Effort

Damn I really can’t believe that two weeks have passed since I last blogged. ((More than that actually, seventeen days have passed leh.)) I’m really sorry that I can’t blog quite frequently because I really have a lot of stuff to do((or sometimes, I’m just plain lazy to do so.:P)) And are these days even actual holidays? More like “hell-i-days” There’s just so much to do and you can never be done with anything. Ever. And the thing is, I don’t even want to relax. I just don’t feel like pushing aside al the work and maybe come back to it, a little bit later. I just don’t want procrastinate. I’m sure that the work and all the expectations will just come back to haunt me in the future if I don’t commit myself to them. But the sad part is, I don’t think I can ever go on outings with 01 anymore doing these holidays. One reason for that is that my parents probably won’t allow me to go for them and the other is just because of stuff that I have to do. I’m really sorry 01 but I’ll try to come on outings during these holidays. If not, its next year for me then, I guess. Maybe, next year I’ll be able to go with y'all. But for now, I don’t think so. I’m really sorry.

The work has already been cut out for me for these holidays. Firstly, the academic stuff. Damn, I really felt really clueless she the teachers went through the stuff that we were going to learn. There was really a lot of homework given out for subjects like Science. They gave around three module outlines, two worksheets((kinda thick ones.)) and one huge, thick, booklet for Physics that contained 50+ pages. That   was really scary and daunting. And the best part is, I haven’t even looked through it yet. And the better part is that, there’s going to be a test about what’s in the book on the first Science lesson. Guess, I’m really going to be screwed if I carry on like this and I should start really at least flipping through the book and try memorizing and learning as much as I can. And there’s still revision to do. I’ll be honest here. I’ve really forgotten most of the stuff that we learnt in JH1 and JH2 and whenever I look through the stuff on LMS, some of the stuff look actually quite alien to me. Like the structure of the molecules? What’s that? And for the Math, they sent over the topics that we’re going to learn next year. Great, just great. Guess I’m going to cram learning all the topics over the holidays then. There this pretty much sums up..Wait..not yet! And on top of that I still have to do stuff for the other subjects that didn’t assign e-learning homework. There’s still IH research to do. Partly of why I’m so concerned about my academics is because of the rumors that getting a high GPA is tough. Your GPA may even be −1 your JH2 GPA, supposedly. And my JH2 GPA isn’t even good. And its not only for the GPA, its for the whole learning experience and the development of the student so that he has adequate knowledge of his school’s syllabus. (Damn, do I sound like and Education Minister? haha)

Secondly, physically I have a lot of work to do. I’m not fit enough. Not strong enough. Not fast enough. Not enduring enough. ((Does that even make sense?XD)) I really have a lot of training to do. The tournament for my age group is next year and I have exactly around 11 months to train for it. 11 MONTHS. Its really a short period of time and by then I have to become better. MUCH BETTER that what I currently. I can’t even imagine how huge my opponents will be. And I’ll be going against much huger opponents, opponents that all be much more skillful than me. Opponents that will only rest after they are assured of a win. Opponents that can’t wait to get the better of you. Opponents that will look for your weak points and take advantage of them. I’ve got to really have the fire, the passion, and match up with them in every area, or be even better, to beat them. The fire has to burn on, on and on, even when the competition is over, it still ha sot burn. Because, the passion for the sport is not something that lasts only for a competition, months, weeks or even days. It’s something that lasts for an entire lifetime. Something that last up till your last breath. You have to live and breathe the sport. That’s when you know you have the passion. I’m really proud of my passion for soccer and I hope that I will develop the same passion as well for Cricket. I’ve got to. I simply can’t afford to not have it at all.

I’ve been playing cricket and training at least a few times a week now and the coach is really helping me out. But another part of the training is the fitness part. Haha I really don’t want to elaborate on this and show off or anything so yeah. But the hardest part, is really getting the motivation to move my butt to go and exercise haha. But I’ve got to say that I see frequent visitors at the weights room and one of them is actually Mr Perel. To me, he’s really a great fitness motivator((or is it motivation leh?) Btw, I saw this picture.

Source:http://teamfamilyfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/05/effort.jpg

Well I really hope that my effort will pay off in the end sia. However, generally having just the effort sometimes isn’t simply enough, we have to have a positive mindset and be happy with what we’re doing and do it for ourselves. Do it our own personal gain, and not do it just because someone else told us to do so or because of any other external reason. It’s gonna be because of what you want and not what others want, although sometimes, other’s expectations are really good and can help motivate you. But in the end, remember, do it for yourself, your own sake, cos’ what you do is not going to help other people in the end, its for your own growth and development. 

Source: http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/keep-calm-and-give-100-effort-2.png

And if you ever think that the effort that you’re putting in isn’t enough and isn’t helping achieve what you want, look at this.

Source: http://rlv.zcache.com/inspirational_effort_poster-r723a18dd1685475283219d1349a50cf0_w2u_8byvr_512.jpg

So why not squeeze out whatever that’s left in you. And sometimes, putting in 100% of your effort isn’t enough, 101% is what is needed. The 100% is your pure effort and the remaining 1% is your effort from experience. This is the defining factor in whatever you do. It really shapes whatever you’re doing and so on. Depending on the situation, working hard may be suitable, and working smartly instead may be a better thing to do.

And one last pic. to sum it all off.

