Constructive Deconstruction

Snappin Back to Reality

March 29, 2002 on 1:44 pm | In Reflections | No Comments

~Haven’t logged for a few days now…SO many things have happened!~

Dear Diary,
Finally Orientation is over! I must say that this is the best Orientation 2 that AJC has had since…its formation! A big hand goes out to the Orientation 2 ad hoc! I’ll probably post up a few more pictures

Something happened on the last day of the Orientation…A guy injured his back while he was running around at the track’s spectator Stand. He fell back first and whacked his back against the step. Poor fella…

I guess what happened next was what put the councillors to the test…The moment the ambulance came, and the guy transported to the hospital, the psychological effects of the entire incident settled in on everyone. Jolene felt really bad because not only was she the Element Master for Humus(the group that was very much involved in the flag snatching game), she was also the First-Aider for the entire Orientation. And for her to have been unable to stop Colin and Joseph from getting out of hand. She was also unable to render aid to the guy. Frankly, there’s nothing she could have done. As much as she was the medic, there’s only so much that she’s trained to do. All else would be up to the specialists…

The post-incident effects were great(in a bad way). I remember the scene when I first walked into the Council Room after the incident was cleared…I saw Shupei with her head down on the table. I was quite sure she was crying. Sayanee had teary eyes. Jolene was no where in sight. A few other people were down…I have never seen so many people(in council) down before. Almost everywhere I went, tears. Shortly after that, a short meeting was called for all the councillors at LT1. It must have been quite obvious that a ‘situation’ was taking place because all of a sudden, everyone could see ‘people in black’(councillors) just streaming in together towards LT1. What took place there was undescribable. The teachers tried to comfort us by saying that the incident is something that wasn’t our fault. It was something that was not within our control. They said that Roystan(the casualty) was now in good hands. They said that Mr Lim Kok Wee said that it wasn’t very serious. They said that we still have to show the JC1s a great Orientation. We had to be strong. In a sense, we all knew that already. But emotionally, it was a whole different game. Just when I thought it had ended, Havard went up to the mike and apologised. He said that he was sorry for what had happened. He said that he was the one that incited the whole incident. But what struck me most was that he said, “I have disgraced the council.” Right there and then Chunyong shouted “No” and walked up to Havard to pull him away from the mike. By this time, more people were crying. Cat looked down and her eyes wet(short of teary). I had to say something as the president. My team was down. They were demoralised for something that was completely out of their control. But I couldn’t. I didn’t know what to say. I wasn’t there when it took place. So I reflected. Instead, Trung went up to the mike and took charge. He said more or less the things I think he should have said…

That day…I saw my team go down.

Yours,
Ridzuan
1.44pm