a week's tears

One week later, many new voices are being heard. Many new voices are, in fact, STRIVING to make themselves heard.

THURSDAY:

FRIDAY: Morning session Artistic Appreciation - four songs this time around, a Sudirman tune, "Hero" of Mariah Carey fame, and the two staples, R.Kelly's "The World's Greatest" and "Standing In The Eyes Of The World", the Ella reworking. This year was sensational - reports are a junior fled the hall to cry halfway through "Hero". For a change, Nathaniel and Iman, representing the Literature class, delivered the talk this time, focusing on the innate meanings within the tune.

Afternoon session - who WILL forget assembly? Tutorial group presented a strange quandary - juniors roaming the school grounds searching for their new tutors, conveniently forgetting that all activities ARE based at the GH, then branch out to their new locations. Assembly...was an MC Dann/Sapphire affair...Dann memorably calling upon the "second most religious person in Sapphire" to lead the prayers before famously declaring that "the most religious person is unavailable because he's busy emceeing". Roars of laughter by the appreciative juniors.

Night session - Jauhari Window (yes, grimacing seniors, the schedule has been lengthened by one day, and many items have been moved from their traditional slots) NO offence to anyone, but the juniors didn't exactly look like they were telling each other their deepest and darkest secrets...most juniors surveyed were perfectly happy with faci intervention (known in some quarters as blatant flirting.)

The evaluation session, attended by a certain Lopes, quashed any such fears. Upon request a Daniel Hazman and buddy, and another set of girls, all came out, voice seemingly breaking, to declare they had found a true understanding friend...the girl even alleged her partner was "egoistic" before she Jauhari-ed her.

Pejai delivered a fabulous analogy on how our eyelids are the closest to our eyes - BUT we can't see them unless we look into a mirror. That's what friends are for - friends allow ourselves to look into ourselves deeper and examine our strengths and weaknesses.

Nico's turn. He spoke at great length on how his friend had backstabbed him, withdrawing money from the ATM card Nico had entrusted him with - then, voice cracking, between tears, exhorted the juniors to "stay together as a batch, don't backstab." Pejai gave him a tearjerker hug, and Mr Zaidi wrapped up the night with the apt observation that "this college teaches you how to display and express your emotions."

Fine words.

SAMURAI update VERY soon. Seniors who have the (mis)fortune of being away on that fateful date, watch this space.

I promise I will charge my camera batteries. I promise I will remind someone to remind me to charge them.