The Curve

Since this week is a long weekend following a public holiday today, I went to makan and have a few drinks at the Curve with my boss and his friends. That was my first time going there..lol. (okay okay..I'm still slowly rediscovering the different places in KL after having the opportunity to stay there for a prolong period). Anyways, the Curve looks like a neat place to hang out. It has a nice "street" of eating places but they consists mainly of high-end restaurants like Italiennies and TGI Fridays. There are a couple of bars over there and the first one that we went to have a drink is "Laundry". There's also the "Library" at Cineleisure (Damansara..not the SG Somerset version..lol). Ah, the names of these bars are so misleading. Imagine your friend calling you one day and asking you where you are and you say "Library", or "Laundry"..lol. It's a nice ambience at the Laundry but no bands were playing on that day. Library was more crowded due to the fact that people are loosening themselves on the eve of a long weekend and there's also a KDU function going on there. Oh yea, on the way also I managed to bump onto Lee Shih, one of the well-known lawyer bloggers in the Net. Apparently he was having some dinner at Tony Roma's..haha.

Then today, I went to the Curve again but this time to sing karaoke with Grace, her colleague Alex, Kevin and Elizabeth. Haha..we had a great time and some hilarious moments. Some songs like Boom Boom Pow are a-must if you wanna laugh your brains out during karaoke sessions. I'm quite impressed actually with the library of songs that the karaoke machine has, especially on the rock band songs selection. I would suggest Linkin Park if u wanna scream your guts out. I nearly went breathless trying to sing Numb..haha. One of the most fun songs to attempt was Supermassive Black Hole. There are three different vocals sound here, one being Matt's falsetto verse and then Chris' bass chorus and finally, the ending off whisper scream by Chris. Lol..had great fun attempting that with Kevin =p. Seriously, one day I should organise a karaoke session mainly for rock band lovers so that we can scream our hearts out..haha. The karaoke session was worth the money, Rm18 for the singing session, main lunch set, one drink and unlimited amounts of soup and salad.

In KL itself, there were plenty of going ons for this long weekend. I got to discover this in the Net (too late unfortunately) about a Malaysian Christian Lawyers Conference that's held at PJ Gospel Hall today. The theme "Justice Through Love and Healing" was based on the verse in Micah 6:8. Hmmm..there's a variety of different speakers and one notable one was Dato Dr. Cyrus Das, one of the counsels for the Lina Joy case. The various topics that are presented in the conference were really good and relevant for both Christian law practitioners and law students. Some example topics touch on how to use one's role as a lawyer for God and tackling challenges of faith and integrity in daily lives of the legal profession. I would love to attend it but as I said previously, I discovered it too late and there seems to be a need to register early. Hopefully they'll have another round next year.

It's good to see a section of Christian Lawyers in Malaysia standing up and come together for a conference like this to tackle issues and reaffirm their faith in the marketplace. Afterall, the apostle Paul is a lawyer himself and I belief God has given different gifts to those working in the legal field for them to be a testimony and blessing to those around them. A quick search on the net doesn't seem to yield any associations for Christian lawyers in Malaysia. In Singapore they have the Lawyers Christian Fellowship, a wing under the Graduates Christian Fellowship. Malaysia also has a GCF (grew out from FES actually..haha) but no LCF wing and there's a Malaysian Catholic Lawyers Society too. Perhaps it's time for an establishment for a Malaysian Lawyers Christian Fellowship? I pray that someone does take up the banner to form it, coz it would be good for both Christian law practitioners and students in Malaysia to come together with a firm desire to walk in the ways of the Lord.

Oh yea, another event happening around in KL/PJ area is the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale at Amcorp Mall. It's even reported in the newspapers that 5000 people flocked there and are bringing boxes of books home. Mhmmm..still considering whether I should go anot coz I heard that traffic and parking there is horrendous.