Eric sent me a website from Sheares Hall, showing a flash presentation of their soccer team to encourage Shearites to go down and support them this evening in the game against RH. From there, we went into quite a long discussion about how RH is in the state it is in now.
From my humble point of view, I would like to say that there are several activites that we can EASILY do without. What is the point when we have a committee with half-baked members producing half-baked results? Some activities are totally redundant, while some can be merged with other activities to form just one activity. And here are the nominees for extinction, in no particular order:
1. External Affairs Liaison (EAL)
What do they do anyway? I think a few years back, they were in charge of Rhazzmatazz. Now, the question is "What Rhazzmatazz?" Or is it something that happens once every two years? So, what does EAL do in between? Get free points? And here it is, nominee number one: EAL
2. Computer Gaming
Outsiders who see this will think of this as a joke. The only stuff that I think they have done are to organize the Inter Block CS, Warcraft, bla bla... and set up servers for CS. I really don't know what to say about this... let's just scrap it! And point to note: this is a SPORT. Exercises your fingers...
3. Arts and Graphics (A&G)
If I am not mistaken, they are supposed to improve how the hall is by making it more pleasant to look at. Over the past years, we have seen really nice stuff like that mural behind Tasty Corner, the emblem at the stairs going up to the office, that big metal "thing" outside SCRC room, and the paintings in the "library". Since then, their job scope would be to make some abstract metal candle holder for formal dinners, or some origami for some funny occasion, and what have you. And more often that not, this sets a collision course between A&G and the organizing committee or the minor committee. If A&G doesn't do something really concrete, I say we scrap this crap. Hmmm it rhyhmes too!
4. Welfare Committee aka slaves aka waiters
I pity this committee: they are the most under-rated committee... EVER. They serve players with water, they wash up after suppers, they clean up the mess left by people at suppers... and they are hardly appreciated. So, I suggest that we scrape this, and let the other committees take care of their own mess. We don't need specialized waiters to serve drinks during IHG when each sport has a truckload of reserves sitting at the sideline, all ready to serve their first team players. Also, if committees can organize suppers, they can jolly well clean up their own mess. Also, with the mail sorting being done by the tyrant in the office, I guess the welfare committee can pack their bags now.
5. Raffles Hall Volunteer Corp (RHVC)
Seriously... do we need this? Fullstop.
There we have it, the five nominees. However, special mention must go to Store Committee and Archives Committee. Let's form a new committee called: Store and Archives Committee (SAC)! Archives is always complaining they don't have a proper room to store their stuff. Store has loads of space to offer. So let's just combine these two committees and instead of two half-baked commitees, we get a really efficient committee. Or so the theory goes.
Last weekend on our way to Clementi, Shaun said that the new OAC MM came up to him and asked "Does anybody in hall know how to get to Kota Tinggi?"
....
What I have suspect is true. If we break the trend in one year, that's the end. There is no continuity anymore. Last year, there was no Kota Tinggi trip. This year's MM notices that and, without asking, assumes that there is no such thing as a Kota Tinggi trip. Maybe the MM is too arrogant to ask seniors. Maybe the MM is too blur to know. Not just the OAC MM, but other committees as well. This year, we don't have a female volleyball team, I am betting that we won't have one next year too.
But then we come to the other side of the argument: Why bother trying to squeeze our hall and field a team when we just don't have players? Just look at KE7: no team? screw it. I like that attitude. What's the big deal about IHG? There are many other important things in life too. Like one of my friends in Eusoff hockey, a VERY influential and scary player, said "Sometimes, we have to put our priorities straight. IHG is not top of my list" when I asked how come he didn't go for IHG hockey this year. Obviously, CNY is higher in his list, as it is on mine. I guess what the volleyball team did was correct also, don't bother trying to form a team when we can't. However, the fact that this is happening is a sad sign of what is happening to RH: it is dying a natural death.
After four years here, I am beginning to question all this "Raffles spirit" talk that have been drilled into our innocent minds in first year. We didn't need this when I was in ACS(I), and I think we were more together back then than how things are now.
