Something profound

Tomorrow is the last day of November, while today, Friday, is the last working day in November.

My official working hours are 08:00 to 17:30 hours, Monday to Friday. No weekend, and no overtime pay.

Out of these 29 days in November, I have worked overtime on 18 days. Initially my thought was, okay, not saying that's good, but it's not too bad.

That is, until I looked at the calendar and counted out the actual working days in November. 21 working days in November, and I took 3 days annual leave so it's a 18 working days month for me.

18 working days and I worked overtime on 18 days... Granted, the reality is I worked overtime in some weekends and even when I took leave, but to have worked overtime 18 days in a 18 working days month is just horrible. Profoundly sad.

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Not sure why high school graduation seems like a big thing now, for I honestly cannot remember my own high school graduation.

Not even sure if there was a ceremony, or was it just so unimportant to me that I cannot remember it at all.

Ironically, high school was the time that I considered my peak, in both academia and co-curriculum. My only straight A examination, and representing the school and state in co-curriculum, all happened in my high school time.

Anyway, today's my elder son's high school graduation. Don't really know what to make of it, the education system and school year being so screwed up nowadays. He hasn't taken his governmental high school examination yet, and the school year still has a few months to go, but the graduation is today.

That certification is probably the first useful qualification in terms of getting a job, but honestly it's the bare minimum, and for limited choice of job. Nowadays a university degree is just too common for a high school certification to be worth much, if anything.

What's profound is that my elder son may not even get it. Failing the governmental high school examination is certainly a possibility based on my elder son's academic record.

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Many milestone events in November for me and wifey, that's profound.

And that one thing that is finally happening. *Fingers crossed*

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