… because nothing is worth fighting over. Ever.
I was very tempted to do this entire post in BIG RED BOLD LETTERS to emphasize what I’m thinking right now. But that’s too much, so, only some parts lah.
I am SICK and FED UP of all the rivalry there is between the sports houses right now. And I am SICK and TIRED of the way it’s created all this dischord in the Ed Board room and elsewhere. I don’t know about you but the rivalry is hardly friendly. And it really, really, REALLY sucks to hear someone who is not involved in the preparation of the perkhemahan say that our ideas suck, or whatever. It just SUCKS to hear our efforts being slammed and put down.
I had absolutely no mood to study today after I heard someone criticize Rumah Kuning’s deco. He said our theme sucks. (And in case you didn’t know, I’m on the deco team.)
Well. He told me to my face, really. Same effect.
And that same person said, “Don’t work so hard lah. You all gonna lose dy.”
Puh-lease. Saying that “my house rocks, yours sucks!” “You all sure lose dy lah.” is just plain fuh-reaking JUVENILE!
I’m not hearing these words from the stupid lower forms you know. Coming from them it’s normal. But it SUCKS ‘cause I’m hearing it from my own form mates.
And you’d think, that 5 years together would have made us closer and taught us to be a bit more mature and cooperative with each other.
Huh.
If we carry on like this, when sports day ends, there’ll be tears shed and a lot of bitterness leftover. Because I know that we, the rumah kuning deco team, are making a fecking lot of sacrifices. Especially Shen Wen.
Shen Wen skipped all her tuitions this week and last week. She stays back nearly every day and gives her ALL to rumah kuning. Even though barely enough people stay back, she stays back till 5pm close to every day just to see the deco work through. She comes out during PMO practice, during recess, and every other free period. She brings deco work to class and sits at the back during her free time to finish it. She uses her own money to buy supplies for deco. She and Kah Lok make dozens of calls and messages EVERY FECKING DAY to all the kuning members asking them to bring supplies and to come help. I really, really salute this girl ‘cause she’s so dedicated to seeing us through.
And you know what? I’ll be blatantly honest here: Rumah Kuning’s gone over our budget. We’ve overspent. We’re running on our own cash right now. We’re not getting our money back. Shen Wen’s not getting her money back.
And that’s just one person. I haven’t gotten started on Livia, who’s juggling debate and rumah kuning, or Kai Yi, or Jiun Shen, who are all fecking busy with debate and choir and every other thing but are coming at every opportunity they can.
It’s not enough, though. And we know it. Despite all those calls and announcements and messages, we don’t have enough equipment or enough people to help.
And all those people making stupid comments about the house’s deco being crap DOES NOT FECKING HELP AT ALL.
People from other houses, I don’t know if you’re in the same fix as we are but I KNOW it sucks when you give your all, and even more than what you have to give, for your house. And then other houses tell you you’re gonna lose. All out of stupid, stupid rivalry. It’s our last bloody year. If we lose – and even if we DON’T lose, SOMEONE is going to have to come in last, right? – it’ll make a very bitter memory. More bitter than it should be.
Why even bother criticizing other houses? I can’t find anything to criticize. Everyone’s ideas are awesome. What to do, we’re such an awesome school. :D
(So it’s really kind of a pity that all the awesome students in this awesome school are acting so juvenile.)
Today when we were working on the Rumah Kuning deco again. A Rumah Hijau member passed by, and he said, “Yeah! Go Rumah Kuning!”
I tell you. That’s the friendliest thing I’ve heard between houses all season. I nearly cried.
Yes, Kai Boon! Purple House rocks! I believe that you guys can do it and win. You’d deserve it too. :)
Green House, sorry lah I curi-curi tengok your deco the other day. It looks very the awesome. And, I told Joanna, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your marching chant-thingy. The stomponyourleftfoot one. It’s effing stuck in my head.
Red House, kudos to you ‘cause you chose such an awesome theme. It’s the most creative thing I’ve ever heard of and you’d deserve it if you won the perkhemahan competition. It’s no secret that all the other houses think so. Red House is awesome!
I haven’t seen anything from Blue House but during the raptai, I can hear you all cheering from my class. And we felt JEALOUS. You all are damn semangat-ed.
And I’m not just saying this. I believe that if we all focus on each other’s good points and APPRECIATE them (instead of sizing them up and saying, okay we gotta figure out how to beat them at this), everybody would be much happier. That’s the way competition should be. That’s what sports day is meant to be about:
It’s the difference between competitiveness and sportsmanship. And there’s a world of difference between the two.
And then even if we lose by a margin of 500 points, suddenly all that money and time spent will be worth it.
It definitely will be.
