After graduating from college, I spent 2 weeks in Japan (actually more like 3 days in Japan) and the rest in South Korea. It was a blast, as I had not been in Korea for over a decade. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and above all was surprised at (1) how well the Japanese are organized as a functioning, societal unit and (2) how much Korea partied and celebrated the FIFA World Cup matches in rooting for their home team, the Red Devils. I remember the cheering and millions of fans all dressed in red, starting the cheer at dinner time, going all the way through the night, all the way throughout the game which actually started at around 4 am the next day, local time. (Actually, I fell asleep at 5 am and that was only up till about the first half of the game). The amount of cheering, although very high-spirited and displaying a fine example of national unity, was, in my view, a complete waste of time. Let’s think for a moment: is soccer THAT important? The answer, as long as nations move on the basis of things other than sports, will be a resounding “NO.”
So now that I’m back, I’m spending summer vacation in the Bay Area with the parents. Actually, I’ll be living with my parents for some time, well into my first year at law school. I missed being at home after going to college far away for 4 years. And now I don’t have to deal with living with roommates. Roomates are fine, but there is a kind of relaxed atmosphere felt exclusively in the home of your family members.
I’ve been reading “The Complete Law Companion: How to Excel at America’s Most Demanding Post-Graduate Curriculum” by Jeff Deaver, and it’s pretty good. He lays it down plain and simple, in a straight-forward manner what law school is like. I bought a couple other books on the same topic online and will be reading those in the upcoming weeks.
