The Game Plan is damn funny! i think it's one of the few shows that i really laughed so much and teared as well. do catch it before it ends!

Anyway, Happy Deepavali! haha. i'm just glad it's a public holiday. we're gonna celebrate ashley's and grace's birthdays later this evening, though we really dunno what to get for grace. sigh..

a huge stone has been lifted off me since afternoon 'cause i managed to drop my tuition student without a hitch, and thank goodness for ashley's help. if not for her, the kid's mom most probably would have climbed over my head already (or perhaps she already did, on that fateful sunday). i just wouldn't know how to put it across, and plus it's the first time i kena this kind of situation. argghh.

the long story is: last sunday i went for tuition as usual, i arrived there and the mom told me she forgot to tell me her kid is returning home late. ok, fine, i wait for the kid thinking that she'll be home soon, but i ended up waiting for an entire hour there. instead of charging her extra, i even tuitioned the kid for an hour more. but when i asked to collect the money, she kicked up a fuss saying why i didn't fulfill the one and a half hours. i explain to her nicely that i already waited an hour extra, but no, she starts to push the blame on me saying that i should be the one to call first to make sure the kid is available for tuition, and it's due to my inexperience and all that bullshit, and complaining that i was materialistic 'cause i just want the money. helloooo, i only took the charges for one lesson. if i count it strictly, i had given extra half an hour to her already. i told her i'm not the stingy type and i always stay a while more every lesson for free. but when i reached home, i decided that i just can't teach the kid anymore after all that had happened. ashley says i shouldn't let the mom take advantage of me, and she's right. but i really dunno how to handle the situation such that i gain the upper hand, so ashley helped me to call the mother, passing off as me, to inform her that i'm quitting. i tell you, i was so damn happy and that sense of relief, when she hung up on the mother, was unquantifiable. i'm so grateful to ashley for that call she made for me, and i thank God most importantly for helping me to get through all this smoothly and even getting a new tuition kid for me. how do i know? i just know. the timing was just so... right. the moment i decided to drop the student, the tuition agency called to ask me if i could handle another assignment. if it's not God's arrangement, what is?

i must go to novena more often now... 'cause God is still watching over me! :)