TGIF

I was at an army camp yesterday afternoon for my bi-annual medical check-up to certify Singaporean males past 35 years old whether they’re still physically fit to undertake the yearly physical fitness test. I cleared all the stages – but at one stage, the attending medic remarked; “Sir, you’ve got high blood pressure.”

That really pretty much killed the rest of the day and week, though that I’ve got HBP has not come as a surprise. Since September last year’s receipt of new work ‘appointments’, I’ve been coming home each night physically weary and emotionally drained. I do not innately enjoy management roles, and even though I’ve got 7 years of it under my belt before joining my current institution, I still find myself out of my natural element. As I remarked to my own reporting officer, I’m an exemplar of a product coming out of the Singapore education system – I can’t think creatively and ‘out of the box’. Nor am I especially clever at reading nuances or subtlety in communication. And I absolutely suck at differentiating between being forthright versus exercising discretion on when it’s best to hold one’s peace. All I can offer is determination, honesty, a good work ethic (hopefully), and an ability to see patterns, rhythm and organization in everything I do, see or hear.

I’ve found joy each night though especially in Hannah. We were at Hougang Mall for a kopitiam dinner again, and while Ling was away to buy and bring back her usual plate of noodles, I took these few pictures of Hannah:

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Hannah seemed completely lost in thought again as she gazed at some distant object at kopitiam. But as I watched her, there was again that indescribable sense of having been blessed with a lovely daughter whom we see growing each day, better using her senses and better able to understand the world around her.

3 thoughts on “TGIF

  1. Is there any way you can have your management role scaled back at work, or are you pretty much stuck with it?

  2. Hi CY, are you going to ISATE this year? This time my Poly is hosting :) Early Sep I think…

  3. Hey bud; pretty much stuck with it. =( Though thankfully, my term is only for two years, so I just need to get through this length!

    Lisa: It’s still pretty early to say. It’s usually in September if I remember right. I don’t know if I’ll be going yet – likely not unless I’m asked to write/present something for it again.

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