a rather lucky life taken for granted
Hmm, jus got home frm another wonderful pa outing! Had a little chat wif Laura on the mrt(which for no reason made me think abt my life so far, lol) and it only struck me later on tt I've been really quite lucky at some pts in time in my life lorz.
There were many instances in secondary sch. When I first came to CSS in sec1, I only intended to change my character as an introvert lorz. After the first few days, I told myself I'll b the quiet person who keeps to himself most of the time for my sec sch life. Well, for those who noe me, tt din turn out to be the case, haha. I was nominated by my civics tutor to join the prefectorial board(much to my surprise and reluctance). In the prefectorial board, I only intended to do the bare minimum lorz. But whenever any duties are assigned to me, it is usually my habit to try my best in completing them. In sec3, already converted to a councillor, some of us were selected to run for the ex-co positions in the council. Unexpectedly, the introverted Phua Sze Chao is in the nominees, lol. We were the first batch of councillors in CSS running for ex-co positions and were expected to campaign and the sch population had to vote for us. We made speeches and stuff lorz, which I can tell u my performance was terrible!! I was super-introverted lorz, and making public speeches and approaching strangers is definitely not my forte. It wasn't greatly emphasised but the votes isn't the definite factor in selecting the ex-co. I was elected to be the VP and I can say it is definitely not based on the votes lorz. It's impossible tt I have the 2nd most votes in sch, haha. It was our senior batch of ex-co who carefully handpicked the ex-co so tt we could work together well. My character perfectly compliments Jiing Shyuan's outspoken, extroverted nature of leadership. How can 2 outspoken leaders ever work together rite?
It was tough work as a VP initially. I've been thru' many leadership training courses and camps to noe what is required of me as a student leader and these attributes I really do not possess at all. One of the main ones is self-confidence. In order not to disappoint my seniors who chose me and to prove to the sch population tt they din make the wrong choice, I had to behave like a confident leader on the outside when I wasn't. But after a while, I got used to the work of the council's VP and when I settled down, the self-confidence became natural and I din panic tt much(like initially) whenever I encounter problems. 1 of the great things to happen to me was to mix ard wif the ex-co of my batch namely Jiing Shyuan, Yihua, Celestina, Hui Wen, Shaiful, Zannury and Dulcibella. These ppl played a major part in changing me into a person better suited for new environments...more extroverted, more confident of myself, making it easier for me to make new friends. The majority of schmates I made in CSS were only made at the end of sec3 and the whole of sec4 lorz, ppl like Wen You, Wee Kiong, Ting Feng, Wei Xiang etc.
The nxt best thing to happen was joining NJPA all thanx to the help of Wen You. I actually joined the IT Club first lorz, but I was nvr really happy there. Din wan to run for council also, but when Jiing Shyuan wanted to run for it, she told us(some of us ex CSS councillors) to join her and I did lorz, but din get in larz, lol. I was guranteed a ex-co position in the ITC but seeing the ppl I might be working wif, I knew I'd lead a very unhappy and terrible life if I were to become an ex-co in ITC. No offence to the ppl there larz, but it's becos they're not my type larz, totally different frequency. I wasn't selected for the PA main ex-co but cos me and Wen You gd buddy, which means we'll work well together, I was the 1st-choice assistant to him lorz, hehe. Can't imagine sia, how so many happenings led me to being so involved in the PA Crew. Furthermore, this cca is very much different from any others in NJ lorz. The bonding between the members is stronger than usual, even between different batches. Due to the super-enthu ppl, we get lotsa pa outings, which dominate a lot of my outings wif friends these days.
So u can imagine what kind of person I might have become and what kind of life I would've been leading rite now if not for these things tt happened(somemore wasn't wat I initially planned for or wanted). Lucky lucky...=P
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