Doodles of Life

I got a job! To those who have been following this blog, you'd know that I posted about my job-hunting thoughts a while back. It's been a journey indeed (click  here  to read the blogpost). (me on my first day of work) You want to know what the most unexpected part is? I got a job at a place I didn't even apply to!  The opportunity just showed up when the universe decided it was time, I guess.  It feels surreal that I'm officially starting my career in the legal field. My passion for making a difference in this path still runs strong, and I'm determined to make a difference to people's lives through the work I do. Fittingly, the universe decided that the field of law best suited for such a goal is family law.  If you had asked my younger self whether she would be doing family law, she would have said it's too depressing to be in an environment where you see marriages break down everyday. But now, I'd like to see it as being in a position to truly help pe...

When I look back, it feels like just a random day where I felt my whole life shift.  Such a profound shift yet so subtle that I didn't even notice it at that time. It was like, all of a sudden, I could feel the universe talking to me in its own quiet ways — showing me that it was listening. I’m not saying all my prayers suddenly got answered; it just felt like I was finally connecting to the universe, or at least finally allowing myself to listen. I can only attribute it to my surrender to the universe. It's not like the universe decided to suddenly show me love, but only I who finally decided to listen.  (Image created by Chat GPT) I feel like life, in general, is an illusion of choice. We don’t really have control over what happens. The only thing we can control is how we respond to the things that happen to or around us. If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be. Looking back on my life, nothing ever happened exactly the way I planned it. In fact, it’s turning out to be far fro...

Change is inevitable. I think that's a given.  The only thing constant in life is change.  (image generated by Chat GPT) It happens both slowly and suddenly, all at once. You never really know how life is going to change even in a split second. We truly have no control over how things unfold. Nothing in life is in our control, and I guess the sooner we accept that, the sooner we start living in the moment. Because if nothing in life is in our control, then what's the point of obsessing over the past or worrying about the future. The only thing that really matters is the present.  (Note: When I say this, I don’t mean that nothing is worth doing, or that you should just yolo your way through life. Doing your responsibilities—whether it’s working, saving up, or planning ahead—is still your responsibility right now. And that doesn’t equate to worrying about the future.) Change is scary, but its also what shapes us.  The only thing you can control is your thoughts, words ...

Job hunting as a newly called to the bar Advocate & Solicitor is a journey filled with uncertainty, learning, and resilience. (image generate by Canva, with some adjustments) I remember sending out my first application, thinking the process would be straightforward. I quickly realized it was anything but. Maybe I was naive to think that securing an entry-level job would be relatively easy—after all, there’s only so much an employer can expect from a freshly called lawyer, right? How wrong I was. The competition in the legal field, especially for someone wanting to pursue litigation, is incredibly stiff. I genuinely believed that having completed my pupillage and gaining some paralegal experience would make job hunting smoother. But I soon learned that securing a role in litigation takes more than just experience. Every employer is looking for something different, and it’s hard to gauge exactly what that is. Is it experience? A specific personality? A certain skill set? That said...