term 1 forcing growth

so a term has passed, and now is the commencing of the holidays. or what is noted on the calender as holidays, but more like time to catch up, and for teachers to pile wok on us students, and for basically anyone who has freaked out or cried to come to their senses and take a sabbatical of sorts (yeah rite).

juniors are fascinating creatures. technically i have not had any real juniors for the past 3? years of my life. sec 1 no juniors, and sec 2 there was no new GEP intake in VS, and then to restart my school life by becoming the first batch of TA students here in TJC. then came this year, where the whole flux of fresh IP students came out from their secondary schools, to get severly scarred and horrified when a part of the big thing called /" LIFE/" swoops down and smacks them right in the face.

then that is where the TA 2s step in, and have experience beaming from them in every direction. to be a guiding light for each student, and to be like some kind of elder sibling to all.

along with that i think this first term has been extremely fascinating... the scandal meter has increased by god knows how many fold, but it just has been entertaining watching as these things unfold (and secretly being glad that you are not caught in the confusion and mess). so as usual, it is the spectators having the most fun (you perverse little sadists).

it was the all about the elective weeks. everything from the free and too-much-time-to-spare students, and the events that TASC came up with, it just brought the TAs together at the same time sprouting opportunity for conflict, crushes, and every form of /"coming together/".

so that way my life became better too. instead of droning in class everyday, dealing with the same people and the same work and the overwhelming urge to run out of class screaming like a bloody idiot. now there is opportunity to catch up on my social life, and find other ways of putting that hyperness to good use. i especially enjoy all the days that i get to play basketball. i could be deluding myself, but i think im getting better at basketball, and hopefully toning the right muscles too!

along with the things that i do on my own, i have to say that Movie Mania '06 was good, if not to say a great success! the night was good, and it was not so much the movies (even though i have to say that Shutter and the Longest yard was good) but it was also the company, and the various ongoings that night. i swear i have never knew how much could result from one night of TA 1 and 2 interaction. i shall not go into detail in fear of being flamed as i walk around school, but that night was just a whole chunk of fun. the people, the response, the retarded guys that cannot stop screaming during shutter, and sitting in the LT watching scandals unfold (you know who you are =D) . the food was good too, we managed to sell most of our wares, and provided enough drinks and tidbits so that ppl could constantly get their stomach's satisfied. along with hanging out with the people that found movies boring ,and decided to crap and talk rubbish downstairs with others. it concluded simply, with people leaving even before the last movie was screened, but the overall response would be to have another one.

then the second event was the inter class captains ball. even though it did not have the best planning, i think judging by the audience, they quite enjoyed it. and the competition was taken slightly further, in terms of violence, than expected. still it was a joy referreing and seeing how each team fared. there were not any extremely loud cheers, but you could tell from the shouts of encouragement, that even the supporters were having a good time as well.

i shant go all inspirational and give some pep talk saying /"oh! how wonderful the TASC is! with its amazing and fun activities!/" that might be taking it a bit too far. however, let the response stand for itself, and im sure that the cheering speaks louder than words!

i think the SC has had time to mature. we now handle our tasks better, so we can afford to make it more glam and up the standards of our activities. it is no longer trying to grasp the reins, but more like settling and now challenging ourselves to make everything better than we think we have made it. that is why im quite hyped up about Black Lights, the TA function. Movie Mania has been our benchmark, and i guess it upped our confidence by quite a fair bit.

i see myself growing. amazing how all the things that have happened makes me realise how much i am actually accomplishing. it is a bit accelerated, but i dont really feel it until the tangible results. so things definitely have picked up, and i look forward to the term to come. till next post i guess *smilez!