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Hello guys! Just gonna do a super overdue but mandatory post before the month ends on all the AGMs that happened from 4th till 16th because AGM means STEPPING UP DAY! Went AGM hopping around with the council to support our other council mates.

Kicked start off with SPSU's AGM! Couldn't attend ABE's AGM because we had to do our SPSU AGM photo shoot for our AGM HAPPENING IN A FEW HOURS.

Us while waiting for our turn of the photo shoot.

 Result of our photo shoot!

Goofing around while they were trying to gather everyone for a group shot.

 

Group shot: 55th Exco with our standing committee!

 And 55th with our big three in front. :)

Cheesy-ly put, Terry Daddy's successor. Happy for him that he moved up to a VP!

And not forgetting friends who came down to lend their support......

 

 

 

Thank you all of my abangs from council for coming down despite your FYPs. Really appreciate it!!

Amir abang 4 and 5, as quoted from the rest of the abangs.

Aiman abang 2

Haiqal abang 1

Matin abang 3

Lulz. I was forced to take this act cute shot yeah....

Mandatory shot with the President yeah? Tired faces from the day though.

With some SPSU 美女们.

Proud mum with her son. So glad and happy for you and proud of you that you managed to make it into the standing committee. It wasn't easy, I know. Even prouder of you cause you were part of the OC for AGM! It was safe to say that it was a success. :)

Actually went for DMIT's AGM first but then we had to rush off to CADC's one and then MAE's one so I couldn't take photos with the DMIT and CADC people.. :'(

MAE AGM with my 3 abangs from MAE! All looking good in their formal attire and red ties. ;)

Then next up with CSCC. Well it fell on a Friday but then I had Korean classes during that period and I couldn't pon it because that means that I wouldn't have enough lessons to pon during the exam period. Yes, there is still Korean lessons going on during the mid semester test week and revision week but our Korean class test would be a week before all these dates. So it's a bit waste of time to go for Korean then. But anyhow anyway, managed to catch the end of CSCC's AGM. I SACRIFICED FRIED KOREAN CHICKEN FOR YOU ALL OK. Korean teacher invited the whole class to her language centre for some tea party. Hais. But it's okay. Goes to show that I love you all more than fried Korean chicken right. ;)

With strykers!

 

55th council who went for CSCC's.

 

Jialat the many things I had to go through to take a picture with Ray. His CSCC's members were too overwhelming already. HAHAHAH.

Next up was Sports Club's AGM on Monday! Yep. It was after the world cup and I didn't had to go to school because the Monday tutorials were made optional BUT I CAME TO SCHOOL SPECIALLY FOR YOU TWO.

 

SMA, EEE, SB and CLS all on the same day in chronological order. So we went for SMA's one and we left for EEE after Afiqah made her speech. Left for SB's after Joey finished her part during EEE's. Yay for Jingyee! So proud of her! DTRM Chapters VP, Scuba Main Comm and SPSU Exco! Then we left after Jingyee went on stage. Left for the last AGM of the academic year: CLS.

Took a picture with Afiqah before her AGM started cause had a hitch that we wouldn't be around when they finished.

CLS was so nice! They specially reserved the front two rows for the council and Benji even got us Ferrero Rocher! Heheheheh thank you so much for having us over guys!

 

A shot with Joey after CLS AGM cause EEE rushed over for CLS's AGM!

 

Random group shot to conclude the AGM season. You all did great guys!

So Poly60 on the 30th of July? Well could only say that I was disappointed at how a lot of the helper referees(..?) were biased towards us just because we said we were from SPSU. Shall not go into details since what's over is over and not really thatttt upset about it so there's no need to harp on it.

Special thanks to Marcus and Pavan for their constant encouragement even though the team's morale was down when the unhappiness happened but they kept pushing us to complete what we started. And I think that's something to learn from them. And also really appreciative of how they and Weizhang kept telling me I could do it when I kept doubting myself. They made me less stressed when they said it was okay to complete 700m in 10minutes since we're not doing it for the timing. I expected myself to take about 7 minutes-ish for 700m but in the end, I actually took 3+ minutes only!

Nonetheless, really proud of all of you all that we completed 55 rounds for the 55th Exco of SPSU! We didn't even start with 12 runners and then still ended the run with 7 because some were just fed up with the unfairness and didn't want to continue further. But all 7 of us ran the last round together as a whole and it felt that 55 rounds was more meaningful to us than 60 rounds, and not as if we participated to win some title.

