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Memories...

Friday, March 31, 2006
i love the movie Hitch featuring Will Smith haha. A lot of things which the Date Doctor preaches about dating and Men are very true in real life. :)


Was thinking about it the past few weeks actually..Had people who approached me to run for the Union Exco next term..I was honoured, and gave it serious thought. Discussed with a few friends..


But I finally made up my mind last week to decline the offer. And i m happy about my decision. :)

I thought about why i ran for Arts Club for the past 2 years..and realize i just cannot feel the same amount of passion elsewhere now..And i thrive on passion. Without it, i am not myself, and i cant go the extra mile.

i thought about my old friends..whom i have promised to myself that i ll spend more time with after i step down. Old friends in 26th oac, in 25th MC, and so many many others.

I thought about my studies..i might still go for Honours, but i might still graduate after 3 years as well. As funny as it might sound, i do wish to have more time for my studies in future. i really love studying Political Science, and i have a lot of passion for it. Sometimes i do wish that i could spend more time reading more on it, expanding my academic horizons.

I thought about finally leading a normal university student's life for once. :) More freedom, less worries, more time to exercise, more time to jog, swim, hit the gym, hit the beach, play soccer, bridge, mahjong, dota? (haha)..More time to work and earn more, more time to learn bartending.

I thought about the Club i love..the 26th and the affiliates, who ll still be around next yr as seniors..i thought about the 27th MC and the 27th President (regardless who he or she might be..)..I thought about the seniors who ll be graduating..Riddy..Steven..Joey..Timmy..Yaozhong..Kevin Wee..and possibly Diana Baby..Ning ning..Junie..Gracie..Peipei.Ivan k?...i ll be very sad when these friends, such permanent fixtures in the clubroom and who have contributed so much all these years, graduate and leave. I want to stay and be a fellow "guardian" of the club just like how riddy, steven, diana baby, ning ning were even though they have stepped down. I can stay tog with other oldies such as beng and jasmine to give advice to the new batch of leaders..to help settle down the new com and new freshmen if needed..

I thought about how i can still contribute to the society or the student community despite not being in Union. 1 of my dreams since i came Uni was to join a YEP trip to China..in fact i actually went thru the interviews for the trip in year 1, haha, but coz in e end i joined arts club and was busy during the holidaes..hence i couldnt go..i have seen many of my friends who have wonderful YEP memories..and i wish to complete this little dream of mine before i graduate :) And to add on to my excitement, chun kiat has promised to go tog with me as well haha..

I thought about you too..even though i hate to admit it..haha...


And having made up my mind to retire, i have experienced a sense of inner peace and happiness the past week, which i havent experienced for a long long time...And i enjoy that feeling :> it has made me more relaxed, jovial, and crappy haha..just like old times..

just like very old times.. :)



Tuesday, March 28, 2006
sitting at the clubroom table now..at 3 am..munching on gummi bears given to me by little india..listening to nice old sentimental songs..watching clement black sleeping blissfully on e couch..preparing for my tutorial presentation later..thinking of lotsa stuff..

pumped myself up with 2 big packets of coffee just now..enough caffeine to blast me till 2 pm later i hope.


Close-com meeting just now..hmm..me and chun kiat use to say..sometimes oms seem to throw up more questions than answers to us..


Nevertheless..the com has come far..and we have just completed half of our journey. It has been a personal tough 7 months for me, possibly the toughest period of my life..didnt get a break at all after FOP 2005 as i had to plan ahead and form the new MC..then rop and elections, with so much in my mind..settling the com down, esp when it was so fragile in the beginning..guiding them foward, often into the unknown..struggles within myself, esp the eternal questions which every president has to face, and which only presidents will understand...getting used to criticisms from almost everybody in the world..getting used to people throwing u bad news 24/7..getting used to being wakened up every morning by some call..getting used to making unpopular but necessary decisions..getting used to people misunderstanding you...mending ties with the relevant bodies..working at insane hours to make sure i have sufficient spare cash..

But like i said so many times before, watching the com grow, each and every single one of them..including my 2 fellow lao laos bobsie and rayner..makes everything worth it :)

watching a new generation of freshies coming in for FOP will make everything worth it as well..

