The past 3 weeks has been an extremely hectic... To the extent that I couldn't even know whether I could make it though without fainting or anything. This week was the worst, having only obtained 6 hours of sleep within 4 days, I was extremely worried whether I could keep up. Nonetheless, I made it through, not with any consequences though. That usual to-do list on my phone has finally been cut down to only 2 items (KI Independent Study and Revision for block tests).
Never before I did curse and say that "life sucks". But bleh. I needed to make that statement. It's like being through hell. Never before I thought my optimism would fade away so quickly, and never come back again. Never before I thought I could break down so easily... But well, it's all over now, and there is finally light at the end of the tunnel, a silver lining in the cloud. I do have multiple regrets, though.
The preparation for the Investiture Dinner at HCIBS was the most taxing of everything. As of now, my position in the Council has been "upgraded" to so-called "Senior Director for Support Services". My role is to coordinate the actions of the Welfare Committee wing of the Council, including the Publicity Committee, Photo Resource Committee, Video Resource Committee, PA/AVA Committee and Human Resource Committee. Never before did I expect that managing this would be that tough... I had left the Publicity Committee, Video Resource Committee and Photo Resource Committee on autopilot, but I guess, that wasn't a wise decision anymore. Two weeks before the event, I realized that Publicity Committee has not been submitting anything yet... and Video Resource Committee didn't take flight either. That was when I started to push and cover the work of both sides.
Things started to get worse from then on, with multiple committees being unable to cover their specified job scopes. I had to cover these, which took up a huge amount of my time. There were also Council Dance practice sessions, which basically used up most of my night studying hours. Worst of all, Video Resource Committee actually pushed one of the videos to me...
PA/AVA Committee was also in need of assistance. I had to persuade Mr Desmond Tan (PA/AVA for High School Section) to provide us with wireless mikes, and it certainly not an easy task, because our predecessors have actually spoilt lots of equipment. But in the end, spending around an hour, I did finally manage to borrow from him. Care had to be taken for the equipments, and I tried to keep reminding the PA crew to take care of the equipments properly. I also had to teach the PA crew a thing or two... which well, takes off some of my time as well.
Also concurrently in action was the Athena Faculty Committee... in which I did have to attend meetings (but I usually didn't attend due to clashes with the Investiture timeline). Furthermore I was supposed to do a Tribute Video for the previous Faculty Committee batch...
There's also the PA/AVA Society, where I was supposed to be involved in the Dance Night preparation, but I felt that I've made a right decision in pulling out (not very last minute though). Otherwise I would have fainted while managing that follow spot. But I do regret missing this considerably popular event. =/
From this point on I did get into trouble with some teachers... including the one in charge of my scholarship. Hmph. It's rather heartbreaking to know that I'm the worst performing scholar in Hwa Chong. And Ms Ooi was pushing me to stay back after school to study... It was a dreadful experience... I really had multiple dilemmas. On whether to uphold my commitment as a councillor, or to uphold my role as a scholar. Furthermore, if MOE would to choose to remove scholarships at this point of time, I think I would be the first one to go... And that thought itself is extremely terrifying because that would basically mean that I will be leaving everything behind. Having failed my Chemistry AA, as well as Maths Lecture Test, I knew that I wasn't going to make it this semester. Economics was my only scoring subject as of now.
The last week before everything ended was the most "interesting" one. It was the run of my life... I needed to get 2 videos done in time, and mind you, they aren't simple ones done in Windows Movie Maker or similar programs. During every break, I did try to find some time to do the videos... Furthermore, I updated the cue sheet + backdrop each time the programme was changed. I also had to teach the publicity team on ways to get things done faster, since the deadline was really close (in fact, past already).
