Saturday, October 15, 2005
After two years at college, I’ll be going back to school again.
Only that this time, it will be a hell lot of difference. It will be a military school.
Today I finally received the light blue enlistment letter.
“You are hereby required under Section 10 of the Enlistment Act, to report for enlistment on 06 Jan 2006 (fri) at 1130am to BMTC Sch 1.”
Right. This is a compulsory school. If I pon this school, I’ll be breaking the law. So cannot pon.
Anyway, I’m really interested to know, if anyone reading this now, by any chance was posted to the same school on the same day at the same time with me… If everything is the same, we’d be company mates liao…
hMm. 6 jan.. that works out to be barely 80 days from today. Only 2 months++ more. But freedom only comes after A levels end, which is 40+ days from today. With abit of maths, it means that true freedom only exists for 30++ days. Ok take that as 1 month. Gosh. I have only 1 month of free civilian life left.
With the date confirmed, I guess I really have to make full use of my numbered days after A Lvls… I shall spend my days as though there’s no tomorrow, for the opportunity costs of not doing that is infinity. Freedom is priceless.
But at least, I guess jan batch is better than apr batch, in the sense that most of your friends are botak wif u.. I tink it feels better that way. Moreover, with a quick glance at the calendar, I can gather that jan batch enjoy more hols??? I tink so, cos of the cny period.. hMm. Wadever the case, we have no say over this.
Accept it and move on.
人生是黑白的.
9:09 PM <3
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i've been thinking a little today.
things that i shouldnt be thinking about.
but duno la.
duno wad's come over me.
is it cos im bored?
but come to tink of it,
its no use without putting thoughts into action
so i've decided,
not to think abt it altogether.
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some people have received their enlistment letter. i wonder when mine's coming.
人生是黑白的.
8:13 PM <3
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
finally, got to taste food after fasting for 8 hours.. had been mugging at the sch lib all along.. im really a full-time mugger now.. Don't ever try to break my momentum for studying..
ive decided to pon school tmr. lectures are kindof useless.. i'd rather self-study at home. furthermore, its tj open house tmr.. i guess the afternoon will be rather messy and perhaps noisy? hMm, perhaps the thought of waking up late turns me on too.
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im getting
buay song with one of my tutors. Actually my opinion of him wasnt that bad at first. I always think he is a very knowledgeable teacher, and quite enthu abt class matters.. Undoubtedly, he helped the class alot.. not only with the booking of the sch bbq pit for class bbq, he also helped us to get a good bargain for our class tshirt. And he almost organised a nite cycling trip for us, which was eventually cancelled due to the unavailability of time. And so, he wasnt that bad as what many others perceived him to be..
But recently, the grad nite issue had made many ppl to have an altered opinion of him. Perhaps its because of his approach. Perhaps its because of his character. Perhaps its because of his, erm, lies? Of cos its not fair to undermine him juz because of this. But how about a tutor that NEVER comes on time? He is ALWAYS late. Late for 10 mins at least. And he is fond of dragging lessons, long after the bell rings, so that he has the full amount of time for his period. But isnt that unfair to us? Hey, you are always late, and that doesnt mean you can drag our time further. He may be the busiest figure in the entire school, and he may have unlimited cases to attend to. But its our lesson time. Our stipulated and official lesson. Don't we have the right to carry on with our lesson? Doesn't he have the sense of responsibility to care for his class? And there were twice, when he TOTALLY missed our lesson. And wad happens after that? He demanded 2 make-up lessons to make up for the 2 lessons that he comfortably missed. Unreasonable eh? He may be a very very knowledgeable tutor, and yes, he's capable of making his lessons interesting. But sometimes i juz dun know the rationale why he touched on certain issues. I shan't elaborate on what issues these are.
The official school timetable ends on next monday. But the sad ting is, we still have to continue to attend his lessons. 3 periods every week too, right up to A levels. that works out to be more than 10 periods more. Aagh. simply sian.
人生是黑白的.
9:41 PM <3
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Ever since a week ago, when the grad nite teacher-in-charge told us about the poor response of the grad nite (which was a meagre 80), the school had been actively looking for ways to raise the numbers.
A 3-pronged approach was in use, and it did, to an extent, raise the numbers.
1st prong: Get teachers to fill up the empty seats.. Poor teachers.
2nd prong: Get teachers to psycho their students into going. Some classes had the luxury to escape from such torment, cos their teachers left the decision to their students. But my class didn’t have such luxury. Our CT was so active and even took pains to spend sooo much time and effort, to try to psycho and brain-wash us… Poor us.
3rd prong: To get ppl to go, through CCAs..
Results: The initial 80 escalated to a wondrous 270 within 4 days. The 3-pronged approach seemed to work. However, the number still falls short of the minimum 350, under which a $25 000 deposit is at stake. After a few more days, the number seemed to stay stagnant yet again.. With the deposit deadline drawing near, the 4th prong was kicked into place today.
So it was another meeting at the audi for everyone again. The principal had to interfere this time round to speak to us about this matter.
To refute the claim that grad nites are expensive, a comparison was made with normal dinners at the same hotel, and true enough, 85 bucks wasn’t that ex..
To refute the claim that ppl have to spend a lot on suitable clothes, the principal actually encouraged us to dress-down on that day. YES. Wear casual if you want to. This should help save money.
