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Friday, October 07, 2005

Dear folks,

Time flies and tomorrow is the 2nd birthday of this blog! Last year Ah-Jeff was stuck in the hustle and bustle of school to even remember its birthday but this year since he has just completed the mid terms, Ah Jeff feels that he should sit down and take a good look backwards.

Blogging began as an avenue to put up stories of the Jeffirean way of living because in today's fast paced and competitive world, it is pretty difficult to get in touch with your friends, your loved ones, or to get to participate in events/activities so that you get to know new people.

At times, it may also be difficult for you to say the things to someone directly and personally, yet the desire to let the person know lingers, so blogging is quite an useful way to get the message across. But of course, what you write may not translate into effective communication as the reader may read it in the wrong context, but at least there is still some sort of communications around.

Blogs are a way of saying "This is what I have to say, you can TALK to me if you have something to say as well" It surely can help everyone, be it an introvert or an extrovert, to get in touch with people who can strike a chord with the blogger. Ah-Jeff certainly thinks that it has helped alot to get in touch with the other people who are just as (or even more) busy than us. It has bonded Ah-Jeff to like the 7Seas brothers (2/3 of us blog), like F*Jinx, Yingzie, Bon, Joyce, Ms Beautifuk, Charles, Aloy, Meiju, Mr Strong, Ms Imperial Guard, Delvin, etc etc (I read quite a lot of friends' blogs but not celebrity blogs) Although we may not have met for perhaps weeks or even months, we are still in the know of how one another are doing. It will be easier to start a conversation like that, isn't it?

Of course, blogging, like email, is still considered a passive way of communications, therefore apart from pouring our memorable moments or forgettable moments, we still should get in touch with the world by going out to meet up with our friends, take a look at the environment (or the shops!) and try to stay relevant to the world. Some of my friends have gone out of touch with the world, because they did not find a comfortable communication channel to pour their thoughts out. Today, their lives are unknown and we wonder how they are doing and how they are planning for the future. We wonder.

To end off the lookback sentiments, Ah-Jeff here will like to thank everyone for spending your precious time to read the Jeffirean life. Thank you! Stay in touch, ok?

Wait! Don't go yet. Your dear Ah-Jeff has some things to recall for the week...

Wednesday (5 Oct) was my FT fine dining test. Everyone was so well dressed! (cos dress sense is also graded) We had it in Hotel Rendezvous, one of the ball rooms and were sitted in round tables of 10 pax each while having a western style of dining. Aiyo, Ah-Jeff was penalised for putting the knife edge facing outwards when it should be inwards... But the real gain of the day was to talk to the girls (cos socialising was also graded) and it turned out to be the girl on my right was my SCS teammate, Grace and the the other girl was Shihui, my classmate (but rarely talk to her wan.. you know Ah-Jeff la.. always scared people gossip...haha). The conversation was really quite fun and Ah-Jeff realised that talking to girls isn't so difficult after all. Haha. Ah-Jeff was dressed in the pink G2000 shirt he bought some weeks ago and then with the G2000 tie he bought. Think he was quite good looking that day, but of course there is still a long way to go to become really acceptable looking... sighz. Still, it was a memorable experience to have and so different from the kopithiam way of eating we always enjoy. Haha.

Bizcom elections today was a real awkward situation where some failed to secure their conveted positions while some others got in the EXCO with huge support. Ah-Jeff was voted off the Asst SCS Director post, losing to his teammate in the process. However, positions are responsibilities, so since Ah Jeff was voted to remain as the Ops Office, then, responsibilities remain relatively unchanged although leadership in the committee was switched to peers of my year. Iit should be a new experience to look to. If you wonder if Ah Jeff was disappointed, yes, of course, since one year of work did not bear any tangible fruit. However, being the positive person , Ah Jeff feels that the intangibles were much valuable and lacking one more post doesn't affect his resume since it is already too packed. Haha. Yet it does really show how much and how well-timed the exposure you need to garner votes. The newcomers who were voted into Exco were very active in the recent months while Ah Jeff did not even manage to take time off to attend recent activities (he secured some deals, but never got to enjoy the subsidised/free dinners cos always no time to go outing )In the end what is important is that it is a good lesson learnt. However, next year Ah Jeff would have to step down from all the CCAs as he is looking to see if he can go on an exchange to Japan..hmm by the way, Ah Jeff is inside the Youth Tourism Professionals sub-committee so you see how many hats he is wearing now...

Apart from that, school life is taking a toll with the mid term exams and projects, but Ah Jeff managed to clear them off in a 3day blitz (while still enjoying some WE action, haha). Time management wise Ah-Jeff has been taking quite a lot of time off from the office, because of school meetings. Somehow Ah-Jeff knows he needs to put in a lot more at work to show that he is in it for real.

Well, activities lined up for the mid-term break week include (Ah-Jeff is still working full-time through the week ah...):

Tomorrow - wait for the sky to fall (no la, find soccer khaki..)
Sunday - Play mahjong (need one more khaki lei..)
Monday - Project meeting
Tuesday - Go swimming
Wednesday - MPW project group outing... Ah Jeff needs to plan for this
Thursday - Wait for the sky to fall...(think maybe go swimming in the morning or something...)
Friday - Community service
Saturday - KTV with the chaps
Sunday - Organise a BBQ/dinner for my 7Seas brothers and sistas... Eileen's Oct 10th, Alex's Oct 17th and Kenneth's Oct 30th..celebrate together in one shot..

Hmm, all right, Happy birthday to my blog and my dear brothers, and all the Oct babies out there! May all your wishes come true (except the toto first prize, which should be mine... hahaha)

Jubliant and feeling free
Jeffire

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