Of Mice And Men

College is fast turning into a fast-moving blur, eerily reminiscent of the proverbil bright light in near-death experiences, for seniors. Seniors eavesdr...I mean interviewed...at the notice board today Wednesday are torn between THREE activities at 4.15pm - the Medical Forums (and just in case there was enough room in your sanity to make another choice, there were TWO to choose from - AIDS and Abortion), Thinking Skills class, the Yearbook Committee meeting...and that's ONLY the plum jobs. Imagine the Marbles Club and Mongolian Cultural Club meetings that must have been scuttled in the overwhelming light of the above three.

ALL IMAGES syndicated from the GRAPHICS WHIZ (cue ephemeral, god-like music) who is employed by 8th Batch KYUEM. We will certainly endaveour to buy out the remaining 1 year 11 months of his contract.

CP is, incidentally, moving at breakneck speed - barely three days after the script was finally approved by the Inner Sanctum, they have a SCRIPT. And a junior batch meeting is ongoing as I speak. Topaz's astute choice of selling Dunkin Donuts in front of the Notice Board ensured all juniors knew about it. Which, funnily enough, does explain why they sold out so fast.

Pet families are certainly the major beneficiaries of this blatant attempt to poison future world leaders - Topaz is certainly making a killing from the many pet parents who are putting in that little extra effort to keep the family alive. To these pet parents, a pat on the head. To the others, shame on you, a junior spirit is dying every day, a junior heart is breaking because of your negligence.

Elocution Contest

In conjunction with IAW, for the first time, elocution on...what else..."Akhlak, the Flower of Morality of Life" - the theme of IAW - was held, with distinct male and female categories again, ostensibly so the prize money budget can escalate out of control. Due to my obvious inability (and obvious desire) to cover the female event, I shall make do with relating the male show...which, we hear, was stolen by Diamond Shahril (spelling? So sue me.). Topaz Amirul, as the audience put it, was "good and reticent" while Sapphire Hamzah was "fluent". Any Garnetors (OOPS, TIM) on the editorial board who wish to spring to your house defence, please.

Overall, it's been a good three days, except for a few frazzled members of the JPA party commitee (don't recall US working so hard when we were juniors) whose sole purpose in an imperfect life is to put up notices for JPA subcom meetings.

JPA SUBCOMS? Heck, even the SC doesn't have subcoms. Good work though, juniors, and may we expect a blast...hopefully not from the past...this coming Tuesday, 9 August, where, we hope, flour will flow free.

Till then, here's to another lifespan-shortening day in KYUEM.