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Sunday, July 15, 2007 Today I attended Farhan's wedding. He was a JC classmate of mine, and I have not seen him for a good while already. As expected, he was all smiles and best luck to him and Raudah. Some of my JC classmates were there too, and since I was the only man, so it had to be me to take to the stand, and present him our blessings. Of course, we wanted him to show us the results of his communion around July next year. Congratulations to Farhan and Raudah and always be harmonious and full of joy. ~ ~ A couple of my classmates are teaching as well, and I am the youngest in teaching experience. The reluctant call-to-arms and national duty must be the primary reason, although I do realise that I have been unusually quick to decide my previous work was not my cup of tea. It is always an personal agenda of mine to begrudge the military system, since I adhor war and violence of any nature. Thus, a recent episode had been especially enlightening, if not blissfully naive for a man out there. We all know that in a bureaucracy, we are bound to slip on red tape, even if we can get past the ladders at all. A direct and necessarily confrontational approach may speed up processes, but we do know again that movers change the world and stayers adapt. I do not doubt the goodness in his very guts, to voice out the abuses of the system and vagaries that were best termed urban legends. They do exist, but we practise self denial. In escalating the response, we coerce thinking, mediation and correction. We may not change everything, but little by little, we get there. ~ ~ It would not have been me, since I would have been sentenced to purgatory and back, but I digress. It will be a week before I enrol for NIE. I would be especially interested in how the week pans out. I hoped I have done enough to show them the possibilities of education, and enable them to handle their ages and themselves a little better. It would be self-denial to say I do not want to follow them up, and personally I would want to be around in person, to enable this discovery process as they transit into adulthood. What I want to say, is this calls for a concerted effort, both from themselves and the environment, in order to attain the best possible educational and emotional outcomes for themselves and their loved ones. However, this arrangement is not a reality that I can change. This will mean I will not around for some time, and for the sheer necessity of qualifications and incomes, it is necessary to take this step. (I think I am brutally honest here, since I do not belive in saying honeyed words) It is especially satisfying to think that I matter to some, and my gratitude goes out to those students. For the rest, I believe all educators have a good heart, and one cannot go too far wrong obeying, despite the harsh, top-down approach we take. ~ ~ P.S. ~Chrismeen- I cannot find "Morning call", so sorry about that. ~Yingyi- Neither can I find the theme song for the 9pm show, sorry about that too. weijie froze in time on 15.7.07

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