Yu-chan no Megane

Wow I’m so glad the school year is over. Although I’ll miss my little precious tots, I think I’d enjoy my holidays without the constant clamouring for attention. It’s time for a break to do the things that I really want to do. Sleep comes to mind.

This does not mean that I won’t be working though!

On the contrary, I’ve found some things that I’m rather passionate about work-wise and I’ll definitely be busy with them. The new English Language programme that we’ll be embarking upon promises to be a lot of hard work, both in terms of planning and also throughout the school year. I’m looking forward to the challenge of working with Primary 1 kids next year too. I’m going to think deeply about using drama strategies to help them with general learning.

Meanwhile, I’ll also be catching up with plenty of manga and anime, as well as reading (non-manga). I haven’t had the chance to really study the Japanese language lately so I’m going to do that too. So much to do, so little time!

I was supposed to head to AFA this past weekend, but I completely missed it. School activities for most of the morning and after that lunch with colleagues. Sunday was busy as usual. Oh well. I’ll just have to visit Dark Mirage for the details.

I did, however, experience the delight of the Sesame Sundae at MOF’s Japanese Sweets outlet at Lot 1 in Choa Chu Kang. Not only did it taste really good, it was also presented very well. That’s the thing I enjoy about Japanese culture. The quality of their products and the prettiness of it. I’m such a diehard fan.

In case you’re wondering, I used the Sony DSC-T700 Cybershot. No colour adjustments! Imagine that. My camera preferences for compacts are Panasonic and Sony. For DSLR, Canon. Just in case you wanted to know.

And I’ve learnt something valuable this past week.

It’s that regardless of how much you hold someone in high regard, they’re bound to disappoint you in one way or another. I don’t mean this in a cynical way, but it is pretty much Gospel truth. I’m just telling it like it is.

Human beings are fallible creatures. We aren’t perfect. The sooner we realise this, the less agony we’ll go through. At least, that’s what might occur in theory. But the best of us, who aren’t as jaded as the general populace, will continue to regard others with a wee bit of hope that they will live up to some expectations.

I find this particularly true of children. The more you expect from them, whether it be with regards to their behaviour, academic results, etc, the more they will try to live up to them. And as a result, there’s great growth.

Perhaps I should apply this concept to teenagers and adults.

I have been thinking about whether I was unneccessarily harsh this weekend. I was curt and sounded incredibly upset over the phone, which was not quite Christian of me. I’ve apologised, but yet I still feel things could have been handled better. Something needs to be done about my habit of verbal merlioning when I’m annoyed or pissed off.

The other party still seems to be brooding over it all. It doesn’t feel terrific to know that. No doubt he needed to be chastised over the incident that occurred. However, I somehow feel that it’s almost like an “us vs. him” scenario as there were a few of us involved. I realised that as adults we tend to show our disapproval in ways that teenagers don’t appreciate. I should know. I was one some time ago. I used to harp about how idiotic adults could be and now I’ve turned into one of those. What an irony.

I need to handle situations like these better.

Poor dude. I hope he puts it behind him soon and moves on. I will when I know he’s alright.

In other news, the new place is pretty fine and dandy. I’ve moved in comfortably and am in the midst of sorting out all the crap and getting new furniture to accomodate the volume of said crap.

I should never buy bags again. Or shoes.

A view of the kitchen. Because the other messes are far too embarassing.