To interview one of their inmates. The prison near the school with the purple skirts, to be exact. It's part of my 'on-the-job' training. Why I would need this sort of training as a corporate lawyer, I don't know. But it was exciting. Very interesting stuff. I was attached to this organisation doing pro bono work. It's a great cause, but you'll meet all kinds of nut jobs and poor pitiful people doing this I tell you. The guy I interviewed was well, a little bit of both. He looked kinda blur, seemed kinda slow and he's like youngish. Late 20s. Earned pittance working part-time. Has a psychiatric mental problem, depression, and paranoia. He thinks everyone is talking bad about him behind his back, and he gets angry very quickly. Has family problems because of that. And he kinda.. grabbed this nurse's boob coz he was angry that the nurses took their time in attending to him. He wanted milo and biscuits, they didn't wanna give it to him coz he was diabetic. It was hard getting the truth out of him! But pitiful really. I felt sad for him, and wanted to be as nice as possible, like try not to be too stern when he keeps changing his story. I'm so not made for this job. I'm too soft-hearted. He wants to plead guilty, so it's likely he'll end up in jail for up to 2 years, since he can't pay any fines, and I don't think he'll get any caning, coz he knows what he did was really dumb (first time offender. completely clean record.) and his.. umm.. front porch light is a little dim... 2 bricks short of a full load.. you get the idea.

Speaking of CANING. Did you know, that if you were given, say, 24 strokes of the cane, you had to do it all in one day, consecutively? Ok, so maybe you did know that. BUT. Did you know, that if, say, after the 12th stroke, you collapsed, and the doctor certified you unfit to continue, and had to do it on another day, you had to do ALL 24 strokes ALL OVER AGAIN?!? Talk about INJUSTICE! I mean, ok, there's got to be a limit right? I know what they're driving at. They want the accumulated pain. But still, I think it's just as scarring to be caned like on 4, 5 different occasions, albeit just 3 or 4 strokes each time!