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Friday, August 26, 2005

random entry...

two more lessons before the semester ends
really fast
i was telling my kids yday that im going to miss them

attending the global entrepreneurship conference next week over the weekends
sounds like a huge event
and i have to pay attention cos i've to share during inno-tea

sept is training month with off-site induction and counselling course
has a HR congress as well
not to forget to craft problems before carrie comes after me

one month plus in school
doesn't feel like it..

pacesetter meeting later..
in level 2! smelly rooms.

my kids were trying to find my blog yday in class
mayb i shld change it to private, then no one can ever find it
there was a period of time i wanted to have password, gives me the freedom to type whatever i want
in the end, i forgot all abt it.

my kids are here to collect stuffs.
long weekends
tiring.
plus my house comp still down, i can't mark at home.

confused.
i dunno what to do.

tata~
one of the most random entries ever.
and i've no intention to edit later.

//posted by ivy @ 15:51//

Monday, August 22, 2005

i think i mastered the art of procrastination when i looked at the amount of backlogs i accumulated in the short time span of 2 weeks
as of now, i've 4 classes unmarked before the fifth one comes in on thurs if i'm still not going to do something about it.

marking the classes have become a headache, except...my fav class of cos!
hur hur~
shan't practice favourism.
but i guess there are always certain classes which are easier to mark cos they are more conscientious about their work

pacesetter event over the weekend was a good experience for the kids and myself
am thankful that they are easy people to work with and really sociable that we've become friends
one even doubted that im a facilitator
quite sure there are more events coming in sept itself. =)

things happening around are causing me a massive headache
both in church and at workplace
"Lord, i ask for strength and wisdom,
help me to see things through Your eyes,
and be sensitive to your prompting."

//posted by ivy @ 17:20//

Friday, August 19, 2005

my lousy and unreliable computer at home crashed on me last night when i was typing in password to get into my i-banking
it refused to come to live again and i've to do all my marking in school now
how irritating~

shifted to my permanent workstation this afternoon
morning was busy with printing the posters for pacesetter event at wisma's red earth outlet tmr
right after i printed the 19th copy, the printer shut down as well.
it's been overworked the whole morning printing A3 colored posters.

i've 3 classes unmarked
feel so bad becos if i dun get them done by mon, i'll have another round coming in
and after two weeks, i sorta forgotten their participation level in class
i've to go hunt down my notes

my table is neat and nice now
i promise it'll stay this way as far as i can manage
makes me feel happy coming back to office to do my work

i'm so tired
just want to have a warm bath and sleep till i'm comfortable and energetic enough to wake up, but that's fat hope
i've to be at wisma by 945 tmr morning.

back to marking~

on a side note, i've two more lessons with my fav class before the semester ends
the thought of it is so upsetting
they make me look forward to thurs every week and somehow, i really enjoyed every single moment with the class
they make the job of a facilitator real satisfying. =)

tata.

//posted by ivy @ 18:47//

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

my outlook calendar is slowly filling itself up with events and meetings
i'm beginning to talk to more people in the dept becos we're more familiar now
my list-to-do is becoming longer becos i take a horribly long time to grade my kids
not to mention marking test papers becos the system was down

canteen food is making me avoid that place
either i tabao from somewhere else or i take a cab to town
so far, we've been to tanglin mall, holland v and tiong bahru
i'm going out for lunch tmr since i've no classes

jasmine, vivienne and i have been hanging out quite a lot
which makes what my buddy said come true
she said that staff who came in together or attended induction and PBL together usually become close friends

im desperately trying to remember more names
it's rather embarrassing when someone starts talking to you becos they do remember your name
but hmm, i've been trying to pretend i do remember them and think hard for their names after that

i've officially changed my IG to pacesetter
you've no idea how the news came as a pleasant surprise last friday
just a few mins before i left home, the person in charge dropped by and said that one sentence which took a while to sink in

now that it's been a month
i'm pretty much being left alone
to do my own work, facilitate well and meet my targets
a BIG challenge

on a side note, my RO sat in my class last thurs
thank God for that
last thurs' class is my pet-class and i love them to bits
even with her around, they became more vocal and enthusiastic than the previous week!
during debrief, she said "i see that you have very good kids and the rapport is there. only thing to improve is give them slightly more time before FMT and other than that, you're doing great! how many times have you facilitated since you started?"
to which i proudly replied: two!
the debrief ended.

this week is real packed
pacesetter having its event from fri onwards till sun.
and kok whye (advisor as well) won't be around!
i hope i can handle.

