Nothing but excuses, Wednesday 16 January 2008

Projects are piling up day by day. Math, OPW, Literature… Trying to finish them fast, I find myself very busy. I always say “Finish them early and avoid last minute work.” But, as always, its not easy to make everyone co-operate. Some comes up with excuses while some just do not care. Sometime I asks myself “Why must we do in group?” Something else I do not like is finding groups. Like the incident that happened , the class quarreled over to choose our group ourselves or to like the teacher choose. But, what is the objective of group work? To be able to work together as a group? How is this obtained if we choose only those who work well with us, forgetting about the rest who no one wants to work with? Having wasted half an hour arguing on this, the teacher finally decided to choose herself. This caused some of our classmates to get angry having got an “unwanted“ teammate. And so, the project got on without any further delay. Our first meeting happened at a friend’s house. A few miscommunication and misunderstanding delay our meeting ,causing some inconvenience. This taught me that we should have planned before the meeting. When we arrived, we did not do much work and just played. (All the trouble for nothing…)

CCA, Thursday 17 January 2008
Going to CCA could be pretty boring. But today, the new batch of Sec 1 students joined in. How everything changed. From the first day, you could see the obvious difference in the new batch. How bold and curious they were. When I first joined I was quiet and kept to myself, so did most of the others. It was easy to communicate with the Sec 1s and they easily blend in and mixed with us. Some very talkative and inquisitive. I was left speechless after the number of questions they asked me. As their senior, we were entrusted with the task to guide them along and be their role model and I must say that it is not easy. There and then, I understand how my seniors felt when we first joined in. Some of the Sec 1s were even better than the upper levels in their performance. Next, we had introduction. This is the part where I do not look forward to. This is mostly because I find nothing to talk about. But, it creates a better understanding between each other, joking about each others likes and dislike. Thus, creating a joyful atmosphere among one another. With the arrival of the new Sec 1, we can look forward to the new year in hope of new achievements.

Monday 14 January, In the bus...

The day begun as usual. After school, I took a bus home as usual. Just a stop before I arrive home, many people boarded the bus. As a results the bus was very crowded. To where I was seating, an old lady stood before me. Then, I was thinking: since I was about to alight, I should just offer this seat to the old lady. I could see that the old lady was staring at me in an intimidating way. Coincidentally, just as I was about to get out of my seat, someone behind me offered a seat to her. Without warning, she pointed at the sign "Please offer these seats to the needy" and shorted out in madarin :"These seats are mearnt for us ,elderly!" Most people ignored her sudden outburst and she got to her seat. After she left, a women carrying a baby stood in front of me. I looked at her and immediately left the seat for her. Thinking back, I should have given up the seat to her without any hesitation. As the school motto states "Be a Gentleman, a professional and be a sportman"