The 1st 7 months of any president's term is always the toughest..for he has nothing at the start, only words, dreams and visions, and lives in the shadow of the former president. I am so happy and glad that i have lived thru these 7 months, and learned so many things in this time period, esp about myself. Sometimes i have to reach into the depths of my deepest reserves to draw strength, and having survived these 7 months has taught me that i can survive thru any other thing thrown at me..positive that at e end of my term, that new strength gained will be even more solidified, and make me even more fearless and confident.


The time has now come for the young ones to step foward. And step foward they must, for they are the future. Time for them to raise the bar to a higher level, to assert themselves more, to step out of their comfort zone, take up more responsibilites than they ever had, and to apply what they have learnt from the past 6 months, for FOP. They may not see it now, but they will need all the lessons learnt, be it consciously or sub-consciously, for the last lap of our journey. And should they re-run 1 day, they ll need all these experience to guide the 27th along. And one dae they ll see for themselves, why certain decisions are made this way, and that being a good senior or exco is far easier said than done. It is easy to criticize and pinpoint decisions or mistakes, but far harder and challenging to make them when u re in the same shoes yourselves. And to make the necessary decisions to balance the dynamics of the com makes things even harder.


Time for me to take a step into the background as well, and let the young ones shine :) just make sure things are running smoothly and clear up any mess behind the scenes..i had my own FOP memories as a organizer, time for them to carve out theirs...

I surf for inspirational leadership quotes frequently..and to my delight, i found this refreshing one by Lao-Tzu, which is so different and unique from almost all e other quotes:


"To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate. When the best leader's work is done the people will say, "We did it ourselves". "


This quote gave a new meaning and target for myself, for the second half of my term till i step down. It kept me thinking and thinking just now, and i realize i want to give a shot at this target.

Becoz i strive to be the best form of leader.

Honor, praise, fear, and hatred leadership, i have all experienced it at some point of my life, esp during my term in jc 26th oac.

But this last one, i wanna give it a go, and see whether i can attain it....before i retire and live a normal peaceful student's life.



Monday, March 27, 2006
in the midst of a lect now (shocking right haha), a lect in which i am unimpressed by the lecturer, who happens to be my tutor..hah. If i am not impressed by someone, i find it hard to listen to him or her.

No offence to anyone, but thank god i m a PS major and not a History major.


I need a new waist pouch..anyone wanna buy me one? HAHAHAHHAA..

Just rem this morning when i woke up that i have a tutorial presentation tom (which i havent start at all). Haha, but i m not worried bout it at all. In fact, i m having 2 term tests and 3 essays in the coming 2 weeks. I guess i am suppose to be gan chiong bout it but i dun feel anything at all.

After much thinking recently, I discover that i truly thrive on last min adrelaine-pumping action for my studies, for the past 22 years of my existence. PSLE, Sec 2 streaming papers, O Levels, A Levels, NUS modules for 1st 4 sems...i am not the kind of student who will constantly study or maintain readings during the normal semester, but i gear my energy towards what is necessary to score.

My own system has served me well for all these years, so why change a winning formula? :p


Looking foward to close-com meeting later... :)


Disturbing remarks from a politician...

nuff said.



Sunday, March 26, 2006
its a different feeling seeing my grandfather's altar at home, and seeing his tomb personally at lim chu kang cemetary..i guess that is one the true meaning of qing1 ming2 jie2...


saw his picture on the tomb..and realize how much i miss him..and also realize that its been wow..almost 12 years since he passed away in november 1994...

As i was telling one of my friends last week, i believe very strongly that my grandfather has always been around me, protecting me with his spirit, even though he may have passed away so long ago...he was a very gentle and heart-warming grandfather, who dotes on my siblings and i..despite his tranquil exterior, i could always sense an aura of toughness in him..esp since he escaped from china during world war 2 into singapore..he and my mum helped to raise my sis, bro, and i when we were young, and when my father was not around..further explains my respect for him....

haha..and i still can recall fondly..how when i was a kid..he wud give me 50 cents everydae..which i wud happily take and trot down to e groceries shop below..and buy packets of bee bee and sea weed (each only cost 10cents)..sometimes i wud save up e 50 cents, and then "splurge" it on a packet of potato chips and yakult! (total $1) haha..

