Close the Lid

What to do if you have people gossiping about you:
'I'll add that to my box of 'things that are not my problem''

The Larger Scheme of Things

Today in class I was reminded why I chose to become a lecturer. The course was 'Seminar' - so the students are in their last year and they were formed in groups to present issues in the communication field in Indonesia. From network television to child exploitation in the media.

I cannot exactly point which part of the discussion 'touched' me, but I was really amazed at their enthusiasm, intellectual capacity, social concern and their ability to formulate their opinion (and regard others'!).

I am understating when I say - I am really blessed to be part of the larger scheme of education. I realise that I am merely a small particle in the whole process, but I do feel extremely 'lucky' that I have a profession through which I am reminded that at the end, knowledge is to be transferred. Not possessed.

Never possessed.

And afterwards nothing in this world that is material seems worthy.

Mantra

After 4 nights straight of insufficient sleep that came with Malik's cough and runny nose and vomiting at 3AM and crying all day asking to be held - I came into realisation, once again, that being a parent is not without its challenges. Having to wake up early to work the next day and sort out deadlines and lecture and write is another. To wonder if you're giving your partner enough attention is also another.

All in a day's 'work' of juggling social roles and the entitled responsibilities.

I love my life nonetheless and I wouldn't change a thing.