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Memories...
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
REFLECTIONS ON ARTS O WEEK 2005......school starts for me officially tom..and i intend to use todae as a good rest day, and a day for me to reflect on O Week and Rag...before that HALO xiao xian xian!! (if you are readin this), and wah, i didnt know people like Marinos, Soph, Jackie, Michelle, and the freshman from Taupok read my blog..i m not v sure i know you guys (i wud like to though haha) but in any case, thank you all for defending Steven and Arts Club. Joey and Timmy too... :) anyway back to O Week 2005.....O Week this year was a mixture of feelings for me..frankly i didnt really enjoy myself in the O Com, and i was very angry with Xuzi for certain things. But on Sunday night he asked me out for dinner, apologized for what he had done wrong, and promised that he would learn from his mistakes. That, to me, was enough to dispel all his mistakes, because he had the courage to admit that he was wrong in certain things, and he was willing to lower his pride and mend ties with everyone in the com. I believe too, that he would learn from his mistakes and become an even stronger person after this project.At the end of the day, we are all humans and we will all make mistakes. I made many mistakes with my Arts Camp as well, but whats important is that people learn from their mistakes and not commit them again. Knowing how to forgive and forget, and not bear grudges is what will keep friendship alive. Me and suzi were both sad that work had to come between our friendship during O Week, but at the end of the day, when the moon sets and the sun rises, we are still great friends who have been thru everything since we knew each other. We all learn.On a brighter note, it was heartwarming to see the freshie councillors rise up to the occasion. This year i felt we definitely had better freshie councillors compared to last year. I had a lot a lot of fun and laughter with Satay councillors. I rem this particular dae during FIC very well, when Satay went back to LT10 to rehearse cheers and prepare for the finale night performance. The freshie councillors were so ra ra and onz on their own that all the oldies like Weiliang, me, Fangling, Leon, Yuyan, Bianca only needed to sit down at one corner and watch them. Its kinda like auto-pilot u know. We didnt have to do much anymore becoz we knew that the freshie councillors can do it on their own liao. To me, it was kinda a great feeling to have.And this was one of the reasons why i have decided to re-run..Seeing all the new freshies with so much passion in their eyes and fire in their bellies, reminds me of my own self 1 year ago. As a senior now, i feel very much to want to guide these new blood along in the right direction, to encourage them to run for MC and allow their potential to be fufilled, to train them well and do something for Arts Club in return for the wonderful FOP and memories that Arts Club has given them. It would be sad to see all this talent being untapped or simply left to languish in the Central library. There are a lot of freshies with a lot a lot of potential who i believe will become great MC members under the right guidance.I m glad that O Week '05 washed away my not-so-good memories of O Week' 04, when my previous OG all siamed and on finale night last year, i only had 4 or 5 fresh freshies, which was a personal disappointment. This kind of thing sometimes depend on luck as well, whether you get very onz freshman in yr OG, and which is some thing that is beyond the control of the O Com.I m glad to to be SARSI this year...and i love them..really.My best memory of O Week '05, there were 2 actually. The 1st one was when it was announced that SARSI won the fashion parade. Initially i was worried during the dressing up coz our OG dun seem very onz bout the event and Anders, our key model, was feeling very paiseh. I had to try my best and keep pushing them and pyschoing Anders. In the end when we won, the happiness, spirit, and bond that the OG felt was undescribable realli..it was a wonderful feeling. Just like how Rita won last year's parade with her SUPER COWGIRL performance, this kind of honour will stay with the OG for a long long time. Outsiders reading this may think that what i m writing here seems dumb, but really, you have to experience it for yourself to understand what what i m talking about.My 2nd best memory of O Week, and one of the most heartwarming moments in my life, was at the end of Finale Night, when the whole of SARSI (after being declared best Satay OG) ran down the stairs, surrounded me, and started cheering for me. I think they were afraid that i was going to cry haha but nah, i wasnt going to..It was very sweet lah realli..and i couldnt thank them enough for this. One of my biggest regrets during O Week was that i couldnt spend enough time with my OG and my house people, but i had to put O Com commitments first. i love Sarsi realli..and i know this group of people will still keep in touch and stay together even when school starts. I still believe what i believe on the first day of O Week during ice-breakers, that Sarsi is the best one out of the 16 OGs. Memories of Sentosa Day (when we went through all stations undefeated and winning everything my god!), Rush Hour, FIC, dinner at Blooies, movie outing, finale night..will all stay with me.Thank you all again, and cheers to all these new friendships!! :p
