I asked once, and she said no, so I ask again - who could say no to this one:
Hi Director,
Sorry to disturb you on your off day.
Now that I know my exam time table, here's the situation:
- I am able to clear ALL my teaching responsibilities, so neither would any of my students, nor colleagues be inconvenienced w/ my absence on the Friday (17th) and Monday (20th) of August.
- Just in case, staff has my hand phone number (roaming enabled) and students have my hotmail account (easy to access from any internet point).
- Even though my cousin is not my immediate brother, but rather a son of my mum's sister, I am sure you can appreciate that family ties, and bonds between people in general, at times cannot be quantified by the simple formal definitions. Especially in a particular situation such as our one: this Aunty of mine was never married, and she and her son lived near by my parents place. This meant that as kids my cousin has spent lost of time at our place, playing with my sister and me. This was especially true during the five years of Balkan war, when as kids we didn't go to school, nor played on the playgrounds that much, but spend lots of time in the basement instead. Well the point is that we spend lots of time together. Hence, even though formally he is my cousin, to me he is much more - a brother.
- Also, currently my Mum is visiting over there as well. She landed in Croatia on the 17th of Jul, then she broke her leg on the 20th of Jul. Now she's bed tied w/ a cast on her left leg till the last week of her holiday - 1st week of September. As an added bonus, it would be nice if I could pay her a visit as well.
- As the wedding is on the next weekend (18th -19th), and I need 20 hours of travel time between Zadar (Croatia Cost line) to Spore. I am ok for my exam, on 23rd, though I cannot get back in time for my invigilation on 20th, so I'll need to swap the invigilation duty with my roommate Anand. Needles to say, a fellow ICT-an is happy to help.
As I need to finalise my air-fare ticket as soon as possible, I would like to thank you for your understanding and prompt reply in advance. Should you want to discuss the matter further, please give me a call on these numbers.
Appreciated.
Sincerely,
Z
Hi Director,
Sorry to disturb you on your off day.
Now that I know my exam time table, here's the situation:
- I am able to clear ALL my teaching responsibilities, so neither would any of my students, nor colleagues be inconvenienced w/ my absence on the Friday (17th) and Monday (20th) of August.
- Just in case, staff has my hand phone number (roaming enabled) and students have my hotmail account (easy to access from any internet point).
- Even though my cousin is not my immediate brother, but rather a son of my mum's sister, I am sure you can appreciate that family ties, and bonds between people in general, at times cannot be quantified by the simple formal definitions. Especially in a particular situation such as our one: this Aunty of mine was never married, and she and her son lived near by my parents place. This meant that as kids my cousin has spent lost of time at our place, playing with my sister and me. This was especially true during the five years of Balkan war, when as kids we didn't go to school, nor played on the playgrounds that much, but spend lots of time in the basement instead. Well the point is that we spend lots of time together. Hence, even though formally he is my cousin, to me he is much more - a brother.
- Also, currently my Mum is visiting over there as well. She landed in Croatia on the 17th of Jul, then she broke her leg on the 20th of Jul. Now she's bed tied w/ a cast on her left leg till the last week of her holiday - 1st week of September. As an added bonus, it would be nice if I could pay her a visit as well.
- As the wedding is on the next weekend (18th -19th), and I need 20 hours of travel time between Zadar (Croatia Cost line) to Spore. I am ok for my exam, on 23rd, though I cannot get back in time for my invigilation on 20th, so I'll need to swap the invigilation duty with my roommate Anand. Needles to say, a fellow ICT-an is happy to help.
As I need to finalise my air-fare ticket as soon as possible, I would like to thank you for your understanding and prompt reply in advance. Should you want to discuss the matter further, please give me a call on these numbers.
Appreciated.
Sincerely,
Z
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