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Thursday, January 17, 2008

It never fails to amaze me how inhuman and insensitive my CCA mates are(I won't even say they're my CCA friends. I'll never have those kind of friends).

So yesterday I had GG(~surprise surprise~) and we, being Sec 4s, were supposed to split into different departments(or groups) to plan the different parts of the Sec 1 induction camp that we are going to be facilitating. I happened to be in the 'Games' group with HG and so basically, all we had to do were plan and create games for the Sec 1s to bond and have fun. So OK, that's what we did. We invented a few games, or to be precise, we took the game ideas from elsewhere and made it 'original'.

One particular game had something to do with pouring water over someone to make the person, get this, DRENCHED. And then of course there are going to be maybe some other games later. So from what I understood(whcih I can say I understood perfectly fine), the poor, culture-shocked Sec 1s are going to be wet from head to toe and made to play other games and they'll only be able to get clean and dry when it's bath time.

Now we all know this ISN'T a good idea. The camp's at night. It's Singapore we live in. It's the monsoon season. You all know what that means don't you? Cold, windy, maybe even RAINY nights. You want the Sec 1s to stand there, drenched in water, in the open air and continue playing games? For all you know, they might not have a very strong immune system at all. They could catch a cold in just half an hour(Believe me, I have friends who are THIS weak), and even a fever. And how are they supposed to play the other games when they're soaked and uncomfortable?

Now if there is a problem, in this context then there definitely IS a problem, then it should be addressed. I don't care if I fall out with the entire group(except maybe HG but then she's on my side too), it's the welfare of 20 Sec 1s we're talking about and seriously, their wellbeing is definitely worth more than our group's pride.

So don't say all I do is complain and don't do anything. I DID SOMETHING.

I told the group leader to make the wet activity RIGHT before bathtime, but she refused because she didn't think that people could catch a cold in wet, soaked clothes in the middle of the night during monsoon season. Ok then, what about the huge amount of discomfort they'll face in wet clothes while playing the rest of the games? Guess what her reply to that was.

"It's not you who will be feeling the discomfort anyway so why do you care?"

Honestly, I can't believe such people even exist.

Yes, why should I care? I'm not the group leader, I have no reputation whatsoever to worry about, I can wash my hands off this whenever I want to. I can do whatever I want. Whatever decisions we make won't affect me at all. Me and HG have a 8 person tent all to ourselves. Why on earth should I care?

I CARE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE SEC 1S TO FEEL LIKE ME WHEN I WAS A SEC 1. I WANT THEM TO LEAVE THE CAMP WELL AND HEALTHY. I FREAKING CARE BECAUSE I SINCERELY WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE CAMP AND NOT CURSE THEIR SENIORS FOR GETTING THEM WET THEN MAKING THEM PLAY GAMES IN THE COLD.

But most of all, I care because it's 20 lives we're talking about. 20 human beings. Sure they're younger than us, that doesn't men they don't deserve to be given respect. Shouldn't we, as seniors, be more considerate and sensitive to the situation rather than put up a fancy smokescreen for all to see?

Why do I even care? They don't listen to me anyway.

My Kitchen blogged at Thursday, January 17, 2008

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