> uttermost disappointment in 71
Initially wanted to start of this post with the line "71 sucks big time". But I've cooled down and the disppointment's getting easier to handle.. I mean, this failed attempt of a class outing to sentosa juz adds on to the list of failures doesn't it? The list that has been there ever since e 2nd intakers joined us. whatever.
Ok maybe u think that Im bein overly worked up over here and I admit that I am. But imagine how we felt when we arrived at harbourfront mrt station at 9am to see only jielong, ritzley, junyi and roslyn. That was the pathetic no. of us who actually made it there and the 5 of us took a bus down to sentosa. Just the 5 of us.
Reached sentosa and took the mini blue bus(silosa beach line) down to sunset bay where we started playin vball. At abt 11.30am hongli appeared! =] And note this my fellow classmates: she came down after soccer competition in the morning just to talk to us for 45mins before leaving for tuition at 12.15pm. -shrugs- Are we being fair to her? I cld see the disappointment when she asked fr the rest of the class.. sigh.
Ronald came after rugby trng shortly after and huaming(our beloved and missed 1st intaker who's currently in AJ) and kerwei appeared slightly before lunch to take part in our vball matches against other ppl whom we did not noe. Shimin rushed down to sentosa after piano lessons at woodlands and met us before we went to BK for lunch. Pris who overslept joined us during lunchtime at BK before leaving for indoor stadium at abt 4 plus. Alright so wad is my purpose of telling this to every1? Certainly not to describe the wonderful outing that we had today.. The weather was great, the location and more importantly the company. (Hopefully the others will write abt that) =)
What Im tryin to say is this. Look at the names of the ppl who went. Roslyn, huaming, shimin, hongli, kerwei, pris, ritz, jielong, ronald, junyi and me. 5/11, thats almost half of the ppl who turned up isnt even in this class now. Hey I thot this was supposed to be a 71 class outing? Ppl who have left us made an effort to turn up fr this outing.. Yet the ppl in our class do not treasure such gd bonding times. Its really v saddening and the disappointment's inexplicable.
Whats the point in sayin stuff like "I wanna go sentosa!", "I wan haf a class outing" or "our class seem quieter and less bonded than in the past" and then dun care enough to even turn up fr a simple class outing that is on a saturday before 4 days of holidays? crap. total bullshit. What were u guys doin? muggin at home? Im sry I juz cant control my emotions today. Im juz so touched by the ppl who were with us inthe 1st 3mths and disappointed by those in the class now.
Kerwei nearly made me cry today. I rmb that before we boarded the bus to eat lunch. He asked me to rmb to write to him or email when he is in the states. I told him that I wld miss him when he's gone and I asked him if he wld feel the same and his reply was, "yeah.. if not then why am I here today?" =( touched by his words.
Jiamin din manage to come down due to harmonica performance although she wanted to.. Ppl were down with e flu bug and many had stuff on. Everyone has their reasons and I respect that. So I guess its juz my fault for tryin to initiate such a pointless outing. Just ignore the effort we put in to ask every1 and pass down relay msgs. Maybe we guys did a terrible job. But rest assured that I wun be tryin to initiate 1 anymore. They'll end up like this anyway.
Goodbye 71. What used to be the perfect class; the class that I wld do anythin juz to stay in it.. is gone.
-kian.