Coz my mum was always outside working very hard to raise us, so only left my grandfather at home to take care of us..thus when i wanted to go out and play with my neighbourhood friends, i had to seek his permission first. Most of the time, he ll gently allowed me to go..on days when he was in a bad mood, he wouldnt..and i would be upset and cry..haha..then i ll choose strategic times to ask him for permission..eg when his old friend comes over for coffee, which means he ll be occupied and be in a good mood..thats when the likelihood of allowing me to go out is higher haha..(heh little did he know also that, the company i was mixing with, involved many individuals who ll rise to become gangster lords in my neighbourhood. I m serious..till today, i count my blessings that despite my tough childhood, i didnt go on the stray path which many of my childhood friends did..but sometimes, even they couldnt control their destiny, largely due to the influence of their family background)

So i guess in a way, my grandfather taught me to be tough since young..sometimes he ll share with me a lot of his past stories..but often, i could not comprehend fully coz he could only speak in dialect..if he was alive today, i ll definitely ask him a lot of my contemporary chinese politics module stuff..and about the history of Singapore and China politics..

My grandfather tried to teach me a lot of things too..but i was always a notti and rebellious kid when i was young..so i refuse to learn a lot of stuff..and sometimes when he comes to sit by my bed, admiring my well-being, or just the fact that he could still see me, or tried to touch my forehead..i ll ignore him, or pretend to be asleep, or look away irritatedly..i know..i can be really nasty when i was a kid..and sometimes, i ll even curse him behind his back...something which i have never forgiven myself since his funeral 12 years ago...something which, will be my eternal sin and regret which i ll carry with me for the rest of my life as a form of punishment...i can only hope to say that i did not mean what i said and cursed about him back then..coz i was realli only a pri skool kid..and did not mean a lot of things i said...

Back then, i always have dinners with my grandfather..he ll always put his right leg on a stool when eating, something which has passed on to me back at home haha (or so my mum says..)

He also told me this 1 thing which i have kept with me till this todae.. 1 night he called my sis, bro and me into his room...and he told us that should we ever hear this scratching sound, run for our lives, and as far as we could....thats why i always feel that in a way, he ll always be around, protecting my siblings and i...

My grandfather's passing away was a major turning point in my life, and helped to shape the lives of my bro, sis, and i..i guess in a way, we figured out the best way to repay our debt to him for bringing us up, is to lead our lives responsibly, happily, and care for our respective own families next time..to learn from his toughness, wisdom, and experience..coming up from a broken family is not easy, and i ll never want my son next time to go thru what i have experienced..i want my children and grandchildren to experience the kind of family love which i never had when i was a kid.


Dearest Ah Gong, i want you to know that i still remember you, and you ll forever have a special place in my heart. Without you, i ll never have been the man that i am todae. I hope u are proud of me, and will continue to be proud of me, becoz i am so proud of u, and u are the greatest grandfather in the world.

I love u. And may u continue to find peace, and watch kor kor, jie jie, and me grow up.


wah piang i realize how misleading my blog entries can be to certain people..as i have said many times before, to some of my friends and readers, my blog entries doesnt necessarily have to be targetted at anyone k..many a times, i blog a lot of my random and ambigiuous thoughts down, esp when i feel like it...so clarify with me if ya not sure instead of jumping to conclusions k..oredi todae i have received a few msgs from people who thought my entries were aimed at them..hmmm dun wanna cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.


:) had a nice chat with an old friend yest afternoon..i always like to listen to him, becoz he is a lot of what i am not, while i am a lot of what he is not..so when we talk, we often share alternative perceptions and values..But yet we often understand how each other feel as well, coz we ve been in each other's shoes..And there is a warm sense of mutual respect between us..To this wise friend, what i wanna say is that i consider myself really lucky to know someone like u! :p

didnt sleep last night coz i went to work..and going to sweep my grandfather's tomb in a short while..thats why i choose to stay awake instead..it can be hard to wake me up sometimes haha..



Friday, March 24, 2006
i am perturbed indeed.

Liu Bei once spent 3 visits to recruit Zhuge Liang, and everytime he was filled with utmost sincerity. Zhuge Liang could have chosen a peaceful life, but decided to devote his cause to Liu Bei becoz he believe in what Liu wanted to do. He believed in Liu's vision, his plans, and his ideas.

I may be no Zhuge Liang, but if u do not even have the basic sincerity, to me, u are no liu bei.

You are just another Cao Cao, keen on devouring the entire kingdom and being the emperor, but masking it behind pretensions.


- "There can be many kings, but there can only be one emperor."


Those of u who havent watched MUNICH yet, go catch it before it ends. It realli is a great and disturbing show! Steven Spelbierg is really a fantastic director.

