Friday, December 30, 2011
It's finally time for me to settle down and reflect on this year, I'm kinda excited to reflect because 2011 has been an awesome year really!:D Grew up so much and experienced so much! There's so much to talk about I dont know where to start lol. Shall do chronological and topic by topic!
1) my telemarketer job.
Although the job is really boring, I never regretted doing it. Because I know this is probably my only time trying such an office job, I know I will not be happy doing such jobs, and I really cant imagine my other colleagues working there for years like this. It's not for me, but I'm glad to have experienced it for a short term. At least when next time people talk about it, I will be able to understand better. During my interview, they asked me why I chose this job. I told them I thought it will help me in the media lol, and she told me it probably wont. But in the end I think it did! I was able to speak on the phone with strangers more professionally and calm, which helped a lot when I had to call PRs and interview people.
2) SPH internship
It's so awesome there's too much stuff to say! Being able to enter zaobao was like wah a dream come true! I've visited the newsroom before when I just joined txy, and I never really imagined being able to have my own table and be part of this news reporting team. I've met colleagues that were also inspiring, especially yongmay jie who literally changed my life because she inspired me to take sociology instead of mass comm. She's really a role model that I look up to, everytime I talk to her, she will be humble and speak normally, but behind her words you can feel her immense passion. And she has lots of interesting thoughts, and her articles are always written beautifully and thought-provoking. Anyway, being a reporter is a job that I really enjoyed, there's so much new people and things that I meet everyday, and I can always learn something new from each of these happenings. Elections was the significant thing for me, I can really feel the excitement of reporting elections news, though challenging and tiring, but I'm sure all of us enjoyed it. I could better understand how the organization work and allocated job, and how the editors have so much things to do and read, and yet they always read more than me while I complained no time. Although there's a lot more skills that I need to brush up on before I can perform well as a reporter, I believe the passion will keep me going! (I'm taking 3 modules related to media coming sem lol!) And of course having yuensin and evelyn there together, on lotus notes and lunches made the whole internship process enjoyable and memorable(: the common experience we shared strengthen our friendship bonds <3
3)getting scholarship
The whole journey of getting the scholarship seemed so unbelievable at times. Somehow I could just pass rounds after rounds of interviews, although I really believe that my skill is not there. The only thing that probably was obvious in me was my passion. When I eventually got offered, I couldn't find guarantors, and that really discouraged me a lot. But now that I signed it, I'm going to prove all the people who were hesitant about me, that I can do it!! The process of preparing for that scholarship skit performance was also quite memorable, probably one of the last few chances we have to put up such performances.
4) exploring places with evelyn and yuensin
It's so wonderful to find friends who like to explore too, because when you see somewhere new and interesting that you want to go, you know that you can go there with someone and not having to give up the idea of exploring it. There's also the joy which can be shared when discovering something new. The artsy stuff that we go to, performances and museums, also brought me to learn appreciating the arts bit by bit. And of course to chim-ify my thoughts and perspectives. Together with all the htht with you 2, I start to really develop my thinking and become someone who will naturally ponder about certain issues. I'm far from the childish girl with very naive thoughts in the past. I build up my character a lot in 2011, and a lot is contributed by you 2 my dear friends <3 all our chim discussions haha!
4) uni
The 4.5 uni orientation camps (if only that was my CAP) that i've attended changed me in a sense that I grew tired of making so many new friends which I know will not last. Because in uni, there's always new faces, and everyone tries to be open and hapz and cool, it's all very tiring. And the people that I meet are mostly so different from me, wild and pretending. Except for a group of raggers, whom I really treasure in uni. My intuition that the friends I make in rag would be similar to the friendships I formed in huangcheng is quite accurate after all(: Uni life is something that I really don't like, because it lacks a lot of 人情味 and it's just filled with competitiveness. Meeting huiwen's og gradually changed my impression a bit, and I'm so grateful to have met shotenzenjins and the right people in my life at the correct time. They are so helpful, and sometimes I feel ashamed of my thoughts that I will stereotype all uni people to be competitive and fake. In terms of studies, it's really on a whole new level now that you're thrown into the sea with nothing else but stacks of notes. I enjoyed learning about the things that I'm learning, though the exams and assessments are not. My very first CAP in uni is not very good but not very bad either. Must jiayou and get a first class honours!!
5) KR
I wanted to try hall because I wanted to experience it. But i never knew it would be worse than expected such that I will want to move out even after only 1 sem. But after all these, I never regretted joining, because I learnt a lot from it too. How there are all sorts of people in hall, and how I need to know how to interact with people who are different from you. And I joined choir for the first time too! It was a fun experience, and I realized there's a lot about singing that I need to learn! Last but not least 6th floor! I'm really really grateful that weiying steph feather jiayun were there tgt, because they brightened up my depressing hall life. Sincere friends in uni that I've met, and all the 'chinese talk' with weiying. And also chanting tgt with javier which helped strengthen my faith quite a bit especially near finals. It's good to always chant and share struggles together with a comrade(:
6) dec holidays
Finally managed to balance better between personal time and go out time. Managed to finish reading a few books (though less so towards the end of the year), instead of the usual complain that I have no time. Because I realize that if you keep piling up your schedule with outings and gatherings, there will naturally be not enough time. And all these books are also enriching: Hard truths made me understand many more things, fiction made me learn how to appreciate the beauty of words and plots. And of course going out to explore again!
7) genting trip
First time go overseas with a friend and her family. And it was such an awesome experience because I really learnt a lot. How everyone grows up differently because of the huge influence of the family. I really feel very glad that I can hang out with them naturally, like there isn't extreme awkwardness or anything. And the talk with zhixin that day while queuing for the bumper car ride is going to stay in my memory(:
8) malacca trip
another one day trip with friends! I really like this sort of simple impromptu free and easy travelling! You meet friendly strangers there, understand the culture of the place, and see beautiful sceneries and take nice photos! Plus it's great to have evelyn and meijun who also found joy in exploring places!(:
9) chingay 2011 & 2012
Chingay is my favourite large scale performance, because it's more fun and vibrant as compared to ndp (oops) since there's more moving around and interaction directly with the audience. Both chingays were very different experiences though. I joined the first one without knowing much people, except for charlotte and yuanli from yog. The second one was together with nussd and asd, and since we were grouped together, we could talk to each other more often. I talked more to meijun too, though it's getting bad because we're not interacting enough with the others>< I look forward to my chingay trainings now, like I will literally count '1 more day to the next chingay training!' haha!
10) asd
It's wonderful how our bonds strengthened so much, especially after we graduate, which is far from usual! Getting to know everyone better especially through the chingay trainigs which we will meet up so often.
11)district 4
Being transferred to a new district gives me a whole new experience. But the fact that boonhwee is still there makes me still reliant alamak>< I've learnt a lot from the adult divisions, and it's wonderful how strong their faith is, especially the WDs. Someday I'm going to become a WD too and I'm going to be like them, inspiring the future generation! There's much more room for improvement, and I shall strive to do so in 2012!
Actually there's much more but i'm tired of doing this post liao oops, because there's really too much and I guess it'll just stay in my mind and pop in occasionally at the right time when I need them (: And I can't wait to do my resolutions already! Haha it's always the post that I'm looking forward to!:D maybe when I suddenly think of certain things, I will come back and add on to this post!
Can I fly over the rainbow like the bluebirds?
12/30/2011 11:17:00 PM
