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Life has a strange way of turning out. 

Today while walking towards Plaza Sing after spending an entire afternoon learing about business law at MDIS DG, i saw Ms Loh Chin Ee, my long-lost literature teacher in sec 3. She was a major source of inspiration after Mrs Lim, and it was really an inexplicable joy seeing her again. I thought I never would! And to think i was just viewing some of the chatlogs between me and her before the time she left just last night. Let me extract this part:

"Internal Conflicts and External Conflicts. Idealogy. the reason why 2 parties cannot see eye to eye. The essential ingredient. says:

i dont suppose we'll see u again?

chin says:

you never know

chin says:

life is unpredictable"

Indeed, life is unpredictable. Which, had some part to play in our unprecedented meeting today. Unpredictability breeds surprises in Life, and more often than not, such meetings with people who left a mark on your life back again. Oh, and did i mention she is getting married on 3rd june next year!!! A big surprise, but i'm sure she'll be very happy. There is nothing more joyful in life than finding your ideal partner. All the best Ms Loh and I hope your life ahead will be a fulfilling one!

Speaking about this meeting, i felt that we were strangely "fated" to meet. Why so? Well. Say I wasn't meeting Thomas and John at Starbucks OP. Then i wouldn't have walked to Plaza Sing. It is this sequence of events that led to both of us bumping to each other at the same venue. Don't u think so? Besides, its not just venue, the timing is also important. If i went to the toilet, i wouldn't have been able to catch Ms Loh. So many factors to consider, and yet, we still bumped into each other. Simply put, fate at work. :) 

To end off, let's take a look at one of the cases where Lord Denning, a judge, explains more about the concept of Promissory Estoppel.

Combe V Combe, (1951), Lord Denning explains more on the concept 'Promissory Estoppel':

"Where one party has by his words and conduct made ... a promise or assurance that was intended to affect the legal conditions between them, and be acted on accordingly, then once the other party has ... acted on it the one who gave the promise cannot afterwards be allowed to revert to the previous legal relations as if no such promise had been made." 

(... represents parts of Lord Denning's speech but not applicable to Promissory Estoppel)

Law is interesting and all, but the memorisation part is immeasurably edgy & difficult.