Sunday, March 11, 2007
So the (long awaited) March hols has finally arrived. Personally, this is not much of hols... a typical NJCian will get him or herself into a lot of "shit" (i.e. work) like weeks before hols start, so i guess this is more of a working holiday.
warning: towards the end of this post are really sensitive topics which some of you ppl find it disturbing. i dont mind u guys posting about your views, but please have some courtesy and dont start flaming...
Honesty...
anyway... to kick off this looooooooooooooong post, i shall start by complimenting this guy call Jiasheng (yes.. that guy at the tag board). So he was the good samaritan who biked all the way from his house to return me my wallet. The funny thing was what happened at the door... first i was completely shocked that honestly still exist on EARTH. I say this because i lost my handphone before and even when it took me less than 5 mins to realise it, it was gone by the time i went back to the bus stop where i dropped it. So i stood at the door, rather dumbfounded, and i was talking to him in chinese while he was talking to me in english. Somehow, i got this perception that it would be much easier to communicate with a HC guy in chinese, but only to realise that his english is quite pro when i read his blog. So all i said was "thank you" and nothing else. Well... u may say that such an ungrateful person, but seriously speaking.. u just cant believe that honesty still exist in this (to a certain extent, selfish) society.
Orientation 1 &2
so orientation 1 still rocks because it is orientation one and everyone was enthu. orientation 2... sadly speaking was more of a failure than a success. Firstly, people arent THAT enthu, because not all of the second intakers really wanted to be here. Secondly, it "seems" that second intakers are nerds that just didnt make it to HC or RJ (and they were busy going back to their 1st 3 month JC to file for appeals). lastly... Dance night was really... sad. there were only like 200+ ppl at parade square?! and it looked SO empty that first intakers go down for the party just to "fill in the blanks". BUT... nevertheless... dance party was some avenue for some of us to wind down and go crazy before the road run. For me, i was like... waiting for the Dj to play mass dance, after that, i'll just cross my hands and walk around the place. Mass dance was really fun... u just couldnt stop dancing it. perhaps i was from mass dance comm, so im kind of inclined to support mass dance like mad. so my second mass dance of the night was with christin, my partner for the demo during the mass dance sessions in O1. it was really like time traveling back in time with her to O1, when we did funny faces to each other. her "dao"-look for the public affairs is damn funny... and she kind of enjoy doing it all the time. LOL.
on another note... i think it is quite true that in the most noisy environments, you tend to find your quieter self deep within you. okay.. not that im emo. but as i was walking around the parade square and observing some people, some form of self-reflection dashed through my mind, like my OGLing days, the cool people that i met in orientation one, purpose of studying my ass out of me and etc.
07S12
My OG. U GUYS ROCK!!! these guys are really cool and treat their OGLs real good. Wilson and Paul got posted out!!!! so unfair!!!! life being a scholar isnt that easy after all...
07S18
Not my OG, was christin's OG and her junior class. Wasnt really affiliated with them at the start, but somehow, i have this affinity with them and see them everywhere?! Let me clarify... im not stalking them. so "affinity" is the word. But this class is somewhat more fun that my OG. (sorry S12...) i dont really know the whole class, but people like Kian Hwee, Allyssa, Ai Wei, Jiehui, Jinying, Cherlyn, Felix, Wai Kit, "Polar" and Marcus are really fun and enthu people. it is really sad that Kian Hwee, Jiehui, Cherlyn and Polar got posted out. their absense is sure felt on the first day after they got posted out. Really happy that Wai Kit and Ai Wei managed to stay even though they were 5 pointers. if they got posted out... NJ like will be less fun.
Talking about Ai Wei... heard she stayed because of her A1 for English. now that is totally IMBA. A1 for english... i dont even dare to dream of it sia. give me a lot of pressure when i talk to her, like i must make sure that my grammar and expressions are correct. HAHA
Somehow.. i got an impact in their lives as well, though i wasnt really their OGL. Jiehui was telling me i should be honoured that she missed me when she was in ACJC! damn honoured sia! heard she cannot speak chinese in AC... HAHA, sad for her la...
IP.... Do i deserve NJ?
looking at S18's plight (with half of the class posted out), sparks a question in me: Do i deserve to be in NJ? i mean.. it took Ai Wei an A1 for english to stay in NJ, i seriously dont think that i can even get a B3 in O levs. For the past year, i got two A's for LA because of tyco-ness (69.5 and 69.7). Is my A equivalent to hers? I doubt so. What's more... she got her A from writing compos and doing compres. and what i did was reading off from the book for the crucible play and coming up with an ad that took much less effort that studying for a paper.
perhaps it is time for me to salvage myself and start working on my GP.
GP... Jasmine Seah, the Lara Croft of NJC
talking about GP, i really have to thank God for giving me and my GP class Jasmine Seah for GP. I think she is damn cool (well.. u cant compare her with jared...) and rocks totally. They way she teaches is rather free-styled, and encourage more discussions among us during GP. Her eccentric character is really the solution to monday blues (coz GP is the first period of the week for me) and the solution to the post-lunch syndrome on tuesdays.
umm.. dont know whether i should say this.. but Jem thinks she is kind of hot & cool.
House Affliate... sad...
Inspired after orientation 1, i decided to run for the house affliate position in class, not knowing that to be house affliate, u have got to be a class CT. Sad to say, my term in office lasted for not more than 3 months.
Okay.. i shall be honest about my feelings here. When i first heard that im going to get "kicked" out of the position, i was really sad. Sasha, HAT and Orientation one really gave me a lot of inspiration to serve for the house (only the house). No doubt the most of the inspiration came from Sasha, the house capt who is willing to die for the house (unlike Shaun Tan). I think it really hits onto people when they see a leader putting his/her life for the welfare for a group of people, and this is what i truly see as commitment and service, along with passion as well. When a leader has this level of commitment, his or her "subordinates" will be more than willing to die for her as well, even when it takes so much effort to do it. For example, when she asked for more rehearsals on the informal walk-in, people really complied and followed without questioning.
however, to be gracious, i somehow felt that i had to step down my post. firstly, i dont want to run against the wilbert and doris for the position as CT Rep as they got their positions with unanimous votes. secondly, even if i ran against them, i wont get the CT position as my class will NEVER put people like me in that position after knowing me. so what can i say? step down la, unless i want to be seen as some ass who just wants to cling onto power.
but when mr tan presented his reason why i should step down, deep down inside me, i was really angry (not angry of him... just that im angry). he said i should step down because i got a leadership position as a maths rep! Firstly, i dont see ANY leadership when it comes to being a maths rep. All i need to do was collect worksheets and chase after people for money, do u call that leadership? if i were to tell scholarship selection panel that being a maths rep makes me a leader, i think i'll kiss ANY scholarship goodbye. Secondly, i didnt run for the position of maths rep. i got the position because of luck (bad luck in this case). If people thought that i kept the position for maths rep bcause i want to extra and hiong by running for two post, then i think they misunderstood me. If i had the choice between the two positions, i will DEFINITELY drop my position as maths rep lor. but it seems to be too late...
PR or fighting for a cause?
so when a guy argues with a girl, guys are supposed to "take the blow" and be gracious to the girl. that is the Law of PR found in PR101. i dont really get that, but somehow, i was told and reprimanded to some extent for not obeying this law.
well... i dont exactly see the reason why. if logic is on your side, why cant i fight for it?
and so i went to ask around... and i got this answer: If the girl dont agree, she just dont.
being stubborn or peristent?
A lot of thing happened in this term and it seems that term 2 will be more and more work for us. SIGH... I'm tired.
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