Wednesday, April 5, 2006:
(i actually wrote a really good entry but then for some reason or other i got signed out of blogger and now i have to use the recover post button to revive my entry and only half of it was saved. HENCE, now my thought proccess is really disrupted and i'll try my best to fill in what they didnt save - which is gonna be really difficult. gahs.)
so many things happened today.. ran this morning with esha and we had a good catchup.. havent talked that much since the last beach trip ): which was actually quite long ago and we cant go to the beach anymore because the weather now is too cold. bahh. its like freezing now. everyone's got
both their jumpers and blazers on. and guess what i wore to school today. i just wore the pe polo and shorts to school because i had my first pe lesson today. :D (we went SAILING at mill point! cool eh! :D compared to what you guys at acjc are doing now.. tough luck to you guys! heehee. no army drills for me. wahaha.) and boy was i freezing. we couldnt wear the leavers one with the PE uniform and i didnt buy the sports jumper and i forgot that we could wear the sports jacket, SO.. i was cold the whole day. at least until interhouse cross during lunch.. i was warmed up pretty much under the HOT sun. (strange climate here. as long as you're in the sun you dont feel cold although its bad for your skin because you could get skin cancer if you're not careful) though i thought i was going to faint because of the lack of food i ate in the whole day (i didnt have breakfast or recess and i/h was DURING lunch) but i managed to survive (amazingly) the whole 2km and proceeded to stuff my face after with half an ice lolly and 2 and a half sandwiches. good eh. :D
and the top headlines of this term? well, a year 9 (thats like, 14 yrs old) was expelled and another suspended from school. why? because they were silly enough to deal drugs (weed) in school. and COME ON! they were ONLY year 9s.. -sighs- i feel disappointed knowing that they would actually do such a thing, but apparently over here its no biggie that these are happening. i wonder if they're actually ignorant of the consequences that this incident could bring or if they dont care or if they are looking for attention, be it in the right crowd or not. ridiculously, i overheard a yr 9 boarder complaining about how dreadful it was that her friend (the expulsed) recieve such punishment and she was actually crying over it. if i were her, i would be crying too, but not because of my friend leaving me alone in this school, its because i feel mortified that my friend would actually be doing this sort of thing without me trying to stop her before all this could happened. she also mentioned how her teacher sent her out of class for trying to defend her friend, which i thought the teacher should have try to explain the possible dire consequences this could bring to her friend in future, instead of immediately blaring at her which resulted in the poor boarder wanting to oppose the teacher's originally good intention of trying to educate her on the apropriateness of drug dealing at such a young age, or even at all. but who are we to judge?
my food for thought? all the more we should try to nuture and encourage the younger ones because the next lot of younger kids will be looking up to these current ones in the near future. and instead of berating them on the right way to living life, we should teach them about values and morals leaving them to think and set standards for themselves. as ps daniel said (as well as the guys who spoke on KODOH) the best way to reach out to any individual is by building and cultivating relationships. only then do they open their hearts and ears to what we have to tell them. and they might end up listening to our advice because they trust us enough. but at the same time also remember that the person at work here isnt you, it's God because his hand is in the situation, blessing you so that you can in turn bless your friends and family. be humble with what God has given you, because God can easily take it away as easily as he gave it to you if you choose to abuse His gift.
its time for dinner. and i hate queuing up to get food.
a shout of praise.
5:16 PM
