Of the First Contact and the Hidden Truth
I know ive said this before..but im going to say it again anyway..Today school started out boring as usual..2 bloody lectures back to back..and another after break...thats just great isnt it..it was dying in the lecture theatres especially during Econs when Mrs Chua just went on and on and on without breaks whatsoever..I wonder if she feels bored herself...Teachers do have the right to feel bored...right?Anyway,our CT has been officially been switched to Miss Nermala..if thats how you spell her name anyway...Though she's not like Clarence Yeo..maybe not as good..but definitely better than Ng Kim Teck..(Bloody hell..)She seems to be a nice teacher..though extremely picky about the student's attire..insist that we should wear white shoes when ive been wearing my black/dark grey New Balance shoes for over a year...(Somebody must have caught me if its against the rules eh?)Thank god my uniform was long enough to cover my beltless waist..(Heh..)Anywayz,she's pretty strict..or so i heard..however you can kid around with her thats not a problem..in fact she's one of those pretty approachable teachers..just dont pissed her off i guess you're safe from being ripped apart..During CT period today however,we met up with the J1 juniors..its a SJI thing..Seniors Juniors Interaction...when we,the seniors,are forced into a room with the j1s and are expected to make friends with them..(I dont remember doing anything like that in J1...)Great huh?i guess they are trying to create this environment of love...the family feeling..what a whole lot of bull...i dont think anybody will care about the family feeling when the homeworks start to pour in anyway...So we stood outside the class and Miss Nermala gave us a brief briefing..(That didnt sound right...but nvm..)And so we went in and started the introductory thing like what we do during orientation..i was looking around the room for some fellow marists...but found none..well i guess most marists are too stupid to get into any JCs for the first 3 months anyway..The first girl to catch my eyes was this girl sitting in the first table...she was from St Nics and she was really really beautiful..(I used the word 'beautiful' mind you..)But she was quiet and didnt have much interaction with us..nor with any of her orientation group friends..well i guess she's simply dao and stuck up..what can i say...while we gave the talks and games she simply slept right under our nose..Felt like kicking the table and waking her up...Oh well,we dont like to do this ourselves..but since the school asked us to do it..then make the best out of it...and that excludes the option of sleeing...Anywayz,so Samantha started talking about JCs and stuff..how 'FUN' it is to be in a JC..the difference between a JC and Poly..which caused Valerie to start her speech on her OCIP trip to Laos...(And everything she said after that had to do with Laos..which obviously irritated Weiyi since she was doing all the rolling of eyes..)She was telling them how they built a community centre and making bricks out of what..mud?o well i cannot remember..and the lakes that they lived in and stuff..obviously she enjoyed herself toiling there...Some people do get satisfaction out of these kinda stuff...Not that its wrong btw..:)but most will probably complain..anywayz..As she went on about the goodness of OCIP i was wondering why she never mentioned anything about the hospitalised volunteers...so i asked,'Why are we hiding the truths from them?Why dont you tell them about the people who went to the hospitals after that?"(Which made the room roar with laughter..)It wasnt meant to be funny..but i guess they really need to know the truth about things..And Sam later argued with me that stitches and deep cuts are not serious injuries..*Rolleyes..*Yeah we were told not to complain but hey..i couldnt help it..maybe i went a little overboard by complaining too much about JC life..but someone has got to do the job..cant let the J1s continue into the life after 1st 3 months without knowing what they are about to experience ehz?One guy asked if the first 3 months will be having lessons and other activities..(With 'Other activities i assumed field trips and games..)I said,'Well generally we dont have activities..what you get in the first 3 months is really like what you are going to get for the rest of the year..maybe a little more homework..we dont actually have activities..but of course the students dont really follow the school's schedule and organises their own activities outside of the school DURING school time..'(Which brought along another roaring laughter..)It wasnt meant to be funny as well really..All facts i swear...but i do agree with Valerie's point about teachers though..Poly teachers and Sec sch teachers are just totally different from JC teachers..more approachable and friendly..like your buddy..(And i agreed with her as well when she said,'Depends on the teachers really.."by giving the example of Mr Ng Kim Teck..)It was fun anywayz,at least for me...making people laugh is always nice..hahaa..all right...gtg now..My thighs are still aching from the bloody split jumps i did 2 days ago...i'll probably skip PE tmr...and im watching The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King again tomorrow with Sam and Krishna..hahaha..awesome stuff..cant wait to see it again for the 3rd time..hahahaaaa...Cheerios..