Again, and again, and again. Sorry guys for the late posts. Nothing's been happening that's been worth blogging about lately and I've been busy with exams, namely SAT and STEP. As the title suggests, I've been made a prefect AGAIN in KTJ. Announcement was made during yesterday's assembly (yeap I still have assembly even though I'm in college, complete with tie...), so I'm taking up the mantle again for the 10th year. Some milestone... right...
Anyhow SAT II last Saturday was fine I guess, though I still can't grasp the relativity concepts in Physics. Put it all down to studying last minute the night before! Oh well for all its worth I'm not that keen with US universities unless its Ivy League, and not all of them either. Prefer the traditional UK system rather than the more modern US one... And other than that I don't want to be constantly under the threat of being shot by some random nut in university. Heart-felt condolences to the 32 victims of Virginia Tech. I guess it just wasn't your day on April 16th. May you find peace on the other side.
Life's been kinda hectic these few weeks with afternoon extra maths classes with the indefatigable Mr. Finch almost everyday to prepare for STEP. I must say with the new prefect duties coupled with my other commitments in school, I'm starting to feel the strain on my shoulders. Hopefully I haven't put my fingers into too many pies. STEP is drawing nearer and so are my AS Exams, so its almost time to crack out the books, Frankenstein in particular. God my grades for Eng. Lit. are still fluctuating between B+ and B-. Though generally that's good for Mr. Suresh, it WOULD help if I could get a sniff of A-... Ish. Oh well you can't have everything in life... Otherwise my maths are fine and I'm not too worried. Giving my full concentration to STEP II papers now and hopefully I can score a grade 1 or S at my first go this June. If I do, it should help my university applications later in the year. I feel that in the aspect of studying I've kinda changed abit. Granted I'm still studying last minute for some subjects(!) but with mega-projects like STEP I've started my preparations since February. Quite unlike the old 'last minute for everything' me I guess haha.
Since the title is about prefects, I'm going to talk a little about responsibilities here with the limited free time I have. Some people take those seriously, some people don't. Well I admit that maybe I've been a little rigid in the past, but through my experience it has always been better to be flexible with the rules, bending them according to the situation. Rules are not necessary the gospel truth, and some are just too petty to be followed, even enforced. However as the so called 'enforcers', prefects have an obligation to follow the book strictly. Lets face it. We're role models, and if we don't follow the rules, nobody's going to follow the rules or pay attention to our 'enforcement'. Its pretty much simple logic actually. 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'--Juvenal. Who will guard the guards? Nobody. Unless we can exercise self-control, then we are unfit to be the guards of the rules.
Anyhow, life creeps on at its petty pace from day to day for me. Somehow it doesn't seem petty now, rather flying through without brakes. It's amazing how time flies at KTJ. Maybe the monotony of KTJ has finally crept in... Ugghh... Oh well, back to work and minimal play, but never will I adopt the name Jack or be a dull boy. Jack Chan? Yucks! I much prefer Zhong...~Zhongy~
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