“Another normal life story of mine… Things like this always happen to me…“

Today, I am supposed to have a hearing at the Melaka High Court. It’s our client’s application under Order 18 rule 19 of the Rules of the High Court, 1980 (to strike out the Defendant’s Defence).

As usual, because of the tight schedule when there are a lot of things urgent in 1 day, I only had the chance to prepare for the hearing on the day before (a.k.a. yesterday). Since half of my day yesterday was gone, stuck in KL High Court, the rest of the day that was left out of yesterday was not enough to finish up the submission and bundle of authorities. Anyway, I stayed back past midnight to do all the getting up for the hearing.

At 1.30 a.m. the Defendant’s solicitor texted me, enquiring whether I’m still awake. I said, “Yup.. Why?” Then he replied that he wanted to talk about the case tomorrow. So I gave him a call. Apparently, his daughter had fallen ill so suddenly and he needed to send her to the hospital. Since his wife was not around, there was no one to look after the daughter. On that basis, he asked me to mention on his behalf today.

Pity him… But that would also mean that all the hard work preparing for the hearing was wasted… -_-” Oh well, at least I can use and improvise on the same when it comes up for hearing again.

And so yeah, I left office at around 2.00 a.m. It was raining so heavily. I only reached home at about 2.30 a.m. After getting ready to bed, I made sure that my alarm was set as early as I am able to wake up. The earliest alarm that I set was at 5.00 a.m. (Semangat what!) Then, the latest was at 6.15 a.m. I planned to leave KL at around 7.00 a.m. to avoid the traffic jam la… So yeah, I went to bed at around 3.30 a.m.

BUT THEN… I woke up in the morning without relying on the alarm. Yup, the alarm went off without me realizing it. And it’s already 7.10 a.m.!!! :S

And to make it worse, the traffic jam was super terrible in my place! When I exited at KESAS, I thought the road will be clear but nope… It’s all bumper to bumper! Cars were going at 10 to 20 km/h only… And this lasted for about 45 - 50 minutes. *sigh* By the 40th minute, I haven’t even reached Bukit Jalil and it was already way past 8 a.m. at that time. How could I make it to the Melaka High Court before 9, in less than 1 hour time??? Bloody impossible.

As soon as I saw the exit to Seremban, I speed up. It was 9.01 a.m. when I saw a signboard that says “Melaka - 79km”. OMG… And just how long will it take me to reach there??? And thinking that things couldn’t get even worse, it started to rain! *sigh* But since I was already so bloody late, I still have to speed up my car despite the rain… (at the same time, I was hoping & wishing that the Court will only start at 10.00 a.m.) :p

By 9.18 a.m. I managed to reach “Sempadan Negeri Melaka”. *Heh, not bad, I thought*… I thought that I would be able to reach Court by 9.30 a.m. then…

But nope! I’m supposed to take the Ayer Keroh exit to be on the way to the Melaka High Court, and from that signboard that says “Sempadan Negeri Melaka”, Ayer Keroh is about 47 km (if I’m not mistaken). *sigh*

Finally, I managed to reach Melaka Court Complex at around 9.35 a.m.

BUT THEN…. There was no parking inside the Court compound (again!!!). It’s either that or the pak guard was just to lazy to open the gate for me!!! And so, yeah. I had to look for parking elsewhere. Found one by the roadside (illegal parking again!) and it was so bloody damn far from the Court!!!

Since there was no other choice left, I quickly parked my car at 1 ‘logical’ spot by the roadside and started to walk as fast as I can to Court.

It was far, I’m telling you. Plus, the Court Complex was a bit on a hill and there were stairs to climb up, and plus of course, I am wearing my heels! *sigh*

And finally, I reached the Registrar’s chamber! And, guess what! Matter hasn’t been called yet! Heh! Lucky!

BUT THEN… When I saw the Court’s list, my matter was not listed as hearing though. It was listed as Case Management. -_-” So even if I come all prepared for hearing, it certainly won’t go on lah, right… *sigh* This is the problem with the Court system in Malaysia. And yes, this is the kind of problem that lawyers in Malaysia always have to face.

Oh well… After waiting for a while, my matter was called up in-chambers before the Deputy Registrar. I informed him that we were notified that it was supposed to be a hearing today. And guess what he said, “Ala, kalau hearing pun I tau apa Dato’ nak buat… Either postpone or suruh U file Written Submission…” -_-”

And yeah, talk about getting rid of all the backlog of cases in Malaysia…

But on the other hand, the Deputy Registrar was SUPER NICE!!! We chat for a while, talking about the new Judge that’s going to be transferred from KL to Melaka. He asked me whether I’ve appeared before that Judge (no mentioning of name, okie). And I said, yes, quite often actually. And so, he asked me how is the Judge like, his style when conducting mention, etc. The Deputy Registrar was really so friendly and nice! I hope he will stay that way ~ ~ ~

Done before 11.00 a.m. Since I got nothing else to do, no where to go to… I decided to head back to KL. See, without the traffic jam and the rain (it was slightly drizzling though), there was no problem reaching KL in around 1 hour & 15 minutes.

(*Note: I was so sleepy when I was driving back from Melaka to KL though… Dozed off a couple of times when driving! Yikes, scary!!!)

(~ I’m eating McDonald Double Cheeseburger while typing this entry now. Hehe. Yup, that’s my dinner for the day. I LOVE the McShakers Fries!!! ~) This is not an advertisment, okie. Yeah, it would be if they’re actually paying me something to advertise them here. :p