Return to Sanity

Today marks the end to 7 weeks of madness at work.
1st week: term 3 begins. Daily rush to chase forms, payments, homeworks, assignments.
2nd week: Organised Youth Day Concert + staff meeting.
3rd week: Crescendo concert rehearsals and performance + NDP rehearsals
4th week: Racial Harmony week planning and rehearsals. Fell sick.
5th week: Racial Harmony week celebration. Attend interviews. Still sick.
6th week: Pen Pic + performa + setting Prelim exam papers + NDP rehearsals which end at 6.30pm + run detention class + run anti-drug abuse campaign + teacher's day audition + MY BIRTHDAY
7th week: NDP rehearsals which end at 6.45pm + run detention class + more teacher's day audition + hunt for16 cheap, plain red, size XS t-shirts

Gosh, it's finally over.

My Birthday Present

I gave myself a birthday present today. I accepted the offer to work in a better (i hope) environment. One that will give me more space, and opportunity for personal development.

Racial Harmony Week

My 2 capable chairmans from 2006-2008.

Had this bunch of students since 2004.

Core Geography Class 2008

Feeling bitter

Got tricked by some 17 year olds today.

Me: Where is your friend? Why is he not here today?
Guy 1: He died already.
Me: He is your good friend, you shouldn't curse him.
Guy 2: ok, ok, he went to the dentist.
Me (don't recall seeing any dentist in the school today): He went to the dentist in school or outside?
Girl (sniggering): you really believe he went to the dentist? bluff you one lar.
And all 3 laugh out loudly.

I have spent 3 whole years of my life with them, nurturing and educating them. This is a group of teenagers whom I've grown to love and trust. I don't understand why they need to trick me this way. Do i look so gullible to them? Or am I wrong to trust them? I told them straight in the face that I am disappointed that they made a joke out of this. I asked the girl that if I don't trust them, am I suppose to be on my guard all the time, and to question every word they say? I can't live this way.

It feels so awful to be tricked and laughed at by people whom I have loved and trusted. And I am crying as I blog this.

Bathing Independently

Managed to train QY to bathe independently. She is able to soap herself and rinse clean. My main concern was whether she can reach her back, which she manages very well. But still can't shampoo yet cos she is terrify of water getting into her eyes.

Overspent

24/6/08: Spent $165 at Dr Loke's clinic which includes a $50 ultrasound to ascertain that I am not ovulating and a $60 painful jab in the bum to get me to ovulate.
25/6/08: Back pain came back. Spent $35 on painkillers from Dr Wong's Clinic.
Today: Our 8 yr old PC monitor died on us. It has been turning into a sickly blue these days. We knew it's end is near. Rush out to buy a new monitor. It's a Samsung 19 inch. $255. Cheapest samsung model that we can find at Sim Lim Square. Also bought a wireless keyboard and mouse for $47 to replace the cranky ones we had.
We visited the temple to pray and I took the opportunity to ask Guang Yin if I will have any luck winning the 4D or ToTo betting, having spent so much in 3 days, I was hoping to recoup some losses. But the lot says NO. Sigh. Draw another lot to ask if there is any chance for a baby soon. It was generally a mediocre lot. Actually in the entire interpretation, there wasn't even an answer to my question. Ed says my questioning technique was bad, and Guang Yin did not know what I was asking for, therefore no answer. Sigh again.

A meeting

Attended a 3 hr meeting today. The meeting is for all upper management to come together to prepare a yearly report on the company's previous and present working processes, and look for areas for improvement to work on in the following year. I had to take care of a small portion, 2 out of 4 sub-sub-parts, of 4 sub-parts, of 5 main parts. Very small percentage of the entire report but they needed me to be around in case there is any questions. 2 hrs and 45 mins past discussing portions irrelevant to me, before the meeting came to my portion. It had taken longer as the boss came in half way, and they had to update her. She added her inputs, they discuss again.... Everyone was so eager to end the meeting, nobody questioned what I did or did not do. I did not speak a single word at the meeting.
It was good initially when real problems were identified and rectified. But after a few years, we sort of went out of problems. Now i think we are trying to find problems that do not pose a problem in the first place. In addition, these problems shouldn't be too hard to solve, otherwise we will be shooting ourselves in the foot. Hahaa, no wonder everybody is overworked and low morale.