Yesterday was Boxing Day.

Wasn't in a very good mood yesterday, no thanks to my family's neurotic moments. Woke up late and went for brunch at the friendly neighbourhood kopitiam, then slacked and continued calling all the future year 1 students to remind them about the Subject Combination Briefing today. Speaking of which, what is UP with people and taking phone messages? I had about 60 students to call, and some people actually expected me to 'call later', when it was already close to 10 p.m..

Me: 'Hello, may I speak to _____ please?'
person: '_____ is not at home.'
Me: 'I see. I'm relaying a message from Temasek Junior College...can you take a message?'
person: 'Okay.' <= Note the AFFIRMATIVE. People should really understand that by saying 'okay', it means that they're expected to take note of the entire message, even resorting to copying it down word for word using pen and paper, if necessary. But noooooooooooooooooooo.
Me: 'There will be a compulsory Subject Combination Briefing conducted tomorrow at 8.30 a.m. in TJC school auditorium. Attire is school based. If ______ cannot attend the briefing, a parent can attend on his behalf.'
person: 'Er.......can you call back later?'

-_-'

What is UP with these people?! You think we have nothing better to do? I politely ask you to take a message, speak slooowwwly so that you have time to write the message down, while bearing in mind that I have like, say...oh not much, just 39 more students to call before 10 p.m., half of them who probably have irritating family members like you who WASTE my time repeating the whole message before telling me to CALL BACK later just because they're too bloody lazy to WRITE IT DOWN.

Hellooo?? We live in the age of communication, people! Have some initiative! Oh wait. Maybe the over-reliance on email and sms has caused some people to feel the strain on their neurons when they're told to relay something verbally, or *gasp* written. Oh, the horror. I am quaking in my seat.

Note: To any future year 1s, or parents or relatives, or randomly critical people reading this. The content is PURELY an individual's expression of discontentment in a PERSONAL blog, which you have chosen to read on your own free will. It shouldn't affect your impression of the college in any way at all. We @ TJC are a nice, homely, non-agressive bunch, thank you very much.

Why did I bother with the disclaimer? The last time I presented my personal opinion on wife/girlfriend bashers, someone tagged and called me a 'critical, condescending little brat', and told me to look into the mirror.

Oh by the way, I did, and the last time I checked, there was nothing wrong.

While some blogs may have content that upsets certain individuals, I see no sense in criticising the owner of the blog in an utterly immature fashion. I mean, do you really expect that person to change his or her style of expression just because you don't like it? If you really want to say something, just post a nice little note on the Tagboard and kindly use your own name (even though whatever your name is, it's actually none of the owner's business...). I totally detest people who tag using pseudonyms (pardon the spelling error, if any. (: ) to insult blog owners while hiding behind a stupid identity. If you're ashamed to claim your personal comments, it would be best to keep them to yourself.

Ugh gotta go. Tuition! Joyjoyjoy.