y muz u ppl keep saying tat we ar not doing anyting?? i simply dun understand.. its not like we didt contribute anyting to the college.. yes, sometimes even i myself hav to agree tat we do seem slack n mis-behave.. but dere ar times tat we need rest too.. n it seems to happen tat u ppl saw tis side of us most of the time..
its not tat we cant accept criticism or so, in fact, we will be more than glad to sit down n listen to them.. but wad? all we received so far ar juz negative comments.. yes, dere ar pioneers tat do support us, or at least make contructive comments abt us.. as in pin-point exactly where our fault or so.. wad the point making a big fuss by juz saying "sc sucks" or redundant.. nothing is going to change for the better by such comments, instead more misunderstandings n unhappiness will be kept within.. i hav friendz tat do not reali like sc to the core, but at least they do show some minimal form of respect by voicing out our errors politely.. we ar 17/18 yr old adults, should its time we start to tolk rationally??
wateva the case, in my term throughout council, i noe many ppl of different background, characters etc, n i do not hav anyone seriously anti-sc to the core.. if u condsider the pioneers not cheering wif us during the rugby finals as a fine example of anti-council, so be it.. no matter wad, they will still be ppl cheering wif us for the rugby.. i dun understand y muz the anti-council sentiments muz be brought from pj to home team academy n be presented in front of the jj, sa, rj n even our fellow pioneers.. i dun feel anyting pround by doing tat.. isnt the intention to cum down all the wae juz to support the rugby?? tat probably y the cheering culture never started in pj all along..
i muz sae tat though the negative comments n strong criticism ar mentioned, tis do implies tat dere ar or many pioneers ar not reached out by us.. guess becox we ar unable to cater to the whole college.. im not saeing tat the college cannot do wifout us, in fact the hse exco ar doing a gd job now.. but time is needed to build up college spirit n culture.. wifout tat, i personally find it hard to be attached to pj, let alone pioneer students to support sc..
we ar not expecting the sudden amount of support thrown to us by the college, im juz hope tat we can practise mutual respect among one another.. if one has a heart filled wif hatrated toward others, no matter how much the other party does toward u will definately seem as redundant.. yes, tis do happen in me too toward my frienz too n im practicing hard to control myself from tinking in tis wae..
its olso saddening to hear tat sc was the last choice among us when its cum to choosing cca, tat y the qualities ar so bad or so.. but to tell u, many of us hav our own individual ccas b4 entering council.. dere ar councilors who were in pj sports where some made it into sch team, some ar invited to join the performing art ccas, some were in clubs like odac or so, dere ar even a few tat hav their own external ccas like ncc or fencing.. im not saeing tat we regret joing council or so, but all these ccas above ar interesting n enriching.. who would wan to give them up for council?? yar rite, for better testimonial.. if working for juz a better testimonial would be the only push factor sufficient enough to help us endure the past one yr of hardship n stress, i bet council would hav cease to exist few months after investiture..
to tell the truth, i was invited to join choir after orientation becoz i used to be president of choir in my sec sch.. i turned it down almost instantly.. i got into odac after jae orientation n i seriously enjoyed myself wif the fellow odacians, but still the week b4 the induction camp tat im definately a true odacian, i pulled out.. not becoz im freaking out or cant take the hardship of odac trainning.. in fact i luv treking n hiking, but i noe tat is not wad i wan for the rest of my jc life in pj.. i was too offered the post of hse exco, but yar, turn down again.. here, u can see tat i was offered abundant of opportunities tat i could enjoy in many aspects than council.. not tat testimonial is going to be SOOO MUCH MORE attractive, but the experiences tat i received was much more enriching.. i get to noe friendz not only in choir, odac or hse exco, but even more like netball, touch rugby, volleyball, takewondo, humanities club, chinese orchestra, band, sci n tech club, dance, mindsport, art society, chinese cultural society, ava n more.. the circle of frienzs i had is definately much bigger b4 i came into pj..
as for cheering, will u hav cum out to cheer for ccas i mentioned above??? though we didt not manage to cheer for every single cca, i bet we ar indeed trying to start a new culture here in pj, the same culture tat rj n sajc ar expriencing now.. do pioneers look forward to enjoy such bonds n friendships?? yes i do.. but if dere is no one to even initiate it, when ar we going to?? ar we going to let every single competition participated by pioneers supported by their cca-mates or fellow classmates for future to cum?? we ar not going to progress anywhere tis wae.. im fine wif the comment tat we didt cheer veri well for the rugby boys match.. tat is one comment tat i do take in n accept.. council doing insufficient during our term, yep i agree.. we hesitatiated alot during our 1st half of ur term n it do cost us dearly.. tat where i guarantee everyone out dere i will do my veri best to mentor the 7th council, n ensure tat they do not commit the same mistakes as we did.. all i need is ur support toward the 7th..
rite now, im focusing on mainly on gradnite com.. i hope tat dae tat i n joseph made the presentation on it manages to impress majority of u ppl.. i dun noe y tis yr response is pretty gd, probably becoz our cohort is bigger tis yr.. no matter wad, im not going to be complacent abt tis n my fellow com-mates will do our veri best to make gradnite a success.. (who would wan to wreck their own gradnite?) i can only promise tat gradnite would be a true success provided tat everyone works together closely.. in a wae, everyone plays a role in the planning stage of gradnite.. no point having the best entertainment com, the best door gifts n lucky draw, the best hotel for gradnite.. the audience, us, plays the biggest role for tis event.. i sincerely wish tat we can enjoy our last moment wif the college-mates together b4 we take off n steer toward our individual goals.. veri soon we will be singing our college song in tears on 29th of nov in swissotel.. hopefully more pioneers will join tis memorable event before gradnite.. now im try to convince rongxiang to join gradnite.. i hope tat fellow pioneers will convince their friendz too join join gradnite if they haven..
i hav been troubled by issues regarding council since i stepped into it.. n i i dun tink i will be able to stop worrying abt it either after i step down.. no matter wad, i wish the 7th the best in wadeva they do..
tml is a veri hectic dae.. hav to go college for math lesson, den gradnite meeting, den break dance practise.. guess my jc life is not going to be simplier for the time being.. seriously worried abt my studies.. still not doing much studying for now..
yesterdae, im disgusted by one of my classmate action.. we were playing bball in college, n there were other friendz dere too.. at one moment of the game, my classmate was pushed n he held grudges abt it.. the game ended up in a short fight among them.. cant understand y ppl cant hold their emotion.. tis classmates im referring to always make fun n is insentive toward others, yet he himself cant tolerate it.. tat probably how human work..
nootka outing tis sun.. going to esplanade to eat.. tink its going to be a gd exp for everyone.. quite some time since we last had a gd gathering.. tis time response is pretty gd too.. 12 out of 17 ar cuming.. will b long b4 we going to gather together.. heard tat og26 ar organising a outing too.. pretty surprised tat they ar still keeping contact wif one another.. kk.. time to go ya.. chaoz..
the veri 1st time nootka gathers together during ogl camp (27th-29th of dec)
