Wednesday, July 21, 2021

 Completed Work List:

1. Copied Grade 4 Termly Plans of of Terms 1, 3, and 4 in 4 Ali Abi Thalib google drive
2. Drafted New a new Termly Plan of grade 4 in the google drive
3. Cut off/sliced the qurban beef at school as I was one of the committee members of qurban
4. Drafted greeting card to be attached to learning pack and already sent it to Ms. Vita

Elaboration:

I was quite happy today because I could contribute to the completing job of the qurban committee at school. Although I actually got the second shift, but Mr. Adi told me (and the other committee members) to start helping even before our session started. I did the cutting off/slicing the beef. I used my wife's knife and it's quite sharp. However, when it came to cut the fat, it became lame. Whatever it was, I did it until all the beef was cut into smaller pieces. As a person whose smelling sense is very sensitive and can't stand the smell of raw beef and lamb, I got enough of the smell when cutting it. I decreased my mood for having meal there. However, at the lunch time, when everybody had lunch, I joined them as I don't want them to think of me a selfish and individualistic person. I held that not nice feeling until I finished my lunch. I didn't really eat all, I just did to the food that I like. After all the processes were done, 55 teachers went back to the class and we had such an intimate talk about any issues. 

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Then, after I sent Ms. Vita the draft of the greeting card, we had such a personal chitchat talking about her mother's aunt death and our feelings about the corona virus pandemic. We never had such an intimate chat before as I closed myself to her (after our problem when we were still teaching grade 4 last two years). I thought it was heart-to-heart and I felt very open, honest, and sincere. I hope we can keep this kind of communication quite consistently in our professional and personal interactions. Aamiin ya rabb. There are at least two good lessons that I learn from today's interaction, i.e. that I know that Ms. Vita is a humble and sincere person, therefore I need to respect her, then I need to trust her.