matchsticks.

this is the name i remembered voicing out because it was cute and i didnt like 'ignite' and 'flame' or something. matchsticks got a nice ring to it and how its capability of bringing on fire admist its fragile frame, how it needs friction and not by itself to create the spark, and how its temporary grant of fire makes the flame that much more precious, and just how the fire needs to be passed on stick by stick for eternity.

and that became our ltc grouping. and i was really happy bout it. there was not so much of pride, it was more of an affirmation. that sometimes the little things you said affects a whole group. and how it is to stay all throughout the camp.

and then came the exco nomination. and i was voted to be head of department. initially, i placed myself in the top 11 and i cant seem to picture myself there. there was a part of me without anymore drive. that, only my close friends understood why. yes i had tried to rise up. to be strong. but i didnt know i was that strong. :) thank you my friends, thank you fellow councillors. then there was a part of me who chose to go on a path of being totally natural. what you see is what kaichuen really is. at 17, after having undertaken several leadership roles in sec sch, i figured putting up a front, or striving to get what you want hardly make any sense because that's not the true you. so i didnt aim for anything. i just did what i felt like in anything that happened. and for you guys to still select me to be your hod, i am really thankful and proud of you guys.

from here on we move together, yes, now we strive as a team, as a wing, we make the best out of the 1 plus years that we have together. but then we make sure that in the end, we get there together, academically, spiritually, emotionally. and at the end of the line, we will be proud to say, we are part of the 33rd student council, not a council that puts on a mask and acts like everyone's leader and that we got an edge over others, but a council who truly understands that life is not about individualism but is much better of with people that have a common goal, a team spirit hardly experienced in reality. and then we can all say that this experience of life is one hell of a lifetime to keep, to cherish.

we will smile, some will laugh, some will be touched, but all of our hearts will burn with a common flame, like matchsticks. as we learn so much more about ourselves and our will to keep standing up for the people around us. then, the 33rd student council will truly be our council to remember.