post dedicated to SC!

what is SC?
chance
chance to learn
chance to learn to step up
chance to learn to step up and speak
chance to learn to step up and speak confidently
change to learn to step up and speak confidently and serve
change to learn to step up and speak confidently and serve in order to lead
change to learn to step up and speak confidently and serve in order to lead together.
too many definations..
the 11 of us have 11 different definitions,
but we can all agree that SC was something we never regret joining.
it was a life-changing experience.
wout the training and pushing SC gave,
i dno which hole will i hide when i am called to speak.
i wud still be the silent worker always behind the scene.

we walked into the hostel reading room with our green exco tee spelling
DHS EXCO 0607.
each of us wore 1 alphabet, super cool!


when we walked into the room, juniors were squatting behind the sofas,
den they burst out "happy handover!"
it was so loud that there were reverbs (physicsXD) ! !
their loudness, togetherness, sincerity and their smiles nearly brought me to tears!!

aft which i discovered to my amazement that our seniors and almost all of the SC teachers, 2 VPs and even mr.sng were around!
the whole place were filled with streamers balloons and a big happy handover 07.

I DID NOT ANTICIPATE ALL THESE.

i was so touched that the yr3 exco went thru all the trouble to get everyone here and put up all the fancy stuffs.

THE 11 OF US WERE AWE-STUCKED.

REALLY.

aft that there was pot luck.
although the varieties were limited,
home made food always have that special warmth lingering around..
it was cool that juniors don mind the trouble of bringing pots and pans and drinks and cans..

den it was cam-whoring
departments gathered tgt.
btw thanks to the colour codes,
it was so easy find the lost sheep when it comes to grp photo.
IA was purple. the exco were green, the year3esco were white.

aft that we settled down and Mr. Sng gave his most inspiring speech.
Sacrifice is inevitable for an SC, for a leader.
with great powers come great responsibilities.

nxt up in ther programme was the yr2 performance.
they were so cute.
it was a musical!
it started with a story...
it was so delightful hearing my 3 cheerful IA yr2s sing a song dedicated to yr4s in the tune of merry had a little lamb.
joshua charmaine and xintain, u all sang the best best best!
aft all 4 depts presented, the yr 2s ran to the back of the roomand grabbed balloons n gave them out to us!
the balloons had our names in it.
it was so sweet.


nxt it was the performance of the century.
yr 3 exco presented 2 songs on GUITAR.



不是每个人都会弾吉它,
学会怎么弹奏也不是一朝一夕的事.
十一个人边弹边请唱,
合奏出那么优美的旋律,
可见它们花费了多少工夫和血汗!

但你孤单,你会想起谁?
他们唱出对我们关怀他们的方式的感激,
他们唱出我们将离别的舍不得
他们唱出对我们的思念
他们唱出当我们孤单,他们会在身边陪伴.

aft that they expressed their gratitudes.
you know, for once, i felt like a kind old nurse
or a caring teacher.
wad hv we done that you all needa do so much for us?
you all flatter us too much!

aft that they presented us with gifts.
i was holding an board of thankyou notes on my left hand and a glass framed collage of myself!

presented to me by my dearest siswo and darling yanlin =)

den i received a little time-capsule for us to put our tie pins and badge.
it has a cute little clay basketball inside.
SCs you are all so thoughtful,
made intricate little things regarding our beloved cca and to seal SC with..
teachers made us us a little something too =)

i've made those things before.
but this is the first time i received such stuffs and SO MANY AT ONCE.
handmade gifts are the best.
cuz time is priceless.

their sincerity and warmth could melt the ice at north pole.

nxt up was a powerpoint slideshow of the year4s and the growth of SC these 3 years.

the lights were off.
i can hear not only the music,
but the a few sobs hear and there.
(must be JUNE =) )
i can feel tears in my eyes but i cant bring myself to cry!
smiles and smiles and smiles were all that filled me up frm within.

aft that teachers shared with us.
words of wisdom
words of advice
words of guidance
words of encouragement
words of gratitude
words of care
words of love

mdm loh crying brought many others to tears.

i cudnt help but thk,
were they over-flattering us?
wad did we do?
wad did i do?

the few services we did for the sch
the little actions that we do
the slightest smile that we gave
the advices and guidance that we gv
the one pat on the back
the still small voice of " are u stress? need help?"

to me it was nothing.
but
actually all these small things added up and meant so much to them.

mr yeo did a powerpoint for us too.
it was his baby!
it had our individual photos and things that we said before on it.
it has the 11 definations of wad SC meant to us.
1 powerpoint with almost a million pictures ( speak 1000 x 1000 000 words)
dedicated to the 11 of us.
agn, i hv done that for others.

nobody did that for me in my life.

and i could feel tears swelling up agn when mr yeo called each one by name and said someth about us,
it was not about our strength.
it was how can we improve.

"dinah, you have to stop living for others and treasure yourself. believe in yourself"
donworry mr.yeo,
im not living for others =)
im living for God.
i always tell myself to believe in myself
but im veh easily swayed by wad others said.
i shall stop saying i wil believe in myself and start saying
i believe in me!
thankyou mr yeo for believing in me !!

aft that mr yeo handed to each 1 of us a cd.
it was his baby, the ppt of us!
but he had to recall them cuz there were minor flaws.
june's name not inside the wallpaper.
"june name is not inside ppt, you knw y? cuz its inside my heart."
Mr yeo, u always knw how to turn the table around and save the day =)

nxt it was the exco's turn addressing everyone.
me and yuru went up in pairs.
we thank the teachers,
our seniors for gving us this special chance of being in the exco.
we thanked our small yet cosy dept.
we address each of them by name and said someth sweet about them.
we thanked the yr3 exco for putting in their heart and soul into this farewell.
we thanked ecxo 0607 for the memories they gave us.

exco 0607 was the first grp of ppl that brought a cake to celebrate by birthday!
other than my parents of course..
when i came to that, i almost broke down but luckily i said that last =)

if not for SC,
i wudn even be standing there thanking and encouraging
i wudn even dared to stand up and speak.

lastly it was the finale of the night
arms around each other,
regardless of dept,
regardless of lvl,
regardless of gendar,
we all huddled tgt to sing a few sad departing songs =(

n everyth ended up wif the cutting of an enormous cake.
it was DELICIOUS !

SC is 1 family, not 3 separate lvl or 4 different departments.
quoted frm some SC "72 personalities 72 leaders 1 student council"

when our exco first sat tgt,
we asked wad do we wanna achieve at the end of our term?
"bond SC!"
seeing the tears that were shed by almost all of the year 3 exco
hearing all the thankyous i love yous IA rawks, SW rawks, CR rawsk and LC rawks
feeling all the huggs and warmth around

WE ACTUALLY DID IT.

WE CHANGED SC FRM AN ORGANISATION TO A FAMILY.

exco 0708,
we believe,
and all the teachers believe
that you all can match up to us
and even surpass us.

this farewell party proved it.

yanlin
siswo
xingqi
xintain
jasmine
jazreen
charmaine
rachel
liangwei
joshua

+ ME + YURU = LOVE

i love SC !

today i was so overwhelmed by the handover that i wrote the whole handover
(of cuz there are a few "changes")
for my chi compo test.
that explains the chi excerpt for the guitar part. =)