I’m ambivalent about the end of circuit breaker in Singapore on 2 June.
I mean, it’s nice to have the routine back – going to work, seeing the students physically in classrooms, marking physical copies of exam scripts, discussing work matters with colleagues and generally, going about life, albeit with safety distancing and personal hygiene in mind.
But at the same time, I’m going to miss the 30-second travel time from my bed to my work desk, the joy of waking up AFTER sunrise, the convenience of refrigerator 50 steps away and generally, the freedom of being bare-footed.
I guess I better go try on my work pants to see they still fit.
PS: This is born out of sheer annoyance after marking so many essays with similar mistakes. To college/university students who love to abuse the words “ambivalent” and “albeit”, allow me to disabuse you of their usage. And when lecturers talk about ensuring parallel structures in academic writing, the words in italics are simple examples.
From the Window Seat 
Ah, the teachers’ lament. We live in an age of diversity; can you not diversify in your speech and words?
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Yes, that is so true. If anything, I always tell students to write in a simple manner. I don’t need all those bombastic words but each batch always falls into the same trap when they first start their career in academic writing…
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It’s not just academic writing, though that has to be the pits. I’ve encountered fiction where the writer has so plastered in the sensory details I feel like I’m drowning and can’t see the story for all the words.
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I agree. There are times where there is too much sensory overload from words, although I know of some who say it’s literary aesthetic. *Shrugs*
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I’d say some writers take the given advice of *make the reader feel it* a bit too far.
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Life is going to be different. It’s going to be a new normal. Take care
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Most definitely, Shweta. The original routine will never be back, even with the vaccine on the horizon. I hope everything is all right on your end too. Take care!
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