Am due to shoot for Varsity Orientation today (right now to be exact), but my memory cards are full and it’s taking forever and a day to transfer out. Mr Pang Sern Yong is also holding on to my card reader so I’m using my old Compaq. My hard disk seems to have fried itself and turned anti-mac.
So FOC is over. Don’t know when I’ll ever be coherent enough to do a proper thank you. Finally crashed last night at 3am after 48hours of no sleep. Woke up at 9 and here I am, late for church and waiting for all your precious memories to be safely downloaded into my trustier terabyte hard disk.
So here I start my thank yous.
Freni, for having completely exceeded our expectations. So many things about the dynamics of this OG reminded me of Penne, but you guys were twice as fast, twice as fast, twice as strong, twice as crazy, and 20 times more camwhore. There were quite a number of you who were photographers in this group, probably better than me – which was quite stressing, considering the rest of the FOC photo team belonged to the Chron photodesk as well. But well, I’ve done my best to capture what I know will be precious to you. 
You people are truly one of a kind. I was afraid that you would burn out at the rate you guys cheong-ed the games, but you guys were like Energizer bunnies while your seniors tried to keep up with your ceaseless enthusiasm. Thank you Freni, for being awesome and for knowing how to enjoy yourselves, because that truly is, the greatest reward to us.
So we have come full circle. What our seniors have done for us, we have likewise in kind done for you. So pass it on, dear Freni, pass it on.
The next group of people, Freni seniors, amazing. Amazing, amazing, amazing. I love you people from your hair down to your toes. Tze and Lide were every inch the kickass OGLs I knew they would be from the time we left camp last year. It was so clear to me even back then that it would be the both of you who would take on the mantle of this honourable task. And I’m glad I got to be part of the ride. Full circle guys, full circle. Walts and Shihui, for being the kickass administrators we know Tze and Lide aren’t. For supporting the OGLs. For being more than just AGLs. For just being, ridiculously awesome. And to all the other SAs as well, for being on the ball to babysit the OG whenever the 5 of us were needed elsewhere. Much, much love.
The 3 of you. Lide. Pedro. And of course, the man himself. Weiliang. Apart from Lide who is no emo-shit. The other 3 of us shed more than enough tears on Friday night. But guys, there is no one else that I would be more privileged or happier to work with, than the 3 of you. *salute* For the passion, the love, the grit, the humour, the late nights, the bad jokes, the difficult hours, the initiative, the stubborness to see our work to fruition. This has been a parallel journey for us alongside the main FOC. I freaking love you guys. (And here is where Lide gives me the the diao face for being emo.)
Caleb, Zhiyuan, Lide, Pedro. You know why la huh?
The seniors Zak, TTP, Marcus. Without you guys, we wouldn’t have been able to see HC to fruition. Thank you for being there to support the HC team. And for much more than just that, but to me, this is personal. Thank you.
Shixiong, Lyon, Psy (who stole my card reader), Amos. For the awesome videos. You guys totally went CRAZY with it this year. 12 DV tapes for 5 days of camp? We have truly gone beyond ourselves with FOC this year. You guys went all out. AGAIN. So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Shannon. For keeping me sane and for being the main victim of my emo-moments when I was drained dry after HC and on Friday. I love you dude.
Jeanette. For your mentorship. For your assertiveness. For being a support to this FOC.
There are countless people to thank. All the other seniors who came down in one way or another. Chang, Weili, Pamy. For helping to run the show in the background and doing things that no one visibly sees, the freshies probably don’t know your name, don’t remember your face, but without you there, many, many things wouldn’t have happened. So thank you.
The FOC main com. It is over. I would say we have truly exceeded ourselves this year. It’s time to pass the baton, and I’m getting goosebumps just writing this. It has been difficult for many of us, but for you guys, the suffering was drawn out the longest over the 9months. So I just want to say, good job. Well done. The show went on. And it went on excellently.
Evadne and Jes in particular, because your team is the team I’m here to support, even though I ended up doing more than just publicity stuff. But no less than any of the super seniors are doing for us too.
There are more people I know I’ve forgotten to thank. I’m not actually awake yet.
Later okay? Hopefully I remember.
They say being a photographer is a thankless job. You’re there to capture the best moments, not be a part of it. But when I look at my photos, the satisfaction is immense. Just to see the smiles, the laughter, the fun all captured in that single still that’s 1/160 of a second. I could not ask for more. No regrets for being a photographer. On the first day when the Chron team trooped down with all their equipment, I think my heart shrank 4 sizes. Out of all the photogs present I was the least experienced. But eventually I told myself to just forget the pressure and just shoot. So Freni, I hope I’ve captured your best moments. And to the pro-er photogs in my OG, do forgive my n00bness.
A lot of the ways I’ve supported this year is a thankless job. Having to leave my OG early on Thursday to test out the video, and then hearing it didn’t quite go according to plan later on… and this, after having to leave them at several instances during the first 3 days too… well. At least they made up for it by being the biggest bunch of camwhores I’ve ever met. 
It has been emotionally, physically, mentally and psychologically exhausting. Now I’m not even sure if I remember WL calling me at 2.30am in the morning and talking a lot about something that I was too incoherent to remember. *checks phone* Okay, that seems right. But as I was saying, exhausting. But there is no other better way I would have done it.
Thank you, everyone. Every single one of you freshies, every single senior who came down and automatically helped out whenever lack was present. If there is one time in a year the CS family truly becomes one, it is at FOC. I can’t remember which senior said that to me last year, but it has never meant so much to me until now. During the course of the year events play out, cliques form, sem 2 comes and half the school disappears on internship and exchange, and you forget the CS spirit. But it is this one time every year that we are reminded of how much pride runs through our veins when we say we belong to WKWSCI.
Finally.
Now I must run. Am 2 hours late.
And my 1st card has finally dribbled out all 8GB worth of photos.
So.. over and out.
