two oh one oh
I thought I should reflect on 2010, at least for the record, because even "eventful" is an understatement of a description for this year.
I don't think I even felt the transition into 2010 because life had been pretty darn hectic ever since I got back from Giessen. All I remembered was churning out designs for 2 working events (OH and CNY) and going back to school for work sessions; so much so that the first day of school didn't feel like the first day of school because I had been to school so many times before that anyway. The run-up to OH was rather insane; after Publicity work was done came Decor work, which, well, indeed wasn't as insane but we did have OH work sessions that dragged into the night at all. OH came and left, leaving my shoulders feeling one burden lighter. That was a huge relief. On a much lighter note, though, OH was not all tiring for me; it was also pretty fun. I liked OH.
After OH was over I was left with CNY. Not just CNY, but CNY. Planning for CNY Decor was probably another one of the most frustrating periods I went through in Council besides the times when OH shirt and TD banner designs kept getting rejected. Every work session we had a new design, and even after we settled on the styrofoam tiger, the tiger kept falling apart. And being a hoisting noob I felt even worse at times. Even after self-learning how to tie knots I wasn't that comfortable with knots, and I couldn't command the hoisting on my own...I could sort of evaluate the design from downstairs but that was it. I just know that I'm fortunate enough to have fellow Decor I/Cs who were way more comfortable with hoisting than I was. The fact that I could help out with general decor instead at times helped too.
While CNY work went on the juniors came and O1 started. Started missing classes, having long days that stretch to 6 PM at times (and then after that there could still be German class at times, good grief), tending to game stations under the sun, cheering and cheering...actually it was pretty tiring but O1 strikes me more as having been really, really fun. And I wasn't even the one being inducted! I am very thankful for <35; I'm totally awkward at these OG-leading things but they made the experience so much more enjoyable than what I thought it would be. CT Orientation, as usual, was a bit more awkward but I think in the end the juniors had fun as well and I think their class chemistry only became better after Orientation (: I must say that being CTLs with ZT and YH was interesting...
Anyway, CNY came after O1 ended, right on the day of POP. Having had a work session the night before and having woken up at 3.30 AM in the morning to hoist the tiger...by the end of CNY I was exhausted. I think we were all just so relieved when we saw the tiger in one piece at the end of the celebrations (well actually some part near the nose broke but it looked like only a hairline crack from a distance and nothing fell off!) PTL, seriously. And with that, two huge burdens were lifted off my shoulders.
Subsequently academics began to take centrestage instead of Council work. Well for one point ELECO camp became a pretty major event (for me at least; all my fault for being such an emotional wimp/wuss), I'm just glad it's over now. I started spending more time with my class too; STJ, JTS (can't remember which came first), lessons and eventually extra lessons as Prelims drew near...
(Oh and there was H3, which totally just zoomed past and while it was indeed an interesting module, I admit sometimes I just leave the class going, "Whut?")
Then Prelims came, Prelims went, results came along with all the whams and bams that came with them, we had study leave, almost went nuts revising, bought a million revision packages and Prelim papers from other schools/past years...got frustrated, became fatigued, but I guess we just dragged ourselves from one day to the next. Grad Night came and my class went crazy, as usual, screaming for teachers to take pictures with, camwhoring, laughing heartily. Oh and there was our epic class montage as well (which I would love to watch again).
Then, well we had more study leave, A's came, A's left and we rejoiced. Then there was the mad rush for Prom. For some reason Prom made me reflect about myself, brought to me a brief down period but well I learned to pick myself up from there and slowly accept myself. From then on I realised the severity of my perfectionism, and I have been trying to learn about it and keep it in check ever since. I survived Prom and had fun camwhoring after all, which was relieving. Then class chalet - my very first chalet with an overnight stay, which was loads of fun. I would absolutely love to have another one.
Then, well, a whole string of holidays, with outings sprinkled in between, and now I'm here.
I think I got lazy towards the end but really, 2010 was an insanely jam-packed year, so full with happenings that even recounting it is tiring. But there are so many things that 2010 gave me that I'm thankful for, in particular: friends. And all the support they gave through the trying and tiring times (so many of them this year). That really helped a lot, and I suppose that could be why I'm kind of sad to leave 2010. Because I would be leaving some really nice moments behind.
