last duty and met those few along the way. i miss chen laoshi!
my successor! all the best celine! with god's grace i'm sure you can do it
I&E Kids from council! (=
LYNETEE AND NICOLE! nicole is one pretty, skinny kid now. and lynette much more bubbly!
cause we love mirror shots. i still don't know how to take good mirror shots tho...
and to end off...i love council too! (= thanks in advance to exco 07/08 for the mug! (=
Thursday 22 March 2007
you can skip the part in blue cuz it's rather boring.
A very good afternoon to our teachers-in-charge, Ms Tan Siew Huang, Mr Desmond Keong and fellow Innovation and Enterprise Club members.
Have you ever wished for a particular experience in your life to be everlasting? Well, if there is one thing that I wish will never end, I truly wish that it will be my journey as an I&E clubber. I would like to take this opportunity to share with all of you the journey I shared together with the other 12 passionate committee members in the past one year of service.
All 13 of us started our journey as a committee member with butterflies in our stomachs, uncertain if we could live up to the standards set by our seniors. However, one thing we were sure was that every single one of us has the love for the CCA and a strong passion to serve to the best of our abilities. Step by step, we built the strong bond with each other, working together hand in hand to triumph over the many obstacles we faced. I&E is the bond, trust and faith that we all hold on to. Because, I&E is simply a part of us.
Looking back, I&E committee 2006/2007 has certainly come a long way from the 13 individuals we started with to today’s strong and united single body. With 13 minds working together as one, we managed to meet impossible datelines and opened up new horizons. We explored the impossible and broke boundaries. One especially fond memory was the end-of-the-year camp we organised for the CCA. The theme we came up with encompassed our vision for the CCA to combine each individual’s effort and work together as one. To refresh your memory, the theme of the camp was ln e=I, which is a twist from the mathematical rule of ln e=1. We truly hope that the club will be able to grow and progress towards success as a combined and unified family. On top of the excellent camp we organized, we also played a part in the planning of various events and are proud to say that we have even started to conduct meetings on our own with the teachers acting only as advisors. This is definitely an aspect we hope the committee of 2007/2008 will continue to work on and carry on in the years to come.
To sum up our experience, I would say that the life of a committee member is challenging and stressful at times, yet life-enriching and highly exciting. I once told a member that the stress you feel makes you feel alive, and the happiness you feel keeps you going. To the upcoming committee, brace yourself for a roller coaster ride which will bring a smile to your face at the end of the day. I sincerely hope all of you have noted down what Michelle has mentioned in her speech earlier and possess those 4 spirits of leadership.
We would like to express our outmost thanks to Ms Tan Siew Huang and Mr Desmond Keong for their constant support and guidance. To our new committee, do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. To the rest of the club, always remember that to accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. And to my dearest committee 2006/2007, thank you for being the most wonderful team of leaders and making my journey as the CEO possible. Every moment we shared together will stay etched in my heart.
Today, the 22 of March marks the closure of our journey as a committee. Embarking on this journey took a lot of courage and in a blink of an eye we are now stepping down. Michelle wrote in my friendster testimonial that mr bean once said “time flies when you are enjoying yourself”, this I truly agree. This very Thursday may be our last, but it has been a blast.
(Credits to waiteng for reference to her council invest speech where i got the starting from)
ok...so there's my step-down speech to those who asked me for it. i really felt like crying when saying the last para. but i held back my tears cuz the show must go on. if i do start crying it wud be like i cant even do my v last job as a CEO well enough cuz i wun be able to continue with the speech. that was what i told myself before i started. and i'm glad i held those tears back. they only fell when i was reading all the farewell notes at the bus stop. luckily the bus stop wasn't that crowded.
yup...so thursday was the last official meeting where i stood in front of the entire cca to conduct the meeting. tho it was a short half an hr before mr chua came and took over, i really really enjoyed that time and soak up the feeling of being up there. i guess i'll never do the same anymore in my life, even if i do the crowd and context wud be different.
well...never in my life did i imagine that i'll come thus far in a cca. everything still seems so surreal to me. as if i'm living in dreamland the entire time i was the CEO. really...the short one yr of service was a roller coaster ride with loads of ups and downs. but each time the roller coaster dipped, it wud shot up higher than before and bring me to the next level of high i've never experienced (if you get what i'm trying to say) but if u give me chance to choose if i could be a comm member agn, i'll say yes. the experience is really something which will stay within you. i just hope that my memory as a comm member wud not fade in time to come. becuz it is really something that makes my secondary life complete.
of course not to forget the wonderful-beyond-words committee of 2006/2007. you guys really make my life so much more colourful and interesting. i still rmb the funny moments during comm meetings where we totally come up with wacky, out of the box ideas. like our camp theme! you can say it's the after effects of the final yr exams since we met str after the end of the last paper. i know i've promised a shoutout to each of you. but i really got no time to do it. i'll do it on paper instead and when i find the time i'll do one here too. in the meantime, wait for my love notes on thursday! (i hope i'll be able to get them ready then)
voting time!
Mirror shot agn.(=
Sorry for the lack of pictures. haven bug everyone for pics yet. but i do hope someone took me making my final speech...i was so nervous i didn't really talk to anyone before the meeting and forgot to ask someone to help me tak pics!!
ok...i know this post was so over-due. but so sorry it's been lying arnd in my drafts unfinished cuz this weekend has been really really busy. hope it hasn't bore you. if u really went thru the entire post without skipping any parts...three cheers for you! (=