in others

See life as full of happiness

See opportunities in every crisis

Remember " What you are is What you see "


8)Push all the button

Prepare all the material that motivate you so that you are motivated all the times


9)Build a track record
0n :

1) Finished task

2) What i am going to do

being organised give you a sense of accomplishment


10) Welcome the unexpected

Be creative--come up with all kinds of creative solution to the challenges in life


11) Find your master key

Find an instruction book on how to make your life work

recommendation (from me) 1) your roadmap to success by john C maxwell
2) The key to richness--napoleon hill
3) 7 habit of highly effective people by Stephen R covey

12) Put your library on wheel

Even when you are driving or on car, you can listen to audiobook to motivate yourself

there are many website for audiobook like learn out aloud, bookshouldbefree.com.


13) Definite plan your work

Keep your work up to date

14) Bounce your thought

Reprogramming your dominant thought toward postive one

Bounce your thought

Think optimistically more and more often until it feel natural



15) Light your lazy dynamite
Do something you dun like slowly ,begin slowly

At least you do it

The more you do, the more you like it

Break job into smaller piece


16) Choose the happy few
Politely walk away from friend who dont support the changes in your life

Associate with people with positive thinking

Make a list of friend who are optimistic and happy


17) Learn to play a role

You are the thinker who determine who you will be

Your thought wil shape your life

Your emotion are yours to make, our emotion are result of our thinking

so think positively



18) Dont just do something, sit there

Be still and completely relax

just be with yourself, away from all the distraction

you wil be talking to your soul

Discover your inner self


19)Use your brain chemical
Stimulate your mind to unleash the chemical which make you happy

Program your mind to think positively


20) Leave high school forever

We are self concious when we are adolescent

we worry what other think of us

Why should we let other to dictate our life and the way we act?

Do what you think are correct, dont be detered by others remark


21) Learn to lose your coolDont be timid and non-assertive

dare to look bad and lose face

Just be who you are, be honest with yourself

翁诗杰与崇祯王

翁诗杰与崇祯王
中学时期，笔者常用连想法来记得历史与生物课复杂的内容与特有名词，效果也不错。
马华党争高潮迭起，情节复杂，也只有用连想法才能深深了解其中的奥妙。
明朝末年，明思宗崇祯 王即位，接手千疮百孔的大明王朝。在漫长近乎荒唐的277年中，大多数的君主怪异荒庸，无才无能。当时明朝内忧外患。内部贪官污吏横行，又有魏宗贤集团的迫害；气候变冷，莊稼收获减少。外患有后金的连年进攻。崇祯王受命为难笃志中兴。他力挽大厦之将倾，以中兴为己任，励经图治，勤俭自律，以重现大明的昔日辉煌景象。
写到这里，大家应该可以连想到什么吧。如果把末代王帝崇祯王与翁诗杰总会长联想在一起，可说是恰当，吻合。翁总接过和大明王朝一样千疮百孔，内忧外患的马华，何尝不时励精图治，力挽狂澜呢？（马华如何千疮百孔，内忧外患，相信不用我多解释，大家也心里有数。）
再者，崇祯王大刀阔斧铲除朝廷内的贪污腐败，结党营私。先后罢免魏中贤，并瓦解其朋党，使朝廷重现生机。翁诗杰上任时也打着铲除贪污腐败的招牌，对巴生港口自贸区的舞弊案穷追猛打，使马华形象得以改善。崇祯王力图瓦解魏中贤集团；翁总也集中全力瓦解蔡细厉的派系。只是两人的手法不同，成果也不同罢了。
然而，事与愿违，崇祯王的生性多疑，刚愎自用，急躁求成，造成他屡铸大错，自毁长城，加快明王朝灭亡的脚步。崇祯王因中了敌人的反间计而误杀抗金有功的大将袁崇焕；生性多疑以致斩杀在对抗农民起义中立下赫赫战功的贺人龙。在位十七年间，两位大学士被杀，六部尚书中一人被杀，五人先后下狱，总督被诛者七人，巡抚被戮者十一人。这些人当中，很多都是对抗遼东战争，农民起义有功的将领，以致明朝政事，军事上的大溃败。
哇，这和翁总的行事作风也很相近吧。难怪有人说翁总有帝王气象，果真还不假。翁总似乎更胜一筹哦，在短短的几个星期内先后“斩杀”中委四人，会长理事会委员六人，近后相信还有更多人被“砍”。崇祯王在天有灵，想必也自叹不如，后生可畏呀！。如果两人在这时代出生，想必是好kawan 罢。被“砍”的中委和会长理事会成员也应庆辛自己不时出身在明朝末年，不然早已人头落地了咯。还好只是官帽落地。
只不过，崇祯王是亡国之君，最后自缢在梅山的清风明月下；翁总该不会是亡党之总会长吧？哇，写到这里要刮自己一巴掌，怒责自己嘴巴衰。
（陈瀚燊）
（作者为法律系学生）

