From an email from our founding president of TYC... Wow, idk, i really like the phrasings and the words. Put together so simply but puts across the message so elegantly. hahaha i wish i could write stuff like that.
"One will always encounter detractors and criticism at every stage of one's life, no matter what one does. At times, these will lead you to question your convictions and motivations. But if after some reflection you find your conscience to be clear and your intentions honourable, then you should continue to hold your head high and press forth with your convictions.
It was unfortunate that Siew Kum Hong and co. decided to target the youth club for purely political purposes. In my mind, none of them have any association with the residents of and the students volunteering in Boon Lay. Apart from being armchair critics, when was the last time any of them directly interacted with or lifted a finger to contribute to improving the lives of the residents? So I would use the opinions of those who have directly benefited from the youth club's activities and programmes, and not the naysaying of tangential observers, as the true barometer for evaluating the extent to which the club has achieved its goals."
hahaha learnt a new word today. Tangential observers. indeed.
am collecting the past 8 presidents' reflections/input to the book now... hahaha waichoong's one is damnn impressive. (2 pages long!!) hahaha if i copied it in here, id die reading. but anw, why are pple so impressive???
hahaha me and mir were discussing waichoong that day. haiz, at stake of sounding like fangirls (but we're not), why is he so pro/capable/omg good? haha. mir agrees too, when we think of a good leader right, we think of waichoong. seriously, without him, our club wouldn't have gone on this well. at all.
all the many (countless) novel ideas, all the managing of people(grassroots side and us) and datelines (numerous), all the meticulous emails and sms reminders come from him, but yet, we don't begrudge that, and do the work willingly (rather) haha. how do you manage pple that well and yet get so much done and have the energy to think of fulfilling even more ambitious dreams/visions for the club? and though we all get so tired and demoralised after awhile, somehow we just kept being pushed through to do more and more. (for better or for worse?... time has yet to tell tho)
email writing skills need to be damn good too. how do you combine a style with all the information and points covered but written sensitively and able to hit the right spots with the right pple? just read wc's long email calling other presidents to rise to the occasion and write their inputs to mdm ho's book ..... (speechless) haha. even if i was the most apathetic reader who didnt want to write my reflections, after reading the email i so would.
hahaha lol me and ding are always discussing why there are such pro imba pple in this world. x.x haha tsk.
Cannot imagine TYC without WC and hopefully, the juniors won't let it flounder.
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