Wedding Bells..

An ex-colleague will be getting married soon. I'll be attending his ROM this weekend. It's a shot-gun marriage. He's proud that his girl is pregnant. I almost dropped my hp in the middle of the lecture when I read the sms. I really don't know what to say. I feel embarrassed for the poor girl. But then again, who am I to judge others? Different people have different values. I shouldn't use my own morals and principles as a yardstick for others. Anyway, I'm still contemplating how much to give. Don't really feel like going actually but I'm curious to see the whole ceremony. The only person who I really know that will be attending the ROM has been avoiding me like a plague in school. I really didn't expect guys to have such thin skins. Anyway, I guess I shall remain as Miss Anti-Social throughout the whole lunch buffet. Socializing is such a freaking chore.

If nothing goes wrong, I should be attending 2 family weddings next year. I'm certain there would be more to come, especially from friends and colleagues. I heard from a reliable source that a secondary school friend of mine would be tying the knot at the end of this year. I'm excited for her even though we've kind of lost contact for years. And there's another secondary school friend that got married approximately 3 years ago? This means she was 21 years old. I almost freaked out when I heard that. I think I couldn't even take care of myself at that age. I was still a spoilt brat living off my parents while mugging (hmm, too strong a word actually) for my exams. My cognitive level was probably at age 10 then. And I suspect it hasn't grown much now. Btw, her husband's hen-pecked nickname on friendster is really hilarious. I can't stop laughing even as I'm typing now.

Judging by Mr Lim's working hours, I can't help but wonder whether it's worth slogging for the monthly pay of 4k. Even though we live under the same roof, I think the last time I saw him was last Saturday morning? Btw, it's Thursday today. Come to think of it, I can't even remember when was the last time we had dinner together. I finally understand the reason for the influx of ex-lawyers joining NIE. Money vs Quality of Life. Actually, the money isn't really that fantastic if one does some simple mathematical calculation. A pay of $6 per hour for a lawyer? I'll rather work as a part-time receptionist then.

Ok, it's time to meet my basic needs now.

Inequality Issue..

It's honeymoon period in NIE now for my intake. Slack timetable, 3 or 4 day week, 1 or 2 lessons per day. The only thing that I'm sore about is the lack of avaibility of parking lots which means I've to pay $3 a day for parking. Today was particularly irritating as I specially left the house early confident that I would be getting a lot. But to my horror, the lots were all filled up by 8.15am. It certainly wasn't an auspicious start to the day.

Today's presentation on inequality got me thinking a little (yes, I hardly exercise my brain cells recently). I've been subconsciously practising inequality in the classroom. Or was it blatantly? I tend to favour certain groups of people over others. But come on, it's human nature to be biased. The only solution is to try to curb favouritism (hardly possible) or if not, make it less consipicuous to the students, which is quite difficult. After all students are not dumb and they can definitely sense it when teachers are treating them unfairly. How often have we heard students complain "Cher, not fair!". Even as a student I was guilty of it. But seriously, life is never fair. Yes, teachers should treat all students equally but sometimes, teacher's attitudes, expectations, upbringing as well as their stereotypical beliefs strongly affects how the teacher treats students in the classroom. And seriously, even if there's equality of treatment in the classroom, it doesn't neccesarily translate to equality of outcomes as evident from statistical studies showing that Chinese outperform other races in examinations and males earn more wages than females.

Listening to David Tao at home and Jay Chou in the car. I still prefer David Tao's style of music. It's much more soothing to the ears. Jay Chou's rap gives me a headache. And the fact that I can't make out what he's saying adds to my dislike of some of his songs.

Current addiction: David Tao's Finally and Marry Me Today. Btw, the latter is certainly not an indirect marriage proposal.