Memories...
Monday, August 13, 2007
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THE END OF EVERY JOURNEY IS THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER ADVENTURE
And so it ends..the 4th and very last FOP for me..like i said a lot of times, I like to leave NUS with no regrets. And i think i have achieved that after my final Rag and O Week.
It was a special feeling returning to O Week this year, after missing out last year coz i was at Rag side, and esp being House IC of my beloved S House. Not many pple realized, but i always have a special affiliation with S House (Skylar then) ever since i was Arts Camp PD in year 2 heh heh. Watching Saofeng grow closer, cheer louder, and bond deeper with each passing dae was really heartwarming and brought many many unforgettable memories which i ll cherish very very much. I guess it wasnt easy to build up a whole new S House spirit after so many of our lao jiao councilors left or didnt come to Arts Camp, but for O Week, i could really feel the house spirit becoming much much stronger and closer.
I cant thank friends like my fellow House IC Camy, and my OGLs Carol, Wilson, Mao Mao, Joshua, and Harris enough. You guys rock big time! =) I had tons of fun talking rubbish and playing with Camy ahahhah, and i really wanna thank her for always being there when i m not around. Carol esp, for putting in so much effort to bring back all the lao lao councilors such as Joshua, Khid, Yvonne, Lao ye, Weilong, Peiyong, Fel, Leonie etc. All the senior and freshie councilors who were a breath of fresh air and ever so pumped-up and rara!! ahahha! And of coz, the fresh freshies who made the effort to come down for O Week!! After all, what ll FOP be without the most impt pple- the freshies??? Not forgetting the fellow House ICs whom i had so much time fooling around with ahahah: Bobsie, Ben, Chongz, Ker Ching, Little India, Michelle..you guys rock as well!!!
This year's RFO has also been a great chance to re-unite with old, very old friends ahah. Not many surviving year 4s around, but to pple like Bobsie, Chongz, Jianwu, Alvin, Leonie..i guess we ll always feel a special bond to friends of our own batch hee.. Thank u guys so much for coming back together for that 1 last special hoo-haa for RFO! Bobsie and Chongz in particular, for always being there for me when i needed a listening ear or a shoulder to rest on during this period, when it hasnt been easy for me to perk myself up given the emotional problems i had to go thru.
And over to the Rag side, despite Arts not winning anything again this year, I believe and still feel that we are on the right track. Like i said at the end of Rag dae, it took years for Science to build up to where they are todae, and i m still optimistic that the time ll come when Arts will win Rag.
But still, emphasizing on not winning Rag will be unfair and an injustice to the Raggers this year, who put in so much effort, blood, sweat and tears to push out the giant yellow submarine, and to come out with possibly the best Rag dance in years. At the end of the dae, i believe that the collective Arts Rag efforts for the past 2 years have genuinely won a lot of respect and admiration from the public and our opponents, and made many people sit up to recognize that Arts Rag is a serious competitor unlike the past.
Definitely, there are many things and many areas where Arts Rag can improve on, and it is impt that future PDs and MCs are open-minded and keen to learn from the past, and build on for the future. But for now, lets not take anything away from the Raggers who gave so much to Arts Rag. =)
On a personal note, it has been my last Rag as well, and really mixed feelings i guess... Those who were pushing out the Rag float on the last dae will realize how crappy and noisy i was haha..on 1 hand, i was trying very hard to cheer and lift the spirits of everyone up coz i felt the atmosphere was kinda tense, and on the other hand, i was really genuinely happy and proud to be pushing out the Arts float 1 last time in my life. It hasnt been easy splitting myself up doing both Rag and O Week together, but i m glad i made it as well =)
And so to a new phase of life..... but the memories ll always stay. n_n