Comment

I was awestruck after watching this video. The video was so touching that it prompted me do some reflection on the socio-economic context of our society

First and foremost, the video reflect the general poverty state of Indian. We could not deny that there are still a large proportion of the Indian community who live are relatively poor and left behind in the pace ot modernisation. Many of them still live in rubber estate with high rate of illiteracy and dropping out of school since young. The government affirmative action may have help the Malay to uplift their standard of living, but much to the detrimental of the Indian community whose welfare are neglected . Thus , the government should implement some measure to rectify the problem. It is noteworthy that the government had already acknowledge the problem and gave their promises.

Besides, We should look into the illegal land issues which plaque the indian community as hightlighted in the Kampung Buah Pala Saga. The poor indians have no choice but to build their house in the illegal land as they are not eligible for the financial supports of the government which are only allocated to the native.Please acknowledge the problem and seek remedy. Home is their last bastion from the rain and sun. We as malaysian could not be so cruel and indifference to the plight of our indian friends in the spirit of 1 malaysia.

On the other hand, it is hard-wrenching to note that our society has became so materialistic and individualistic. Poor people are shunned and despised by society. Even teacher looks down on poor student, kills their confident and dampens their self-esteem since young . No wonder the students taught by him are so materialistic and egoistic to the extent of lossing their humanity and compassion.

In conclusion, we should envisage a nation with equal distribution of wealth and in the meantime sensitive to the plight of certain section of the socities to ensure that no one left behind as our country strive to achieve vision 2020.

Introspection

Recently things seem did not go well in my live.First and foremost,I didnt perform well in everything i do,ended up in the 4 class of EAP is a testimony of my inability.Then i lost a book i borrow from library which cost RM 140.I seem to be in constant fear and worry,till i shun myself away from my friend and couldnt socialise well.This prompted me to do some instropection.I need to know what wrong with mylife.Am i in depression.Am I worry too much,or am I allow negative thought to be embedded deep in my brain? The worst thing happen in a string of event,culminating in my failure to get selected to represent Taylor in inter-varsity debate competition.After doing introspection for sometime ,here is the summary of what go through my brain and what inspiration i got from this session.

1) Thing may not go well in my live but it is predestined to be in this way because of a reason.Good thing fall apart so that you will appreciate it when better thing fall together.I got in 4 class of EAP maybe because that will give me motivation to perform up to par.I lost the book so that i learned a valuable lesson of responsible for thing not belong to you and bear consequences for your carelessness.I didnt get selected to join the debate team so that i discard my preconceived mindset that i am good enough and there is no room for improvement.Obviously,i am not good enough the mere realisation of the fact spur me to brush up my verbal skill so that i can be a better debator and subsequently a better lawyer next time.I may be one of the best debator in school and district last time,and i bask in glory of winning for such a long time till i am too contented of myself.I am only deemed to be named the JAGUH KAMPUNG if i am unable to compete with the creme de la creme.

