This was the J1 year. The awkward transition from Sec 4 to J1 and all that, but it didn’t seem that bad really. We still had ‘civics groups’, still attend lessons together, and there’s still a lot of work, which I think was harder, not because it’s super cheem, just that a lot of it is self-motivated and frankly, I’m not self-motivated. Especially about work. For example this holidays I practically blew all my free time away. Thanks a lot then to all my smart classmates! When you have Shawn and Moses sitting next to you, you know you better complete your tutorials haha. But besides work, class was nice. Damn fun hanging around Eric, Moses, Shawn, Ryan, Kwun, Chinjie etc. Plus, more than half of them can sing! Sadly I’m in the cannot sing half, so well, at least good music XD
Lots of good memories in the other events too… Orientation with Groovy Two Shoes (our morning meetings still survives to this day!), Y-Camp, House Comm workdays and random spontaneous outings. J1 life really was a holiday of sorts.
Still, main focus of the year was our GC term in 01. It’s surprising how much needed to be done on a day to day basis. There’s admin to do, activities to plan, tests to execute… not to mention random problems cropping up time to time, like complaints from parents and missing juniors. BUT I have to say this: I never lost my passion for scouting. Not during the card-writings, the admin work, the failed activities. In fact, I think this year really reinforced what I understood and loved about this group. I wanted to nurture my juniors, impress my seniors, and most importantly, share it all with the most special group of friends. Know I wasn’t perfect, but to me I knew I did a good job, and that’s all that really matters.
Every year has its own unique meaning. This year, being the leaders and organizing the acts and the group was both exciting and comforting in a sense. It’s a kind of feeling that everything has come full circle and you’re right where you belong. Especially with Jack, Francis, Joel, Kenneth, Anurak, Hiok, Amos who are the absolute best friends I can hope to do this with. From the late camp nights talking cock, to the contentedness of being one team to the rainy afternoons hiking through puddles. From the bottom of my heart, thanks for a year I will never forget.
Don’t know if I’ll post here again. It’s funny, I started this blog as… I don’t know, a sort of diary of my RI journey, and it just sort of evolved into a scouting log for the past 5 years. I know I (sometimes) talk about other stuff besides 01 but well, majority of it is about acts or thoughts or camps. I think even if I do post I’ll definitely post less frequently. It’s going to take time to adjust to this new life, and I want this blog to stay just the way it is, a tribute to this part of my life.
Coming to 2011 soon, and the future never looked so uncertain without CCA to look forward to. I'll set some new goals to drive towards. Hopefully I can now focus on the other areas of my life (which I have almost totally neglected haha) and find new interests. Should be fun! But I have a sneaking suspicion that nothing will ever come close to 01.
So! Thank you 2010 for being an awesum year, and here's to a great 2011! (:
