On my way home from school and omg I love empty trains. That's the good thing about leaving early. These two days was unfortunately wasted on SHLF and I should feel bad for saying that because that wouldn't acknowledge the efforts put in by the teachers (ok now I did) but sorry I'm not sorry. Anyone bother explaining to me the entire purpose of this event? I expected SHLF to be useless but I actually (surprisingly) went to school on wednesday with a mindset to at least learn a thing. But uh nope, nothing. How about learning that coming to SHLF is ungainful? Too bad it's my last year, oh regrets. So when I first went to the PAC on wednesday for the opening address by a speaker who can't express himself properly, kept laughing which was irritating but ok funny and probably doesn't have much substance (I cannot understand how the things he put forth were relevant so I assume). I spent my time talking and laughing (of course) with rachel and yeah shan't miss out on that part whereby a student had a question to ask the speaker but he made it sound like an econs lecture instead. Seriously dude, speak with a point and I know my econs concept so that's too much. But ok I have to admit it was really funny I laughed till my stomach ached. I should feel bad but really no I'm not. I guess I'm confused huh. Anyway the 1.5 hour opening address ended with a lecture by the level head about how disappointed she was. Yeah me too, disappointed by the opening address. Headed to our first workshop on crisis management (seriously what's a bigger crisis than having to attend SHLF). There goes my 3 hours. I kind of realised celebrating my youth on Monday was wasted because I just wasted 3 hours of my youth on this. Anyway it was spent stoning, asking why why why, leaving halfway for food with rachel because we couldn't take it anymore and back and stone and try to calm down because it's frustrating. I hate how they think the workshops are making us learn because obviously no one is learning. Come on, let's admit it, who analyses situations before they deal with them because it comes naturally. Ok maybe not for some people but whatever. I don't need crisis management. It ended and we went for lunch but kind of not, we just stood around deciding if we should leave and we left in the end because the rest of the day shouldn't be wasted anymore. Yeah ok we learnt!
Today saw the second part of the SHLF, begin the day with a photography workshop with almost 0 information about photography and 70% of it was about the photographer. Who is actually the wedding photographer of one of the teachers. Seriously can the school be more sincere in organizing the workshops. Just by randomly engaging a wedding photographer, you expect us to learn? I'm impressed. Anyway, there weren't much technical stuff and the photography ended in 1 hour but the teacher in charge decided to waste more of our time so he went on to talk about whatever he said because I couldn't be bothered to pay attention.
House interaction in the hall afterwards, the beginning was just stupid, poorly planned so we just stoned there. The later part where there was a captain's ball match between homa and bennu was funny (less of exciting) because everyone was just chasing after this ball and the ball kept slipping out of their hands and some guy always has that funny moves. I can't stop laughing throughout the match.
After the short match (which was probably the most fun thing) we went down to the canteen to have pizza. I came specially for the pizza which I paid $3.50 for and was slightly upset that I wasn't hungry anymore when I had the pizza. Stoned a while more and left school at 12.45pm thank god for the back gate, it's like the gateway to freedom. I still cannot understand how the school thinks this is going to benefit us because who knows what's the best for us other than ourselves? You can provide but you cannot force us into learning/doing something we feel wouldn't benefit us. You cannot expect us to respond the same way you want us to because we can have choice too. And if our choice is to forgo the activities lined up for us because we think we have better thins to do than these, then so be it. Why do things that will just upset everyone?
So anyway now I'm ending this post with myself finally at home and completed a set of Pilates workout, it was really tough but I could feel the strain so I hope it helps!! Going out tonight to the airport for dinner and to fetch my sis who's coming back from Korea today! Can't wait and looking forward to see the things she bought for me too! I've missed her so much (thank me if you're reading this)!
Ok bye.
