It has been just slightly more than a week since I had taken my last 'A' Level paper -- H2 Chemistry Paper 1 -- on 29th November. I am part of the group of earliest enlistees in this 'intake' -- second day of intake to be exact. Most people I know are getting enlisted in February or March.
The 'A' Level papers weren't a pleasant thing to do -- some papers are been quoted to be the 'hardest ever' in the newest syllabus. However, the two years in Junior College are probably the most life-changing phase of my life so far. I feel distinct differences within me -- in terms of how I treat myself and how I interact with others. As the 'coup de grace' -- 'A' Levels -- approached I knew that I would miss that place where I studied in for two years. Often I would stay in school and study at the study benches facing the assembly plaza. Sometimes I would just look up and spend a short moment looking around and trying to keep in memory the concrete buildings and floors that impacted my life so much.
The end of the 'A' Levels also meant an abrupt change in lifestyle into a person of zero income and having no occupation or what-not. I'm just lazing around. Knowing that I didn't have much time left as a mere civilian made me want to spend as much time as possible with the friends I know.
I had a class barbecue three days ago at Ashwini's house with about half the class -- Ashwini, Divya, Natalie, Tsz Kin and Yu Jie. We had wanted to arrange a day where everyone would be around but everyone had different travelling plans throughout the month so we had to split the gathering to two different days with the people appearing for the respective outings looking like an intersecting Venn diagram.
It was very nice being there, really. Ashwini and her mum prepared everything perfectly and the fire was quickly and very thoroughly started. We did not take long to cook everything. After finishing all the barbecued food and the two pizzas Ashwini's mum bought -- in case we got hungry before the food were ready -- we went up to Ashwini's apartment where we played cards. Ashwini's new dog was really cute too. It was really active and it could not stop running around. The dog basically makes you wanna go 'aww' and touching the fur gets addictive after a while.
It was just a really simple and nice day. I'm sure going to miss them.
I'm now going to leave my house for Pasir Ris Bus Interchange.
The next day after the barbecue was the college's senior prom. I didn't have a seat there since my entire class wasn't attending so I had planned to just drop by for a short while to see how my juniors were with manning the photography booths.
Apart from getting a small temporary spray tattoo at my left wrist, I basically just went around, seeing where I can help my juniors and talking about some of my own experiences at prom last year.
My juniors had their fair share of kinks they had to iron out; there were gaps in their preparation they hall to fill up and of course a couple of unexpected issues. Nevertheless being a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to do such a thing I'm sure it was a memorable experience for them just as it was for myself.
I really enjoyed my time there and I was glad to be able to see not only dedication and effort of my juniors' part but more importantly harmony among most of the members and fun and enjoyment in doing their tasks. After all, work will remain 'work' -- with all the negative connotations -- if we do not make it fun. This does not mean jeopardising on quality of work; rather it enhances work efficiency since you are in complete harmony and cohesion with the job you are doing just like yin-yang. You are as one with your job and you do not treat it as a separate entity of you -- it just comes naturally out of you.
As I look out of the taxi at the expressway towards my destination, I choose to dispel all fear, worries and negativity of what comes in the two years ahead. I want to face everything with a open mind and heart and more importantly I want to make friends and actually enjoy my time there.
I'll blog about my experiences from camp if time and my phone's battery life permits and I'll be out from confinement before Christmas. That's about it.
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