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Sunday, August 27, 2006
Thank you
This week had been long, extremely long actually.
I'm not the kind of person who likes to campaign and rally and stuff, and when I have to do it due to the elections, well, I just decided to go crazy and do something that normally I don't get a chance to do, like inviting people to doodle on my picture on my campaign posters.
People have been telling me not to do it. "It's not serious. As a president, you should have that presence that people sort of see up to." Well, actually, frankly speaking, that's what I'm damn afraid of.
I don't want to be someone I am not, definitely not a person who likes to pressure people with my stature, with my... "shen1 fen4", if you get what I mean. those who really know me know I don't like to talk about who I am and what I do outside, because I don't want to be seen as this person that people cannot approach.
Like joanne peh. Heck, I feel afraid of approaching her, even tho i've chit-chatted wif her a couple of times (literally, two times only!).
Ok, before I go into a detenber digression, I would want to say that I hope people see that this Johnson that ppl see after the elections is still the same old wacky Johnson everyone knows.
Before I go any further, Thank you people! I would not be where I am without you all. Thank you for everything, even a little "heys, I'll vote for you" anytime during the week has been comforting, altho I must say each one of them does add a bit of pressure on myself. How well will I do? Will this course of one year turn out fine?
Anyway, I hadn't been able to thank everybody properly, and I don't know if i get the chance. Friday night had been disatrous, meeting all the rest of the presidents, sitting inside the Union room, voting for the next Student Union ex-co. I will say that we as presidents can't do much for deciding who will be going into the next ex-co since it's still a pretty much protected environment (protected as in the prev exco is there to protect their successors). i'm not saying it's bad, cos it's only natural, but I'm juz surprised to see a big fuss being kicked up. the meeting lasted from 8pm to 5:30am, a record breaking 9.5 hours. by the end, I'm tired and everything, and I felt that these people were so worked up by things that may not even affect the rest of their lives. Does corporate people give a shit about you being the vice-president of the student union when you're 35 yo? sure, it looks good on the resume, but if you didn't get in becos of you're being viewed as the potential (but becos the prev exco likes you) not much of a diff right?
why am i saying this? cos i'm sure i will not be saying anything to much of my frens that i befriend in the future. not that I'm not proud of it, juz that, hey, i like to tink that my frens befriend me becos of who i am, and not what i used to be. you get what I mean?
anyway, this (sat) morning had been bad. the first thing i got in the morning was an sms from dad. something happened again in my family. somehow, I'm glad i din go apply for exchange, VERY glad actually. but for 2 whole hours in the morning, i almost called dunstan and said i hav to drop the role. i needed 2 whole hours to calm myself down.
yup, this week has been long, extremely long. Thank you everyone, for your support and encouragement, for if not, I will not be where I am now. Let me say this before I will not say it anymore for the rest of my life: I am the president of the C.I. Club.
Ah Yong
27/08/2006 0223hrs
I'm not the kind of person who likes to campaign and rally and stuff, and when I have to do it due to the elections, well, I just decided to go crazy and do something that normally I don't get a chance to do, like inviting people to doodle on my picture on my campaign posters.
People have been telling me not to do it. "It's not serious. As a president, you should have that presence that people sort of see up to." Well, actually, frankly speaking, that's what I'm damn afraid of.
I don't want to be someone I am not, definitely not a person who likes to pressure people with my stature, with my... "shen1 fen4", if you get what I mean. those who really know me know I don't like to talk about who I am and what I do outside, because I don't want to be seen as this person that people cannot approach.
Like joanne peh. Heck, I feel afraid of approaching her, even tho i've chit-chatted wif her a couple of times (literally, two times only!).
Ok, before I go into a detenber digression, I would want to say that I hope people see that this Johnson that ppl see after the elections is still the same old wacky Johnson everyone knows.
Before I go any further, Thank you people! I would not be where I am without you all. Thank you for everything, even a little "heys, I'll vote for you" anytime during the week has been comforting, altho I must say each one of them does add a bit of pressure on myself. How well will I do? Will this course of one year turn out fine?
Anyway, I hadn't been able to thank everybody properly, and I don't know if i get the chance. Friday night had been disatrous, meeting all the rest of the presidents, sitting inside the Union room, voting for the next Student Union ex-co. I will say that we as presidents can't do much for deciding who will be going into the next ex-co since it's still a pretty much protected environment (protected as in the prev exco is there to protect their successors). i'm not saying it's bad, cos it's only natural, but I'm juz surprised to see a big fuss being kicked up. the meeting lasted from 8pm to 5:30am, a record breaking 9.5 hours. by the end, I'm tired and everything, and I felt that these people were so worked up by things that may not even affect the rest of their lives. Does corporate people give a shit about you being the vice-president of the student union when you're 35 yo? sure, it looks good on the resume, but if you didn't get in becos of you're being viewed as the potential (but becos the prev exco likes you) not much of a diff right?
why am i saying this? cos i'm sure i will not be saying anything to much of my frens that i befriend in the future. not that I'm not proud of it, juz that, hey, i like to tink that my frens befriend me becos of who i am, and not what i used to be. you get what I mean?
anyway, this (sat) morning had been bad. the first thing i got in the morning was an sms from dad. something happened again in my family. somehow, I'm glad i din go apply for exchange, VERY glad actually. but for 2 whole hours in the morning, i almost called dunstan and said i hav to drop the role. i needed 2 whole hours to calm myself down.
yup, this week has been long, extremely long. Thank you everyone, for your support and encouragement, for if not, I will not be where I am now. Let me say this before I will not say it anymore for the rest of my life: I am the president of the C.I. Club.
Ah Yong
27/08/2006 0223hrs
