week 6 now, pretty fast term i would say. school has been going fine, lessons have been super fun sitting next to zhongjun and behind shuqiao, and im learning pen spinning! all the subjects are pretty ok, maths is getting tougher but still managable, physics is a goner as usual, what with hyt not being able to control the class, chinese is the same, she is as angsty pangsty as always. hist is dam strict and she is bias, ss is getting better, she teaches well, english is dam sian. yup thats my definition of "pretty ok".

and im getting better at carrom! number 5 in the batch now i THINK. if i beat zj then im no. 4. been going to the den in the morning before assembly, during recess, and after school. never thought i would ever hear myself say "I like going to school".

as for 01, or rather 01-06, quite a lot of obstacles, but nothing too major to handle. this week we got bombarded with news that there is CCA and all of us who were applicable would be signed up. and prehike log is due on the 20th, 11 days after we were told there is CCA. and this week we have a full saturday act, next week is backwoods, there are CCTs coming up, RE presentation coming up, ERP presentation coming up. and we need to plan the route too. not sure how we are going to handle it, but it will be tough.

probably shouldnt type this here, but freedom of speech.
also didnt like the way teachers handled this. yesterday we we were told abt cca, and how we should all go for it since its once in a lifetime. so mr chan signed all who can, up for CCA. and later that night had a discussion with VTL, our batch, and thought that what the teachers were doing isnt right, i mean he shouldnt assume that all of us would want to go. so this morning we had a meeting with mr yuen and mr chan, and told them that it should be optional, seeing as how CCA is after all, a personal award. and then mr yuen angsted us, saying how it shouldnt be the case, that this is once in a lifetime, that after this march it will all be over, and asking why would you not want to go for it. even after i said all the commitments that we have, as i have said earlier, they still insisted on us going for CCA. or rather, they didnt insist, they make it optional but in the sense that if you dont go, teachers will hate you for life that kind of thing. and i think because of the way mr yuen put it across, some were "forced" to go for it, and peer pressure, one thing led to another, and in the end all who could go for it, are going for it.

i just dont see a reason for them to angst if SOME OF US, not all, dont wish to go. what could happen? we dont get as much FCS points, ok. the juniors wont respect us as much because we dont wish to go for CCA because we feel we are too busy? sure. there will still be some of us going, so whats the worry about being role models? i dont see past few batches having 8 people even trying for CCA, much less going for the hike, so why kick up a big fuss about it now? this sort of thing, we need mental preparation. it isnt as simple as doing a prehike log, going for the hike, and doing the hike log. maybe the teachers dont know this, thats why they think its so simple. to me, it seems as though what the teachers care all about is about having a continuation for CCA, and showing the juniors that we should go for it, and they dont really care about how we can cope. and there are many other issues, like companions. it isnt as easy as mr chan says, we will get them to go. if they arent willing to go for it, why bother even? and stuff like changing acts because of CCA. i understand that CCA takes priority over our acts, and that venture calender is our own calender, so it isnt much of a problem, but still we shouldnt just say change because of this. isnt being fair to the j1s who already planned the act.

despite all these, i want to go for CCA, but i just dont approve of the way the teachers handled it. this is purely my opinions, and i probably shouldnt get into any trouble with voicing my opinions.