leaves on the seine.

Thursday, December 30, 2004

It pains me when I read Nigel's entry on the group's blog.
As I recalled the times that he described..
As his words slowly made its way into my system, killing every cell mercilessly along the way...
I just couldn't help but shake my head in incredulity. At how unfair and cruel life can be at times. At how one person's life can go careening out of control at the decision of another. At how God can allow such injustice to be done to someone who in my eyes is the most perfect and flawless human being around.

Today was the prefects' AGM. Although it was nothing but an agm. Today was a complete waste of time. Why, because nothing productive was done. The icebreakers weren't even icebreakers. Sydney Tan didn't even brief us about what's gonna happen on the first day of school. He only came in and rambled something about the first 2 of the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and left cause he had to meet a parent. 396 new Sec Ones, 46% of which are from CBS ( Christian Brother Schools ) In Sydney's eyes, that's a good thing cos then the school spirit could be nurtured much easier.

I'm still coming to terms with tomorrow being the last day of the year. And not to mention the ever-rising death toll. Scary, really. This pretty much sets the mood and tone for 2005, eh? Whilst us, fools, would be partying the night away tomorrow here and around the globe, hundreds of thousands of Asians would be mourning loss of lives, property etc. It's not difficult to make this world a better place, really. Sydney Tan said, "What do you do when you see a piece of litter in public? You pick it up and throw it away. Just imagine if everyone had this mentality, it'd be a much cleaner place. I thought it made sense, that if all of us synergise and put our hearts and minds to a single cause, eg, end poverty, it can be done really. Soccer players, even those in the lower rungs of the Premiership, their weekly salary if converted to Sg Dollars is equivalent to many a family's ANNUAL salary. It's ridiculous, the money given out. I'm slowly opening my eyes to the many vices and injustices in this world. And like any other teenager conscious of everything happening not only around them, but beyond them, I'm frustrated at the lack of action being done. Oh wells, again, as Sydney said " Let us concentrate on the small, achievable things first. The major issues, we let our government handle "
He makes alot of sense. As much as I hate his decisions with regards to the PB, I never fail to admire and respect him for his wisdom, attitude and character.

Recollection starts tomorrow.

Love, all.

Posted by zul at 6:38 AM