Haters

This post is really long so if you read every single part of it, I’ll be really happy and here’s a big thank-you!

Hi people! I’m back again! Really sorry for not blogging earlier. I remembered that I said that I would blog on Tuesday or something but I fell asleep before I even started using the computer again. You see, on Tuesday, I ended at around 5.30pm and only came home at around 6pm and had not slept in between. I had to start doing my work immediately and there was almost no time for me to blog. I did some of my IH and went to lie down in my bed and before I knew, I fell fast asleep. Great, just great. And there went a few precious hours of my life. I don’t usually sleep at around 11pm but that day, I was really very tired and in need of a rest after cricket.

Last week’s cricket training was actually that organized and Ganesh and me just stayed back at school and went for training at 3.30pm We got the equipment out and started bowling and batting a few balls. Then, Courier came over and he corrected our techniques and all. We sweated and all in our uniforms. We weren’t even planning to go down on that day initially and we had not brought our PE attires along. However, not wearing the PE attire didn’t actually make much of a difference and did not affect our playing style or anything. Courier said that my bowling technique wasn’t good and that I had to perfect it before I could start and so, I went off. It was quite demoralizing at first but after a while, I realized that it was for my own good that Courier had asked me to learn the basics. The basics have to be really learnt thoroughly before you approach cricket. I think its the same for every other sport too, isn't it?

On Tuesday, we had the second training session and I felt that this was a little more ‘low-key’ in a way. We didn’t actually play that much and we ended earlier than usual due to our parents. For this training session, Ganesh, Nishanth and I came along. I really appreciated Nishanth coming along to play the sport with us rather than going off to play somewhere else. Siyang also came to throw a few balls and it was actually a more fun training session in a way as the seniors called along their friends to just bat our balls. Courier said that my technique was improving but that I could still do better. Guess who’s training more now? I’m really thankful for Courier’s and the other seniors’ advice. It really helps me to grow as a person and those little bits of criticism really help me to improve. Thank You.

Speaking about criticism, I have been actually thinking people having haters and all in the society. The word hater, is defined in the dictionary as someone who greatly dislikes a specified thing or object. He is also perceived to be a negative or critical person.

Haters are everywhere. In society, don’t you see them? Don't you see people criticizing certain people who produce music for instance. Most of these people have no specific reason to hate or despise this certain person or object but mainly do it just because the people around them are doing so. Only a handful have a reason, which may in some instances be, the certain person’s products being unreasonably popular. Even their reasons are not justified. These reasons mainly stem from jealousy. Is this good enough a reason to hate someone? In my opinion, its a big, fat NO. If someone’s better than you, shouldn’t you strive to be like him? You shouldn't despise him, should you?

However, some of these haters actually do more harm than good. They are like a double-edged sword(Yes, I know, the effects of LA). Sometimes, they demoralize that person or the person behind the object by displaying their hate, but most of the time, by making their hate known, they actually make the people more popular and help publicize the person. As people learn about this person, they will more often than not, decide for themselves, whether they would like to support him. Sometimes, the hate also makes them do better things and become a better person. However, in some instances, the person has to take this negative feedback, review it and decide for himself if he would like to change himself. Sometimes, changing yourself for other isn’t good.

So stop hating and start loving.

Bye!

The first week of school.

 So school started again. At first, I really wasn’t looking forward to it. I mean like who would? As a student, you had to wake-up early, and for that matter, I had to wake up at around 6 every week day except for Thursday when school started an hour later. After waking up, I had to do my stuff, and go down by 6.25am, and then start my 600-700m walk to the MRT. Guess this is part of my daily exercise.XD I actually time myself whenever I walk along that route and I have actually somehow improved my timing. Last year, I needed around 15 minutes to completely cover the distance and so I had to wake up a little earlier. Wait, actually not a little. 5 minutes is really a LOT. I could have used those precious minutes laying down in bed, actually having some deserved rest. Argh, but now I cover the same distance in about 10 minutes. So I reach the MRT at about 6.35am. Most of the time, when I reach the MRT station at about this time, the signboard would say that the train was either a minute away or had arrived. I would then join all the other commuters ‘chionging’* to the train, trying to get onto it before it departs. And most of the time I make it just in time. The SMRT staff who control the train’s movement really deserve credit for this. If not for them, I would have had to wait for the next train. But sometimes, I don’t make it in time, and just as I am about to reach the last flight of steps, the train abandons me and I start scolding myself. I mean like the train was only a few seconds away and couldn’t my legs have carried me down the steps just a little faster? And then after about ten minutes on the train, I would have to catch a bus to school and walk up a few flights of steps to finally reach my class. Tiring, isn’t it? And I even would have to skip my breakfast in the morning, just for school. At first, on Tuesday, I really missed the holidays, those days when I could wake up at around 9am and not have to start getting ready for school. Those days, where, I could just lay in bed whenever I wanted and be transported to the plea of my dreams.JKJK But Tuesday on the whole, wasn’t that bad, we had two one-hour breaks and we ended quite early at 2pm.

 After school were the exco interviews. They were daunting at first as we had to play a selected piece with just ten minutes of preparation time, and considering the fact that some of us weren’t actually that skillful when it came to playing the guitar, ten minutes was actually quite short. However, miraculously, I managed to practice the whole song before the interviews and familiarized myself a little with it. The senior that was supervising kept telling me that I looked nervous and that I should just relax. After a while, the teachers started arriving at the Music Room, where the interview was supposed to be held and I really felt scared. Honestly, I thought that my guitar playing wouldn’t be good enough for the teachers’ liking and I started practicing harder. Why had I come there? To get the exco position. And I wasn’t going to back out there, at that moment.

 After a while, I entered the room for my interview. To be honest, I was really afraid that I would not be able to give the interviewers satisfactory answers. But in the end, I just did my best and was satisfied with myself. The interviewers really cared about the CCA as a whole and their dedication to the CCA really impressed me. I wanted to be like one of them. Outside, I saw Glynis practicing and wished her well.(It was her turn after mine.) I hope she did well in her interview. Then we would be the only JH2s in the exco!! Maybe, we’ll get the positions of the IDO and the FAC. We’ll see what happens!:)

*’chionging’ refers to rushing.

See you in the next blog post!!:) Maybe I should do two next week with one being about life and the other about Liverpool Football Club.