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Friday, May 20, 2005

Does' AJCians Have any School Spirit?

well after the whole term going bonkers over our school teams,it's back to our books.kudos to the performers in SYF becuz they got 3 gold with honours,especially choir.that's just about the only bright spark i could find for now.then 1 gold and 3 silvers to jack up the treasury,because the next few paragraphs are particularly brutal.If you still envision a flowery vision for AJC,then sorry i have to pull you back into reality or you can take a withdrawal form and transfer to somewhere with greener pastures

It's another sorry year for Ajc sports.I don't know what the heck made the athletes lose their fighting spirit.they only got 3rd and 4ths.that doesn't bode well for the many students out there.heard from some ppl ajcians give up too easily.or maybe it's the taiko-ness of TJC(jerk and xianglong wouldn't agree) and JJC...i can't control the latter,but the former is worrysome.I heard AJCians are quite a tense sort,too tense to be great ppl,so they always remains ordinary while everyone surpasses them.congratulations to the winners and shame on the give-up-too-easily-guys

As i trawled through my frens blogs and found out that many were involved in cheer support in one way or another,i feel very sorry for AJC.but can i also be sympathetic?...no...in fact i feel extremely pathetic...this year,J2s are starved of any final to sign off their year in AJC...poor things...a top 5 JC not involved in any final?never before i heard of this fact...HCI at least have something to cheer about even if they lost in a few finals...and NY too...what we truly lack are two things of a great team like Raffles...winning mentality,a bit of luck and drive.too many of them gave up because of the daunting circumstances and they feel that they juz need to participate and supposedly try their best...oh my god

It's unbelievable that AJC is just about the only school site that scarcely made any mention of their CCA achievements.what the hell!?haven't AJC's top 4 status been earnt thru academic results only?!i think i couldn't help but worry.with their ordinary looking cca record,i dunno if in 10 years time they are deemed as no better than SRJC and YJC,the chronic cesspools of bengs and cham liao ppl.Where has the glorious tradition of excellence in sports of old disappeared to...
to think that they won the guys volleyball title as recently as 2003.we had prolonged trophy droughts twice within the last 14 years...why is it so hard for us to win another title

Part of the culture is the nerds.you know what,they think they just need to study to get the results.Excuse me?but by that act they had cleanly forsaken the non mich solum motto for all the dead knowledge in their books.they are extremely self centred and although i do not expect a change overnight,at least they need to consider their acts.and the book worshipping is outright...until they juz dun give a ____ about everything and anything

as guai lan as some ACJC people can be,after hearing from alot of ppl that some of them has bad attitude,they have ample amounts of school spirit,beatable only by VJC(well Q-Mo you definitely have to go back to AJ one day and lecture the rest.i'm pretty much envious) and RJC(sure got la.if not then wat...i beleive Serene from my church would happily agree.you ask Amos who is she).apparently AJC doesn't have much of a school spirit.i think a good lot of them dun care whether the cca perform well or not.so as long they get their AAA(A) A1 plus any S paper they will do.the only best frens they got,apparently are the endless tutorials and books that they need to study and which they worship.frens can take a back seat as internal and external competition makes them insane and stuck up

and many of them stay silent for all the wrong reasons.except for the councillors and some extremely brave souls like me(who will then be the bane of many ajcians who think he bullshit alot or very popular cuz he's a celebrity),.and i wonder how many ajcians have leadership qualities.very worrying that ajcians are only followers and not leaders...goofy...many would happily forgo alot of once-in-a-lifetime leadership opportunities for their tutorials...haiz

there's also too much red tape too,particularly among teachers-students relationships.another thing,i find that AJC is a micro version of Singapore society of now.not practical?throw away.infringe rules?no need to find ways to dance around.chuck in the bin and never open the pandora's box.i find that there's a top down approach in AJC...not much of a true democracy,but a totalitarian type of crap where ppl dun wan and cannot ask qns...oh please...while the rest are going through alot of fun,AJCians seem to miss out on the fun by only studying,which they mistakenly think is the path to enlightenment

i know that some would beg to differ,but i wonder if they glossed over the truth.let us see who's correct eventually.in order to stay competitive with top JCs who are getting better by the year and with better programmes,we should at least be a bit more radical and less concerned about risks.but one thing though...do what the top jcs do.get tough on those failing their promos.don't even bother to retain them.pass promo or get your stupid bum out,unless they have very good reasons to stay.they are more of a bane than a boon,if at all.But i dun wan 2 end up churning out more nerds...any one can enlighten me?

another thing...i believe you can leave out swimming and sailing,best left for RJ and AC in their churlish and childish squabbles,but to leave out even popular CCAs like bowling is a laughing matter.i believe that bowling can not only cement camaderie(particularly after sessions,but also train for eye-hand coordination and yeah...persistence)...so i intend to start bowling if we dun wan to risk being marginalised.i may consider starting rugby as well.i kinda find that the management has a risk-averse approach when they want to start a new cca.sure you need to sustain it,but being too impatient isn't a solution,and to me,if you think of short term loss without bothering even long term loss...haiz what can i do to help...leave AJC to rot?no?so how?risk my life to get slammed?

but one thing was for sure.I FEAR FOR MY LIFE.it would be some time before a few nerds gang up to get rid of me for being extremely reckless or for being a warmonger like Charles XII of Sweden or Lyndon Johnson...whose peoples hated them for pulling them into war and hardship...especially in Poltava and Vietnam.Although i'd feel that this document shouldn't be circulated,i think it's in the best interests of any AJCian eventually to see how parlous have our season been,and we don't want another barren season ever again,one without any silverware... =(

Jose Luis Fabiano at 5/20/2005 03:14:00 PM