Of Lectures and Knives

Yesterday had to give a lecture on "Accessing the Database with Servlets", and "Using Advanced Techniques in Servlets". The latter of which I did with a colleague of mine. I was quite nervous, actually. But once I started talking, it wasn't as bad as I expected. The people I was lecturing to was my colleagues, so that helped a bit. Will have to give another lecture this Friday on "Managing Persistent Data in the Business Tier". I know the titles sounds weird. But there you go. The thing I try to do when giving a lecture, or a presentation for that matter, is to keep it as short as possible, while giving the audience the important facts. The lectures I gave yesterday took me around 15-20 minutes each. After which there was a question and answer session, and immediately after that, was the practice session. I hope they understood what it was I wanted to convey to them. Hmmm....

This morning learned something I didn't know. Well, till now! Not learned as in knowledge-wise, but am starting to get a clear picture about some of my so-called friends. It all started with a simple status written on YM. For those who knows what YM is, then good on you, mate. But for those who doesn't, then too bad. Just try to follow the story, kay. Anyway, a close friend of mine wrote something about back-stabbing friends, and so I asked him whether he meant anyone in particular. And as I have guessed, he was. Then he asked me to write a status pertaining his status. (am I making sense here?) Anyway, so I did. And lo and behold, that person vanished from the small world of YM. But that wasn't the only suprise I got. Because shortly after that, an old colleague of mine asked me what my status meant. The colleague thought that I might offend someone by writing that. So I went back to my close friend and asked for his opinion. And he told me that that colleague of mine was in cahoots with the other person. (I really do hope you people can understand what I'm on about). Anyway, as I was saying, they had formed their own little group, which my close friend wasn't a part of.

Let me start from the beginning. We had this aquaintance from uni. And this person had a knack for stabbing you in the back. I kid you not. At first, I wasn't aware of it. But after being stabbed in the back quite often, I soon realised the errors of my way by being friends with this person. So, I started to avoid this person. And it became obvious by my colleagues that I didn't want to befriend this person. At first, they couldn't understand the reason, but after a while, some of them realised that person's traits. But as with most back-stabbers, they have a way with words, and so the rest of the world are still deceived by this stabber-in-the-back person. The back-stabber's friend said to forgive and forget. And that we shouldn't just hear one side of the story. But the thing is, I have first-hand experience with this person, so I know what I'm doing. But sooner or later, I will beg forgiveness from this person for being like this. Because, I will not feel comfortable having this little angry thought in my head. I don't like to hate people, even though I feel they deserve it.

Oh well, on with lighter things... can't think of anything right now. Hehehe...