And thank you to all the council members, SPSU seniors and my standing comm who cheered on us while we were running! So sweet of you guys!! Juveno using a loud hailer to shout "baik Hui En" behind me while I was running... a little unnecessary and embarrassing but it was so funny when he did that. HAHAHAHA.

Really low quality photo. But meh. Love you all still.

Life, as it is.

Hello friends it has been so long since I last updated this dead blog of mine. Seems like I have been posting entries only once or twice a month. Mainly due to the fact that I have been really busy with school and I return home so tired that I'll be lazy to type out here. But I guess it isn't that bad to take time out once in a while and pen type down my thoughts right?

The whole talk about the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Actually supported Argentina all the way ever since they made it to the quarter finals. While the whole world doubted them and some even saying it was a feat for them to even reach the quarter finals, look where they fought up till. They made it to the finals. And even though they didn't manage to clinch the champion titles, I think they have really came a long way and I think they do deserve all the recognition they're receiving. And then this got me reminded of someone once saying "Being first is more important. Who remembers the second anyway? Maybe their friends and families, but anyone other than the first are destined to be washed and faded away, forgotten by the world."

It is this automated strife to be the first so competitively that denies the emotions we feel, that makes us human. Focusing only on being the best. Okay, so say you're the best. Now what? What are you going to do with your life next? No doubt your name will be marked in history, but your name will just merely be a name unless you are able to do something more that makes your title for first to be more than just a name but with a story. And a story that changed people's lives. Isn't it how the way the world is now?

They just want to be the first, "because no one remembers the second", "because first is the best", but at the end of the day, what is the true value of being the first? That would really depend on the individual himself. What if you become the first after much obstacles and in your journey to be the first, you forget your initial innocent noble dreams, your initial pure untainted passion. You finally got to be the first, the best, will you finally realised that all these while what you've been chasing after were as good as catching air? Because you've only been so fixated on being the best, you neglect the rest of the other things that life has to offer you, but it is only when you're done with being the best that you then realised you've lost so much more than you've gained by being the first? Will you still think that the pursue for being the first just to be remember is worth it?

What is wrong with being the second if you've tried your best? What if you weren't meant to be the first because if you were, being weak in the flesh that we humans are, we start getting complacent and let pride over take our initial humility? Is then being the second still "not good"?

Now don't get me wrong here, I am in no way condemning the strife to being the best. But instead, I think people who pursue to be the best just because of the fame, honour or glory the title gives fail to see the value behind the other little things that life has to offer to them. I don't find fault in trying to be the first when a purpose is behind the motive. Be the first so I can make my parents proud of me. Be the first so I can prove to people that it's not that difficult; if I can do it, they can too. Be the first so that I can be a better person through the process. In all we do, there should be a nobler and higher purpose because we are after all, human. What makes us different from circus animal when we just aim to be the best for all those fame, honour or glory? No difference.

At the end of the day, it'll be your loss when you take time to relook into your priorities and realising the many things you have missed out while being so charmed by the illusive pursue of being the first and the best. So rather than asking yourself what you want, why not asking yourself what is most important to you? Maybe that is when you'll realise that you have been blinded by the world's pressure and influence that what you currently want may not be what is truly important to you.

Council Camp 2014!

About two thirds of the holidays were eaten up by SPSU and council. BUT NO REGRETS AT ALL. Holidays is not about touching homework. I've slogged a good share for my exams so I don't wanna touch any kind of school work during the holidays as far as possible.

Whole of first week was taken up by the interview and then spring cleaning on Friday. The second week was my only non-school related activities week but went to see the doctor, helped out in VBS, went back school twice to sign some documents. So only was left about 2-3 days spent nua-ing at home. OH MYYYYY. I didn't get to bake. So sad. Then the third week was council camp and then acer training. So drained, honestly. But feeling really great.

Some nice pictures I managed to dig out.

Second day in the morning. Racoon circle was a really fun game. Did outdoor cooking and managed to light a fire with a flint striker. During the practice round it took me sooooo long to do it man. Even after when Ray helped me so much, I still couldn't light the flame and he started bursting into laughter. BUT, I still managed to light a fire after much help from Ray ya. HAHAHAHAHA. Then later there was this light fire competition which required two guys and two girls. But apparently the girls in my group couldn't start a fire at all during the practice session so they sent me. CRAZYYYY. I managed to start a fire cause Ray helped me a little. All by my own?! LOL. Maybe even 1h later you'll still see me scraping off the magnesium off the stick man. BUT HEY I DID IT THIS TIME WITHOUT THE HELP OF ANYONE AFTER 10 MINUTES INTO THE COMPETITION!! Round of applause for HuiEn please. Some guys couldn't even do it. :P -proud show off moment-

First paintball experience! Didn't get shot by any pellets. -victory hand sign-

1³, also known as one cube OR one cute. HAHAHAHA. Group shot before we sent our team in for the final stage. AND WE WON YAR. Played twice and I managed to no get shot during those two games. Yayyy.

