Learning Action = Mathan = Sister's Keeper = Rina's Advanced Bday Celebration

I headed to school early this morning to do my online quiz for one of my elective module “Action Learning”. After attending the workshop and doing my own readings to prepare for the online quiz, I do find this elective relatively relevant be it outside or within work’s context. Not to mention, this elective module is one of the few that is less demanding compared to others. There is no assignment or exam unlike some electives. Some electives are insanely taxing whereby I need to do 2-3 assignments solely for it and even an exam for some. Haha thus for this elective, I just need to attend a 3 hours workshop and complete the online quiz that consists of 40 questions. For a glimpse of what is “Action Learning”, it is a process that involves a small group with diverse perspectives working on real problems, taking action, and learning while doing so and it a powerful management tool that creates dynamic opportunities for individuals, teams, leaders and organizations to successfully reflect, learn and innovate. As it was an online quiz, my result was revealed upon completion. Hehe, I did quite fairly for it.

After which to fully utilize my Saturday, I went for a haircut before meeting Rina for her advanced birthday celebration. Knowing how busy she can get on her birthday thus it is good to celebrate with her in advance. We went for dinner at Manhattan Fish Market at Plaza Singapura. I must count myself lucky as the queue started forming after me and I am the next patron in line. Rina was late because she needed to shop for play dough for her students and she could not locate where Manhattan Fish Market was. Thus I was in a bustling restaurant alone, haha I cannot help but felt a sense of emptiness during the wait. It is just like festive season where everyone is celebrating with their loved ones and I am left alone lol. Shortly after her arrival, there came the excitements and joys though the weather was gloomy but that did not affect us from being jolly. She showed me her 2nd hand Sony Cybershot Camera and it is a camera with glitch. Once it is switch off or on it will vibrate for a while like a pager, except that this “pager” can take photo, haha it is a Sony.

It is reported by Rina (oops) that this range of Sony's camera always malfunction.


A hurried dinner as we only had 40 minutes or so because we need to rush for movie. We decided to watch “My Sister’s Keeper” after hearing myriad positive reviews of it. Indeed, it is a poignant movie that enthralls me throughout the movie. I like the way that the director did not exaggerate the scenes and he filmed the movie just like how an outsider would witness it without overstressing it like look here she is dying, she is suffering, a bleak prognosis etc. There are several scenes that touched and dejected me deeply and I managed to gulp back my tears as the director will somehow inject some delightful scenes shortly after those disheartening scenes. Indeed a superlative movie that depicts even though someone's life is short yet it can be fulfilling.

My Sister's Keeper


Before heading home, I presented Rina with two birthday gifts, as she mentioned a few times that I did not give her any birthday gift for her last birthday. Which I clearly remembered that I did give her but the ironic part is that I do not remember what the gift was. Haha could it be a false memory instilled in my mind so that I can disillusion that I do not scrimp on birthday gift or forget about it.