my innermost sanctum

gah!

what did i say about education bein wasted on asian bird's at large?

witness the followin email extract i received right after a brekkie seminar i conducted for member's of the canuck chamber of commerce last week. the talk was entitled, note emphasis: "know yer host - cultural presumption's: a wee island biz etiquette guide".

which the chamber had clearly stated on their programme highlight that it was tailored towards expat newbie's. those who felt they required a refresher were welcome also.

apparently the email sender of a feckless twunt was a wee island bird, or an ethnic chink from elsewhere. or probably she was jealous of the reception i received after which; as well as the lively exchange of ideas that snowballed from my statement that wee island bird's enjoy much equality. more so than their counterpart's from some western countries. well, did i not say it was a *seminar*?

here are her vitriolic jibe's thinly disguised as constructive feedback. note that she appointed herself as the unofficial spokesperson, on behalf of em participant's:

1. "... get to know your audience first as your talk seemed to swing from primary school to university level..."
2. ".... some of your points made us feel a tad patronised as some of us are married to wee islander's and other asian's..."
3. "...it's great to be a patriotic wee islander but let's face it, just ask anyone with a dark skin if they have any problem's with findin a job..."
4."... if your audience are professor's, academics and PhD student's, i understand the need for deep analysis and exchange of idea's, but i don't see the necessity for such at this presentation of yours as we come from all walk's of life..."
5. "... your point on gender equality is a stretch of your imagination, all of my middle-aged local friend's complain about the glass-ceilin, denyin em from the top job's they deserved..."

and then she signed off with a rather insincere remark that she'd like me to be successful in my "career". hence her feedback. who was she kiddin with eh?

anyways, ain't each and every bird bluemarble wide has got a problem with the glass-ceiling? even in the UK, pay inequality between the sexes still exists which was ruled discriminatory over here just before the 1990's.

besides, when a competent bird does reach the pinnacle of her profession, instead of gettin morale support from her fellow species, they resent her for her success. apart from being called "bitch" and other name-calling's.

also, she becomes the target of vicious rumour's that she might have had been sleepin her way up. or that she's been the apple of the gaffer's eye all along. and who started the rumour's by the way?

and the average wee island bird whines about the glass-ceiling? they ought to be grateful that they had the opportunity to go to school which was denied to their gran's and even their mother's [the average peasant family back then thought it was totally unncessary to send girl's to school until the govt stepped in, wavin this charter].

that aside, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out why said feckless twunt attended the talk. 'cos her email addy suggested that she is a trainer [as opposed to lecturer, mind] at one of the polytechnic's ere.

trainer of a cross-cultural module of the biz admin diploma course perhaps.

hmmm.... o.O

oh and patriotic wee islander, moi? puhleease...