Source: http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/1946147070_1366437872.jpg

Sorry if this turned into a motivational post or something haha. I really hope it does achieve its purpose of being one though!:)

Btw, good luck to all the guitarists taking part in the Trinity examination. We have around 48 hours to prove our worth, lets go and show them what we’ve got!:)

One-derland

Today was the last official school day with the rest of the one-ders. It was a great day and I really felt that the love for one another really showed and came out. I don’t know how to say this but I’ll really miss each and every one of them next year. Its even hard to imagine the fact that next year, we won’t be together in the same class anymore and would be in separate classes and wouldn’t get the opportunity to talk to each other as freely as before. We also won’t be able to enjoy each others’ company during classes next year anymore. We also can’t have all those random talk sessions at the end of school and the random stay-back sessions where we went down to play frisbee and just enjoy ourselves and have the time of our lives or even the days where we stayed back just to go out and bond together as a class. I’ll certainly miss this class. Can I just time-travel back to where we started out on the last day of orientation as people who never knew that they would eventually become really bonded with each other and share a special relationship that can never be expressed in words? The time where we just sianly walked over to the 101 classroom because we had to, never even have the mere thought of creating many precious memories with the rest in the class? Argh, I simply adore this class and its just going to be so hard to leave them after this year.:’(

And the last day of school, just made us realize how close we’ve become to one bother and how much we were going to miss each other next year, when we weren’t going to be in the same class and stay together as one big one-der family in the same class. It also made us realize how hard it would be to stay close to one another next year, when we were going to be split up. At first, the videos of the things that we did for the Cultural Mapping thing and the Drama production were shown and we relived the memories of these few things that we did in the earlier part of this year. I actually found some of the parts still funny although I had watched it before and I felt that a these memories could never, ever grow old and would stay alive in our hearts forever.

Then, Megan played the video that she had created for us. A video that encapsulated almost all the memories that we had created as a class. A video that contained photos of days spent in the class, those random photos that had been taken with or without people’s knowledge and the things and the memories that we had created with each other in these two years as one-ders. Things and memories that we may have taken for granted in these two years that we spent together. There were countless photos and some of them really brought out the laughs but in the end, they made us start tearing. These memories that we had created just made us so emotional and the realization that these memories could never be made again made it worse. These photos just showed how we had enjoyed the days that we had spent in the same class together, how we simply loved each other’s company, and all the various emotions that we had experienced. This video really brought us through an emotional roller-coaster and everyone started crying around me. Although I had been trying to hold back my tears and actually comfort the rest to stop crying and start smiling and enjoying this last day of school that we had, in the end, the tears just flowed out. This was the first time that I had cried in many years and made in my whole lifetime. (My mum had actually said that I didn’t even cry when I had been born.) I didn’t even feel like stopping the tears. There was no use in doing so. I didn’t even think that I could stop them from flowing out. It was really tough. The principal’s contact session where she talked about how quite badly we had done in comparison to the other cohorts didn’t even affect the impact that the video had on us and the second part still brought out the same emotions in us. I actually loved the “ testimonials” part and they showed how we felt and loved each other as a class. I’m actually quite proud and happy that one of them was from my blog haha. We soon got into a circle and talked about how we loved the times that we spent in 01 and how we felt. Mr Teo had said that we were still going to see each other next year but I felt that that wasn’t the point. The separation and the realization that we were going to be together anymore was already bad enough. 

Next, after school, we had the class outing and went to Vivo, the place that we had most of our class outings. I think it sort of also helped me relive some of the memories that we had created during the class outings that we had had over there in the past. We played in the water and just started splashing each other about and playing “Old Grandmother”. (And did I mention that I got kicked in the ass four times haha?) I guess people found a way to stop me from showing my ass to them whenever they wanted to splash some water.XD We also played this Chinese game and I think I sort of epic failed when I wanted to catch Ian as I fell into the water at one time. I guess the time spent in the water just allowed to relax a bit and enjoy each other’s company in the remanning that we had left as a class before we had to split up. Next, we took some photos and I left because my mum wanted me back hime as the next day was Deepavali.

Mr Lee is also leaving us next year. He had actually told some of us about it much earlier but I guess he didn’t want anyone else t be affected by his leave from the school. To be honest, there will always be a place in my heart for all the one-ders and Mr Lee. They have really impacted my life in the short time that I have spent with them.

The awesome one-ders(when we got our class hoodie.)

The still awesome one-ders(on homeroom day.)

There’s actually a song that I would like to dedicate to all the one-ders and Mr Lee at this point in time when we’re going to split up.

“Hold your head up high

 And don’t be afraid of the dark

 At the end of a storm

 There's a golden sky

 And the sweet silver song of a lark”

"Walk on, walk on,

 With hope in your heart,

 And You’ll Never Walk Alone”

These lyrics are actually from the song, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” I know it was originally created for Liverpool but I guess its also also applicable to us in this period of time. We shouldn’t be “afraid of the dark” now, when we are going to split up at the end of the the year, and think that that there would be a “golden sky” when we will definitely meet up with one another again, and create many memories again as one-ders. I also think that by walking on, “with hope in our hearts that we will meet again”(which we will do, in the next few years, definitely) and when we meet each other, 

we will “Never Walk Alone” and always be there for another.

All of us will forever be one-ders and always be in one-derland. 

And remember YNWA. (You’ll Never Walk Alone.)

And this is the song.

                                                                        You’ll Never Walk Alone(By Gerry and The Pacemakers)