Amidst a lot of rather depressing news about the china earthquake, the burma cyclone... and the death of the little bird just hatched as the nest was blown apart, I just got some amazing news about the debating achievement of my high school team this year.
They made it to GRAND FINAL of the Singtao competition. I'm SO PROUD of them. That's such amazing achievement, and I'm so glad that their potential is being fulfilled.
Also, there is the new record of HKU English Debating Team's achievement at Worlds - they made it to Semi-finals :)
I'm really happy for you all high achievers. Though I dont think i can really achieve anything in debating lol, and the teams have moved on since i left. I should work harder.
Tuesday 13 May 2008
Debating achievement
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Monday 12 May 2008
Disconcerted
I've been meaning to avoid thinking but I guess the point has finally come when I just couldn't help but break out of the invisible box. The last couple of months have been a fairly routine period for me with my mind singularly focused on law, and pretty much law alone for the most part. And I could only achieve that by consigning my autonomous reasoning and free emotions to a quiet corner. Everything has been plain and ordinary, to the extent that it no longer feels plain or ordinary any more because the standard of comparison is lost.
Probably I haven't quite succeeded in dispelling the distracting summons because in the back of my mind it just cant help wandering off to some random territories.
It is this little greeny boy looking at the beautiful world. As I listened to the rustling leaves and gently blowing wind, wondered about the shining moon and my guiding stars, I realised this dream was probably coming to an end soon.
Yeah I implied that law has been a prison of thought for me in many ways, and it's not entirely negative to break free from this restrictive spell--or dream.
A teacher has given me some insight about 'burdens'. What he said precisely wasn't the point, but he led me to realise that there are three reactions to 'burden'. You are (1) unable to take the burden, or (2) unable to release the burden, or (3) about to take up the burden. 不是負擔不起, 而是這個擔子我發現自己是放不低, 唯有鍛煉身體, 撐住. 我說的是未來前景的問題.
I don't like the present me at all. After finals I'll have to reexamine myself.
thats an interesting expression.
That's the sign of life - the leaves sprung out in merely a week's time.
That's by the way the view from the window of my room. I'm very grateful that there's this endearing tree just outside.
Tuesday 6 May 2008
The point of studying law
One of the jokes people here like to make about me is that I'm studying law because my surname is Law - fair enough, given Law is a rare surname for the English people.
As I've been spending the last four years studying law, and pretty much dedicated most of my time to it, I feel the need to justify the point of this endeavour - especially as that would give me an additional motivation for the coming exams.
To put it in hefty/idealistic/perhaps pretentious (to some)/natural lawyer's language, studying law isn't really about the professional career in itself; rather, it is the common good served by law. I still believe that legal training is very useful -
1. I can play a part in the legal services sector.
2. I can apply the wisdom of law across a broader range of fields in society.
3. I believe in the Rule of Law in the central sense.
Brilliant. I've become a massive geek and sounding as annoying as I can...
Other reasons: £? self-preservation? not exploitation of others...
Now back to the law.
With thoughts of different people, past memories and visions about the future.....
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