4th Feb 2011
Note: This is the excerpt of conversation with my eldest son & daugther during our visit to Iris field.
After enjoying ‘nasi lemak’, the guys decided to climb the surrounded hills to get more views of the desert. Hubby asked my daughter to accompany me with Amzar at the car. My 1st son decided to stay instead and let his sister to go.
“Does a teacher like naughty boys more than the good boys?”
While in the car, I start chit chatting with my son. He first asked me, “ Why does the teachers like naughty boys than the good boys?”
“That is not true. Why should teacher’s do that? They should like all their students but maybe they give attention more to the different type of students", I replied to him.
“My PE teacher likes this very naughty boy in class. Even during review he calld this boy and was very friendly with him”, still my son wasn’t satisfied with my answer.
“Maybe he was very good in sport though he was naughty. “ I told him. This time he nodded, nevertheless I can see in his face he is still dissatisfied with the situation.
I then start of with a story. I started telling him, “When I was working, my boss ask me to get two new staffs to help me with my project. We start advertising for the position and there were ten applications I need to look into.” He was listening to me eagerly. Our son was always excited with stories about work.
To enticed him more, I asked him, “How should I choose from this ten people as they all had same qualifications?”
He answered me by asking me instead, “Is this your real experience or you created it?”
“It’s my real experience. My boss wants me to do it.” In a while my daughter came back. She went halfway and decided to turn back as the guys were already too far to catch up.
“So, how did you choose?”, asked my son. My daughter who just arrived asked me to start our conversation again so that she can understand what we were talking about. I gave a short brief to her and continue my story.
“I surely choose the best who have the experience and the knowledge that I want. So that leaves me to four people left for me to interview.”
“Then I call the four people for me to interview them with my boss.” All four were very good and talented but I want somebody special and different.
Then my son asked me, “Why you want the different one?”
“Different makes you special.”, I answered.
“I asked the applicants to tell me their strengths and weaknesses, what they plan in 5 years time and much more questions“, I continued.
My son asked me again, “What would you tell your boss when he asked you of your weaknesses?”
“I told him, I can’t stand my work unfinished. I always did my best to ensure i can optimize my time at the maximum”
He then shouted with laughter,”You’re a show off ummie!”. My daughter joined as well agreeing with his brother.
He continued with his comment,”You told us that show off is not nice but you were doing it.”
I have to admit with laughter as well and said, “There are times when you need to do it not to show off but to tell your strength and your capabilities so that people trust you and have confident in you. I’m not showing off but I was telling the truth of what I can do.”
“That is why my boss likes me very much”, I smiled and laughed with them.
What makes me stress this out because our kids are so ‘by the book’ type of person. They are so scared if they makes mistake or did anything different where they think others won’t do. So, this is the purpose why I kept telling them stories to be different is somehow means be someone special.
While we were nearly at the end of our story, the guys came back with a surprise. Hubby got back with two fossils he found on the way back down the hill.
Note: This is the excerpt of conversation with my eldest son & daugther during our visit to Iris field.
After enjoying ‘nasi lemak’, the guys decided to climb the surrounded hills to get more views of the desert. Hubby asked my daughter to accompany me with Amzar at the car. My 1st son decided to stay instead and let his sister to go.
“Does a teacher like naughty boys more than the good boys?”
While in the car, I start chit chatting with my son. He first asked me, “ Why does the teachers like naughty boys than the good boys?”
“That is not true. Why should teacher’s do that? They should like all their students but maybe they give attention more to the different type of students", I replied to him.
“My PE teacher likes this very naughty boy in class. Even during review he calld this boy and was very friendly with him”, still my son wasn’t satisfied with my answer.
“Maybe he was very good in sport though he was naughty. “ I told him. This time he nodded, nevertheless I can see in his face he is still dissatisfied with the situation.
I then start of with a story. I started telling him, “When I was working, my boss ask me to get two new staffs to help me with my project. We start advertising for the position and there were ten applications I need to look into.” He was listening to me eagerly. Our son was always excited with stories about work.
To enticed him more, I asked him, “How should I choose from this ten people as they all had same qualifications?”
He answered me by asking me instead, “Is this your real experience or you created it?”
“It’s my real experience. My boss wants me to do it.” In a while my daughter came back. She went halfway and decided to turn back as the guys were already too far to catch up.
“So, how did you choose?”, asked my son. My daughter who just arrived asked me to start our conversation again so that she can understand what we were talking about. I gave a short brief to her and continue my story.
“I surely choose the best who have the experience and the knowledge that I want. So that leaves me to four people left for me to interview.”
“Then I call the four people for me to interview them with my boss.” All four were very good and talented but I want somebody special and different.
Then my son asked me, “Why you want the different one?”
“Different makes you special.”, I answered.
“I asked the applicants to tell me their strengths and weaknesses, what they plan in 5 years time and much more questions“, I continued.
My son asked me again, “What would you tell your boss when he asked you of your weaknesses?”
“I told him, I can’t stand my work unfinished. I always did my best to ensure i can optimize my time at the maximum”
He then shouted with laughter,”You’re a show off ummie!”. My daughter joined as well agreeing with his brother.
He continued with his comment,”You told us that show off is not nice but you were doing it.”
I have to admit with laughter as well and said, “There are times when you need to do it not to show off but to tell your strength and your capabilities so that people trust you and have confident in you. I’m not showing off but I was telling the truth of what I can do.”
“That is why my boss likes me very much”, I smiled and laughed with them.
What makes me stress this out because our kids are so ‘by the book’ type of person. They are so scared if they makes mistake or did anything different where they think others won’t do. So, this is the purpose why I kept telling them stories to be different is somehow means be someone special.
While we were nearly at the end of our story, the guys came back with a surprise. Hubby got back with two fossils he found on the way back down the hill.
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