A golden heart

No sch today, due to the good results by the previous batch of sec 4s.

Want to talk about the road marshall on Sat. Was quite busy. Why? Not all 17 people turned up. The message was passed down, but not all received it. And instead of 17 people coming down, we were left to 10 men. We could still manage it after all. Took the back carpark and had a whole lot of cars coming in at the same time. Took quite a long time to park them all. After lunch, went to take over the front carpark. Parents were really annoying. they dont even show a god example. For instance, when 1 was told to go to the HDB carparks to park, he told he to tell the principle that she was wasting his time. Another blasted at me when he could not find a place to park. Wow, good role models? More like uneducated pigs. Now on the other hand, I just have some parents who are so nice. They smile at me and say thanks you even when they are told to go to the HDB carparks to park. These are those who really understand our predicament and I thank them for that.

Thanks a lot Fiona for bringing your full u and offering to help. At least I have someone here who supports us rather than others who just cant be bothered, as if they are the only ones to do up their full u at 12am.

Was quite appreciative of Edric sir's actions on Sat. Was sweeping the room then when there were some twines of the floor which I wanted to pick up, he helped me with it. Later on at the road marshall, he saw me being very tired so he offered to take over me for a while while I go take a break. Next, he even calmed me down with that super " uneducated" parent who blasted at me so that I dont talk back. He even ran to ask Mr Ang what time to release us as we were doing for such a long time and were very tired. What I can see from this is that he is always there to help us, no matter what it is. This is not some kind of bootlicking session so those who are not comfortable with it, the exit is just at the top right hand corner.

This question keeps coming to me. Are we suppossed to prove others wrong, to let them see that what they are thinking is wrong, or should we just leave it as it us and tell them to think whatever they want. I feel that the second attitude is just utter rubbish. 1st example. The NCO squad. We were told by some CIs in the past that we might not make it to become NCOs, but we did and even got into the CC finals. Did we at the point tell them to think what they want. No. We proved them wrong. When someone tells you something, reflect about it first and see if there can be anything done, rather than to just dismiss it on first thought. If there is nothing wrong, there is nothing to hide. This is one of the ways to improve yourself, to change for the better so that others can see you as a role model. The appearance does not matter, the golden heart does.

Just thought of this "equation" ADS ------> Attitude+discipline=success

In conclusion, I realised that as far as we may have people who are unreasonable, we also have others who deserve to be respected, people who come down to help you all the way, thinking of completing the job first before thinking about their own welfare and comfort. This shows their attitude and discipline level deep down. Its really touching to know that there are still such people around, people who do all the background work.