 My name is Mary Lim Thiam Swan and currently I am a judge of the Federal Court, which is the apex court of this country, Malaysia. My first degree is a Bachelor of Laws Honours from the United Kingdom. I returned to Malaysia to practice at the Attorney General's Chambers and after about ten, eleven years I felt the time had come for me to recharge, to rejuvenate and I looked around and I thought it was time for me to go back to school. Australia was always very different in its approach and so I deliberately chose Australia because of its difference. But I had to pick somewhere which was at the same time convenient for me because by that time I had started a family so I picked Perth because of its location and its proximity to Malaysia, same hours as here in Malaysia. So if I pick up the phone and speak to my husband I don't have to apologise for having woken him up or anything like that. The reason why I chose Australia also is because the master's degree then was not exam-based. Unlike how it was run over in the UK and other jurisdictions, it was very thought-based. You have to write theses, you have to write papers, you have to do your own research. And that was an extension of what I had been doing in practice. I'm so thankful that after ten, eleven years in the Aegis Chambers I actually had the presence of mind to make that, now when I look back, very much a correct decision. Similarities between Malaysia and Australia, it is so cosmopolitan like Malaysia. The culture is colourful, diverse, vibrant and it's so attractive. I went there because it was different and I came back finding myself different. It impacted on me and gave me confidence in my work. I believe I have a lot more maturity and it endures until today. On a good day, which is almost every day, you just go out and you walk, you run. The sun, the sea, the trees and the eucalyptus trees, the gum trees. The smell now is so nostalgic for me. Australia came through for me and I'm very thankful. I like to encourage my children, your children to take that same journey. Do it. Go to Australia. If the opportunity presents itself, do it. I will grab it.