yeah....Things will only get better

I need to drink more water, lips getting dry. Maybe I need to apply some lip bum? Have this purple coloured grape flavour stick at home.Taste good in fact but nope not going to have it for dinner.

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Did some reading the other day about Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Covered this during my undergrad days and at the same time it was repeated in the press when calls for the abolishment of streaming were at a peak. This is based on a research conducted by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson.

"Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson, in 1968, gave all the children in an elementary class a test and told teachers that some of children were unusually clever (though they were actually average). They came back at the end of the school year and tested the same class again. Guess what? The children singled out had improved their scores far more than other children. (Rosenthal 1995).

Hence, to make a person act in a certain way, all you have to do is believe this when you interact with them.

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F is an old bird in the industry. She's been around for more than 20 years. Her colleague K, on comparison, a newbie. But then again, K has been around for at least 5 years and hasn't gotten his promotion.

The time was 1730h. I gave K a call. Not too sure if he would remember me but well I need to check something from him.

Well, to be frank, I would prefer to check stuff from an old bird anytime. But well, the phone rang for a minute or two without anyone answering. Hence I called K.

He sounded extremely "in a hurry" when he answered the line. I mean, it is after all 1730 hours and people are on the way home. Thankfully, K's still around.

" Hi , is this XXX Dept?" I asked

" Yes." came the reply. It sounded pretty curt to be frank.

" I would like to know if YYYYYY has been received?" I followed up with the next question.

" May I know who's that on the line please ..." Wow, he didn't sound that "rude" after all.

" I'm Malcolm from ZZZZZ"

" Oh Malcolm, I remember you. And yes we've recieved everything and will process it soon. Will update you on the process. Alternatively, please help me if I didn't get back to you by calling me say in month's time?"

He went on about the various processes and made several enquiries about the stuff that were sent.

"Somehow it was sent to my boss and it had to come back to me , hence it wasn't processed".

I apologised. I mean when you send something to a particular department, surely it should be addressed to someone? Unless you don't know anyone from that department and hence a generic title will do. Well, it didn't matter, just that it took a bit more time I guess.

All in all, K sounded helpful. I would like to believe that he really is. I know that the "old me" will be extremely cynical about his intentions. But why can't I be for once, accept that this person is sincerelly helping me?

And yes, I did. I thank him sincerely. He felt good I'm sure and I did too.

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I picked up another bottle of water and gulped it down. I have 3 lites so far. More than enough for a day? =)