Green Pride for Macdougall!

Sports Day 2010 - The 4 houses, Student Council, Police Cadet and Red Crescent + Brunei and school flag.

We went, we fought our hearts out, but yet... we lost. It was so damn close. Yes, it's disheartening as fuck. If only we'd been faster, stronger, better...

But you know what? That's not the way to think! I have no regrets, we all tried our best and we lose as a team. This is nobody's fault. We're in this together. Just not our day, and the competition was too good.

Green as the grass!

Our gorgeous girl captain, Molly!

One thing I'm really, really happy about is our Macdougall march past presentation! WE ACTUALLY WON!!! And the dance... the dance PAID OFF! :') Effing hell, everyone (excluding me) learnt it in just 1 hour before the march.

Started with us girls doing our Waka Waka dance and singing along!

And then the guys with their aggressive err rugby Haka thingy.

And finally, everyone else holding up the cards to form our house flag!

So proud of all of those who came and marched, ran and tugged. TSAMINA MINA EH EH, WAKA WAKA EH EH, TSAMINA MINA ZANGALEWA, THIS TIME FOR MACDOUGALL!

If you're one of those who didn't come, well sucks for you cause you missed out on a really awesome team effort!

Ran the 100m relay with Molly, Sandy and Jaslyn. Came in 4th by a few feet, but because of Cornwall's disqualification (God granted us a miracle yet again! See here), I now have a bronze medal hanging in my room.

I love how once every year, everyone in Macdougall, especially the old ex-6G crowd, all come together as one and have us some good times! Can't believe this is gonna be my last SAS Sports Day :(

We might've finished last, but fuck that. We've got GREEN PRIDE!

Photo courtesy of Teo Wan Lu.

And I've got a red, sunburnt face D: Sunblock's useless against the ruthless Bruneian sun, I tell ya!

On Wednesday, I won the Senior Elocution competition for the Literature Festival!!! :D:D:D

I was really so shocked. I honestly didn't think I could win. It's not that I'm modest, it's that I underestimate myself ALL THE TIME. In a way, I use it as a shield against disappointments...

Patricia, a fellow Macdougall senior, got 3rd and Feddrick (nah, spelt it correctly! :P) also won for the Junior Elocution! So proud of them :)

SO GLAD I GET TO MAKE MOLLY HAPPY!!!! Honestly, I do all of these school things and put my heart and soul into them firstly for Macdougall and secondly for Molly. Never for myself.

Also really really proud of Jan, Patricia and Brian for winning the preliminary round of the Interhouse Debate for Lit Fest yesterday! That summary speech was definitely not cheesy. "We too have the choice. Reality television, or reality?" The stuff of legends!

Wednesday was also the judgement day of the Interschool Drama Festival (where has the time gone?!). Waving goodbye and good luck to the cast and crew who were leaving on the bus, me, Alisa and Maria actually cried... I think it was one of the best moments of my life. They were happy tears! :')

Then yesterday, we received the incredible news that our school actually got 2ND PLACE!!! Who would've ever thought?? A huge congratulations to all those Year 7 and 8's. So proud... They did it, they really did it. They were so overjoyed, their big smiles and happy shouts filled my heart.

I feel conflicted. I know I should be feeling sad, but lately I've been receiving so many things to be happy about! This doesn't happen often. And I truly feel guilty for being so happy.

BAM!

All photos taken by Munibah with her Canon EOS 1000D, unless stated otherwise.


P/S: Dear "Pity", next time you wanna take a stab at me, try using your real name and being a bit more clear on what the heck you're talking about. Because I sure don't hide behind anonymity. By the way, this magical tool called makeup was invented to improve the appearance of girls. We are given the chance to make ourselves look so much better without altering who we are and not taking advantage of it, THAT would be a pity. Sadly, looks do still play a large role in today's society and there's nothing we can do about it. Wanna be a feminist and go through your entire life without any makeup on? Good luck with that, I'd like to see you try. And I consider vanity a good thing, thank you. You have your opinion and I have mine.