So long, farewell...

uh from popular demand (of one person xD), and from peer pressure (since all the exco blogged), I'll have to blog about japanese club J2 Farewell and handover to our new J1 exco!

J2 Farewell on wednesday wasn't as wonderful as i expected, but I guess I had high expectations. The lack of forfeits was a pity T.T There were good stuff though, like a lott of food + a really nice cake, and the going around to write comments thing. The style of this batch is different from ours, so we shouldn't judge them based on what we did. we focused much more on forfeits and games, while they had really great ideas which were too crazy and so got rejected. What they should do is just to modify their great ideas to tone down the craziness and adapt it. don't get demoralized by little setbacks, and instead work around them to make the best of it! I guess it's all up to them to incorporate more fun stuff as they go along.

I'm both sad and relieved to hand over, because I'll miss all the happy times I had with all the jap clubbers, but I don't have to organize each week's session and worry about all the "logistical nightmares". Throughout the course of this one year as part of the exco, I learnt a lot from everyone. We bonded well as an exco, so much so that it's become so familiar to just see you guys around. I'll always go on some high when I see zhiwei and joanna, haha.

To my wonderful exco: Hontoni Arigatou Gozaimasu! Suki desu! <33333

To zhiwei:
Thanks for being there to help me all the time, and actually taking the initiative to borrow vga cables or bring your lappy even though your sister will "kill you" T.T you'll even volunteer to do saikang work like print photos and stuff even though it's troublesome! you're the greatest vchair I can ever wish for (: you're a happy person too, and you make me happy whenever I see you, so I'm really glad that I got to know you and have you as part of my exco!!!

To ben ben:
Thanks for being there to help me all the time! your pro memory does have loopholes in them, but it really aided me many times (since i have short-term memory ahaha)! Even though you're treasurer, you did much more than your job scope. you helped whenever you could, and you take the initiative to bring your lappy (mochi) so many times!

Every time i see you at lecture, you'll come and ask me something/remind me something about jap club, which is really great! while you're the only guy in the exco, you never let that deter you from airing your views and stuff. you're the guy who always wants debrief, reflections and money haha. it's great knowing you, and i learnt that there are still guys in rj who have gentlemanly habits haha. i guess i'll miss your sarcasm and snide remarks (but definitely not the bullying! T.T)

To joanna:
Thanks for being such a great friend and motivation! you've always been the 2nd joy (ie. the other person who will go high with me haha) and you inspired me to be more optimistic despite all the challenges we face! you have pro drawing skills and photoshopping skills, and you're a really funny person! and i picked up my camwhoring skills from you lah! so uh thanks for that i guess? xD if not for being in the exco, i don't think i'll even get to know you so well, and the exco wouldn't be as lively as it is now! i hope we'll always remain good friends, like FOREVER!

To sam:
Thanks for being the silent supporter in the background! i always thought you're a really outspoken person and everything, but from being in the same exco, i realised you're the quiet type who only opens her mouth for meaningful 金玉良言, and for fangirling! i think i learnt quite a bit from your motivational words, though i can't rmb what xD

I like your professionalism in things that you really like, eg. cosplaying and learning japanese. it's a pity you couldn't come for our dinners most of the time, but i managed to learn a lot about you through this exco experience. I hope we'll always keep in touch, and hopefully i can learn more things from you!

To all jap clubbers (yes you exco ppl too):

I really <3333333 you guys! even before exco, i was part of the club itself. for the past year and 5 months, I came to love jap club more and more, and it's all thanks to you guys. the main reason everyone remains so committed to the club is because of the people in it. jap club in itself would be nothing if not for all of you!

So i'd like to say thank you for all the support and efforts you've put in for all our events, but most importantly, thanks for making my jc life so enriching and fun. I always looked forward to each week's session to see all of you and to throw aside all mugging and worries, just to relax and be happy! the greatest thing is the lack of competition and politics in our club, so thank you all for being such great people. we'll always be one big family (:

To the new J1 exco:

All the best for the upcoming challenge! It's a responsibility to lead the club, and I hope you'll appreciate the opportunity you've just been given. Remember, the going is never easy, but we can only learn through our mistakes. If you don't try, you'll never be able to improve. Remember, we'll always be more than willing to guide you if you ever need advice or help (:

Actually, I'm quite worried about you guys, because you're a majority guy-exco, which is unprecedented, and there are many problems i can foresee. I hope you will be able to lay all my worries to rest by proving yourselves to me, that you can do a good job and bring happiness and fun to the club.

Now's your time, the rest is up to you.

<3333 your greatest and most joyful chairperson ever ^^

DIne in the Dark!

Dine in the Dark was better than I expected! It wasn't perfect, and there were delays, technical difficulties and stuff like that, but it turned out much better than I thought. The interact clubbers really put in a lot of effort to make this turn out well, from the music to setting up everything like 3 hours beforehand to training all the members. I'm pretty amazed. ^^

I learnt to appreciate our food much better, because it's really difficult to find the food in the dark haha. I kept coming up with mouthfuls of tartar sauce T.T and mouthfuls of mashed potato mixed with tattar sauce haha. I even tried to dip some fish in the tartar sauce but it took like 5 attempts before I succeeded xD

And yes, we must appreciate the important of our eyesight. While it's all fun and laughter to be blinded for 1hour ++ for a meal, it's no joke to be blinded for life. What's more, if you've never seen anything before, you wouldn't know for example, how the packet drink has a hole on the top left corner. Then you wouldn't be able to feel for it and stick the straw through the hole! Such difficulties for something as simple as drinking from a packet drink.