Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Fight for a room
I was trying hard to get a room in the faculty. Seven months completed after returning, still do not have a proper room. The problem is people are trying to get THE room whereas all what I want is A room. The room I was told to occupy is not vacant and I am supposed to share it with two interns. I have no idea how am I going to share that.

Things are going to be very difficult when I have to mark papers etc...where I have to maintain the confidentiality of the work I am doing.

Where I am staying now is a very small place indeed (it is even smaller than the room I lived in HK. Those of who know about the place may now know how small that place is.

The irony however is that the place has many vacant rooms. Some people seem to have occupied two rooms. The problem is uniquely Sri Lankan, it is not that we lack resources but we are very poor in prioritizing the requirements and unequal and unjust distribution of resources.

As far as I can perceive the Dean has taken a genuine trouble to find me a room, probably after seeing the plight of the 'room' I spend the most productive hours of the day.

Anyway what can I do? rather than waiting and biting time and WAIT for THEM to give ME a room.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

It is the second day of the workshop and getting interesting with each hour passing. Blogging seems to be an effective method to communicate with my peers and students. Behold, I will publish my teaching material as soon as I discover how to post links to the lectures and handouts I have made.

Teaching Methodology Workshop

Finally here I am sitting by a computer in the e library and started my BLOG.