had the horriblest gp exam yesterday. totally misread the question. compre was a bummer as well. however, im hoping that all things will turn out for the good and i shan't dwell on it anymore.
monday was an especially good day. we, as in Livewire, the church youth group, went to NSRCC chalet to have a post-exam party. well, it was actually post-exam for the secondary school people, not the longsuffering JC students like me. but we did have quite a bit of fun, especially scaring people with mealworms and frogs. two of my friends had to go the extra fear factor mile and eat two plump, juicy mealworms for $10, egged on by pastor kenny no less. and well, it was fun and being there reminded me of the wonderful sec four council chalet. how i wished i was really celebrating post-exam, and not getting ready for a looming CT2 after the holidays.
need to complain about people in school. i was taking the lift down today and the lift stopped at every floor, since being Rafflesian we are all too lazy to take the stairs, but that's ok. so anw the lift stopped at the 2nd floor, and this group of girls were outside, contemplating whether or not to get in, and 'hijack', the affectionate term used for the action on taking the lift down from the 2nd or mezzanine floor to the first floor and not getting out so as to get a place in the lift to ride up. so anw this group entered after much hesitation. so we reached the first floor. and this bunch of ladies just froze there and gave a very irritated expression that seemed to say, "why aren't these freaks getting out of the lift?" and by 'these freaks', it refers to people like us who legitimately took the lift down from the 6th floor, and blocked the entrance. so Grace and I and others who were in the lift had to squeeze through because some people weren't taught manners when they were growing up. it wasn't the inconvenience that pissed me off, but the apparent lack of EQ and social courtesy that really put me off.
another thing that put me off was this quote i saw on the RI LCD screen which i assume was shown during their open house. the quote went, "Rafflesians forge Singapore's future". i was completely appalled at the arrogance and elitism of that statement. So Rafflesians forge Singapore's future and Hwachers and Victorians and Temasekians and so many other people just coast along? no wonder people are put off by them. unless they learn to break out of that elitist little cocoon of theirs, how is the image of Raffles going to be improved in the eyes of the general public. this 'us' and 'the rest' attitude is appalling, to say the least, and to see it being manifested in such apparent a form is simply shocking.
that said, i think that Rafflesians are generally not the elitist snobs people make us out to be. nevertheless, it is possible that being in such a cushy, high-achiever environment develops in one a set of expectations of others and self that are higher than usual. the line between school pride and sheer stupidity is very fine and the Raffles family should be very careful not to cross it. that said, i am not anti-Raffles. i'm proud of the school but ashamed of some people's attitudes.
yes, this is my holier-than-thou moment. indulge me.