Ok, enough rambling. I'm getting old
From my humble point of view, I would like to say that there are several activites that we can EASILY do without. What is the point when we have a committee with half-baked members producing half-baked results? Some activities are totally redundant, while some can be merged with other activities to form just one activity. And here are the nominees for extinction, in no particular order:
1. External Affairs Liaison (EAL)
What do they do anyway? I think a few years back, they were in charge of Rhazzmatazz. Now, the question is "What Rhazzmatazz?" Or is it something that happens once every two years? So, what does EAL do in between? Get free points? And here it is, nominee number one: EAL
2. Computer Gaming
Outsiders who see this will think of this as a joke. The only stuff that I think they have done are to organize the Inter Block CS, Warcraft, bla bla... and set up servers for CS. I really don't know what to say about this... let's just scrap it! And point to note: this is a SPORT. Exercises your fingers...
3. Arts and Graphics (A&G)
If I am not mistaken, they are supposed to improve how the hall is by making it more pleasant to look at. Over the past years, we have seen really nice stuff like that mural behind Tasty Corner, the emblem at the stairs going up to the office, that big metal "thing" outside SCRC room, and the paintings in the "library". Since then, their job scope would be to make some abstract metal candle holder for formal dinners, or some origami for some funny occasion, and what have you. And more often that not, this sets a collision course between A&G and the organizing committee or the minor committee. If A&G doesn't do something really concrete, I say we scrap this crap. Hmmm it rhyhmes too!
4. Welfare Committee aka slaves aka waiters
I pity this committee: they are the most under-rated committee... EVER. They serve players with water, they wash up after suppers, they clean up the mess left by people at suppers... and they are hardly appreciated. So, I suggest that we scrape this, and let the other committees take care of their own mess. We don't need specialized waiters to serve drinks during IHG when each sport has a truckload of reserves sitting at the sideline, all ready to serve their first team players. Also, if committees can organize suppers, they can jolly well clean up their own mess. Also, with the mail sorting being done by the tyrant in the office, I guess the welfare committee can pack their bags now.
5. Raffles Hall Volunteer Corp (RHVC)
Seriously... do we need this? Fullstop.
There we have it, the five nominees. However, special mention must go to Store Committee and Archives Committee. Let's form a new committee called: Store and Archives Committee (SAC)! Archives is always complaining they don't have a proper room to store their stuff. Store has loads of space to offer. So let's just combine these two committees and instead of two half-baked commitees, we get a really efficient committee. Or so the theory goes.
Last weekend on our way to Clementi, Shaun said that the new OAC MM came up to him and asked "Does anybody in hall know how to get to Kota Tinggi?"
....
What I have suspect is true. If we break the trend in one year, that's the end. There is no continuity anymore. Last year, there was no Kota Tinggi trip. This year's MM notices that and, without asking, assumes that there is no such thing as a Kota Tinggi trip. Maybe the MM is too arrogant to ask seniors. Maybe the MM is too blur to know. Not just the OAC MM, but other committees as well. This year, we don't have a female volleyball team, I am betting that we won't have one next year too.
But then we come to the other side of the argument: Why bother trying to squeeze our hall and field a team when we just don't have players? Just look at KE7: no team? screw it. I like that attitude. What's the big deal about IHG? There are many other important things in life too. Like one of my friends in Eusoff hockey, a VERY influential and scary player, said "Sometimes, we have to put our priorities straight. IHG is not top of my list" when I asked how come he didn't go for IHG hockey this year. Obviously, CNY is higher in his list, as it is on mine. I guess what the volleyball team did was correct also, don't bother trying to form a team when we can't. However, the fact that this is happening is a sad sign of what is happening to RH: it is dying a natural death.
After four years here, I am beginning to question all this "Raffles spirit" talk that have been drilled into our innocent minds in first year. We didn't need this when I was in ACS(I), and I think we were more together back then than how things are now.
Ok, enough rambling. I'm getting old
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