//posted by ivy @ 20:56//

Monday, August 08, 2005

a monday which has no monday-blues
i went to work dressed in a white-spag dress, which of cos, im not supposed to
to solve the problem, drape a sweater across
figured that since there're no students today and half the office won't be around, it doesn't really matter

gave my buddy a singing sunflower which dances along to the tune for her bday
i hope it made her smile a little becos she was so upset today over an incident
towards the end of the day, she actually teared.
i couldn't do much, she was telling two other colleagues about it and i know she felt bad that i have to witness it during the short period of time im sitting in that section
really hope things get better on wed when we go back to office
it feels weird to be seated in between them when the tension is still there

we had a long lunch today
there was only a handful of us left during lunch time
school food was too limited so paul drove us down to tiong bahru
we had ice-cream after lunch too.

the hours after lunch was basically spent visiting each other's workstation and talked the time away
i went down for half an hour for a drink when vivienne was downstairs with her dept
and then it was 6pm, and tata~

my reporting officer is sitting in my class on thurs
my kids better not give me any trouble

im standing in for paul's class on fri
i'll make sure they like me! =)
paul told me today that the class didn't like the previous facilitator who stood in class for him

//posted by ivy @ 20:53//

Saturday, August 06, 2005

there was a happy blog entry over my job few days back
well, im still enjoying my job so far
but it's not the same for some people around me

different depts operate differently
and im really thankful for my dept
people are real and sincere, at least for the majority whom im working with and are going to work with
my reporting officers have got to be the most caring bosses around
and not to miss out, my buddy who is always advising me on what to do and being encouraging and positive
these two weeks that im sitting together with my buddy have been the time to interact with quite a number of people
so glad for that
reason being that, when i shift to my permanent workstation on thurs, it's near my boss and we usually don't make noise at that area

next week is packed though the kids are not around from mon to wed
meeting for problem crafting and after which, i'm going to bug my buddy for long
she has to teach me how to do so
besides my own classes, im standing in class for my colleague as well

marking for my mon's class is done, but thurs is not
in addition, their UT papers are still in the cabinet

the fact that a guy from SIT is trying to find out my name through my colleagues since the 3rd anniversary dinner is irritating
he's been bugging not just my buddy, but others as well
another one from upstairs whom im trying to minimize communication with
and the "escape" key helps a great deal~

office is going to be quite empty the next 8 days
those with no classes will be down at marina to help out in the biz competition we took part in

im weird
becos im actually looking forward to go back school (or office?) on mon!
i think i really love my job~ =)

//posted by ivy @ 21:15//

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

third week of work coming to an end
and i must say i still look forward to work each morning

the routine of waking up at 6 or 6 plus doesn't seem a torture anymore becos i know the exciting day awaits
started facilitating on mon and my kids are alright
in fact, they are real real cheeky but still manageable
there is the need to strike a balance between my role as a facilitator and as a friend
outside of class, im a friend and they call me by name (actually they do so in class as well), write their problems in their journals, complain about one another and i do try to relate to them as much as i can
no class on tues and today though. have been doing marking and helping them out for the ndp event (we're taking part in some biz competition which is real FUN!)
tmr is another class, fri will be trying to finish up my marking for both classes this week before the weekend

IG (which also means cca) has been assigned
at least i din get the "boring" IG, get to work with two others whom i am already familar with
my colleagues are real nice people, they don't make you feel that work is dreadful
barely three weeks and i can feel the unity in my dept
it's the relationship among one another that keeps things going
of cos, i've heard some unhappy incidents here and there, but all resolved after a few hours

more work coming in next week onwards
not dreading it although it's tough becos i'm sure i'll learn a lot
trying to know more ppl out of my dept as well
msn is a good invention =)
have been talking to some of them online almost everyday
my identity in school now is "the youngest facilitator"

//posted by ivy @ 21:09//