Today felt like a watershed; my work week ending a day earlier. All of my tasks for the week completed and I'm not motivated to start on new ones.
I had earlier promised Airell a spaghetti lunch in the office, and she promised to help me. So that's something to look forward to. I found out as we were cooking that today is her last day with us, she will go back to her third Form classes next week. I wonder if she formed a clearer picture of what an architectural career feels like during her 3 weeks with us. She is a quiet one, and not out of shyness but more out of a teenage defiance. Hard to teach when there is little feedback from the student.
Today is also Syaidah's first day; a student from UiTM. She will work with Sean on the student hostel; a model to warm up, rough but to scale to be completed by the end of the work day. She seems willing to learn, quite confident and polite. She joined us for lunch, despite bringing her own lunch probably buns or sandwiches, because she ate the spaghetti bolognese lunch with us. There is much to learn from sharing a meal with someone, there is even more to learn from cooking with them - the office is divided into the ones who will wander into the kitchen with sleeves rolled up before the meal is ready; to set the table, to wash, to plate, to make the salad dressing without being asked. And the ones who wander in when the meal is cooked, ready to eat. Luckily there are only a few of the latter group.
Sam thinks it is largely due to upbringing (meaning that parents had a hand in this) but I think as adults we learn through observation, and learn to be mindful. I know who I would not willingly invite for lunch, they are selfish people and simply take as if it is their birthright.
No comments:
Post a Comment