Thursday, July 10, 2008
@2:27 AM
aww. ethelonter 5 is finally over. i think that every ethelonter is unique in its own ways, and every year the feel is different. way before ethelonter 5 starts, i always thought that joining this year's camp is a waste of time. coz firstly i felt that i didn't contribute the amount that i expect myself to contribute. secondly, i thought that i wouldn't have learnt something out of it. thirdly, i felt useless in the camp.
but i realised everything is worthwhile when i saw weijian and kris cried. and i totally can sympathize with them; their feelings for ethelonter. i bet only those who have gone thru ethelonter as a freshie and subsequent ethelonters would understand the feeling. it's not like any other camps, but it is the camp that brought us to the big family, provide us a platform to learn things that cannot be learnt in lectures. and i pondered. those who kept coming back for ethelonters are those that have beeen thru E as freshie, and i guess they want the incoming freshie to have the experience that they once felt back then. i very much wanted to cry at that point, but i found no reasons to cry.
and feeling alittle emo after the debrief, i went back to our chalet. just when i thought that i didn't learn anything from this year E, it just suddebly strike me that i've actually gained something else from my group. for E3, i was wow-ed by how E works and just blurblur joined the 5th MC. for E4, i can really say that i learnt a whole lot of stuffs from it. for E5, i think i just shit and sweat with fellow imarans councillors, which is not a bad thing i guess. yeayy. and i was overwhelmed by the Ethelonter spirit that i cried. the gan jue is plain weird. i don know how to explain also.
after breaking the camp, i went back home to zzz before coming back to the chalet for xizhen's birthday party. yay. talked quite alot with her and it made me see how the other side of the society live and works. it's totally a different experience i can say. the people there smoke, drink, vulgarities everywhere. and she told me about their measely pay which i think i can also earn that amt of money if i teach more. and she's thrown to the workforce at such a young age, while i'm still in uni, slogging my way out. just a totally different world bah. nonetheless, my this o' friend of mine hasn't changed, except for the smoking part.
oya! i forgot to add in the part that i drove to the chalet! yes! alone. without my dad beside me! it's damn scaryy. it's really great being a passenger!
after the chalet, jioed zq to dou feng, since i'm at pasir ris area.
and we drove to kallang waterfront!!! have been wanting to go there since exams period, and now finally got the chance to drive there! yep yep! =PpP
still very in love with the place. but but, that night's company is alittle weird. hahaha!
went home after that.
and now i wish that i've more than 24 hrs a day.
time to sleep.