I even went to check the real details of the events..and the movie has followed quite accurately the real facts..

A great movie leaves u thinking about deeper issues..that is what makes it enthralling and disturbing...


For those who are going to miss this movie, go get the vcd or dvd yeah..wont regret wan..and highly recommended for all PS and History majors! :)

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The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September – a group within Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization.

The hostage-takers eventually murdered 11 Israeli athletes, nine of them during a botched German rescue attempt, and one German police officer. Five of the eight kidnappers were also killed by police during the rescue attempt, with the three captured surviving hostage-takers later being released by Germany following the hijacking of a Lufthansa airliner.

In response to the attack, Israel planned and carried out the killings of a number of individuals who were said to have been responsible. Although it was believed that two of the three surviving hostage-takers were killed as part of these reprisals, some recent evidence appears to indicate otherwise.

Simon Reeve wrote that the Munich massacre was one of the most significant terror attacks of recent times, one that "thrust the Palestinian cause into the world spotlight, set the tone for decades of conflict in the Middle East, and launched a new era of international terrorism"

The Israeli mission later became known as Operation Wrath of God or Mivtza Elohim. Reeve quotes General Aharon Yariv — who, he writes, was the general overseer of the operation — as stating that after Munich the Israeli government felt it had no alternative but to exact justice:

"We had no choice. We had to make them stop, and there was no other way ... we are not very proud about it. But it was a question of sheer necessity. We went back to the old biblical rule of an eye for an eye ..."

"I approach these problems not from a moral point of view, but, hard as it may sound, from a cost-benefit point of view. If I’m very hard-headed, I can say, what is the political benefit in killing this person? Will it bring us nearer to peace? Will it bring us nearer to an understanding with the Palestinians or not?"

"..In most cases I don’t think it will. But in the case of Black September we had no other choice and it worked. Is it morally acceptable? One can debate that question. Is it politically vital? It was."

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Vengeance can blind people indeed.



Thursday, March 23, 2006
i m furious.

People who know me well knows that i have a severe dislike for people who dun learn from their mistakes.

If u continue to persist in your own ways of doing things as u like, u will drag down a lot of people into trouble.


Good luck then.



Tuesday, March 21, 2006
"He who seeks rest finds boredom....He who seeks work finds rest."

- unknown



Indeed.



Monday, March 20, 2006
ANYTHING THAT DOESNT KILL YOU MAKE YOU STRONGER....


time flies..really..before i know it..the semester of projects 's almost gone..started with bash 1, recruitment drive 2, then bike quest, CNY visits, V-Dae Bazaar, Food Hunt, Arts Bazaar, Blogfest, Arena, Games Fiesta, Beach Volleyball, Arts Quiz, Open House, Arts Vital, ISIS flea market, hatters, Gala Dinner, ended with a bang by Futsal..in between still have various issues of Insomn and marketing to handle...plus FOP planning..

and before i know it..close com meeting for the sem s coming..


when i woke up on sundae afternoon (had went to work after futsal on sat, but left halfway coz i couldnt take the fatigue and pain in my leg)...it was probably the 1st time in 6 months, e 1st time since i re-run, to have gotten such a peaceful sleep...and woken up by myself instead of being disturbed by some call or msg requiring my attention..

everydae when i woke up, immediately i ask myself what needs to be done for e dae and week..and for the coming project..for instance, just last sundae i was woken up by Mr Quek from AH about Arts Vital..and once i woke up i started worrying bout Arts Vital, ISIS dinner's attendance rate, and futsal no of teams..

but yesterdae..yesterdae when i woke up, therent any such worries on my mind at all..i felt, for e 1st time in a while..like a normal person again..free of responsibilties and worries..it was a peaceful and tranquil kind of feeling for me..something which i really really havent experience for a long long time....


glad that in the end, ISIS ended on a great note..i was xian though, that i didnt get to take a pic with my com at all..coz i had to attend to the guests..part of my job..thank you yan yan, diana baby, ning ning, junie, jingyi, and all who have helped isis in 1 way or another.. :) was really happy to receive a personal email from our Dean Prof Tan after the dinner..Prof Shandre had conveyed to him how well the dinner went..and i m really glad that finally, the efforts of this batch of 26th Arts Club mc as well as all our affiliates and friends have been recognized..

and it was not just our Dean who have acknowledged..friends, acquitances, officials from OSA, NUSSU friends, Arts Club seniors, even the general public..have given me a lot of positive comments, feedback and encouragement on the efforts of the Club..thank you all who are reading this blog right now for all yr support for the Club...each and every single one of u played a part...


