FIME FEST.. ?

I had commercial class today. I was so looking forward to it. I love this subject. Mr. Jason was s'pose to come in. But wait? Mr. Daniel? Daniel Bong? I blinked. There was no mistake, it's HIM. He placed his bundle of lecture materials on the desk, look at us and did a dramatic freezing motion. "No! Dun leave! I'm just here for a session, JUST for this week okay? Mr.Jason is coming back next week" he assures us, then he walked out hurriedly.

Weeeell, I never did have any intention of leaving. Honest. I dun travel ALLLL the way to KL to skip the only class I have that day. Oh but poor Mr. Daniel Bong, (a lil' history here..) he taught law of trust, HAD 2 groups, but both dwindled into nothing. I was in 1 of his group, and there were only 2 students left by week 3 - Me and my friend (we really enjoyed that private tutoring, worth our fees paid, haha). But we were also there to tell him that we're not joining his class anymore. Our group was shut down, his other group met the same fate. Tragic :'(

Anyway, he (yah, Mr.Bong) entered class moments later, shut the door and gleefully make an announcement that made me wonder why I'm still here, right now, in this class, breathing the same polluted air, as him.

"Alright class!" he picked up his bundle of photocopied materials "Time for a TIME TEST. MUEHEHEHE" sinister was his laughter. (the laughing part was my imagination, i hope.) Sneaky lil'...! Pay back time huh? No wonder he was persuading us not to pack our bags and run for our lives la.

Not like I was going to run anyway, I found his class informative, although sometimes too deep, when he's in his own world of trust. Definitely, superbly well read for a 22year-old(?) fresh graduate. He was an international mooter, the moot team coached by him this year, needless to say, championed the international moot competition in Korea. However, I wonder, maybe he was fine-tuned to be so deep that students like us can't quite catch him at times??

Anyway, back to da problem at hand Misterrr. Wat's this? =.=

I took the unwelcome-ed sheet (u can pronounce it as 'shit', i'm cool) of problem from him and scanne... WAIT. My heart skipped a beat.

MUEHEHEHE, I RECOGNIZE THIS QUESTION. IT'S ONE OF THE QUESTION AMONG MR.JASON'S SAMPLE ANSWER, I SAW IT THIS MORNING.

I didn't laugh out loud okay. I remember see-ing this exact question in one of the sample answer Jason printed out for us. Haha. Then Daniel Bong says its an open book test! So I magically pull out that sacred piece of material from my bag. and my neighbours saw it. Both of them keep taking it away from me for 'reference' (copy la copy la). OKAY I GIVE UP! I DUN WANNA HAVE THE SAME ANS AS U GUYS. TAKE IT.

I didn't get to use it :( good thing also la, I need this practice. So i read the question, and tried to answer on me own. Arrrr!

"Q8. Hamlet Ltd ('Hamlet'), a retailer of oil and petrol, seeks legal advice about its rights and obligations in ALL of the following situations.

(a) Hamlet agrees to buy from MacBeth Ltd 100,000 litres of crude oil from a cargo of 500,000 litres at present in a container ship. 3 other buyers also each purchase 100,00 litres from the same source. All the buyers paid 50% of the purchase price at the time of contracts. When the ship eventually arrives at the Port and unloads its cargo, it is discovered that some of the oil has leaked from the vessel and there are only 300,000 litres left."

That's part (a), the only part I manage to complete in 45mins. How sad is that?

Anyway, what do you think? Do you think Hamlet paid the 5o% like what the others buyers did?

I saw the word 'Hamlet AGREES to buy' and assumed that his contract is not that of sales but merely an 'agreement to sell' by McB. So I did the WHOLE 1.5 page on the basis that Hamlet didn't pay the 50% like how the other 3 buyers did. AND THEN, Mr. Daniel discussed it on the basis that he is a buyer and paid the 50% just like the other buyers.

Meh. GG.com.

I takut, so I balik check Examiners Report for that 2009 ques. Their comments is...so general, so plain. I think I've discussed everything that they stressed on, ie relevant statutes and case laws. But a different interpretation of the facts lead to grossly distinctive outcome from that of Mr. Daniel's. My poor virtual client didn't quite make the cut. His 'Hamlet' (who paid the partial sum) successfully argued a case. Hahah this is exam though, the facts are always vague and subject to different interpretation by students. SO, maybe I'm not wrong. Maybe there's hope :) Or maybe I am wrong.

Oh, did I mention? He wants us to pass up whatever we've written at the end of the lesson. Ringssss (half crazy, i hear it in my head). Class ended. Doris help me pass it up. I can see my handwriting at the very top of the pile. He stared down at it (silently reading? OMG. 5sec dy. Why is nobody else passing up theirs???! Block mine!) and nobody else pass up theirs. He walked out. I cabut.

PS: I'm not a Mr.Daniel-hater despite what I wrote here, it's still about the TIME TEST or Fime Fest (for those with short tongues) as per the title. Rest assured, my chest is filled with nothing but respect towards him. Remember that. and suck it in.