But oh well, big weird 2011 coming up ahead~
I don't think I even felt the transition into 2010 because life had been pretty darn hectic ever since I got back from Giessen. All I remembered was churning out designs for 2 working events (OH and CNY) and going back to school for work sessions; so much so that the first day of school didn't feel like the first day of school because I had been to school so many times before that anyway. The run-up to OH was rather insane; after Publicity work was done came Decor work, which, well, indeed wasn't as insane but we did have OH work sessions that dragged into the night at all. OH came and left, leaving my shoulders feeling one burden lighter. That was a huge relief. On a much lighter note, though, OH was not all tiring for me; it was also pretty fun. I liked OH.
After OH was over I was left with CNY. Not just CNY, but CNY. Planning for CNY Decor was probably another one of the most frustrating periods I went through in Council besides the times when OH shirt and TD banner designs kept getting rejected. Every work session we had a new design, and even after we settled on the styrofoam tiger, the tiger kept falling apart. And being a hoisting noob I felt even worse at times. Even after self-learning how to tie knots I wasn't that comfortable with knots, and I couldn't command the hoisting on my own...I could sort of evaluate the design from downstairs but that was it. I just know that I'm fortunate enough to have fellow Decor I/Cs who were way more comfortable with hoisting than I was. The fact that I could help out with general decor instead at times helped too.
While CNY work went on the juniors came and O1 started. Started missing classes, having long days that stretch to 6 PM at times (and then after that there could still be German class at times, good grief), tending to game stations under the sun, cheering and cheering...actually it was pretty tiring but O1 strikes me more as having been really, really fun. And I wasn't even the one being inducted! I am very thankful for <35; I'm totally awkward at these OG-leading things but they made the experience so much more enjoyable than what I thought it would be. CT Orientation, as usual, was a bit more awkward but I think in the end the juniors had fun as well and I think their class chemistry only became better after Orientation (: I must say that being CTLs with ZT and YH was interesting...
Anyway, CNY came after O1 ended, right on the day of POP. Having had a work session the night before and having woken up at 3.30 AM in the morning to hoist the tiger...by the end of CNY I was exhausted. I think we were all just so relieved when we saw the tiger in one piece at the end of the celebrations (well actually some part near the nose broke but it looked like only a hairline crack from a distance and nothing fell off!) PTL, seriously. And with that, two huge burdens were lifted off my shoulders.
Subsequently academics began to take centrestage instead of Council work. Well for one point ELECO camp became a pretty major event (for me at least; all my fault for being such an emotional wimp/wuss), I'm just glad it's over now. I started spending more time with my class too; STJ, JTS (can't remember which came first), lessons and eventually extra lessons as Prelims drew near...
(Oh and there was H3, which totally just zoomed past and while it was indeed an interesting module, I admit sometimes I just leave the class going, "Whut?")
Then Prelims came, Prelims went, results came along with all the whams and bams that came with them, we had study leave, almost went nuts revising, bought a million revision packages and Prelim papers from other schools/past years...got frustrated, became fatigued, but I guess we just dragged ourselves from one day to the next. Grad Night came and my class went crazy, as usual, screaming for teachers to take pictures with, camwhoring, laughing heartily. Oh and there was our epic class montage as well (which I would love to watch again).
Then, well we had more study leave, A's came, A's left and we rejoiced. Then there was the mad rush for Prom. For some reason Prom made me reflect about myself, brought to me a brief down period but well I learned to pick myself up from there and slowly accept myself. From then on I realised the severity of my perfectionism, and I have been trying to learn about it and keep it in check ever since. I survived Prom and had fun camwhoring after all, which was relieving. Then class chalet - my very first chalet with an overnight stay, which was loads of fun. I would absolutely love to have another one.
Then, well, a whole string of holidays, with outings sprinkled in between, and now I'm here.
I think I got lazy towards the end but really, 2010 was an insanely jam-packed year, so full with happenings that even recounting it is tiring. But there are so many things that 2010 gave me that I'm thankful for, in particular: friends. And all the support they gave through the trying and tiring times (so many of them this year). That really helped a lot, and I suppose that could be why I'm kind of sad to leave 2010. Because I would be leaving some really nice moments behind.
But oh well, big weird 2011 coming up ahead~