Ironies
There are a few ironic things about my work place that makes me think it's crap. I don't know why it bothers me. Ok here is the deal. The owner of this tutoring place for little kids is a nice dude. His daughter is in my class. But like.. he tries to convince me that his business is absolutely critical for young minds and right now I'm doing this little tutoring thing teaching children nutrition and correct dieting and exercise.
But on a recent field trip strawberry picking, we went to lunch at.. where else? McDonalds! He ordered deep fried nuggets and fries for everyone! Including their own carbonated soft drink or sugar saturated iced tea. I don't know why I'm the only one with the bewildered face.. anything to make a buck huh?
Then, during lunch time the centre provides the lunch for the kids.. the kids pay a lot but what do they do? they buy 2 combos of fried noodles with pork and split it between the kids. So here are the kids, chowing down on cheap food with absolutely no nutritive value and this dude is talking on the phone with one of the kid's concerned mother. I have a little cute chubby boy in my class and his mother really wants him to learn something about it. So the guy is talking to his mother about something the centre provides and talks to her about how they are taught about BMI measurements. Um.. like.. I had to make up that lesson plan and I had just briefed him on it in the morning. err!
I don't know why but the hypocrisy just gets to me. I mean, if he was just a jerk and he knew he was just after a buck I wouldn't care but when he speaks, he genuinely believes that his school can solve all these problems and that it's wonderful. now THAT is bullshit my friends.
It was really cute at McDonalds though, a nine-year old girl was eating her nugget and she looked at me and started giggling and shot her hand holding the half-eaten nugget straight into the air and said, " hee hee hee.. this has no nutrition!" .. I nearly exploded with laughter but had to hold it in cuz my boss was right there. Good. I just smiled at her and wanted to hug her.
Next on the list of ironies at this place: the staff bathroom -- smells like roses.. but the soap they dispense smells like shit.. literally! I always look around to see if a kid pooed just outside the door when I push on the soap button. Now I'm prepared. I take my own soap.
Speaking of things that don't fit, I finished reading Angels and Demons a couple nights ago. I have to say, I like the Da Vinci code much better. I'm going to be spoiling the book after this sentence so if you haven't read Angels and Demons yet, don't continue until I write.. "You can start reading again" .
Anyways. Everyone I spoke to seemed to like Angels and Demons better so I got SO EXCITED because I LOVED the Da Vinci Code. But, doesn't it seem just a bit implausible? I feel like he had an idea about the characters and made them fit a certain character in our heads and then as he was writing, changed his mind.. and then changed his mind again about who Janus would be. And then again! And like, did I find it implausible about an antimatter bomb counting down to detonation on top of St. Peter's tomb in the Vatican all executed by an Illuminati Mastermind? No! Not even that! But when the focus shifted to the Camerlengo flying the helicopter in the sky and jumping out to land on the Vatican roof and Robert Langdon flying into the ocean using a tarp or some shit.. even then I was riveted. But when it turned out to be the Camerlengo who was Janus.. I mean like SHIT!
What more, I don't think that Dan Brown did his research right on artificial insemination. Correct me if I'm wrong ( which I might be here because I'm not very aware of what is going on with In Vitro Fertilization these days) but when you fertilize egg with sperm, I thought that they had to fertilize many eggs with many sperms and then only one survives ..well.. er.. entering the uterus. Something like that. Does it make any sense to you, that this priest and nun who love each other decided to exterminate potential life to make sure they followed through on their vows to stay chaste? Seriously.. and this guy thanked so many scientists for their help on explaining all that anti-matter stuff...
"YOU CAN START READING AGAIN"
Alright.. well I'm out of time but I just wanted to add one more thing. GOOOOOOOO FRANCE! I seriously SERIOUSLY SEROUSLY WANT FRANCE TO WIN. They were my second fave after Korea and I really want them to beat the Italians.. Mey... what was it about ur friend calling the Portugese cheaters? I thought it was the Italians paying off refs and moving them around..Not only that, but I hate their dirty playing and all their antics such as spitting on the Dutch etc etc. Italians can thank Totti for making them look so classy on the soccer field. I can't believe Germany lost to them. Also, my sister Erica has this horrible crush on Zizou ( he IS pretty hot) .. he's 15 years her senior. :s ALLEZ FRANCE! Love the French! I wish I were in Paris now to see the World Cup excitement there. lates tchocky
EDIT: ok.. I kinda feel bad for my boss.. u never know.. maybe he's secretly sad because this business of his wasn't the way he imagined it to be.. that kinda breaks my heart. Send ur kids to this place! er.. but I won't tell u.. in case ur a weird stalker type dude.
