Had a really, really hectic week.

Went for my first salsa lesson on Tuesday. It was as fun and cool as I had expected it to be...Initially, I was really uncomfortable at being physically intimate with a female stranger...I mean, even my mum doesn't draw me so close to her bosom...It did not help that Jason, my Dance Instructor, kept on telling the guys to put their hands where their partners' bra strap was...Every body was so embarassed and I was wondering why I had not signed up for something milder...like mime. My first dance partner smelled of cheap perfume and bacardi rum....and I had alot of trouble finding her "bra strap"...When she said, " Don't bother, I'm not wearing any." I felt a sudden urge to report sick...Luckily, my second partner was the beautiful Lina...I had a great lesson with her:)

I went for the Law Society's Law Conference cum Cocktail Party@ The Supreme Court on Thursday...Really amazed at the dismal state of the legal profession today. Many Law grads are not practising Law because of the high-stress lifestyle...which they feel is not very healthy...so many of them go and work as legal counsels (*yawnz*)...I was extremely bored by the Attorney-General's opening address because he was mumbling to himself the whole time. Panel discussion was great...that was where I learnt many things...For instance, you can speak lousy English and still be a Lawyer. Many of the speakers punctuated their sentences with "Las", "Lors" and "Lehs"..."Dowan" and "got meh?" were also prominently featured... Content was quite informative, but nothing that was not already inside the Conference Materials...Lunch was bagus...with Roast Beef, Grilled Shrimp and Paella in the menu...together with assorted cold cuts, fettucine pomordaro and mixed berry custard....simply brilliant. After lunch, everyone was sleepy and did not really pay attention to the speakers..pity though...because the admission fee for the event was like 156 bucks per person...There were lots of people asking questions...but the most hilarious one was a Punjabi from the Indian subcontinent...He was so cheem that even the panelists couldn't understand what he was saying...he was interrupted midway through his lispy ramble and politely asked to seat down...everyone was trying to be civilised and stifling their laughter...

As the youngest in the room, I attracted quite alot of attention.I n fact, two lawyers were talking about me and discussing the letter I wrote to the Straits Times Forum. I was pleased to accept their praise, even though they did not know that the writer was sitting behind them! A few lawyers came to talk to me during lunchtime and told me not to waste my time. "The Legal Profession is DEAD!!!! DEAD! I tell you", a grizzled old hand proclaimed, his stubby finger pointing at the sky, as if accusing the Heavens of not caring enough for the Earth's Lawyers...hahaha

Cocktail party was cool...so high-class and posh nosh...everyone was so atas....Free flow of white and red too! What a beautiful way to end the day...I guess this was the event everyone was waiting for.

Went for Dimsum lunch on Wednesday with my bunkies @ 龙门....greasy siew mai...prawns steeped in sodium benzoate...lethargic and uninspired food....and the honey-dew sago was a saccharine mess. It was no wonder that the place was not even an eighth filled during lunch time...Yuks.