The City That Never Sleeps
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posted : October 28, 2010
Today's failed AGM got me thinking about how this whole thing started. Having attended Sangae 07 and seeing their publicity coverage all over Vasantham and Oli, I knew I wanted to be part of it and joined the society with so much vigour and zest to do something good and be a leader of some sort since my JC stint was indeed short-lived. Very short-lived. I attended their welcome tea knowing I wanted to be part of the committee and by the end of it, I decided on wanting to coordinate internal sports spectra. However, first meeting changed things. And I was appointed to do external sports spectra. All went fine except for the fact I found myself in the hospital having suffered dehydration and the incessant scolding that followed for getting involved in all this without focusing on academics. But nonetheless, I took it all in my stride and carried on. Can't remember how and when exactly things starting becoming sour but soon enough before even Seminar, I realised all the efforts I had put in wasn't worth it. Coz people who served with you didn't see things like how you did which is a normal thing right. But, when they treat you less of a person just coz you haven't been around long enough. That's when you decide it doesn't make sense to stick around and you quit. I quit then.
Maybe, leadership just got passed on to the wrong people. And people get friends to make up the committee to fill up positions. And they do events for the sake of doing events. And try to do things right to escape unwanted questions from the firing squad when it's their turn to step down. But eventually they obviously still get fired for doing the wrong things and making bad judgement calls coz they end up making decisions based on what the alumni is going to say rather than what they want to do being the committee in charge. Things get sour and they leave the society and don't return as alumni. Which results in firing squad consisting of the same people since I took office in 2007 and for the subsequent 2 committees even though the alumni should have had a decent number of new faces. Yes, that's the cycle and how things are gonna be for TLS if the right people don't take charge. Or if the wrong people don't do things rightly. All that glitters ain't gold. Lesson learnt over these 4 years, having been a part of them when I was a freshman till now, that I graduate. TLS, you were not the highlight of my NUS days though I came in expecting you to be my centerstage. |
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