I attended the TKGSPB Conference yesterday just next door (at TKG) together with the 4 other Exco members. It's a great experience, having to meet other prefects and student councillors, even "long lost" friends like Han Yi!
It was like an "inspiring" morning for it made me really want to do something to help people or even the earth as a young leader after listening to the 2 keynote speakers, Norma Sit and Martin Tan. Gosh, it was the 3rd time I'd heard Martin Tan and hey, he should get more substance to make his speeches a little different everytime? Nevertheless, he's always able to hyped up the audience. Both speakers were really very engaging. Norma presented her speech in a different approach for she had mistaken that the conference since held in a girls' school was for girls, hence it was all about girl power. As in, she was saying about how women have always been neglected and seen as the "useless" ones in society and we're lucky to be living in Singapore where women rights had already been fought for, and that we should help other women out there in the world suffering in silence for MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION ARE FEMALES.
Lessons learnt from these 2 inspirational speakers:
-Someone with a Sense of Self, Purpose and Direction, Who can Show the Way is a successful Leader with that 'X' factor.
-Never doubt Your potential. Why will youngsters laugh if I were to say,' The girl sitting beside you right now can be a first female Prime Minister of Singapore.' Why? Because those who laugh are doubting her ability and potential.
-No one can ever be a leader if he has no followers.
-Leadership is NOT just about people in positions of power, but about people in positions of influence.
-Be the change; make it happen from today.
The second half of the day was more on games and interactions. I think my group was quite open? I don't know, but we were like "having silent communications at the beginning, and then some were doing a lot of the talking, and finally we became friends" that kind of thing?. I saw many different styles and characters of leadership. Oh, and we'd got the "Walker" and "Tofu guy" in our group; long story short, it's funny =)
The time spent with these people from various schools was definitely beneficial and I've learnt a lot from each and every one of them, be it their approach of leadership or socialising skills or whatsoever.
What was to interesting to the 5 TK Excos, was the view of TK from TKG! It's like every morning, we see "green ants" marching back to the school building next door, and the volume of their PA system is always so loud, and we always wonder what's it like to be on that side. TK seemed big from TKG. Okay, I don't think that TK is small now =D TKG doesn't have an auditorium, but their studio is a pretty cool place. Let's not compare.
Anniversary
Well, today's Dad and Mum's 28th wedding anniversary. Quite impressive ya?
They had a wonderful stay at a hotel last night and we just had a scrumptious dinner (comprising Black Pepper Crab and healthy brown rice and Thai Toufu) at Hwa Yew.
Sadly, all my other siblings were unable to join us.
May Daddy and Mummy be so loving forever! I believe kor and jie feel the same way too... belssings from your kids =)
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littlest of the Pang Family
people call me ChiawMIN or ZhaoMIN
was from Maha Bodhi School