A big burden off my load... But, not quite...

Finally, the big events were all completed in one day. The Deputy Director came for a visit yesterday and she came in to have a look at the tablet pcs. The visit was a short one, but there were tons of preparations prior to that. Firstly, we had to bear with Mr Chow’s flaring temper and him losing his patience. That was the worst part of all. However, it was not as though we weren’t used to this at all. The teachers always do this to us. Sometimes, I think I’ve hardened. Ok, moving on, it was the massive cleaning of the classroom. It was certainly labour intensive. There was sweeping of all the dust and food particles, and then it was the mopping. Argh! That was certainly back breaking. I don’t usually do housework, so imagining me mopping the floor in class can be quite… hmmm… you know what I mean. I felt that the dried mud stains were the hardest to get them off the floor. I think that partly constituted for my sore back right now. As I mentioned earlier in my last entry, I don’t feel that ‘team spirit’ anymore. Everyone seems to be in apathy. Sure, you may think that it’s just an observation, but haven’t you heard that first impressions count? How would you feel if you walk into a class for the first time with a stench in the air and the floor filled with stains? I had to get some oil from a teacher to help mask the stench in class. but i think it didn't really work, or was it my imagination? I must state that I’m generalizing here. And I do apologise if I’ve offended you in anyway. Just before I forget, kudos to Gillian, Sam, Pris Leow, Cassie, Faiz and Siti for helping me get some of the sweeping and mopping along the way.

I felt that the observation went through pretty smoothly. Even though there were some glitches here and there, but it was very natural mistakes. None of them seem too ‘fake’. Of course, this blunders came from Mr Chow when he said that ‘a zip up the front’ when it’s supposed to ‘a zip up in the back’! And, he said it in a room that the majority are women! That was definitely the highlight of the lesson.

After which it was the council investiture. Yesterday was the day that I stepped down from my post as a councilor. Although my term wasn’t as fulfilling as I had hoped it to be. But the wonderful memories that we all share together were good times. We had our differences, misunderstandings, but they were all settled in the end. Of course, not all though. I swore that I would not cry yesterday. But somehow, during Mrs Naidu’s speech, tears just welled up in my eyes for a minute or two. The bunch of us got together during the first three months last year and to get through those days with limited resources, money and human resource was difficult. We screwed up the second orientation but I was glad. For that was when we got our misunderstandings settled and really bonded together as a council. As of now, I’m no longer a councilor. I’m just an ordinary student gunning towards my A levels, hoping to get a decent grade…

160 days. And the clock is ticking…