Lullaby Baby

Currently reading a student project.. it's slowly lulling me to sleep.. zzz.. a lot of work appears to have been put in but the information gathered was not efficiently used.. such a pity.

Frankly I'm disappointed. I can't be bringing my expectation down a notch every time..!!! I rest my hope with the few who deserve it. That should help me keep my sanity, at least.

The Question of Cost

We're having the house touched up and repaired and the contractor's job is almost done. I'll be going to check the progress in a wee bit. We have a strange way of communicating, hubby & I. Our preferred communication channels seem to be sms & telephone calls. And decision making is also made by phone. Maybe I should look at it positively. These channels are fast & efficient. We don't waste much time using them. Disadvantages: we mince our words and have no time for deliberations.

How to improve on my part? Increase my communication skills. And appreciate hubby more. That's what he wishes. And I do love and appreciate him, very much.

Sore Losers

I have just completed a session with the dreaded class and found out some surprising things. I left the class wondering how some will actually live their lives once they obtain their diplomas/degrees. Is it only a piece of paper? Is there no meaning to it? I can see now how some people will go to great lengths (to cheat) to win. However, Justice prevailed and they DIDN'T win. They then proceeded to ridicule the winners with such vendetta and anger, to the extent of kicking the structure. Have we not progressed as a nation? What are we teaching our children? Why are they like that?

With my disappointment with a limited few, I do have hope for some good ones. I really do not know where they get the attitude from. How dare a student tell a lecturer he didn't feel like doing any activities? Where are we recruiting these people from? You can be a hillbilly or whatever and REMAIN polite to the human race, can't you? What shall I do next?

I resolve to forgive their lack of knowledge yet I feel that I need to do something with the courtesy issue. Is there any game or plan that I can use? I'll have to check whether I am allowed to remove a student from class for being rude. I'll be able to justify it, that I'm sure of. I'll concentrate on those who's showing any flicker of sense and interest in the subject matter. I can't be nagging away like an old fart. I can't stand myself that way.

Why can't I edit my blog? Blast it! Anyway, I'm hungry and need to find myself some lunch. I'll say that the collective headache caused by that single class is staggering.

Too tired for words

I've just completed a series of classes that started since 8.45 a.m. How I wish I could lie down & have a peaceful nap. I find it difficult to even lift a finger to type...

The house is being repaired and painted now. It's going to look dandy soon.. and I'm really happy with the transformation. We have chosen the colour scheme last night- peachy! And dark wood colours for the doors and skirting. I think I'd love to do the job of an interior designer. How wonderful is that?

I'm frankly too tired for words. Maybe I should go down & get some soy or 100 plus to renergise myself. Must have burnt too much energy last night at tkd & the drive to + from the market. I almost fell asleep in the car :p

Communicating with tact

I remember my note to Sam, May, Lia & Emily in Tapton Flats asking regarding the state of our flat's cleanliness. The remark that I considered harmless was taken very personally by Sam that she reacted and put up another note, using the similar 'scathing' style that I had used. I learnt it the hard way that I have to consider people's feelings when I communicate with them & that there are consequences to my actions, no matter how playful or witty I think it might be. Our relationship recovered eventually.. we even had a good Christmas dinner by the year end but somehow the 'episode' left a mark in my memory.

What happened today? Some people decided to be condescending. I missed 1 meeting and a cynical e-mail & photo attachments was issued to all that were not present. And the irony is that the Ops Manager is not even a member! What's the point of sending the e-mail to a non-member? To show how un-tactful/ insensitive we can be? And this woman had the gall to give us the thumbs down sign. This from a person who's a VP for membership & hardly comes for meeting & whose excuse for missing a meeting was 'fatigue'? I won't be able to give the same excuse with a straight face. However, I will give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that it is her medical condition that is causing the fatigue attacks (if I can call it that..?).

I guess some people just have the penchant for drama and I have decided that I won't be dragged into it. I'll be the bigger person and forgive them for what they have done.

Why was I upset? Somehow the e-mail inferred that we non-attendees for Wednesday were an incompetent lot. I've attended all other meetings faithfully & have taken on 2 roles in more than 1 occasion, so please give me a bloody break! Okay, let's forgive and forget and get on with our lives. I've learnt that as well. There's no point getting ulcer/ cancer due to this stupid woman. I think that's also another source of irritation. Now I can't stand her :p