Priorities

Priority is a heavy word and it is always easier to notice if "others" are not laying it downright. Sometimes you can plan your priorities well enough not to be confused with the order from the first to the last on the list. Sometimes it requires pronto action with no time to even list it down.

This is when we always make some silly mistakes.

Priorities, if not balanced properly, can hurt feelings.

Priorities come with multiple responsibilities.

Priorities if not managed, will cause you much misery.

Priorities, most often than not, requires common sense.

Unless your senses are unique and uncommon, you might have some trouble with your priorities.

Now where did I leave my common sense?

Blog adjourned!

His Story

2008: His Story…

January: Got to open my cast… kaki kecut sebelah

February: Utilized one crutch for handicap perks

March: Went for induction course and national service for almost a month

April: Got married to the Bride; had an excellent honeymoon!

Mei: Last month being a Senior Assistant Registrar

June: Began my Magistrate duties

July: Got a some foreign object probing my stomach through my mouth

August: Went to Kuching with the Bride

September: First Ramadhan with the Bride

October: First Hari Raya with the Bride

November: Last few days as a Magistrate. Transferred way up high…

December: Bulls Eye! On the DOT!

I couldn’t have done it without His constant protection.
He gives me knowledge and teaches me wisdom through experience.
He pours love into me and gives me the opportunity to share it.
He is my strength and hides my weaknesses.
He reminds me to remember Him.
At times I question His wills, forgetting my place in His eyes.
My success belongs to Him.
My life belongs to Him.

He who adjourns…

Quality Time

I took two days off last week to spend some quality time with the Bride after a hectic March schedule. Those two days were indeed worth while. We went to Genting Highlands and had a blast time playing at the indoor theme park. Jalan-jalan dalam sejuk and even went to a magic show that night. And boy did we eat! We ate and ate and ate until the moment we closed our eyes. The first thing we did when we opened our eyes was also to find more food to eat.

The best part of it was that it was also my 1st year anniversary with the Bride...

*KAWEN BEST!*

Anyway, this morning, I had some free time. So I decided to stroll causally to one of the sitting Court of Appeal. Justice Gopal Sri Ram was chairing the panel. Whenever Justice Sri Ram is presiding, you would certainly learn something and that something is usually not the typical stuff you would get from any book.

One counsel stood and said Yang Arif, Yang Arif and Yang Arif. Justice Sri Ram said, “If there are nine judges here are you going to address each one of us? Just my Lords or Yang Arif-Yang Arif is enough”.

Betul jugak kan?

As I was there minding my own business, Justice Sri Ram noticed that I was at the public gallery and he kindly invited me (via one of the Deputy Registrar) to sit at the Registrar’s place even though I was wearing a green shirt and not in my black and white with a robe and bib. It was certainly an honour being invited up front so I toodled along with the Deputy Registrar and sat at the Registrar’s table and was given some paper for me to take down important points of law.

Justice Sri Ram gave two ex tempore (instant judgments) this morning. One was about malicious prosecution and abuse of court process in a civil suit.

The second case was a more interesting case. A horse jockey was charged for not riding his horse with full determination. According to the law, the trainer is also liable if the jockey is found guilty. These terms were incorporated into the trainer’s contract with his employer. When the jockey was found guilty, the trainer was also suspended for one year and had some other implications as well. The decision was brought to the High Court at KL and it was appealed to the Court of Appeal. Justice Sri Ram went back to the source of the problem, i.e. the contract between the trainer and his employer. In a nutshell, Justice Sri Ram held that the Court had no jurisdiction to interfere with a private contract between parties.

Court adjourned around noon so I then took my leave and went to lunch. Now I’m back in my room and completing the necessary stuff…

So that was how I celebrated my first year anniversary and what a way to kick away the Monday blues…

YeeE HaaA!

Blog adjourned!

Curiosity Took Away His Freedom

Oh dear, it is approximately a month since I last updated this blog. I was so bogged down with work and any free time that I had was used to be with the Bride and the growing Dot. I think I was only home about 13 days for the whole of March (much to the Bride’s frustration!) I went to Kuching (3 days) for a Federal Court sitting, then to Langkawi (6 days) for the Judges’ Conference, then to Bangkok (5 days) for a Judicial Colloquium and to Royale Chulan Hotel in Kuala Lumpur (3 days) for the Session’s Court Judges and Magistrates Conference.

Speaking of Kuala Lumpur, I just had a chat with a good friend of mine from KL today. Before I relate the story, allow me to explain briefly the background of the case. Sometime in November, I released one chap from a drug dependant inquiry stating that I doubted the medical report saying that he was a drug dependant. I wrote a lengthy ground for that ruling.

The legal advisor was not happy with my decision and filed for a review to the High Court. The High Court sent the matter back to another Magistrate and unfortunately for the chap, this time, he was placed under police supervision for two years.

The reason why I am highlighting this issue is not to criticize anyone’s judicial discretion. But the fact of the matter is this:

Because of the chap’s stupid curiosity of trying weed, almost half a year was spent going to Court and now another 2 years of police supervision.

Adoyai! Sape suruh gatal nak amik ganja? Sekarang dah kena menyusahkan diri pergi balai polis sebulan sekali.

Blog adjourned!