Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Rude Awakening

As the title suggests, I had one for the following reasons:

The Cardigans

  • I was planning on wearing my favourite cardigan to the workshop. The room was so cold yesterday (4 air-cons in one room!!) that I thought I'd better be prepared today.
  • I woke up and looked for the cardy in it's usual place (hanging by the bed). I couldn't find it.
  • Then I had this horrifying thought that the maid had put it in the washing machine and then the dryer.
  • So I ran (for dear life) to the laundry room and much to my (shock) horror, my cardy was tumbling in the dryer!!
  • My EURO300 cashmere cardy!!!!
  • I quickly switched off the dryer expecting my beloved cardy shrunk to the size of a newborn.
  • Thank God it was not!
  • Turned out that the dryer had only just started since the cardy was still damped.
  • Luckily also, it managed to survive the washing machine. The maid must have set the washing machine on cold wash.
  • There must be a guardian angel out there! Thank you! Thank you! Thankyouverymuch!

The "Survivor" Cardigan

Coldcut

  • Once I got over the shock and trauma of my cardy, I realised that I have come down with a flu.
  • Darn! The panadol I took last night didn't seem to be helping.
  • So had to spend the whole day sniffing in the classroom and tissue stuffed up my nose (much to my colleagues distress).

High & Dry

  • Apart from trying to avoid nasty liquids dropping out of my nose, I was also having trouble trying to keep drool from dropping out of my mouth.
  • The topic du jour was just so dry and boring.
  • At one point I thought I was in a Maths class. To think I had thought about specialising in remuneration. Pah!

Sesame Street was brought to you by the words:

  • Arithmatics - Now that's one word I have not heard in a long time. Who uses it in this day and age? Whatever happened to Maths?
  • Dichotomy - According to Yahoo! Education:

di·chot·o·my (d-kt-m) KEY NOUN: pl. di·chot·o·mies
Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions: "the dichotomy of the one and the many" (Louis Auchincloss).

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