The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes, in seeing the universe with the eyes of another, of hundreds of others, in seeing the hundreds of universes that each of them sees.the past week has been a week of fun and craziness, of retrospection, of discovery and change. it seems so short.. yet so long at the same time. it made me realise the importance the choice and decisions we make in our lives and how significant an impact it has in our future lives.
a week of fun and craziness.
MON. goodie bags to pack! haha, i think we the 27th bb councilors are like the most bonded and fun! we spent the whole afternoon and evening packing millions of sweets into small packages for our beloved BB-ians. lol, talked a lot, sang a lot, and basically did a lot of fun stuff together. TUES. invest comm + scouts. WED. green day and pictionary! haha, BB GOT 2ND! (: and it was fun just playing and cheering others on. THURS. cut hair xD FRI. match support + internal elections.
a week of retrospection.
sometimes, at some point of time, everyone would question the decisions made by themselves in the past. countless of 'what if's would plague one's mind as we dreamed a picture of perfection of our lives in the colourful landscapes of our mind. what if i had done this then? but what if i hadn't? but in the end, after my retrospection, i also realised something - i'm very much satisfied and happy with who i've turned out to be! haha, i think that's the most important point of it all - to be comfortable with your identity, to cherish it, groom it, and make it even better. it doesn't matter if you've let go of golden opportunities in the past - what matters is that you don't repeat the same mistake.
a week of discovery and change.
through all the activities, both fun and crazy at times, i realised how much i love an active life in school, how much bb actually means to me, and how much i can actually make a difference. so.. yesterday was a Big Day. and you can literally feel the capitalized initials. i was in a dilemma. i know i wanted to be in house d.. but i wasn't sure if i wanted to run for house cap. went through the drudgery of voting for presidents.. lol, can't even talk or do anything else. and watching time fly by isn't really exciting, is it? then next came the nominations for house capts. until the moment i was nominated (as well as almost all the rest of the bb councilors) i was still indecisive. that moment seemed to change it all. words said to us prior to voting such as 'never discount yourself. but more importantly, don't discount the people around you' came to mind. i thought of my past experience in house, both in ri and rj. i thought of the problems with the people in BB, especially buckley. i thought of the flaws inherent in the structure. and lastly, i thought of the difference i can make. i decided to accept the invitation. next was the speech and 2nd round of votings ensued. anna, sabby and i have been voted in! (: personally, i think what the house needs more than anything else is the mentality to win. while winning isn't everything, wanting to win is. hopefully, i can provide the inspiration =)
the only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. i always believe that a person changes himself into a better person after challenging himself past his own limits. in p6, i've done it once. in sec3, i did it again. now, i shall try it once more.
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