On 21st of May, 11 am, I took leave from school, in the process, I jumped over the very first hurdle, completing, finalizing and rendering the video 7 hours before the Investiture. But it wasn't over yet. Lu Hao, the Video Resource Committee Director, needed to constantly look for me in order to get his video done as well. It was the first time he was using Adobe After Effects, so naturally he had many questions to ask. But well, it was really not a good time to ask after all. The official event was to start in a few hours, so I was also concentrating on the other committees. I tried to put up a lot of patience, a calm front, to make myself seem more like myself... but sometimes I just couldn't manage this amount of stress. But this one pulled through as well - only 15 minutes before the official start of the event!
Things were not over. The event ended at 8 pm, but after keeping, packing, etc. all the stuff, it was already 11 pm. Which means, I was effectively left with less than 17 hours to start and complete the 2nd video. It wasn't going to be an easy thing... I took 2 weeks to complete my first one, and if I did manage to complete the 2nd one flawlessly... it would be an absolute miracle. I woke up at 5:30 am, started to work on the video until 7 am. Immediately after flag raising ceremony, I continued work till 10 am (thank god Physics Lab session was canceled on that day). But things weren't done yet. After attending KI lessons till 12:30 pm, I decided to skip Mathematics lecture and Project Work with a valid reason, so that I would finalize and render the video. So the video was done by 2 pm, finalized at 2:15 pm. And most amazingly, the render completed at 2:55 pm, just 5 minutes before the Faculty Committee Introduction Session! So miracles do happen. Thus the 2nd hurdle was skipped.
The very last hurdle was the Independent Study paper I had to do for Knowledge and Inquiry, but Mr Shyam was kind enough to allow me to submit tomorrow on the premise that marks "might" be deducted...
Right after the Faculty Committee Introduction Session, I finally realized that my to-do list has shrunk to only 2 items... Absolutely glad that this happened. What's left now is to concentrate full time on my studies so that I can try to fulfill the promise of full-range As for my subjects. After the AAR for Investiture Dinner at 9 pm that night, I was finally able to fall into bed... and slept for around a whole 12 hours =D
Oh, and thanks to Chong Wei and my kind PW group members who have covered my work for me for the past week... Sorry about that, but I really really really do appreciate it a lot. Also thanks to my friends, teachers, and parents who have supported me all along =D without you guys I would not have survived till today. =P
Never before I did curse and say that "life sucks". But bleh. I needed to make that statement. It's like being through hell. Never before I thought my optimism would fade away so quickly, and never come back again. Never before I thought I could break down so easily... But well, it's all over now, and there is finally light at the end of the tunnel, a silver lining in the cloud. I do have multiple regrets, though.
The preparation for the Investiture Dinner at HCIBS was the most taxing of everything. As of now, my position in the Council has been "upgraded" to so-called "Senior Director for Support Services". My role is to coordinate the actions of the Welfare Committee wing of the Council, including the Publicity Committee, Photo Resource Committee, Video Resource Committee, PA/AVA Committee and Human Resource Committee. Never before did I expect that managing this would be that tough... I had left the Publicity Committee, Video Resource Committee and Photo Resource Committee on autopilot, but I guess, that wasn't a wise decision anymore. Two weeks before the event, I realized that Publicity Committee has not been submitting anything yet... and Video Resource Committee didn't take flight either. That was when I started to push and cover the work of both sides.
Things started to get worse from then on, with multiple committees being unable to cover their specified job scopes. I had to cover these, which took up a huge amount of my time. There were also Council Dance practice sessions, which basically used up most of my night studying hours. Worst of all, Video Resource Committee actually pushed one of the videos to me...
PA/AVA Committee was also in need of assistance. I had to persuade Mr Desmond Tan (PA/AVA for High School Section) to provide us with wireless mikes, and it certainly not an easy task, because our predecessors have actually spoilt lots of equipment. But in the end, spending around an hour, I did finally manage to borrow from him. Care had to be taken for the equipments, and I tried to keep reminding the PA crew to take care of the equipments properly. I also had to teach the PA crew a thing or two... which well, takes off some of my time as well.