To make grad nite sounds more fun and informal, the principal decided to do away with the name ‘grad nite’, and coined a new name for the event, “DECEMBER PARTY at THE RITZ”.
And then, comes the exciting part..
SUBSIDIES. UP TO 35 BUCKS per person, leaving it juz $50 per person for the event. Cool. This really goes to show how desperate the school and the teachers are already. But, this is only entitled to CCA groups which had achieved gold at SYF or top 4 in national placing… But nevertheless, it would certainly affect many ppl and will surely bring up the numbers further..
The 4th prong will surely work la, cos its subsidies leh.. that’s wad many ppl had been waiting for.. but for those who are not that lucky to be part of those CCA groups, I guess their decision still stand la.. cos this would only benefit some ppl, not all…
Wad im trying to say is, this is surely the first of a kind. Be it in tj history or anywhere else. Perhaps the school admin would have learnt a lesson from us, and so for subsequent years, they would be extra careful when it comes to organizing grad nites. But seriously, no one would have expected such poor response from our batch.. Even if there are 350 ppl going (the minimum number to escape the loss of the $25 000 deposit), the number will still be a far cry from last year’s grad nite’s 550+++.. Our batch is really a weird breed.. Lol.
For now, let’s juz see how the issue progresses..
For me, im now more concerned abt my class chalet. Haiz. I really wanna go.. (i only mean chalet)
人生是黑白的.
9:52 PM <3
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
YEAH!!! ive found myself a new 2-storey home.. i tink its very comfortable and cooling..the air-con rocks!!! There are lotsa furniture.. sofas, tables, chairs.. somehow it creates in me the right ambience to get myself down to study.. bored? my new home has a few computers that i can access.. hungry? the mini kitchen has always a supply of biscuits and bread.. And i often invite friends over, so that we can all study together.. but i've set a rule to them: not to be too noisy at home, and so i've asked my housemaster to always remind us of the need to keep quiet, to keep us all back in studying mood..
interested to drop by and pay me a visit? I do welcome you la.. But because i won't be around all the time, u can juz enter, cos i dun have the habit of locking my house door.
Address: Library, tema5ek juni0r co11ege, 2nd floor.
人生是黑白的.
7:37 PM <3
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THIS IS SO DAMN MESSY.
The immediate week after A levels (from 26 nov to 4th dec) is the week that is giving me problems right now. ARGH. VEXING AHH.
The cause of the problem:: 3 events that happen to clash by chance.
1. OCIP Reminiscing Trip: SABAH Episode 2.Why i have to go: Last year's OCIP really left a great impact on me, so much so that i was really reluctant to return to singapore. To give up on the only chance to return to the village again, is tantamount to killing me.
2. Class ChaletWhy i have to go: This is the first and only class chalet we r gonna have, cos from next year, everyone will be in different parts of the world already. Our scholar friends will have to return to their home countries on the 7th, and i foresee some of us will further studies overseas. There WON'T be a 2nd chance to have a class chalet TOGETHER, right?
3. Squad PlansWhy i have to go: Well, yehlin will be enlisting on 2nd, and it won't be sure when the squad can have another outing or dinner TOGETHER, in the near future. Cos, some of us will be enlisting pretty soon and others will be planning for their university paths.
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The possible solution:: Postpone class chalet, Make alternative squad plans or forgo it and go for Sabah trip.
Why this is chosen: Sabah trip part 2 is the last opportunity to get all of us together to go back already. Im pretty certain there wun be another chance in my lifetime. So i'll definitely return. Class chalet can be postponed to 4-6th or 5-7th, so that ys and i can attend after the trip, and the scholars haven return home yet.
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The barrier to the solution:: Our CT and his grad nite theory
Having the chalet rescheduled to 4-6th or 5-7th means it would clash with grad nite. And this is very likely to face great problems with CT. Why? We would be seen as boycotting the event. BUT WE SERIOUSLY AREN'T LA. What for? Though its well-known fact that the current SC batch is juz simply incompetent and really pales in ability compared to other batches, thats not the reason why we arent going grad la. Isn't cost a greater put-off?
Spare a thot for me, pls. Im going Sabah and there's class chalet too. I have many other personal plans after the exams too. I wun have much excess liquidity to spend on grad nite, which still excludes the compulsory implicit costs of buying new clothes for the event. My dad will skin me for spending sooo much la. Grad nite is a sure no-no for me. I am totally broke. Spare me.
The class has long decided not to go lor. We are bent on it already, so its no use to try to persuade us la. spending another 3 hours of talk wun change us. So, since we aren't going grad nite no matter what, will it still matter if we arrange the chalet DURING grad? Even if it isnt during grad, we wun be going still rite?
im really tired of the grad nite issue la. As of thursday, the numbers have gone up to about 300. The event wun be called off afterall, i hope. And i seriously hope its not called off. Not only because i dun hope the teachers forfeit the deposit, i oso hope that my CT will stop pestering us once the grad nite event can proceed. Hopefully the 350-number can be reached asap. And hopefully AFTER the number is reached, our class can be spared.
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Hope all turns well on monday. Esp the last hurdle with CT. If it turns well, my plans will be settled. Grrrr.
人生是黑白的.
1:30 AM <3
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