Thursday, August 25, 2005 ♥
HAiz
I received a call from zi xian the moment i came out of the bathroom after my bath.
She told me that Mr Foo wants to change Nan Hua Secondary School to Nan Hua High. She's very anxious, unhappy and upset about it.
I don't see how, by changing the name of the school to smth smth high is going to make the schl better or anything. but without knowing much about the issue,and about why Mr Foo wants to change the school's name, i can't really say much.
just that nan huarians, past and present, should do their part and sign the petition created by zi xian to help preserve nhss name.
Preserve Nan Hua's Name Petition
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/savenh/petition.html
i miss the schl, not the environment and all, but 4/3, friends, teachers and the building itself. but when i went back the last few times, i found it so much foreign to me, i dun have the excitement to go back to nan hua again. mm...well, i'm sure many people, most people feel that whether nh wants to change its name or not is not of our business, because, we are already out of the school and also don't care so much about being an alumni member and stuff. but nevertheless, we should understand how some others feel strongly about the issue, against the changing of name and support the petition.
Dear Zixian:
Calm down. We can't really do much at this moment of time, because it's not under our control, and we are no longer in nan hua, everyone is spreaded around the whole world. Besides not many share the same thinking and agrees with you. If Mr Foo decidedly thinks that by changing the school name into nh high, will boost its reputation and make nh become a school like for eg. chinese high,and intends to do that, we can't do much except watch the school go into maybe degradation and all.
I don't believe nh thinks a much of us, and the alumni. nhss is not a school like for eg. the acs schools. they have a very strong alumni, the old ac boys and all.
the fact that mr foo wants nh to become a well-known school and is determined to make the school become one, after so much stuff(eg. inviting our pm to 88 dinner, nh mascot, higher technology like hand held comps for students and watever else) is not something we can change.
he can go ahead make any change he wants, then in the end he's going to be responsible for how better or worse the school has become. we don't have much say in it. he either rises or falls. it's his own doing.
certainly, we can't just sit, look at what he's going to do with disapproval, and do nothing. we can only do our best.
i've tried sending e-mails to all 4/3 and some other nanhuarians to get them to sign the petition.
so. other than that. i noe you are very unhappy and upset about the issue, and is also determined to do something about it. but do keep calm yah?
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Today, my dad's car is spoilt and still is, so i had to go home myself. i left school about 6+, and reached jurong west about 6.45+. i decided to walk about the market and pasam malam a bit then walk home.
I saw like how many,4, stalls, all selling Ramly Burgers...that reminded me
Next year will be ACJC's fun-o-rama, and yar pple pls do help me and buy the tickets from me. you have a long john voucher along with it. $10 one set.
each class has to set up two stalls, one games and one food. and an idea of selling ramly burgers came along...the class had quite some fun discussing about what to sell yesterday.
dun especially like school fun fairs and all. cos they are set up by students. which is kinda not good, may be messy and all...fun fairs also cost a lot of money. like a normal cup of drink can cost about 1 outside but 2 in the fair. so you spent 10 bucks for the tickets, go to the fair and find out that they are not enough for you. tt's why pple say tt no one shld go with just a single $10 set of tickets. (well, esp. it's acjc).
we've got to sell tickets 3 times. each time about 10, in total 30, each cost $10, total one person $3000. and each stall is supposed to earn more than thousand dollars.
they tell us to sell to friends, relatives and family members. but hallo??? i dun have much frens willing to buy just one 10 bucks ticket, i dun think there's any; i haven't seen my relatives since chinese new year, i never ever ask them to donate money for donation cardds and stuff; i dun talk to my neighbours; my parents will never come. wat do you expect? me and my sis each buy one or two and spend $40 bucks? where i get these money? from my parents? hallo??? i'm not damn rich okay? this is crazy. until now, my sale of tickets is 0. even for guitar concert? i sold not 1 ticket. i bought one for my sis. and my mum bought one more. so what? you want me to buy them all, and give to other pple for free since they dun want to pay MONEY? YOU MUST BE KIDDING MAN!
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As i was saying..i walked around the neighbourhood, and discovered i missed so much stuff. i missed the times i played basketball with my sis at the basketball court, play badminton with her, ride around with the scooter and stuff. or just simply running around the garden or sitting there quietly together. i miss the times i went to aipheng's house to do projects..i remember the music project, humans proj about the earth, global warming etc..i miss the rollerblading and stuff...i miss them all. remember the marble we found? the one which fell out of the rollerblades when i fell down? the one, we made wishes on? that was almost two years ago...so long ago....
everything's so different now. we are all separated, caught up with our own different lives. everything to me has become a routine. wake up, go to school, eat, do hw, come home, sleep and all..like a cycle. so much so..i miss the simplest thing like sitting at the park quietly to think through stuff or just don't think about anything..
and remember peisi calling us 4 musketeers, chingli calling me lamalan...it's all gone now..so long ago..and everyone has changed. new friends have been made and old ones have been forgotten...so little frens stay with you forever.
i'm glad i have ti lin, su phei..and thank all other friends who has stepped in my life and made an imprint in my heart...4o3o4 mons and all...
WOw..this such a long post...damn. i have a gp reading package test tomorrow..48 pages to read, about economics, and i'm still at pg 8, yet i have so much other hw to do...damn. good luck to me man!
♥reflected @ 9:45 PM