2) I have learned that there is no use for mourning over losses and crying over split milk.Mistake have been done,ego is dented ,but if i kept lamenting,thing will not get better.i told myself,cheer up man,the game isnt over until it is over.Courage is the discover that you may not win and kept on trying when you know you can lose.If i give up,then i am a true loser.A quitter never win and a winner never quite.That is the everlasting truth

3) I have always view success as a source of happiness and contendment.That is why happiness is so elusive to me.I never seem to satisfy with what i get.I attach my happiness to material and fame.That why i never truly felt contented and happy.I have learned that,if we seek all the applause from outside,we has our happiness another keeping.Happiness does not depend on external condition,it is governed by mental attitute.The most important is to be satisfy with whst you have.Dont compare,comparison is odious.Act is you are happy,and you wil be happy.

4) I often feel lonely,like missing something in my life.After much thought, i initially taught it is the fault of my raging hormone.I cant stand the empty feeling when i saw the girl I like going away with other guy and most guy in my age have seem to find their soul mate.But then after much observation,i found that their relationship is superficial.Initially i thought no one understand me,but in time of my distress,the only person i can confide in is my family.I dont care wether i am chickless or what,i have my family ,that matter .I came to realise that admist indifferece surrounding where everyone is oblivious of my existence,the only person who really care about me is my family member,who i can turn in for solace in time of failure,who will not shun me and look down on me because i fell short of expectation;who are willling to accept me whoever i am,of whatever my achievement is.I have learned that i can only find solace in my family.I have also learned that we should only get into relationship when we really find what we want,not by spurred of moment.Why love if losing hurt so much? we love to know that we are not alone.

5) I have also learned that if we treated people well,they tend to reciprocate.I discover true friendship when my friend willing to share the money for the book and willing to extend their ear because we discover sincere friendship.We should treat everyone sincerly,as friend are integral part of ourlives.

Human are creature of mistake.No one is perfect.for me,the best way to understanf oneslef and understand one weakness and strength is through introspection.( This column is about politic,sorry for incorporaing my private feeling in this blog which initially designed to cover current issue)

Unity in Diversity

The 1Malaysia concept propounded by our PM has caught the imagination of the public,let assume that happened in the first place before further speculation.However,sceptism is rife regarding the practical aspects of this concept admist captivating slogan and promises.

First and foremost,the public are still divided along racial line.While tolerant attitude may keep us from at each other throat,there are still a long way for us to go before we truly become one Malaysia.There are still some "native race" who dont recognise Chinese and Indian as being an integral part of our society even after 50 years of independence.The perception that chinese and Indian do not belong to this country and sould be treated as outsiders still prevail in some conservative part of out country.Surely,the minority will be incensed by these kind of blatant remark suck as :" Cina balik Tongsan la,Indian balik india la.".Please bear in mind,the true native are the real indigenous people such as Penan,Murut and etc.While we are in a globalised world where boundaries no longer a distinct feature,and people are known as global citizen,continuos squabble about one true origin is nonsensical and anachronistic.In my opinion,we must first discard these outmoded perception of origin before we can truly united under one nation.

On the other hand,religion also barriade us from unity im diversity.In spite that the right of every race to pracice its own religion is enshrined under the constitution,general perception is that all other religion are overshadowed by the all Islam as the formal religion of our country.There is seperation between different religion where minimum contact and interaction or mutual discussion are to be avoided like harbingers of doom.There proposal of inter-religious forum and commision are met with fiery opposition by chauvinist and bigots who belive their religion should be propagated at the expense of other religion.The inter-religious forum organised by the Bar council resulted in demonstration and nearly riot.Every religion prohibit other to visit their sacred site and it is deemed blasphemous when someone from some quater voice his/her opinion about other religion,which result in instant lashing by the relevent authorities.When public does not undersatand the value and practice of other religion,unity is analogous to building castle is the midair.


