Pot calling kettle black

The Kettle that Saved the Pot

The pot calling the kettle black
How dare you
When you are so black yourself

The pot called the kettle black
How could you
When you are black as well

The pot calling the kettle black
Why did the pot
See only the blackness of the kettle

The pot called the kettle black
Why did the pot
See not the black of itself

The kettle was called black
By the pot
Who was black

The kettle was called black
So black
That the pot
Saw not it’s own blackness

The kettle was black
So black
That it saved the pot
From seeing it’s black

Reflected back from the kettle.

Kel. 28 February 2005.

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This is horrifying. Yours truly has barely worked ½ a year and it shows! *Snappish has oh-so-politely informed yours truly that she has become more *demanding in customer service. (Subtext: you are more aggressive).

Oh dear. I wasn’t even aware of the change. *shake head*. Ok ok, fine. I admit that I am even more confident than previously, (and the Devil knows I was already egoistic enough to begin with before I started work). Also, I am even aware that I have gotten to the stage where I can’t even call myself a semi-hermit and not be stared at by true honest to goodness hermits. Yes, yours truly has become *sociable. *grimace*. My problem is, I still don’t like socializing and I would still like to be classified anti-social and hermit. But alas! Change comes to all of us. Yes. That means all my clique or the ones I’m closer to have changed.

Yes, *dear snappish, before the pot calls the kettle black, *50 miles laugh 100 miles (think the mandarin idiom), reflect on thyself. Here’s yours truly report on how my close clique has changed since we started work.

In other words, don’t deceive yourself, work leaves its mark on us. *nod ominously*

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*Snappish has become more deep. And unlike my usual bitchy mean self, I don’t even mean to imply that she was depthless previously. Although, if you want to imply that, please, go ahead. (*snappish, you're welcome to skewer the readers, just not the writer. *wink*) Yours truly genuinely mean that she has become more layered. Knowledge, especially secretive ones!, shows in some ways, not that it’s obvious except to her *close friends, I would think. But it is there. *in a dark forbidding tone*

*Eccentric has become more stable. Again, I don’t mean to imply she was unstable (as in loose screws in the head, although this is debatable) but that she has become more assured, more able to take things in her stride. Previously, she is more panicky but now she has gotten used to the interviews, making phone calls, research, etc. She just seems more stably assured. What some stuff I can do and take for granted, she now can too. (yes, yours truly's ego is at work. She seriously debated the point with male and female brain on the virtue of being humble, which she assures you, she doesn't have a single bone that can lay claim to this oh-so-admired virtue. *snort* Like I would want any of my bone to be humble. Yikes. Sounds revolting, actually. Why would anyone want a humble bone? If want, also must demand for a skeleton worth. *nod vigorously*) As an aside, *eccentric knows more industry gossip/news & she is the one in the environment most like school days. Other than some minute changes, she gives me the feeling that she is still as she was in school days.

*Private has become more well-connected. Networking, or rather getting along with pple has never been hard for her. But ever since she started work, it has become more obvious. Besides, *private has inherent advantage - poker face - and she gives pple a very studious/capable impression, which she is of course. (I won’t dare hint otherwise, given that *private is the one with a sharp knife like wits…we used to call her our mean club *president….)

*Peace is now very secured in her professional abilities. We always knew she was able and capable in her field. But now, she exhibits that very *attractive quality of confidence as a therapist. The-I-know-I-am-doing and I’m damn good at it. So there. I like. *grin*

*Doormat sounds more secured and collected. In some sense, more matured. I suppose she has now grown into her role as a sensei.

*Witchy is now more subdued….she claims she has lost her sense of humor. I hope she finds it soon. Work seems to have a more melancholic impact on her. In some ways, it seems depressing to her spirits. Or perhaps, it just me. *shrug*

End of report.

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Change

We have changed

For the better

Or for the worse

We have changed

In small ways

And In big

We have changed

Matured rightly

Or inverted maturity

We have changed

Perhaps too much

Perhaps not enough

We have changed

So much

That it shows

We have changed

So little

That we remain

Always friends

Hopefully.

Kel. 28 February 2005.