Wednesday, August 31, 2005 ♥
i just read preserveourname.blogspot.com. and realized that there has been a lot, a lot going on, since the last time i talked to zixian. i was shocked, truthfully, by the seriousness of the issue, and how far zixian had went to pursue the idea of keeping nanhua sec as not nanhua high. she sent mails to mrs lim, mr foo and mr loh. and written to both straits times and newpaper.
and all has come to an end.
admist all my confusion and unawareness, busyiness and inability to keep up with news regarding the nanhua stuff, it has ended.
and i'm also quite insulted by hearing that 4/3 has be 'hated' by someone becos of these issues going on.
i admire zixian's strong perserverance and determination.
but i think that too much perseverance isn't good. when perseverance becomes so strong it levels up to being stubborn. stubborn means: obstinate or persistent.
i think that's why the tchers or some ppl may be offended or think that zixian was rude and so on.
I appreciate all zixian has done. I thank her for leading the number of ppl who signed the petition and did what she thought shld be done, even if i do not entirely support every single thing she did.
some words were said before a lot of thinking could be done, and everyone makes this mistake.
i do look up to zixian for her strong feelings for everything she's done, been thr. whether school, roots and all.
I agree to one person's statement at the other blog. freedom of speech exists.BUT there are limitations. sometimes, there are so much limitations, the 'freedom' maybe diminished. we cannot continuously think that we shld have freedom and continously demand our rights and so on. this was one of the reasons i was very unhappy with my sister last year, cos her teacher influenced her so much, every time she's talking abt veing freedom to do this and that, tt it's her rights etc. which made me fed up and i nearly wrote a letter to her tcher. but i didn't. cos i knew that i don't need to do that. she will understand when it's time. and i'm glad she didn't with-hold that all the way till now. i'll be fed-up if she did.
all these stuff. it's really complicated in my point of view. every one has their own views.
i visited the nh alumni website thr. the preservename blog. i realised that alumni members don't really include us. those who hold more respect and stuff are those who are so much older. so very much older. our existence as 'alumni' won't matter to the school much, and our words won't give a large influence. besides,there are many people who don't mind the changing of name issue, there are some who can't be bothered. it doesn't matter much to a lot. it's just a name. wat's impt is the students.their studies, behavior, character etc.we'll just wait for next year's n following years' o level results.we'll see.we just see each new generation of nh students are like. then ppl will judge by themselves, whether our school motto has been upheld through the years, whether our schl is worth sap, autonomous and so on. i dislike how the word high might become a stereotyping tool, and differentiate wat a top sap schl is. we dun need to tell ppl the schl's gd thr names. we show it. thr our results. thr our culture and so on. maybe. names does have an impact. a first impression and lasting effect. but tt won't mean tt, being called sec means u r lower grade schl, or perhaps a neighbourhood schl? all schools try achieve excellence and the best in their students. don't they?
wateva larh. i heck care with all these stuff liao. nanhua is history too. in future i'll see whether it is worth remembering.but one may be so caught up with life, like me, i dun even have chance to care and bother not say do something.
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like i said: we do our best before destiny unfolds itself. we never know what will really happen anyway...
well i got this thought after watching THE LAST SAMURAI again.
i still think it's the best movie i ever watched.
i can watch it 1000+ times and still think it's good, still cry at the parts which demand my respect (not Pity). it's really good. it's great. (my sis rented the vcd from her school)
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today's a mess for me too.. couldn't control my actions clearly and all.
+ i had a very terrible headache.
have to stop here. my dad's yelling again
late liaoz
♥reflected @ 11:20 PM