Another major hindrance to unity among different races is the deprivation of rights of other minoriy under the affirmation policy of the government.I am sure that all the other minority races understand the need to assist the native to climb the ladder of economiy after being isolated in remote are under British divide and rule policy.We also understand that we need to eradicate the phenomenon of poverty among native and assist them to enter into other sector such as trade and industry so that the division of races along different sector can become a thimg of the past.However,the overaealous steps bt the authority spell disater to other minority races.For instance,almost 100% of the government project are tendered by native,chinese and Indian medium school are deprived of allocation and thrive on their own effort.Chinese do not mind if they have to compromise some of their economy dominance,but not under the extent of total denial of level playing field in economy participation.The affimative action should ceased to exist when it achieve its target of 30& equity own by Malay.Prolong affirmative action only trigger fear among chinese and indian of the possibility of being totally wiped out in economy.
On the other hand,the insensitive remark by certain politician who try to score political brownie point through inciting racial hatred make matter worse.Even
our government are divided along racial line.MCA,MIC,UMNO only protect the right of the race they claim to represent,without regard to other races,while trying to portray themselve as the Hero of the race by undermining the rights others.Even among pakatan rakyat,PAS is a thorn in the flesh as it try to propagate malay and islamic agenda,for example,the PAS government is Kedah persist with its plan to reserve 50% quota in house buying and demolish a pig abbatoir admist intense opposition by DAP.PAS even oppose the liberisation of economy by PM.

Although there are many hindrance in our path to be truly united,it is heartening to note that our pm is trying his best to unite our country through 1malaysia concept.We only hope that further concrete action whould be undertaken to enliven this concept

Clear Head in Crisis

The sudden death of Teo Beng Hock spurred up nationwide outcry and everyone is awe-struck by this sudden incident.This again raise concern about the protection of basic human right and liberty in our country.

First and foremost,public raise concern toward the procedure being applied by MACC in probing the detainee.Long hour of incessant questioning coupled with harsh word and intimidation undermine the basic principle of human right,and violate the principle of democracy,that is presumption of innocence before a person can be convicted " beyond reasonable doubt". 23 hour of incessant probing is a sheer torture to normal person and there is possibility that he may crack under pressure.A person should not be subjected to harsh treatment when he is not convicted under rule.Imposing harsh treatment is tantamount of forcing a presumably innocent person to confide under pressure.I didnt suggest that MACC treat the detainee harshly,normal procedure of MACC would never allowed this to happen.However,the integrity of MACC will at stake due to the abuse of power by a few blacksheep.I am just suggesting,sorry if it is offensive.

Secondly,there are major sceptical of the allegedly selective prosecution by MACC.i will not delve deep into that.What i want to to stress is MACC should live up to its motto by staying neutral and uphold its basic principle of integrity and accountability.The best way is prosecution without fear or flavour.It is an uphill struggle for MACC to regain the public confident and salvage its tarnish image.

However,there are some speck of light in the dark room.For the first time,political bigshot irrespective of political affiliation are thinking along the same line , united in their condemnation of MACC probing prosedure and requesting a royal commission for inquest and throughout investigation into TEO's death.Suddenly,political division line is blurred by common acknowledgement of the seriousness of the incident,which pose a treat to the fundamental value of upholdinf humanity in our country.Unfortunately,racist remark crept in and once again,we are using issue of race to divert public attention.Once again,some quater tend to whip up public sentiment bt their insensitive issue and try to portray themselves as heroes in crisis,thereby intensify the gravity of the issue

Once again,I pledge to all malaysia to stay clear headed and stay away from making unfounded speculation and succumb to emotional sentiment.I pledge to PM to allow the child to have TEO as his/her surname.Special circumstances require special measure .Laws are craeted by human,and humanity is the core of law.Hence,where humanity is concern,law will play as a second fiddle.I pledge also to PM to investigate the incident by upholding transparity and accountibility

New Phase of Live

Time flies.How true it that.I finished my secondary school in a fleeting moment,like a flashing of a scene in the movie of my live.

The seven month after spm 2008 is a mixture of excitement and dissapointment.I am like going through an emotional rollercoaster and everything that happened ranged from unbelievable to unacceptable.

During the first 3 month,i have to go through the much-feared driving lesson.Borned not adept and slow in reaction,I bump around with my "sifu" fidgeting beside ,yelling instruction,voice booming louder each time i nearlly run into an imminent car.The funny thing is ,the louder he yell,the more oblivious i am to his instruction.You can guess how frustrated he was from the look of his face,which clearly twisted in anger.

