everyone was happily inviting us in and talking and waving hands at us, the 18th. What consist of 18th today were, Brin, Nabilah, Ghim Leong, Andrew, Hui Yu, Gwen, DengQiang, me, and the later ones were Jane and Rebecca. I felt a sense of nostalgia when i revisited the sch...the front o the hall and the hall. it all felt so....familiar..so...close to heart. I will never forget what was like during the 19th Student Council Investiture on 21st July 2006. Today seemed like it was yesterday when i just stepped up as councillor in 2005 and stepped down in 2006. There was a mixture of sadness for the 19th as we see a lot of ourselves in them and that they will miss their council term, happiness for the 19th becos they can finally settle down to study and for the 20th, successfully fulfilling the calling to be a councillor. Discere Servire.

I can still rmb, how nervous was i during that morning of invest 2006. i was in charge of something i think..but i supposed it's a minor role as compared to other comm members. but i was quite...busy...sweating and flustered. Then, it's time when pple started to move into the hall for the biggest event in our lives and council. We ushered pple in...and talking to our 19th...enjoying each other's company. when the time comes, we felt all...stiffened. How wierd was that. It wasn't our first time...it's been..i can surely say, more than 50 times? i dunno how i counted that figure..but i know we had alot of rehearsals.

Excos, Welfare and PR were all getting ready, getting ready to act on cues, but deep down in there, our hearts beat as one. and our hearts felt the sear...the pain that we dint want to feel, but that's involuntary. we all felt apprehensive and trying to cool ourselves down. cool?! why? we were scared...we were afraid to lose our precious memories we created for the past 1 year. IF only we hadnt been that close, and be nonchalant with each other, we would not feel that stab in our hearts. it's not just 1 stab..but several... it was starting to bleed when we opened the side door for the PR and WelCo. to make their entrance.

as for me... i felt that similar feeling again...but this time...a sad version of it. I felt happy and you know..so 'honoured' when me and fellow C. strided in with pride and with the beat. that's hhow i felt during 18th invest in 2005. and when the exco strided in from the glass door, i felt this.....coldness...going from my feet all the way up to every hair of my arms, spine, head....it's as if you're touched..and for dunno what reason..cold... i guess i was being emo... whenever i feel something grand..like music..or something memorable..i'll feel that way....every hair on ur arms and body stands up like some straighted up soldiers in a march.


of course...we were all preoccupied with the idea of getting right on the beat and which leg to coordinate..etc..not much of emo then... as usual..the ceremony..the ritual began. so yeah...we all got ready to move down the stage to pin our badge on the 19th sc...the song was great...realyl touching. wait..i din cry on that day...becos...i din get to see the video we made on that day. BUT! i cried during rhearsals! my god! that's quite dumb cos it's like.....wrong timing?!!? that's when i saw the video... can go YOUTUBE. WWW.YOUTUBE.COM. type in SRJC COUNCIL VIDEO and you'll see em.. all thanks to JOSHUA SEPTHIO.

my heart ws still going strong. others...bleeding till dryness...i wont name them..it's i say...an embarrassing thing or rather..no one would like pple to know they've cried. but yea..they started crying..we pinned every 19...and just like us during our stepping up, we felt joyous..a joyous occasion for us. but for us, we felt sad to part from council. Now it's the 19th's turn, Clara broke down and was obvious..super...today i felt like crying too since they all are crying. but itried to control the rolling tears.

like what 19th sc president Amos Tan said, 'council has become a part of our lives. we will all miss doing it.' Definitely...i felt wierd not doing my duty as a walkie-talkie coordinator the rest of my jc 2 life. it's integrated in us...sigh... although we may complain and dread doing much of the planning and hated being scolded, we after all, still miss them very much.

as recalled, all the girls...yes...all the gurls even Margaret aka Huiyu... broke down. I din..but upon seeing many sad faces and faces of 'unbearable to leave council', my heart made of strong diamond, finally broke into pieces. the heartfinally bled and dried up. dead and not pumping.I broke down too...

as a ritual...we will go back and join the 19th to sing our council song and school anthem...it was a memorable day for us to rmb...it was as clear as crystal to me.

Today...i believed everyone of them felt the same as we did last year. But it's t ime to settle down to study. That's a fact...that's life. Harsh and cruel.

but let me wish all 19th Student Council the very best of luck in their A' level examination this year. Work Hard to your desired grade and have faith in yourself. You all will succeed!

All the best, Love

Yee Lee