Twenty years ago today, I started my Summer job at Baker & Mckenzie in Hong Kong. It was the last Summer break with my best friend. He would soon be leaving for the U.S. to pursuit his studies. Two years later, I came to the U.S. We exchanged telephone calls twice and promised that we should get together soon, and then we lost touch with each other. He was busy with his life and I was with mine.
It was the same Summer that M and I broke up. She was at another college with a different career goal and objective in life. I was trying hard to get through college and hoped my visa would come through soon. That Summer was the last time we were together. We no longer had common interests to talk about and we parted, and then I was in agony. For a long time, I still thought of her often, but I never saw her again.
Without my parents and without my close firends, I was almost alone in Hong Kong. Uncle Number Five would come to check on me every weekend. We would go to visit Uncle and Aunty Number Seven on Sundays and had dinner with them. They were always kind to me. I missed Aunty Number Seven's pig lungs soup. It requires hours of cleaning up the pig lungs and then hours of cooking. It took a whole day to cook it, but it's delicious. I have not had pig lungs soup for 18 years already.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Head II, Civil Litigation
The study guides arrived on Monday in a small box. There are four volumes with Properties taking up two of them. That's almost a confirmation of my suspicion that Properties is the most difficult head of the three. So, I have decided to start with Civil Litigation.
The study guide for Civil Litigation has 326 pages. Interestingly, the footer on each page is marked as 2006-2007. Wait a second, please don't tell me the law in that part of the world has not changed since 2007. Mmmm . . . should I call to demand for my money back?
Each chapter in the study guide has a reference to the corresponding textbook (hornbook) by O'Hare and Browne. A quick search of it on the Internet indicates that the latest edition is not available anywhere in the U.S. Internet booksellers and Cassell in Canada mark it for over US$125. The study guide says it is not essential reading. Should I trust it. To buy or not to buy, that is the question.
This week I have covered 113 pages of Civil Litigation. About one-third. This is too slow. I need to speed it up.
The laws in Civil Litigation have changed much since I last briefly studied it in 1989. They don't call the person who filed a lawsuit the plaintiff as here in the U.S. anymore. Over there, they call the person the claimant. It's the plain English thing, but it sounds silly to me. Also gone are the Summons and Complaint. Now they have forms, all sorts of forms with letters and numbers. The Claim, which replaces the Summons and Complaint, even has boxes for the claimant to check off.
I am beginning to feel my age.
The study guide for Civil Litigation has 326 pages. Interestingly, the footer on each page is marked as 2006-2007. Wait a second, please don't tell me the law in that part of the world has not changed since 2007. Mmmm . . . should I call to demand for my money back?
Each chapter in the study guide has a reference to the corresponding textbook (hornbook) by O'Hare and Browne. A quick search of it on the Internet indicates that the latest edition is not available anywhere in the U.S. Internet booksellers and Cassell in Canada mark it for over US$125. The study guide says it is not essential reading. Should I trust it. To buy or not to buy, that is the question.
This week I have covered 113 pages of Civil Litigation. About one-third. This is too slow. I need to speed it up.
The laws in Civil Litigation have changed much since I last briefly studied it in 1989. They don't call the person who filed a lawsuit the plaintiff as here in the U.S. anymore. Over there, they call the person the claimant. It's the plain English thing, but it sounds silly to me. Also gone are the Summons and Complaint. Now they have forms, all sorts of forms with letters and numbers. The Claim, which replaces the Summons and Complaint, even has boxes for the claimant to check off.
I am beginning to feel my age.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China reported 150,000 people in Hong Kong attended the vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. The police, however, estimated the crowd at 62,800. See article in The New York Times. If the 150,000 is accurate, this would be the biggest June-Fourth vigil ever.
The newspaper, Singtao Daily (Eastern U.S. edition), reports an estimation of 300 people attended a vigil in New York and several hundreds attended a similar one in Washington, D.C.
The newspaper, Singtao Daily (Eastern U.S. edition), reports an estimation of 300 people attended a vigil in New York and several hundreds attended a similar one in Washington, D.C.
Picture from Ming Pao newspaper at: http://news.mingpao.com/20090605/gaa1_image2.htm?Mode=1
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
More News from New Jersey Law Journal
SOTOMAYOR'S CIVIL PRACTICE WAS AT ANTI-KNOCKOFF FIRM
Long before President Obama thrust Sonia Sotomayor into the spotlight by nominating her for the U.S. Supreme Court, she was a corporate attorney with an interesting specialty: designer handbags. Fake designer handbags, to be exact. Sotomayor spent eight years from 1984 to 1992 at New York firm Pavia & Harcourt, where she represented Italian luxury goods retailer Fendi in its fight against knockoff handbags bearing the designer's logo. Fendi was one of Sotomayor's major clients when she was an associate and later a partner specializing in intellectual property litigation.
Long before President Obama thrust Sonia Sotomayor into the spotlight by nominating her for the U.S. Supreme Court, she was a corporate attorney with an interesting specialty: designer handbags. Fake designer handbags, to be exact. Sotomayor spent eight years from 1984 to 1992 at New York firm Pavia & Harcourt, where she represented Italian luxury goods retailer Fendi in its fight against knockoff handbags bearing the designer's logo. Fendi was one of Sotomayor's major clients when she was an associate and later a partner specializing in intellectual property litigation.
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