Updates...and a message for some others

It has been a while since I posted here...so here goes with the updates from the past 3 weeks...

SMUN 2006 done from 7/6 to 9/6 was a successful event to say the very least...when it was done, I did not feel joy. Rather, I felt relief more than anything else. One the one hand, I was helpless at the few people who were just free riding the past 4 months of plannig, leading up the the quarrels, spats and all. Also, there have been cases of unilateralism at the wrong times when the vital reports of others have been discarded or chucked aside for the reason that they do not want to hear the truth that is the bad news.

Anyway, I have talked to the relevant people and though I am nt satisfied by their replies, I decided to let it pass. Well, I am not the boss of SMUN. I compensated the Logistics team for their hard work by giving them a well deserved treat at the end of the day at Holland V. That is the very least that I could do to help them.

And now, SMUN ends with me trying to sort out the outstanding debt and finances I have to do myself. I will get that settled as soon as possible...

The next weekend, I helped out Jingyi and the raggers in doing Karang Guni collection in Ang Mo Kio. It was definitely a more meaningful way to spend the weekend, rather than having an exercise session, or doing other stuff. Sure was a great time for me as I experienced what it really took to be a newspaper collector. At the end of the day, managed to raise $760...long live raggers! That would sure go a long way in settling a lot of debts that the committee has spent so far.

In the midst of it, I am repaying my debt to the raggers by staying in school to help build up the float...I know my role has been minimal, but I can say that I am doing my bit to help build the float, from the hard tech side at the very least. The only reason why I am not doing so much for the soft tech side is because I am a 'rough' person, and I am not suited at decorating stuff myself.

Just this week, I went for a meeting that was to reorganise SMUN secretariat for the next session in 2007...and there emerged a big spat between me and my VP. Not that I am going to say that who is in the wrong, but I am being at the end of her personal attacks against me. Obviously I was trying to argue from the side of reason and logic, but I could see that she was trying to push her agenda to the forefront. To make things simmer down, my boss decided to adjourn things to a later date, with a lot more ramifications.

I am not afraid to say this, and I will say it.

The PD of SMUN 2006 and my VP are such people that I regret meeting, because like my pervious boss (I will not mention who, but you guys will know who I want to talk about - yes, it's him), they epitomise the 3 things I do not want to see:

- like to hog the limelight
- untactical and unreasonable
- pushing their own agenda forward at all costs, and not being logical.

My PR skills may not be top notch by a long shot, but at least I know that I am responsible and committed...and that I will see things through whatever the cost because I know it benefits everyone. And I know what the word SHIT means.

The other 2 people don't, and they will never know. Good luck to them...

At the end of the day, I can only say that my resilience is being built all thanks to Rag.

Rag 2006 - Be Raggerfied with victory...because this is the one which Arts will stand up all.