I have been battling away at my horrid course work and not
getting very far at all. I have had
almost two weeks away from work in the Enquiry Unit hoping that I would return to
work with my professional development project pretty much in the bag.
Well it is not to be.
I have been going to sleep despairing in of it, waking up dreading
another day working on it and dreaming of having some sort of amazing light
bulb moment when all appears clear enabling me to whiz though it. Instead, I feel more muddled than I did
before and him-at- home is starting to look as miserable as I feel at my lack
of progress.
It got so bad two weeks ago that I volunteered for ambassador
work figuring that if I was not going
away on holidays and I was getting nowhere with my work, I may as well take a
break and earn some money. For two
mornings last week I went out to Medway to do mock interviews in a sixth form
college. I had six students to spend a
half hour with each: 15 minutes
interview, 5 minutes verbal feedback then ten minutes to write up the feedback
to be given to the student. I really
enjoyed this work and tried to give balanced feedback emphasising the positive
aspects but explaining what could help the interviewees to improve. Then on Friday I was off to east London to subject
another batch of sixth formers to a one hour and a half finance talk. It is hard to make uni finance into a really
gripping presentation but I did my best to encourage the students to apply for
uni, explaining how much I had benefitted from my higher education experience.
So after two gruelling days at home trying desperately to
avoid implementing my well-honed procrastination skills, I am back here in the
Enquiry Unit for three days until we move to the computer lab to start Early Clearing
on Monday.
On arrival in the office all was in disarray as staff
prepared to move sites for Clearing. I
mentioned that I was feeling rather discombobulated which led to a wonderful
discussion about onomatopoeic words.
I’ve always loved these and discombobulation
just sounds to me like its meaning. I
found a wonderful article by Dianne Saphiere (blog)
entitled “Want to Feel Ukiuki, Pichipichi and Pinpin?” where
she writes about the Japanese implementation of onamatopaeia to describe foods;
their texture, and smell, eating them and preparing them.
Some of my favourites are shikishaki for crisp, fuwafuwa for fluffy and korikori for crunchy and crisp and the wonderful sound
of chokichoki for using preparation with a knife. I wonder
what word the Japanese would come up with to describe my very much alive and
fecund Herman friendship cake mixture, bubbling away very busily on my kitchen
bench with its yeasty earthy smell and sticky almost elastic texture?
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