Reactions of colleagues when they hear you are resigning

These are some reactions you will get when the news of your resignation is made known to your other co-workers.

Type 1: The try-all-means-and-ways to make you stay
This type is likely to be your buddy or partner in crime at work. Sitting beside you and complaining to you everyday. When you not around, they will have no one to complain to. So they try all means to make you stay.

Type 2: The I'm-gonna-do-it-too
This is the type where usually you wouldn't speak to but suddenly when they heard you're resigning, they come to you to wish you luck and ask you additional questions. "Hey, how was the talk with the boss like? Did she get angry when you ask her that? Can I borrow your resignation letter? 我已经算好了，明年一月去生孩子，放假四个月。在第三个月就交辞职信。刚好！"

Type 3: The I-also-want-to-leave-but-I-can't
Usually these are the old birds who think they are stuck with the job because they can't fly anymore. They will say they envy you can make this decision; they have got a family to feed etc.

Read: Can there be Innovation after 40?

Type 4: The well-wishers
Self-explanatory. People who know you better will wish more things.

Type 5: The debt-collector
This type comes after you because you still owe them some deadlines. They will come haunt you till you finally give them the goods.

Type 6: The co-llaborators
They hear that you are going to start your own business and check to see if you will want a business partner because they have been thinking of leaving but have done nothing about it.

Table for 1

On a day that's used to be celebrated by 2 people, I had a peaceful lunch without any interruption - steak and coffee, on my own.

New achievement unlocked!

Postman for a day

Made these little bookmarks for my little twerps. Parting gifts.

Given together with a little souvenir from Penang and the school's praise and post cards

Kinda like the bookmarks. Hope the inspirational quotes chosen for each one of them will lead them to future success

Definitely hope they cherish this. 

And the envelopes were all mailed out by hand. Travelling on my old but worthy cycles.It was fun doing all these on my own free time rather than having to do this as part of a job.

School Holiday's Program

It's coming to the end of the school holidays. Went out to have lunch today at TJ market. While ordering drinks at the drink shop, there were two extra little helpers to the couple who run the stall. One of them was taking orders at the tables, the other helping with the cashier counter while the couple made the drinks. I reckon the cashier must be a boy who enjoys mathematics in school. Else, the parents wouldn't have allowed him to man the cashier.

This seems the best way for children to learn mathematics - providing them with real life scenarios to make use of the maths skills they have acquired. It is applied here where the children are helping to calculate the price of the drinks and returning change to the customers. An additional perk is that they get to be with their parents which is a privilege since nowadays, parents hardly have time for their children.

Schools understand the importance of having real-life context but it's not possible to have that all the time as they have to prep the students for exams. In some schools, they may bring the children out once a year to a supermarket to make purchases and apply their concept on money in the trip.

In the children's mind, having these type of learning opportunity definitely beats having their parents paying good money to hire the best tutor in town who may get them to do practice after practice on paper. Ultimately, that may get the children a good grade in school but having no passion to learn the underlying concept.

P.S. According to my relatives, playing mahjong helps in learning maths as well. Parents might wanna give it a try?

I'm not alone

Some fights are not worth the fight and they have to realise it. Insisting that things must be done "your way" can only be detrimental to relationships.

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