Sometimes, I wonder whether the current students of KYUEM will ever live up to the expectations put on us by the teachers and the ALUMNI.

I worry that we'll never live up to their legacy. That we'll never be momentous enough to fill their shoes.

Sometimes I worry that we just don't care enough.

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Perhaps its just pre-exam stress, but things are in dissaray. Nevermind that the Great Topaz house is in decline. Or that people are taking out books from the RC without registering them. (Personally I do not doubt this ever happening before, but the fact that the staff are actually checking every book that is taken out goes to show the trust they place in the students.)

Mr. J (housemaster of Topaz) has been widely dissapointed in the performance of the Topaz members to a point where he canceled a house meeting because he feels that "the students don't have enough commitment."

A consolation would be the ray of light that shines forth from Sapphire House. Arguably, after a sweeping victory of the IAW (Islamic Aspiration Week), they've been on a a winning streak ever since. A statement from Veritas Induction Week Edition ( college newsletter, or tabloid really) could possibly explain their sudden meteoric rise : "... Sapphire hardly pools its great resources...". I guess they were out to prove the writer wrong. OR the current team of Housecaptains Izza-Azrin have a very very good future in human resource management.

As per Garnet and Diamond, they too are gaining prominence but not as obvious as Sapphire. Topaz was actually second in last week's Mini Marathon but nobody remembers second places.
And, I digress, despite being of a higher quality (resolution and artistic wise), most people were of the opinion that the previous year's movies were more substantial in their impact.

With SC and House elections coming next year, some teachers already worry that there is no obvious choice for SC President among the juniors. Heck, they claim that there even isn't any probable short list. This, they cite, is a far cry from the times of Black (play imperial march.mp3) and Nik Nazmi (he's running for King's NUS rep. Good luck Nik!) where the words SC PRESIDENT were printed on their foreheads since they stepped into college. Heh.

Well, anyhoo, its the Ramadhan Break now. A 3 day weekend. College is half-empty (or half-full or twice bigger than it need be. pessimist, optimist and engineer respectively.).

Happy fasting all!

p/s : The association formerly known as AKMATYS has a new website. Here. There's lotsa links to SUPER (to the power of n) seniors' blogs etc.

p/p/s : As for our own college website, it should be www.kyuem.edu.my but is currently under construction. Saw the testsite (but I forgot the URL! argh.) and it was alright. For a college website. :)