♥ Tuesday, February 17, 2009
[[RVNP Sec01 'o8]] journeys♥
After today's act, i really feel the need to post. The great aspect- Shi Min came! And finally 2G and the teachers are working with us to get him for CCA. Months and months of people "pursuing" him- finally! No, it is not for the reason that Ken always speaks of, that we'll get into trouble without him. It is because he is our squadmate. Ours. RVNP Sec1 2008, even if he has zero knowledge on RVNP and forgot all our names. It only feels normal with all 34 of us.
Today, I saw Ernest heading towards the side-gate as i was going up the stairs to retrieve my bag. I paused for a considerable amount of time, watching him cross the distance between the canteen and his destination. In those seconds, I had no thought about chasing him back. ONly at the very last second as he disappeared from view did i decide: I dont want to see my squadmate leave like that.
Obviously, thanks to my pathetic rapport with my class guys, i failed to "retrieve" him and also because of my lack of determination. I hope you are reading this, Ernest. Because you conveniently happen to be my classmate. Friday, if i take one valuable item from your best pals- they'll psycho you for me. =)
NCO Si Min asked before if we felt closer to classmates or squadmates. My answer? The latter. No, NCO Raymeo, NOT PT. It was built before that mentality, in our first months of RVNP. Perhaps why we are always so reluctant to persuade people to come for act is because we dont want to spoil that bond- so to the people who are "ponning", dont make us have to do it.
I will be commencing "discipline mistress" (-_- Ken...) duties on our 2 2K squadmates- and hopefully i can get the support of a former classmate in 2k. Hopefully. HOPEFULLY.
Now to today's act. Everyone noticed, obviously, that today's bersurai (spelt correctly?) was met with an awful LACK of energy. I am not ging to be a hypocrite to say i agree with ma'am, like ma'am, or will happily accept what she most kindly offers. In fact, I am still wondering how our NCOs lived with her as their I/C. We got 100 pumpings last act for PT. Then did our NCOs get a norm of 200? I can just imagine her saying "100 more to go, ENDURE!" (did i ever mention i hate that word?)
Yes. In her book, she may find this very reasonable. Unfortunately, ma'am, i do not see it this way.
While I for one would be venting out steam on that, can we not forget that PONNING, MASS PONNING and HATING RVNP TO THE CORE will get us nowhere? Ponning of the usual people are bad enough. Our consistent squadmates too? What, the scene i wrote about in my previous post, (9 PEOPLE) is coming true?
Sir Qin Hui said that it would be our last act with full-U punishment. Rather than getting harped up on what our dear ex I/C's words, why not focus on his belief in our ability? That's why we went through the trouble of specially preparing our U and attending act in full-U right?
Forseeing ma'am's VERY possible response next act, why not we challenge ma'am. Ironically enough, with endurance. See how long she plays this childish game with us. Fight the ridiculous request with our sincerity. "Goodness" always prevails over "Evil", right? I believe no other squad currently in RVNP 2009 wore full-U for so long. First milestone created by us, longest number of consegutive full-U wearing acts? And lived?
What destiny unites, life divides. Generally speaking, i agree. In the context of today's act, NO. Quite afew of us were thrown into RVNP, others choosing it in the choices. By luck or misfortune, we are united to be RVNP Sec1' 08. That's destiny, and try as you might, you cant fight it, as demonstrated by Shi Min.
Now what tries to divide us? Divide the squad so carefully joint together by our ex and current I/Cs? This barrier. I dont know what is counted perfectly fine to ma'am (somehow i doubt it exists), but unless she is completely made of stone, she will have to acept one of world's most true emotions: Sincerity.
Personally, i wont be stopping any of our long term attending squadmates from ponning. I will however stop the regular ponners. (life is unfair, yes.) Persuade, yes. Stop, no. If you ask what is so good about NP, the answer will be what's not good about NP? If you can answer that with no rebuttals, i take my hat- beret- off to you. Think about how NP itself is, without the very extra inclusions. Just understand that ma'am is not the representative of RVNP.
Why let ma'am's rotten opinion of us become true just because we cannot stand it? Why allow her the chance to look at our NCOs in a "I-knew-it" look? Why disappoint our NCOs and our ex I/Cs when they see us- because of her? Are we not awaiting the day our NCOs see us at attendance taking, beam and compliment us?
Think of it, and reconsider.
~Tan Jing Yee
Rvnp Sec1 2008
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