Amidst the excitement and anticipation of the upcoming elections, some form of competitiveness and skepticism, albeit everything looking peaceful and unfeigned, is lingering. 

Buzzing speculations, words of uncertainty and morbid hearsay fly around school. I guess they are what that makes every student election exciting. hhahaahaha.

People lose their friends to election, others gain them from it. People want approval from the rest, others just want to be part of the fun, (there're more who can't be bothered, lol). People learnt the hard fact that others can be demeaning towards their choices, or be just plain condescending, others take everything in their own stride and do what they set out to do.

Pragmatism is usually what people practise under such circumstance, I think. Well, atleast, I learned. 

If you are having thoughts of participating in any school's main committee election and are having doubts about it, you are not alone. I feel too, that I might not measure up to task, or to the standards set by the preceding batch of wiser people. Inferiority complex, that is. Furthermore, I have to worry about the workload that I am going to face upon appointment. But I think most of me is ready to commit and all I need to have is the opportunity to give back to the school. 

In retrospect (during my dpa ppp days), I did not want to be involved in other commitments besides school work, but through the work of some unknown magic, here I am berating that I WANNA RUN FOR DSC MAIN COMM (HAHA). I believed resolutely that I have had enough of involvement in secondary school as headprefect, I've had enough of public scrutiny and the politics it entailed. I didn't have time to find myself and I am pretty sure I wouldn't want to be so occupied with other non-design related things. 

BUT, what is it that people say about leopards and spot? LOL, I really feel that it is a calling for me to be involved once again for leadership opportunity. I realised I am not contented, I wanna learn more to be a efficient person and I wanna have fun with happening people, and most importantly I wanna serve the school. 

Sounds corny, but to actually think back, I feel really blessed by the opportunities the school's given me since poly day 1. Everything started back in Sec 4 before the Os, I hastily made a decision to be part of the pioneer batch of the DPA, and it miraculously landed me and Jiahui at OTTO during DOTC2 2008 as superfreshies where we made really good friends with the marvelous seniors. They were the ones who inspired me and I wish to be some sort of inspiration for the others as well. Then came FOWC and DOC 2009 where I've learned plenty from my peers as a programmer and a GL. It's quite amazing how things fell into proper place in my life and I am really grateful for all those learning experiences that I will never get if I didn't step out to participate. I feel so enriched and that I've grown in different aspects. 

The ship is safest in its habour, but it is not what it is built for, hence, I am going to take my own risk to run for DSC main comm alone.