Sybil came yesterday. I was so excited. No I don't have a friend name Sybil, it's Sybil the DVD. I couldn't find it anywhere here (cos S'pore don't cater good movies) so I purchased it from Amazon. I am so inspired to be like Dr. Wilbur. There's just something about actress Joanne Woodward that I like. I think it's her demeanour.
Oh and yesterday, I learnt that my beloved mother taught me multiplication (or times-table) when I was in Kindergarten, 4 years old. When sis told me that info, I said, "You gotta be kidding me." Cos ironically, I despise Math.
At Kindergarten stage, kids are still learning phonetics leh. My sis gave my mom that "You're crazy" look. But I remembered she wasn't strict with me at that age. I think she incorporated that sing-a-long Sesame Street way of learning Math lah. She's not siow like my... erm... somebody I know.
Mom said I was fast at grasping information and a very quick learner. But too bad I don't have a knack for Math else I would have been quite a child prodigy then ey. All that privilege has since dissipated, otherwise I could've been a genius now. Hahah. BUT hey, my multiplication is still good! Thanks to that very early start.
Sadly, I sort of screwed up my Sec school days. Sec school education, at that time, were so rigid. You were forced to take up these subjects so you have no choice but to do it. That's why it sucked.
I was more interested in something that I can put to good use and have logic, just by using the mind to think. And not come up with stupid equations.
I used to always hate the people who created Math and the likes. They made my life a living hell. But of cos, as I grow older, my perspective changed. I still don't like them by the way.
Oh and on Wednesday, again I came home happy. Super happy! Dr. Inderbir had featured an excerpt of my article from my previous assignment in the lecture notes!
*At that moment, I wanted to call somebody to share that happiness but I didn't cos I dunno who would sincerely be happy for me, except maybe for my family members and a few close friends... but even then, I felt like I was alone in that split of a euphoric moment.*
And I was still looking around, trying to keep myself awake, when she asked me a few times, "Is it ok if I use your work?" Until a few heads turned and all eyes were on me.
And I was like, "Huh? Me? My work?".
Then she also got confused and asked, "You're Nadira, right?"
I totally didn't see that one coming. She used it as an example of a 'Good Discussion'. I tell you, if she hadn't explained my work, I wouldn't know myself that I had analysed, evaluated and ended up making a good discussion either. Heh.
She apologised later on for not asking for my permission but I was more than flattered and I was even more happy to share of course.
*In our practice or anywhere else for that matter, it is not ethical to use materials that are not yours without permission or reference. That's why she apologised.*
I know it's probably not a big deal to others but it was to me. I've always dream of getting my work published and who knows, maybe this is a step? Now, only a slide in lecture notes... perhaps in 5 or 10 years time, a newspaper or a magazine? Better still, my own journal?
And with Dr. Inderbir always giving me that constant support and encouragement, I really wanna do well.
I'm a girl with so many dreams and I am so bloody determined to make this one become a reality.
P/s: And if you think I'm bragging, you better get lost. You obviously don't know the meaning of this and perhaps, not like me either. It's a simple episode of happiness. And I'm happy. It's not wrong to share your happy thoughts ya know.
