I got my offer letter last Tuesday.. So today I went to KLCC in hopes of getting my financial guarantee letter from my sponsor and apply for my visa on the same day, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.. I got my letter right before the visa application centre closed.. So I have no choice but to commute to KL again tomorrow.. Sigh.. But at least I'll get to meet someone special so there's always a silver lining in every dark cloud ;)
Today when I met Kak R, I can't help to see resemblances between her, my school's ex-headmistress, Pn. N and my ex-schoolteacher, Pn. R, who's the top senior assistant in school.. They're all passionate over what they do, but in the process, they tend to offload their frustrations at other people.. Hey, I'm not talking about vandalism or violence here, hello.. They just like to talk a lot, and most of the times it's about how hardworking they are and how they're doing everything just for the sake of their respective charges.. I'm not saying that they're not.. These women are very strong people, put in highly stressful positions, dealing with a multitude of attitudes that it's a wonder why they still keep going at it..
It's just that when I first talked to Pn. R, I just wanted to ask her some simple questions but in the end, she kept going on and on about the students' problems she's facing and it didn't matter to her that those issues were totally irrelevant to me.. I got a bit annoyed by that, but after a while, I began to see it as a pattern.. Maybe that's what people like her crave for - people to listen to them.. They had to listen to other people for so long that maybe they're just looking for other people to lend an ear and hear out their own problems, instead..
OK, so maybe I'm overreacting.. The thing is, Kak R gave me my letter at 2.45pm but I only got out of her office 10 minutes later because she wasn't finished talking yet.. At the time, I was hoping to get my letter as quickly as possible and dash straight to Wisma MCA nearby to apply for my visa before the centre closes at 3pm, but.. sigh :P
At least I'm thankful that I left with a lot of useful advice from her :)
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NHA at 1:44 PM ::
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