SEASON 3 EPISODE 2: EXAM PREPARATIONS

Greetings,

In the last entry, I mentioned just under 4 weeks to my exams. Now, it is just under 2 weeks and teaching has officially concluded. From now until the exams, I will be in "revision mode", so do pray that the LORD will grant me His wisdom to understand, retain and recall during the exams. My exam dates and subjects are as follows:

11th February 2008 (Monday) - Business Accounts Exam

15th February 2008 (Friday) - Property Law & Practice Exam

18th & 19th February 2008 (Monday and Tuesday) - Business Law & Practice

21st & 22nd February 2008 (Thursday and Friday) - Civil and Criminal Litigation respectively

This will conclude the first half of the LPC and I will commence my electives the week after those exams end. I thank the LORD that my "PLAN A" electives of Entertainment and Media, Corporate Finance and Private Acquisitions will be running. Indeed, the LORD has answered my prayer! I recalled submitting these electives to the LORD last December because there was a tendency that these electives, especially Corporate Finance and Private Acquisitions do not have a high take-up rate. But, thanks be to GOD for allowing these electives to run. There are about 16-18 students in each of my electives, so it will be a small group - which means there will be more individual attention and will be fun!!

Apart from these exams that are on the horizon, the next most important thing is that I will be able to secure a training contract with an English law firm. I have applied to those firms that are offering for September 2008 and will still be making applications after my exams. My post-LPC life will be largely determined by this and once I have secured a training contract, there will be a greater sense of certainty.

I have heard "horror stories" from my classmates and other friends whom I know who have done well on the LPC but have not found a training contract... But, this should (and will) not cast doubts in my mind cause I trust in the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the LORD who provides [Jehovah Jireh]. As I close this entry to begin my revision, I am reminded of the words in this hymn "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah":

1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me till I want no more; feed me till I want no more.

2. Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through.
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer,
be thou still my strength and shield;
be thou still my strength and shield.

3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside;
death of death and hell's destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee;
I will ever give to thee.
[Emphasis mine]