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This is Eric and I am really not very interesting.Saturday, February 7, 2009
DPA PPP II, school and irritatants.
hi my fwiends.
ok, I have the urge now to say that I love my fwiends alot alot. You guys mean the world to me and I am really fortunate though I must say that I haven't been a good friend since a long time ago. The trasitory period from 08 to 09, I have been blessed with plenty of time to reflect on my yearly journey and I am really thankful for all that I've gained (and lost).
Today I met up with my old DPA mates and man, it feels like we are close friends all over again. The familarity, and oddly, the freshness of meeting my fellow friends brought back nostaligia and happiness for me.
Friends whom I have not talked to since a long time ago made entrances to my life once again and people whom I never thought I would interact with surprised me with their enthusiasm and openness when they talked to me today.
It feels like we have grown significantly much.
I am really amazed by how much effort the IG has put in for today's PPP programme. We really grew. Though some has taken the back seat upon graduating from PPP, I'm still quite pleased that most of us offered to help the sophomore batch of the DPA students in participating in the event.
I hope my introduction speech was helpful for the new people, because I am sincerely grateful for the opportunity to be in DPA and I'm proud to watch ourselves grow in such good light since day 1 2008!
I wasn't there for about half of the programme today so I can't judge how effective was day 1, but we should give props to Cheryl and Ken who worked so fervently hard for the sake of one simple reason: letting our existing ties bind even stronger.
Forget about the stupid icebreakers, forget about the games, forget about the lousy food (LOL), forget about brainless cheers, forget about who leads who, we are bound closely not by the name DPA and its activities, we are bound because we love one another an enjoy each other's company.
To those whom I haven't got the chance to talk to yet, please give be patient while I gather my courage to talk to you. I don't bite. :D HAHAHAHA. OMG. I really look forward to be better mates with all of you. Though its hard, I'll try. :D
Anyway, some unpleasant things happened because of the immense stress and weariness many of us are experiencing. I believe respect should be above everything in terms of communication and the yardstick for good leadership is also respect and conviction from peers.
Isn't it an irony to feel powerful with people under your command and at the same time feign a desirable front to be non-chalent about being in the position of authority?
I know, it's not for me to judge but many a times, I'm put off by contradiction made by people who claims this and does the other. (maybe I do, but i don't see it as MY problem in this issue.)
It doesn't matter how much hardwork you have put in personally behind closed curtains, but it's the hardwork to maintain trust, commitment and friendliness in an organisation that define good leadership.
Having said that, the tactless remarks made for the DPAIG (intentionally or otherwise) has created a camouflaged disconcertment in most of our hearts which I don't think is healthy at all.
To instruct doesn't equate to demand, it just feels weird when we are put in a predicament such that we are obliged to be obeying whatever that is set out for us to do.
Commitment issues aside, it is based on mutual trust that really brings the DPAIG together, not just the said expectation of a being a leader and the desire to be on top of one another.
ok, bye im done ranting. see you in a bit, i shall end abruptly here and go to catch my sleep.
ps/ oh, IM WITH YINGSTER AND IZAK FOR DAY 2 STATION GAME FOR FOC PROGRAMME AGAIN! We're prolly the only group unaffected by the reshuffling of duties. so it's a yay, because i enjoy working with them. My day 1 and day 3 mates are equally fun luh. yay. oh, i'm going to push izak into the pool on day 3, *grins*.
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