Making Closure

And now during this holiday that the school has granted to us, I can finally pen my thoughts down freely...

Now some of you might be expecting me to express this in the form of a poem, but I think writing a poem sometimes hides too much, and are open to too many interpretations, so I guess I should write this in prose form. Even though I haven't passed the last days of the school calendar yet, yesterday was more or less the last day of school for us. After that it's exams ahoy!

These 6 years have been a roller coaster ride for me, and as sometimes in our school life we can feel a part and yet apart. Sometimes we may feel wanted, and sometimes we may feel that our friends around us don't show enough respect. Nonetheless, eventually we will realise that everyone here wants the best of each other. In school, everyone is usually supportive of each other. I once told someone that no matter how hell these years have been, life out there is much worse.

You see, in school, when we make mistakes, sometimes it results in us failing the examination. No matter, just study hard and do better the next time, and then silence all critics. In working life, there is no second chance. One mistake, and you're fired. As a doctor, one mistake can mean a difference between life and death (also referring to the life of your career as a doctor LOL). It's a horrible world out there. I have met many people who have said "It's alright, I just have to last through these few years in school...", and I can't help but laugh silently to myself. No matter how bad the few years in school are, working life is much much much worse. In school, at least you have friends who support you. In work, there are no such things as friends. Well, a friend of mine told me "There'll always be friends everywhere". Well, you can't tell if your closest companion in work is your best friend or your worst enemy. Because you see, in school, everyone is interested in learning, supporting each other, helping each other, etc. In work, everyone wants to earn money money money, and who can blame them for trying to make a living? Look at the soccer stars, see how hectic the transfer market has been. That's already concrete proof of my point about people being interested in money. You'd think that teammates will stick with each other through thick and thin, but in the end they are all working men and want to earn the most out of their career.

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to have a farewell dinner organized for the graduating batch of ventures. To be honest, it did serve as a reminder of how short a time I have left as a school boy...

How ironic, all of us want to pon school whenever the opportunity arises. All of us want our holidays given to us. But when the time for school draws to a close, we start to wish that we have spent more time with each other...

Having been an ACSian for 12 years, I am sure going to find it difficult to get along with others out there. Not that I'm criticising them in any way, but I think others in my shoes will feel the same way too. During the NS checkup, the people around me seemed to be on a totally different wavelength from me. I didn't like the atmosphere out there. Oh well at least I was fortunate to have friends around me at that time. You know, forming a DOTA team was already quite tough for me. Look! A DOTA TEAM!!! How simple right!? Just say "HEY LOOK HERES THE STRATEGY, DO THIS!"... Nope, again I'm not criticising anyone, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses...but it would be different having ACS teammates. You see, with ACS teammates, they'll be willing to help each other, and sometimes even if they disagree with your view, it's usually to augment it rather than to throw it down. With teammates not from ACS, everyone has their own egos, because they're more or less best in the school they come from, and so everyone wants to be right and have things done their own way. I guess that served to give me a glimpse of how working life is going to be.

I guess it was the same with McLaren Mercedes in 2007 where they hired both Alonso and Hamilton who have their own separate egos and were at conflict with each other...So there was a major case of team rivalry and then bye bye to both WDC and WCC which McLaren was looking strong to get. I rather it be like Ferrari, 2 teammates (Kimi and Felipe) who are willing to work with each other, and despite them always taking points off each other (they have taken as much points off each other in 2007 as Hamilton and Alonso), they remained teammates and practiced team spirit no matter what...and thus they won both the WDC and WCC (even if McLaren was included in the 2007 WCC, Ferrari still win it by 1 point too)

Oh hey look I was just proving myself wrong about working life being hell...but that's Ferrari, the best F1 team in the world. Maybe I might want to work as a doctor there someday, but that'll have to wait...till I get into Medical school (also till I can speak fluent Italian LOL)

I know my life as a schoolboy is coming to an end, but my gut feeling tells me it's not over yet...that something grand is still waiting to happen...

And my gut feeling also tells me that working life is going to be great...

But those are just gut feelings, which are very inconsistent don't you think so?

So all I have to do is trust in God, for He'll never leave me nor forsake me.

And lemme try to write something in Italian (LOL FROM THE ITALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS)

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