Leadership Symposium 2011:

The Omnivore's (Tri-tri-tri)lemma:.

hehe.

To be very honest, I guess I pretty much enjoyed it very much and not regret joining the organizing committee. Was definitely both a very enjoyable, as well as enriching experience. And one in which I think I'll remember and keep with me for a very long time.

These 3 days have seemed to pass very quickly, just by running to and fro, doing this and that. But as I sat in the bus on the way home today -the final day, which also happens to be the day we end the earliest- with my music serenading into my ears, images and scenes from the past 3 days began streaming into my mind, subconsciously:

The moment when I stepped into the learning lab (our dearest ops. room), the registration, opening ceremony, tea/lunch/reception (L), debrief sessions, random moments we spent in the ops room settling all sorts of matters, MUN prep and everything else related to MUN, walking out of school in the darkness and all those in-betweens.

It was truly an amazing experience.

As those memories flooded into my mind, I couldn't help but silly-ly smile to myself. I would admit the journey was not all smooth-sailing and the unfortunate things that could happen, well, some happened. But overall, I thought it went pretty fine. In fact, I thought it was pretty-darn-good, since we all actually felt good when we packed up and left the room for the last time (under the name of the LS organising committee). I felt a sense of pride and accomplishment. And besides that, I guess it's a good event for a refresher.

These crazy 3 days of extremely little sleep and lots of tasks is arguably the worst combination one can get. But it also sort of serve as a "hideout" or more accurately, a "getaway". It gave me the convenient excuse of telling myself that I should be placing the symposium before anything else, and thus, could (self-)justifiably push aside the rest of my commitments. In other words, I could "legitimately" not do/think about anything but LS. On hindsight, I guess this sorta did have a positive effect as I feel more refreshed to assume back my various roles and responsibilities now. And even though I know I have much lesser time to handle the rest of them, I don't exactly feel as panicky and worried anymore. Maybe its an ego booster of sorts. Hee.

So, Yay! :)

Anyway,I really really really feel a deep sense of gratitude to quite a few people.

Thank you, my honourable chairs. Thank you for all the dedication and efforts you all have put into preparing for those few hours and for being willing to take up this challenge. I know it would be the last thing on your mind and wishlist to have to come back to school on Saturday AND Sunday. And for all the last minute issues to handle regarding LS MUN. But you all diligently turned up and executed your duties in such an admirable manner. I'm so grateful to have you all around to help manage MUN and for being so supportive all this while. MUNerds FTW. (Y)

Thank you, o5s + Sam/Derek. Thank you for being such lovely mates. It was definitely such a joy to be with you all, sharing and cracking jokes and all those miscellaneous moments. It was also great to be able to get to know you guys better. (L)

Thank you, Linus and the entire organizing committee (teachers included) for being such lovely and humorous comm members. I definitely enjoyed all the sessions/moments we spent in the ops room chilling, literally and metaphorically. I'll look forward to Pepperoni's Treat! :)

And,

Thank you for the shoulder :)

And definitely not forgetting,

Thank you to my family for tolerating my late nights for the past few days and lack of time to

spend with you all. Have a great trip this weekend and be safe! ♥

Okay, now back to MUN research guidelines/Revision/Catching up with studies/Planning holidays timetable/NUS History Video Comp./Preparing for ACMUN/PW!!!!