Life vs Expectation

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So, Monday morning. Still got the blues? How's the day been treating you so far? Well, I always treat Monday as any other day; wake up early for Subuh prayer, shower and after I've all suited up, I will have my daily dose of Mineral Coffee to kickstart the awesome day of my life. Sure, there will be ups and downs, but hey, life's too short to be wasted whining and grumbling on our problems. Got problems? Deal with it, then keep your heads up high! That's why before a long and interesting day goes ahead of you, start your morning with full energy and passion. My way, is Mineral Coffee.

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So, life is about aims and goals. Students have their life to live, filled with books and classes. For teachers, life is pretty much the same, plus with the paperwork, keying in marks, disciplinary issues and many more. As I'm typing this post, I overheard a teacher expressing about a lot of marks to be keyed in and probably those are the things that make teachers average teachers. What makes the teachers different is probably that we have different set of goals in our life; some would take becoming a teacher as the platform for betterment of the future, while some would take this as their passion for teaching and some would just think that this is their last resort after a series of job interview failures or God's forbid, got fired.

Yes, everyone surely has their own goals and reasons of those. But, in life, we have to face this thing called expectations, which could really really influence on how and whether you achieve your goals. Those readers who are working in a department or office would surely understand this situation; at some point of your working phase, you have to achieve certain standards of performance for some reasons, most probably promotion, pay rise and for better and brighter career future. Mine was kind of a good example on how I have to deal with expectations coming from all angles. I am standing in the middle of the expectation circle, expecting me to this and that. At some point, I feel tasteless, as if I'm working like a robot, fully committing myself serving the people around me.

Everyday, before I'm off to school, I will spend a few minutes standing in front of the mirror, after putting some hair gum on, asking myself of what kind of people I want to be today. Like this morning, I told myself to be the smiley teacher, not the grumpy teacher which some students thought I looked ugly when I was grumpy. Some other words that I always say to myself in front of the mirror are:

In this world, it's every hombre for himself.