there were less than 10 staff in the whole sch. all was so quiet but it was such a stressful day. early in the morning, i received a call for MC on my way to werk. had to send replacement teacher to the other centre. n dat teacher's hp was off. had to call office line to get him.
ordered mac. but cos i was orientating this new staff who joined us todae, so i din eat. wanted to wait till i finished. but before i could finish, i met boss in the office when he was supposed to b on leave. n he wanted to meet that replacement teacher to do up some slides urgently. had to msg the other centre's OIC to send him back in the afternoon. then boss wanted to meet me n programme coordinator. my other 2 fellow OICs not around. so we went in and talked for nearly 4 hours on a new site n programmes. during the meeting, i had calls frm my dental clinic to remind me of my appt tmr. they called many times but i couldnt answer. the other OIC msg me to remind me to remind the prog coordinator that he needs to talk to a teacher who cldnt make up her mind whether she wants to stay in the centre or come back to sch side. haiz. n during the meeting i was sms-ing another colleague to help me finish orienting the new staff who was waiting for me. felt bad. but no choice. then my colleague msged me to ask how many days of compassionate leave everyone has. n the teacher aide had menses cramp n she sent me an sms to ask me to help her. didnt read her sms untill much later. oops. but how to help?
after the long meeting wif boss, we had an additional report to do. we met up wif the indecisive teacher aft dat. cos it's gonna affect the teachers allocation again. i dunno how mani times we've gone thru this. there was another teacher who had problems coping wif the job scope. so that was another story. so we talked to her fer an hr or so before i ate my mac breakfast at 2pm. wad the crap.
n before i could walk out wif my prog coordinator fer lunch, my volunteer came. so wif my supervisor waiting fer me fer lunch at my door, i had to settle the tings for my volunteer to do while i go lunch. gosh. n lunch was werk still. but at least we squeezed out 5 min to go shopping arnd cgh. how exciting.
so back in the office, we discovered boss had left. so the teacher who came back from the other centre actually came back for nth. argh. then when i called boss, he said he's not coming back. best. had to discuss the filming wif him over the phone. and at the same time teach my volunteer how to use a particular software. then my prog coordinator called to say he was gg home. gosh. while i stayed till 6+pm again. i really wonder y even during sch holidays i can be this bz. when i was packing my tings to go off, i saw my whole water bottle full. i hadnt drank a sip this whole day. n not to mention gg to the toilet! poof.
rushed down to boon lay frm simei to teach piano. ended at arnd 10pm. still hadnt called this filming company who wants to film our sch urgently, like wed. heck. shall call them tmr morning. but i'm on leave! still....haiz. n i probably wun go on leave if it werent for my dental appt. but it'll be a gd time fer me to do some shopping which i left off at korea. regrets. n so many presents to buy. will still be teaching piano tmr morning ferst. haiz.
who lives a life like mine? at a meeting i can hold conversations wif 3-4 other colleagues via sms. walk along the corridor, there are 3 persons talking to me at the same time. (hey pple, where are the social skills we teach our students?) finally had time for lunch at 2pm but it was actually my breakfast. din haf a chance to sit down at my table the whole day. no time to check emails. no time to pack n clean the ants off my table. sleep at wee hours in the morning everyday.
imagine this happens every single day.
i feel bad towards my frens who tried to contact me. sms me for a meet up. sms me for a gathering. sms me to tell me their woes. my response time is getting longer. sometimes i have no answers immediately. cos my schedule is all packed. plus my piano schedule is also in a mess towards the end of the yr. i spend little time wif family n minimal time wif frens. hardly even come online to blog or msn. i haven been a good listening ear. but a troublesome fren to have. of cos i dun like it when i'm the limiting factor to arrange for a gathering.
my dearest frens n family, i'm really sorry if there are times when i can't cope up wif everything. it's just all too overwhelming for me. i'm oreadi multi-tasking at a speed even i myself didn't believe i can.
tmr shall go fer retail therapy! n christmas shopping shall be fun!!