Also concurrently in action was the Athena Faculty Committee... in which I did have to attend meetings (but I usually didn't attend due to clashes with the Investiture timeline). Furthermore I was supposed to do a Tribute Video for the previous Faculty Committee batch...
There's also the PA/AVA Society, where I was supposed to be involved in the Dance Night preparation, but I felt that I've made a right decision in pulling out (not very last minute though). Otherwise I would have fainted while managing that follow spot. But I do regret missing this considerably popular event. =/
From this point on I did get into trouble with some teachers... including the one in charge of my scholarship. Hmph. It's rather heartbreaking to know that I'm the worst performing scholar in Hwa Chong. And Ms Ooi was pushing me to stay back after school to study... It was a dreadful experience... I really had multiple dilemmas. On whether to uphold my commitment as a councillor, or to uphold my role as a scholar. Furthermore, if MOE would to choose to remove scholarships at this point of time, I think I would be the first one to go... And that thought itself is extremely terrifying because that would basically mean that I will be leaving everything behind. Having failed my Chemistry AA, as well as Maths Lecture Test, I knew that I wasn't going to make it this semester. Economics was my only scoring subject as of now.
The last week before everything ended was the most "interesting" one. It was the run of my life... I needed to get 2 videos done in time, and mind you, they aren't simple ones done in Windows Movie Maker or similar programs. During every break, I did try to find some time to do the videos... Furthermore, I updated the cue sheet + backdrop each time the programme was changed. I also had to teach the publicity team on ways to get things done faster, since the deadline was really close (in fact, past already).
On 21st of May, 11 am, I took leave from school, in the process, I jumped over the very first hurdle, completing, finalizing and rendering the video 7 hours before the Investiture. But it wasn't over yet. Lu Hao, the Video Resource Committee Director, needed to constantly look for me in order to get his video done as well. It was the first time he was using Adobe After Effects, so naturally he had many questions to ask. But well, it was really not a good time to ask after all. The official event was to start in a few hours, so I was also concentrating on the other committees. I tried to put up a lot of patience, a calm front, to make myself seem more like myself... but sometimes I just couldn't manage this amount of stress. But this one pulled through as well - only 15 minutes before the official start of the event!
Things were not over. The event ended at 8 pm, but after keeping, packing, etc. all the stuff, it was already 11 pm. Which means, I was effectively left with less than 17 hours to start and complete the 2nd video. It wasn't going to be an easy thing... I took 2 weeks to complete my first one, and if I did manage to complete the 2nd one flawlessly... it would be an absolute miracle. I woke up at 5:30 am, started to work on the video until 7 am. Immediately after flag raising ceremony, I continued work till 10 am (thank god Physics Lab session was canceled on that day). But things weren't done yet. After attending KI lessons till 12:30 pm, I decided to skip Mathematics lecture and Project Work with a valid reason, so that I would finalize and render the video. So the video was done by 2 pm, finalized at 2:15 pm. And most amazingly, the render completed at 2:55 pm, just 5 minutes before the Faculty Committee Introduction Session! So miracles do happen. Thus the 2nd hurdle was skipped.
The very last hurdle was the Independent Study paper I had to do for Knowledge and Inquiry, but Mr Shyam was kind enough to allow me to submit tomorrow on the premise that marks "might" be deducted...
Right after the Faculty Committee Introduction Session, I finally realized that my to-do list has shrunk to only 2 items... Absolutely glad that this happened. What's left now is to concentrate full time on my studies so that I can try to fulfill the promise of full-range As for my subjects. After the AAR for Investiture Dinner at 9 pm that night, I was finally able to fall into bed... and slept for around a whole 12 hours =D
Oh, and thanks to Chong Wei and my kind PW group members who have covered my work for me for the past week... Sorry about that, but I really really really do appreciate it a lot. Also thanks to my friends, teachers, and parents who have supported me all along =D without you guys I would not have survived till today. =P
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