Goodness! 6 days have passed just like that?!?!?! My holiday was not spent as productive as I pictured in my head. I was planning to go out and swim, make kue bawang, cook spaghetti, rest & sleep longer, come up with a photo op, iron clothes, clean up my room, make worksheets in advance and start filling out the assessment profile of my kids. I was only able to do 3 things-barely 4 (i did have a photo op - hari raya visit & in the church; but it was not as what I had in mind). I was able to make the kue, cook spaghetti, and sleep. I know I deserved to lay low at work - I deserved it anyways, but I still wanted to be productive during the break to avoid cramming by today. My severe procrastination of work ate most of the time I provided for my daily chat with my man. Darn me!
I could say that my most productive day was last Friday (Hari Raya) and today. Last Friday, the teachers and I attended the Idul Fitri lunch hosted by the Malaysian Embassy (the son of the Ambassadress was our pupil in my department) and Mrs. Narriman's annual Idul Fitri treat in her house. I was able to take photos then. Here's a sample:
and here's the link to the rest: Idul Fitri Happenings
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Yesterday afternoon, Julie and I went for a walk around the car-less streets near our block and agreed to jog early the next day. We actually did. Yes! I woke up at a little past 6, brisk walked at BHR then went to the market with Julie & Mama. I had my typical after-market-breakfast bought from my "suking manang" outside the traditional market. I told myself I had to start working early so I need not do anything when bf comes home from work. I started with my field trip proposal, sent the email afterwards for approval. Then I plotted out my lesson plan. After reading through the topics for this week and the next, ideas came to mind, however, i couldn't seem to make my hands encode in my laptop. Lunch time came, I still haven't moved on, I wooed my mom to watch a movie - we did. The movie finished and my man's home. Julie came by the house to payback my mom for the money she borrowed earlier this morning in the market (we just convinced her to tag along in the market) and chatted for a bit. I sat in front of my laptop, staring both at the cam of Mir and my lesson notes. Still nothing. I saw dirt under the table, swept it; saw the kitchen floor dirty, mopped it; saw dishes from lunch, washed them. Julie went home, and I was back to my laptop. Suddenly, I remembered that I forgot to submit my comments for my 2 classes on their projects. I promised to send it last Saturday. I excused myself from Mir & focused well in making the comments. I was able to finish 2 classes in no time! I was smiling. Just then, I scanned the tabs open in my task bar, darn it - my lesson notes..
Well, I was able to finish all before 10pm. Oh yes! I guess my brain is meant (or was forcibly trained) to work better when pressed for time. Don't get me wrong, the quality of my work is still good and acceptable even when cramming. Then now, as I look back and try to figure what happened to all my plans for the holiday, I'm not disappointed anymore. Not that procrastinating nor cramming is always good, but sometimes, when you've worked your ass off in the past, you definitely deserve to be lazy whenever given a chance.
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