Thank you all for making my dreams come true.


Got involved in a bike accident with yuimin on fri night coz of a stupid van driver..my left leg 's filled with bad abrasions but i m fine...was just very very upset that i had given min min a bad experience..and maybe caused her never to want to sit on a bike again..the incident affected me a lot actually but i think i hide it very well from the rest of the world..signs that i can keep things to myself better now i guess..? :) the incident explains why despite my injuries, i still wanted to play in futsal. I took an overdose of painkillers actually..and in the end i couldnt feel any pain in my leg. I just wanted to let go of all my frustrations, distract myself...and participate like a normal player..

6 more months to go... :) and fop. Boy am i excited..



Thursday, March 16, 2006
The sight of u makes me sick. I m serious.



Wednesday, March 15, 2006
i was telling diana the other dae...

i got my thank-you dinner speech all planned out inside my head liao!! Haha..i also dunno whether thats a good or not...

i rem last yr's thank you dinner..before i stepped up..was so busy and tired that i didnt have enough time to think properly of my speech..and i was still busy scribbling outside the lift lobby 10 minutes before the dinner started haha...


in another few hours time, it ll be Arts Vital..one of my little dreams which is coming true again..When we first stepped up, there was no clear vision of this event actually happening..but i m so glad its coming to reality..esp with it combined with heart check courtesy of Singapore Heart Foundation..I fought so hard to book these 3 dates at the forum and to convince various parties at all external levels to give this project a shot..


Really a project to give something back to the Arts students and staff..And i really hope people will come down for this event. After all, its free.

Excited.

And isis dinner to wrap up the projects. Really hope to see all the old seniors come back and have a relaxing dinner with us..


And then futsal..to end the semester with a bang. Was talking to riddy last week..futsal open was his vision when he was in 23rd..couldnt materialise then..we had the first ever one during 25th..and now, the scale of the event have been upped again..and having it at the Cage..We could even be featured by espn according to bobby todae..exciting man..

This is one example of what i mean by building up year by year..The hardest projects to organize will always be those which are carried out for the first time..for the simple fact that there are no past records, minutes, experience, people who have been thru it, advisors to fall back on....CAC took some years to build up Funkamania to what it is todae..so did Science Club which also took years to build up TalentQuest..



The Club must always keep going foward.


Quote of the Day:


"There can be many kings, but there can only be one emperor."



Tuesday, March 14, 2006
hmmm...i felt strangely lethargic todae..could it be an effect of panadol withdrawal symptoms as what xiao hong said..? Or maybe coz i woke up facing down on the bed, contributing to a bad sleep..?

todae's contemporary chinese politics tutorial got me thinking..and i couldnt help but discuss with jianwu and alvin..why is it that Mao Zedong was so ruthless in purging his political opponents, even former friends and confidants in his own party..liu shaoqi..lin biao..deng xiaoping...how is that he changed into such a person...or is it becoz he had been this kind of person all along??

(Note that i cant answer these questions yet coz i havent touch any readings yet haha)


Lord Acton once said in in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887:

'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.'

The latter half of this statement is of coz more controversial, but the earlier half is interesting isnt it?


haha..thats why i m a Political Science major..the concept of power has always intrigued me...coz i really feel that its so relevant in our everyday's lives..at home, in school, at work, everywhere..and i m a person who believes in power as the basic unit of life (yesh i know even though a lot of people and other majors disargee)..


DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DECISIONS......


Everyday, i make tons of decisions. Out of say 100, if let say i get even 1 wrong, it irks me a lot..but then, life goes on, and sometimes there isnt much time to regret..just learn from it, and move on.

The hardest thing about making tough decisions is thinking of the consequences involved, which means you have to think not just 2, 3 steps ahead, but 10 steps ahead, esp as a President. Sometimes there might be short term pain or unhappiness caused as a result of yr decisions, but u have to look beyond that to the long term, and to the big picture. And quite often u do not have the luxury of time to explain yr rationale to every single person..

