Fly away...

Another psych has left the dept. This time round it was someone fairly new who has been with us for just slightly more than a year. The reason which she was leaving was that she has found a better job working in one of the top JCs in singapore as a specialist teacher. I am actually happy for her because she will do well in a job like that and i think it will appeal to her strengths. Besides, she has been thinking of starting up a family and moving to the states with her hubby for studies in another year or so, so i guess her one year contract with the JC fits right into her plan.

However, it is very much our dept's loss now that she has gone. She was a conscientious worker, very responsible and takes initiative to do things. As her supervisor.. i must say, i don't really have to supervise much on her timeliness, responsibility and general work attitude. Makes life easier for me too. So now that she has gone, i am definitely feeling that pinch like when fei left, except i guess it is less personal.

On the personal front, MH has always been a really interesting character, one that at times, boggles my mind because of her personality and way of thinking. I used to think that it will be tough for us to be friends because we are so different in our outlook, but slowly, i think she has, if i can used the word, "endeared" herself to us. I still find it mind-boggling the way she deals with her personal life and at times, i literally slap my forehead for the things she say to parents (let's just say that she is too straight-forward, and need some help with reading people's emotions). But, i am missing her presence at lunch time and that funny laugh of hers because, like it or not, she does make a pretty solid impact.

I acknowledge sometimes i am a little nasty and the stories i tell about her aren't always the most flattering. I do apologize for that. Despite the many grafts and boo-boos, at the bottomline, she is a sweet kid. A little too naive for her own good (but her hubby should be happy about that) but that makes her pretty unique. I still don't agree with a lot of the kind of personal decisions and ideas she has, but i do like her as a person and am grateful for her help while she was here, of which she was most giving.

So, adios MH.
Hope that life in your greener pasture will work out just the way you like it.

Birthday!

Turned 32 on 1st of march.
This year i resolved to celebrate my birthday cheerfully because i am going to try this for a change... I am going to be an optimist this year.

Yaps.
I am going to cut down on my whining and grumbling and take full control of my own emotions and attitude.

I am going to be Positive.. with a capital P!

I am going to be so optimistic that people will find me irritating and think that i am gullible or naive. But I would know that all i am doing is that i am actively going to change the world that i live in first by controlling my own attitude and outlook.

Haha!

I am going to be conscious of how i feel and be proactive in making sure that life does not get me down. If there is a change to be made, i want to be the first to say that I am not fazed by it. HoHoHO... i am going to be that happy, smiley, +++ person that tells everyone that things are going to be A OK.

I may sound crazy but i am not.
Like i said on my birthday... i like to eat crabs for my bday because if my bday is going to be crabby... things are only going to look up from there. Hahaha...