Went water trekking and water abseiling for the third day. Wasn't the first time I did water trekking but this time was slightly different from the other time I did it in sec 3 at Kota Tinggi. This time we were trekking up a lake(?) There were times we had to climb up rocks and even did bouldering. The guys were really nice to make sure all the girls were fine and alright. Special shout out to Amir, Benji and Matin for constantly keeping a look out for me. Thank you guys!

Now, water abseiling was something I have never attempted before in my whole life. BUT COME ON, there's the word "water" there. Should be really fun yeah. When I first saw the two waterfall routes I went... Oh my gosh... how am I gonna do this man. The route with more water was obviously more slippery. But the other route was as good as a tangent line going up vertically. It was that steep.

Victory shot with Jingyee's GoPro after I conquered the waterfall behind me! Trust me to say that the waterfall was much much steeper in real life. Probably it is due to the wide lens on the Go Pro that made it look so gentle. When you look up directly from the bottom of the waterfall, no joke man I tell you. Went up feeling nervous and excited but enjoyed the whole process. Any idea how much I love these kind of adventurous stuffs even though I may look weak or complain at the slightest dirty? HAHAHAHA.

Since our group was the first one to start hence first to finish, we had a suuuuuper long break. Reached back the campsite at 345 but they said dinner would be served at 630. We had the luxury to take our time and slowly bathe, rinse our dirty clothes, had two rounds of ice cream and even sit down in a circle and chit chat, talking about our lives AND TAKE A GREAT NAP. Then at 630 they said that the other groups were not quite done yet and dinner wasn't quite ready yet so it was adjourned to 730. More break time! Arguably one of the best days in camp cause we were really comfortable with each other already and we had so much break time as a group that we were able to talk to each other in a not so formal setting cause all of us were lying down in a circle.

 It was totally unplanned when we all wore Doneska shirts together. Therefore, a picture together is a must.

 4am prank on the males to carry on the council tradition. Went full force all out on Terry Daddy when I decided to give him a full powder bath from literally head to toe. So much prickly heat that I think I finished whatever was left in Natalyn's bottle on him... which was probably one third of the whole bottle.

STRYKERS FROM COUNCIL CAMP!

 Bus on the way for lunch en route Singapore!

 

 The group who opted for malay hawker food instead of Mary Brown's. 

 And on the way back to Singapore, the last few moments together.

Apparently my group love to make fun of my voice cause they think it's really high pitched, so much so until Amir influenced the bus to do it too. What a great leader yar. Do you sense the sarcasm there. But more annoyingly cause Amir was sitting behind me, so he and Haiqal mimicked what ever I said. Haiyooooo. Annoying, but I love you abangs still.

Also special shout out to all the different people who offered to do the dishes for me after every single meal even though I declined your help but you all still snatched my plate and cutlery away replying me that “这种事是给男人做的。” Bringing gentlemanliness to a whole new level. I would say even more than the guys in SPSU even though SPSU guys are great too.

Have learnt a lot from the camp even though I was greatly disappointed in the beginning that we weren't going Telunas and it wasn't going to be a retreat but an adventure camp instead. But it was a really enriching experience there because I was able to look at how the seniors lead and get to see how different kind of leadership styles work with a different group of people. And really, they are one bunch of thinking people... something I have to learn to do more. It got me thinking how can someone be so good a leader that by just through stepping up and taking lead, everyone just follows suit. What is that something in him that makes people willingly or even want to be led by him?

And another more significant takeaway from the camp was me was to be appreciative of even the littlest things that people do for you. Even though the service you buy from others may not be of good quality or people are paid to do a certain job for you, it is still good to be appreciative to whoever that does the job for you, even if it may be just a simple thank you return.

Got to know a lot more people and the camp really bonded us a lot. Glad to have met each and everyone of you all. No doubt this was one of the best camp I have attended so far because of every single one of you guys who decided to attend the camp, especially Strykers and One Cube. It was just different from every other school camps because usually the group would take at the very least a whole day to get comfortable with each other. But we synergised so well that it only took us one game together to get us warmed up with each other.

And lastly, here's to much more 55th moments with you guys. ♥