Another blog night...

Another blog night...


....and I am not motivated to write.

I went to I learn Ace and Aisyah hasn't done any work from last week (despite the fact that I have written to her and to her mom). I still write to Miss Nur Zalia in Bahasa (through Ajwad) and to Aisyah in English and directly to her personal mobile phone. I told Miss Nur Zalia that Aisyah can reply by whatsApp from her phone (as I send sms-es to Aisyah  and she can't reply for free (she does not have a whatsApp)). I have also told Aisyah that she can answer me for free from her mom's phone...  but she doesn't. I don't think she feels like it, which, in a way, I can understand. She has no reason to talk to me and I always contact her about doing work. She is 12, on the edge of being a teenager....


Last message to Aisyah's mom
 One-way communication with Aisyah




I will write to Miss Nur Zalia again this week (and to Aisyah as well). There is one last blog I think, next Friday, but I think that I will continue to check on Aisyah and her mom even after that, though probably not as often. I wish Aisyah would continue to work and benefit from I learn Ace at least until the end of her subscription. I doubt that her parents would be interested and willing to pay for it. I will not propose it directly. I will just inform them that Aisyah should profit from it until it she will no longer have access to it (for free). If interested to continue, they will ask me how to do so (but I seriously doubt it). Still, I can't complain, Aisyah's mom is quite correct and tolerant towards me. I think that I should (and that I do) appreciate it. It could have happened quite differently and been  much more difficult.


Aisya's falling ranking, 11th now...

School and other issues 



.....so I am still not motivated to write. For a moment I was toying with the idea if I should blog about totally different things ( I mean, this is like a diary and writing is supposed to be therapeutic after all!!).

I am too stressed , and if one thing makes me think if I should continue this university experiment experience at my age, it is stress. There are tests, final projects, exams, deadlines and more deadlines, then there is house work, administration, my teenage kids and all related to it and then there is Murphy's law. Do you know Murphy's law? No, not physics or anything as smart as that. It is an observation I guess and a funny rule we made from it ( and that unfortunately feels spot on)...or it is  just another pseudo- psychology thing, our mind playing tricks on us? I call it a Red-light law, whenever you are late or in a hurry, all the traffic lights are red. You must have lived this kind of situation!

 It is the end of the school year, TONS of things to do and all kind of unexpected things, demanding my attention and time, keep on happening. Is it already not enough that I feel old, not smart enough, that I definitely don't work enough but on top of it all this unplanned things happen and happen just now, the worst of all times! I guess that that is what we call life!

Wishing you all a very good night and trouble free life!

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