Build you up to knock you down..

I was at Jirin's house last weekend (as usual) and this time I was with Sofi, (who had never been to Jirin's house before). We were waiting for dinner to be cooked and we talked about various things. One subject that came up was A level results. Jirin's maths breakdown was AS Pure maths (A), AS Stats (E), A2 Mechanics (A) and A2 pure maths (E). Mr Goo congratulated Jirin on his result for mechanics, "Wah Khairul! So good lah your mechanics. I feel like ive passed something on to you!" Basically, Mr Goo was impressed that Jirin got an 'A' for his mechanics (and considering he used to skip lessons, an 'A' was an excellent result!). Actually, according to Jirin, Mr Goo was complimenting himself to be able to get a student an 'A' even when student didnt attend classes regularly (or sumthing like that). Anyways, right after complimenting Jirin for his achievement in mechanics, he mentioned that he did horriblly in his A2 pure maths.. To make things worse, he mentioned that he actually expected Jirin to get a 'U' for it! Iatah, Jirin so didnt see that coming. Baik jua nda jauh hatinya.. Anyways, i have an analogy for what happened with Jirin and Mr Goo:

First, Mr Goo can be sed to lift Jirin up. All is well, and Jirin is happy.


And then, with his negative comment, things suddenly changed tone.. Cam kana bagi "powerbomb"..

Ibarat kana "powerbomb".

And with his final remark, macam kana bagi elbow drop..


Anyways, the moral of the story is: please try to use the sandwich approach when possible untuk jaga hati the person. Si Jirin kata he didnt feel too bad pulang , coz ia biasa dah teacher's looking down on him. Haha. The sandwich approach: one good comment, then the criticism and another good comment. Kira untuk sugar coat the bitter comment lah kirakan. Anyways, udah practice dua tiga kali, u guys should be biasa udah with this method. Bah, till next time on Adib's courtesy 101, bye! (haha, si tayi..)