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A janitorial update

Apologies to those who actually bother to come by this blog only to discover that I have not updated in ages.

I spent the better part of my summer working here, at a small firm. There were none of those horror stories that one hears of, the people here at Ravindran Associates, from the partners to the staff, are all good people.

And I’m sure as you all know, I’m as irreverent and disrespectful as they come, but my boss there, Mr R, he is one of the few rare people for whom I instinctively knew that here was a person I could look up to; the fact is that he earned my respect by simply being sincere, candid and wise. Why would you want to work for anyone else if you can work for him?

And it was immediately off to Melbourne after I finished my stint there. The first weeks are always crazy of course: paying off all the utility bills which I forgot about during the holidays, desperately trying to get the electricity, water, phone, etc etc blah blah blah working again so that I could live like a human being.

Next would be the desperate search for 2nd-hand textbooks which are still in a usable condition, as the law textbooks here in Melbourne cost between a small fortune and a large one. The worst news one can get (for both buyers and sellers) is that a new edition of the textbook is out, and contains “important components which cannot be found in the old editions”, which basically means another couple hundred of dollars gone again.

And finally, last week, I met her:

MacBook Pro Comic

Cheesy, I know. But what can I say? I’m in love. Irulan, my first mac.

Her name is Irulan

7 Comments

  1. ivan wrote:

    i want to potong jalan!!!!

    Friday, March 3, 2006 at 7:32 pm | Permalink
  2. coupdegrace wrote:

    mm irulan ie. wife of Paul?

    Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 6:56 am | Permalink
  3. piffles wrote:

    wow. something personal …. don’t think i read one since i first *met* u. ;P hope ya doing good there

    Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 9:49 pm | Permalink
  4. Han wrote:

    coupdegrace:

    Yes, Irulan the consort of Emperor Paul Atreides. But not wife.

    Monday, March 6, 2006 at 5:56 am | Permalink
  5. BL wrote:

    Hi Han,

    Welcome to the Mac Side….
    I am a mac user too!

    Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 8:20 pm | Permalink
  6. HairyDonut wrote:

    Hello! When were you working in Singapore? Did you just go back to Melbourne?

    Would’ve liked to have met up with you for lunch or something. You remind me of everything I wasn’t, when I was in law school.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 7:45 pm | Permalink
  7. Han wrote:

    Hi there HairyDonut!

    Sent you an email. Faster go check. lol.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 9:46 pm | Permalink