Besides the gruelling driving lessons,i enjoyed reading political books( that doesnt mean i am a nerd ) such as Malay Dilemma,chinese Dilemma,Winning strategy of anwar ibrahim,In Faith,Moving Forward,the Audacity of hope , May 13 declassification,..... Being interested in politic doesnt mean you are endearing yourself toward the path of self destruction in the treacherous political wolrd.It is a maturing process,a process by which we came to realise the fundamental problem of our nation,its origin and how to root it out.It give us a sense of belonging to the nation.It shows that we actually care about the general well being of mankind,especially under the dogmatic believe that chinese do not belong to this country.People may remain cynical by saying:" what could you do to save this country? why act like as if you are superheroes?" This sense of apathy and indifference is the reason why all the deep-rooted problem not being solved.

What are the deep-rooted problem? Top the list is the division of rakyat along racial and political line.I wish to delved deeper into this issue by referiing to my experience in the following 4 month.


After i recieved my spm result,which find myself topping malacca,with 13A1 ( please dont misunderstood,i am not bragging,i need to use this for later writing,sorry if it make you uncomfortable ) ,people around me seems more excited and happy than I am,with list of congrates,annoying probe from the press( i am not selfish to share study skil,but they boast it as if it is the panacea to achieve great exam result).I am not being hypocitical,as being alleged(now i understand why some people dont like to be under limelight),but there are really no short cut to success.You need to toil,persevere,which many fail to realise and think it is due to sheer genius. ( mind you,my mensa is only 128/180------FAIL)

As people always says,Malysia government are capable of doing unexpected thing in a logical way.i was declined a place to study law under JPA PILN scholarship,which is like a punch to my face.As usual, people fuss around me again,some showing empathy,some add salt to the bruises by being cynical.Maybe this is how our government trains us to be tough and want us to stand on our own fear.However,furore and clamour by all quaters help me to secure my scholarship at last.I am lucky,but how about others ? there are scores of 12 A1 student being denied their place in which other with only 6A1 secure it.where is the justification? I am not hurdling criticism to government( as being warned by Jpa), I just worry about the brain drain predicament our society is facing.How our bright student perceive the country if they are denied level playing ground since young and beguiled by the lack of transparency and accountabiity.They love their country,but not when their country dont love them.

However,there are "silver lining in every dark cloud". The one month in KMJ is the best part of my lives.KOLEJ MATRIKULASI JOHOR is not as bad as percieved by outsiders.Not only the teacher are dedicated,Different races go along well, respecting each other values and religion.It is in KMJ i discard my racial stereotype.It is here that i discover that Malay are nice and very friendly,humble,caring,and tolerant.People always say:" do unto others what you want others to do unto you". By mutual courteosy and understanding,we are able to bridge the gap of race and religion.There are no so called race as our blood are all red deep inside.It is only the custom and ways of lives that pose the barrier,and the only way to transcend the barrier is to embrace the different among us .With due respect for each other,we are truly one species known as homo sapiens.We can even joke about our different believe and engage in enlightening discussion.The lecturer there are all unbiased and gave equal treatment to all.You see,race relation only turn bitter when politician incite racial hatred to score some brownie point.By refusing to succumb to their agenda,we are able to ge along well.There are no so called striping of racial right by another races.We are living in a globalised world,where the economic pies are getting larger.Instead of at each other throat for the small piece of pie,why not we collaborate to make it bigger,so that each one of us have a bigger share.There are no superior or inferior races.Every race has their own inherent weakness due to historical factors.This is why we need each other assistence to correct the weakness.If malay are economically backward compare to chinese; chinese are society are a mess,disorganised and constantly engage in internak squabble compare to the unity among malay.Religion also does not pose barrier to unity.Ironically, I learned all about Buddhism in KMJ, and as a result transform mr from a atheist to a devoted buddhist. Kudos to KMJ for allowing free propagation of religion for the minority.All the religion teaches us to respect people who are different from us provided that they does not harm us.


TO End on a general note, i wish Malaysia can be truly multicultural in the future.

(I am under the rules and regulations of JPA schoalrship,hence, the political issue i wrote will be more evasive and tend to be mild,but i will write following my conciousness,being unbiased and hold accountable to all.)