Graduation - 2 days

Life is such.

You may be in the same vicinity or same building, but never get to meet. This is how rare fate occurs.

Had i not cut my foot, had i not gone to see the doctor, had we not been locked out of the auditorium and had i not gone to the toilet then, i would not have reunite with my dear god-sister back from secondary school days. Yeah, those were the days when you "ren" god-sisters or brothers to get by the boring school days. Heh~ Not that i causally "ren" anyone but she was my 1 and only god-sister la. Running-our common passion, was what brought us together and made us track and field kakis. It's a pity we drifted and lose contact after secondary school.

I can't explain the exuberance to have found a familiar someone, an old friend in the big crew family, where everyone is new and you always seems to be threading in dangerous water. =/

She has flown for about 2 years. Once again, she can be my big sister/"Da Jie", someone to look out for me and someone for me to look out for =)

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Oh, anyway i cut my foot due to a minor incident in class.

The trainer today, wanted to encourage class participation and initiativeness on our side, enforced a point system for 4 groups. He will observe our actions during class and award points to those who "soar". Of all trainers i've seen, he's 1 of the few trainers/people that demostrates a different kind of depth. He's very observant and knowledgeable in areas of psychology. He can read a couple of our hand-writing and be able to tell us some of our characteristic, spot on. I'm impressed. Or maybe that's a few little tricks he learn to wow others =P
Still it's not easy.

Everything else aside. Been 4 months and none, zero, 'koh song', of the trainers managed to instill this thing call "initiativeness" into me (yeah i can be quite lazy at times). Most of them uses Lip Power, as in he stand there n talk, i sit here and listen Zzzzzzz...........

But something about SK's class today, his style of teaching, vibrates with a wake up call within me. In order to do well, not just in this job, everywhere else requires loads of initiative. When asked when do we start being nice/initiative or aka. putting on that so-called 'mask'? Some said when we don the uniform, another said when we reach the airport. Somehow it feels weird, a little fake. Then came Peh Peh's answer: that we should internalised these values such as being initiative, sensitive etc. instead of wearing them as a disposal countenance.

Simple things like holding the door, greeting, volunteering to run errand, noticing someone's upset or cold can be difficult... We came from all walks of life but i doubt if any other company has to lecture us into having the courtesy to greet anything that moves (not the extreme) and to hold the door for others. In the beginning i was like "WTH??? All these have to be taught???".... 4 months have since passed by and i could feel the core within me changing, molding....

Initially, the change was painful. But now i am beginning to see why it has to be.