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-best known as May Ching-
-09/01/1990-
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 8:32 pm
Finally comes an update on this week.I'd like to begin with a little admission of guilt: right now, I should be finishing my Maths Promo paper corrections RIGHT THIS MINUTE because it was due on Tuesday. Sigh. I've been really trying my best to fix this problem. In fact, I've joined Procrastinators Anonymous. The only problem is, the meetings keep getting postponed. :)I am dead, Mr Leow will kill me. I'm already not passing Maths and now I'm showing him attitude.
Tomorrow is the last official day of school. Time really flies when you're having fun. However, I just can't muster any enthusiasm for it. These few days I've been feeling under the weather. As in, I can't seem to focus on studying and paying attention in class, which is most certainly NOT a good thing.
I submitted my application form for Orientation 1 today and the interview's tomorrow. Luckily, Glennda reminded me I needed to wear full school uniform to the interview, otherwise it wouldn't look good.
In other news, my classmate Deepan won the prize for Best in History. At first, I was really pleased for him but then I began to wonder: has the results for Literature and General Paper come out? Those are the only subjects in which I can compete for the Best in Subject. I REALLY REALLY ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY want to win something so I can prove to my mum that JJ leadership is good for me. (I think I'm using the word 'really' too many times. :( )
I've been going out for dinner quite a lot of times this week with the councillors, especially with Cherie. Happily, it's mostly with councillors I feel comfortable with. Especially when I'm not exactly happy with the council and the Yunnan planning comm for what they did during the M.A.D camp. All my leader friends who are ex-shadows and ex-Love Fiesta planning comm keep advising me not to help the council because of their ingratitude for what the leaders have done for them and their sheer pig-headedness in refusing to admit that they need help. The ingratitude part is what bites them the most, when they see how much I've helped the councillors and what I get in return.
Actually, I'm kind of the link between the leaders and the council. All the leaders know that I'm quite close to the councillors. They often don't hesitate to share their opinions of council with me. For me, as an ex-shadow and veteran JJ leader, I can sympathise with my fellow leaders and use my experience to critique the council. As a friend of the councillors, I get a rare insight into the inner workings of the council normally not open to non-councillors. Mixing it all up, I end up being the middlewoman bridging the gap between the council and the leaders because I can see both sides of the coin, if you know what I mean.
Though I freely admit that many of my fellow leaders are unhappy with the way council does things and they grumble and grouse among themselves, those gruff veterans will willingly lend a hand in any way they can, uncompromisingly and unconditionally if the councillors were just to say the word. I know I would. In the end, we need to operate as a school in front of the others, even though we may be bleeding on the inside.
That's pretty much my beef. I speak for the experienced leaders: We treasure our knowledge and experience from our shadow and planning comm days, and we preserve it still. Many of you are relatively new to this business and we would be more than happy to share our experience with you if you'd only deflate your fat head a little and get off that high horse of yours to our level. We want nothing in return, only to see the leadership legacy of JJ be passed on to the next batch.
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