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Life, law, Malaysian legal practice,
death, and everything in between.
Life, law, Malaysian legal practice, death, and everything in between.
The blog’s name, From the Bar Stool, is a nod to my profession’s society – the bar; the stool is a metaphor for being relaxed and casual; and when put together – bar stool, it is a metaphor for casual soliloquies, for me anyway.
The opinions and views expressed in the postings and essays on this website are mine. They do not represent the position of the Bar Council or anybody else.
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Most Recent Pieces
Just Start. Clumsily, Awkwardly, Foolishly. But Start. Then Carry On.
I have lost count of my regrets; the disappointments, betrayals, and moments when life has left me diminished. But it is impossible to have lived fully without encountering these things. A life lived completely inevitably contains regret, but a life consumed by regret has not been lived.
How I Keep Myself Honest
My mother told me an anecdote about my father a while back. I keep this one very close to my heart because it sums up the integrity by which he lived by and which many of his friends, colleagues, and acquaintances attested to.
The Time My Father Reminded Me I Was Malay
My parents always took care to ensure I was in a multiracial, multicultural educational and social environment. That was an incredibly important consideration for my education.
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