2 decisions are in my mind as i am writing this..Both are something which i have not experienced so far in my exciting university life..1 is whether to stay in hall..coz i dun wanna go thru my entire university life without even staying 1 sem in hall..haha, prob is the money though. And also coz i have my trusted bike oredi..hmm

The other 1 is a much much bigger decision. Very very important to me as it ll alter significantly the future...And this is 1 thing i foresee which ll be in the back of my mind for some time to come


Anyway, what a week the past one has been!! ISIS Hatters, Games Fiesta, Arts Quiz, Arena, Openhouse..5 projects in 1 week! How rare is that man...

And 3 more coming this week..

Was hoping for a peaceful short rest todae..after a terrible sundae morning where i woke up with a terrible flu and sore throat (thanks to all e 2nd hand smoke from my workplace on sat night)..i popped 6 panadol extra pills to wear off the symptoms..

I ended up doing admin work for the entire dae todae..sending tons of emails, vetting stuff, keying in points, calling people, ironing out details, pushing for isis attendance, inviting pple for arts vital..yep..thank god for broadband at home!!



Friday, March 10, 2006
A quiet moment to myself..before another big project later...


something i do before every project....


for me to consolidate my thoughts..and get some inner peace..


here goes...


Stop poisoning the minds of others around you. You disgust me.



Tuesday, March 07, 2006
I m all alone in the clubroom now..phew..what a long long long dae..finally settled some club stuff...

i m so tired........

but as physically and mentally tired i am...i am happy.

Genuinely happy deep inside my heart. :)


Especially after Arts Bazaar, BVB, (the way these 2 events were carried out and how they ended were so different from my experience last yr) and today's Arts Quiz..where i witnessed history in the making.

Somedae this Quiz will make it big. Very big. Because of the very nature of our Faculty which boasts a diverse variety of subjects, humanities, and social sciences, we are really the most suitable faculty and club capable of organizing and making this event large scale.


Like what diana and i were conversing earlier...it feels really good to see an event envisioned during ROP come alive..i went into today's event not knowing what exactly to expect, and coming out of it gives a much clearer picture..

Yup..so like i said..i m tired..shagged..suffering from a very very severe lack of sleep and rest..and i have another tutorial presentation tom..

but hey..

i m happy..

deep down inside..


Coz i m living my dream now.

And nothing can beat that.

:)

12 more days to go. Come on Hock!!

(PS: Sometimes e only way to pysche myself up is thru blogging and encouraging, talking sense to myself)



Monday, March 06, 2006
somehow after going thru 2 presidential elections, getting fired by questions from tutorial presentations is no kick to me liao :)

haha i m damn excited man..bukit panjang's the new SMC, which means that i ll be exercising my political vote for the first time in my life in the upcoming general elections!

Furthermore, as a Political Science Major, this news ll is truly meaningful to me..And i think after waiting for almost 20 years, my parents can finally vote again..and the big field near my house would prob be used for the political rally. And i cant wait to interact with politicians from both parties, and challenge both sides on various issues..really interesting.. :)



Friday, March 03, 2006
was reading a few of my past blog entries haha..esp the one after arts camp 05 and the one on 2nd Sept, the night before rop camp when i was talking to ridz online..that msn conversation was so special and inspirational to me, not just then, but now as well...and probably will still be years later, when i have left arts club and look back on that special conversation.

wah lau, i rem i was crying damn painfully that night..felt all alone with no one to turn to, and no one who can seem to understand my feelings..somemore unsure of the future, unsure of what would happen, unsure of everything, unsure of my decision to re-run...

haha, what a difference 6 months make..that conversation didnt feel like it was only 6 months ago at all! :) while things look so bleak then, it look so much clearer and brighter todae..and i oredi have a clear vision of what ll happen from now all e way till thank-you dinner...

The com has grown over the past 6 months.

Every single one of them.

Wiser.

More practical.

More realistic.

More united.

And stronger.

Every single one of them.


6 more months to go...

And my god, what a hell of a ride its going to be :)

Great times lie ahead.


"If i have said before that everyday since 29th Dec 2004, i have been thinking about Arts Camp 2005...then let me say that everday since 24th June 2005, I have been thinking about Arts Camp 2006."

- The Incredible Hock



Thursday, March 02, 2006
Ever since i stepped up, i have been very protective of my com. Every single one of them. And as our term grows longer, i feel even more attached to them..so when people criticize them or try to bully them, i dun like it.

Esp if the people who criticise them dun see what they are doing behind the scenes.


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