Date for Entry: (Tuesday 02 July 2024)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Thursday 25 July 2024)
[T3, W:13 – WD:56,
(Td:1)*].
Dear Diary,
Yesterday the
schools in Trinidad were closed because of Hurricane Beryl. I went to spend the
night with Auntie Vanjie on Monday night which was yesterday and spent the
evening to return to school. There was a front-seat ride in the Maxi which felt
very dangerous. The driver asked me to put on the seat belt. I didn't like the
seat by the door because the seat belt didn't usually like to come out and then
clipping it in the buckle was very challenging.
I did not see “Jess”
in the music room until I saw her message. She said that she was going to be
late. The music room too was like a ghost house with many missing tables and
chairs. I sat with Miss outside after eating and writing in my Markbook for 2M.
We got all of the Form 1s and 2s at marks into the online platform over her
phone. This was our first trial using the cell phone because my laptop did not
have access to the internet. I thought that if you can insert Max by the laptop
you could probably do so with the cell phone. Thankfully it worked.
By lunchtime at
12.32 all the Marks for Visual Arts were entered onto the online platform. Miss
had to get her prints. Dr Allison still needed me to enter the lates and
absences for her. We were about to end at 2:27 but I told her that we should
continue and finish the rest of the Mathematics department. I got a call
towards the end from the principal's cell phone but it was Izekel on the other
side. I didn’t make out everything he was saying.
My bags were in
the art room and they were locked up. I had to get “Miss Bianca” to open. By
the time I got my bags, it was 2:39 when Dr Allison and I had finished. They
had already left. It was nice that Mrs. Santana could join us in the conference
room while she did her marking. I had to travel out because the ride had gone.
They couldn't stay.
I travelled out
of the compound with Mr. Jaheim Griffith. We were speaking about time
signatures after he asked how my day was going. It seemed as if the form three
students went on a field trip. He mentioned that time signatures were one of
the topics that used to give him a lot of trouble. I was telling him that he
could have come and visited me at lunchtime anytime for help but he said that
he enjoyed the conversations we had time and time here and there talking on
music theory topics.
The driver of
the Maxi was Frank and he was joking aloud with a lady in the front seat and
snapping his fingers. I went home and I got into church work. This evening I
decided to work on the document for the quotes. Getting the sizes was a huge
challenge. I ended up creating a large document with a big table to send off to
Isa. I'm not sure if this will make printing easier for Iza where I went and
recreate some of the forms into individual sheets that contained one form
alone.
I also got a
call for help to make a certificate of appreciation for another Sunday school.
I was able to get the church logo from the MTC Facebook page instead of waiting
for Dion. Three terms had gone by and no one had sent the logo. So this time
the blurry image had to be used from Facebook.
Space allocation was the issue for their logo. My DAPHA Projects logo had to go on next. The full DAPHA Projects logo was too big. By force, I had to use the abbreviated version. It was going to fit only below the signature lines. Once it was done it was sent off to the church for their members to see it. I just hope that they don't stir up hatred towards my logo as it has been enduring many times in St. George's.
Praise God that I was able to get my Bible reading and notes done
tonight. I took time shaving tonight for the function tomorrow. The teachers
were planning a special surprise retirement function for Mrs. Sow in the
library. I hope that everything goes well.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(9:20 am – 3:22 pm)
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