Friday, February 10, 2006
the great clash ( part 2)
Hello Everyone,
In reply to Yong Meng's long email, in the hope of clearing the air between us and in also asking for a formal written apology for the false accusations and bad mouthing (email attached below) I was sent last evening:
1)I did not "go around voicing my unhappiness" .The only reason for me calling Luis instead of you was because I realized at 6:30PM yesterday that the wrong slides had already been submitted and was in a panic to check if any last minute corrections were possible. I was at the eye clinic at NUH since morning yesterday and directly rushed to the meeting venue with dialated pupils (because of all the tests they had to run on my eyes). My sight was very blurred and I was barely able to see in daylight let alone be able to read….I have Luis's hand phone number saved on my phone, so in my state of urgency and blurry eyes I called the first person I could easily get hold of. Yong Meng, there is no need to be so sensitive and imagine things that aren't there… You say you are a direct person, so I hope you appreciate the directness of this email. I just want to end the imaginative beaurocracy in the group that you seem so eager to see. As far as I know our group has been very open and direct all along.
2) I was waiting for a so called meeting for from 5:15pm till 5:45pm at which time we had agreed to finalize tutorials before submission. In fact I rushed directly from the Eye hospital where I was stuck many queues since morning to the meeting venue (naturally I hadn't got the chance to check NUS email in all that time). Except Luis, no one had the courtesy to inform me that they were going with to get late or not come for the meeting altogether. I later came to know that you went to meet the professor earlier on by an email you sent. But the least you could have done is let me know there was no meeting. I could get very sensitive about it and start sending defaming emails to you all but for the working of the group I understand the compelling situations for cancelling the meeting and also have readily let go the fact that I waited for more than half an hour for a cancelled meeting… So you see it is sometimes very necessary in a group not to become overly sensitive and touchy about things.
I hope this clarification helps.
Rgds,
Lakshmi
with love
2:22 AM
