i finally feel inspired and ready to blog about foc. quite timely i say, seeing that school starts next week. compartmentalized it for too long, and perhaps what i say might probably be way overdue but it means no less than if i were to say it jes right after foc itself.
i don’t know if it’s not too great to start this with my greatest regret, but yes, it is that i didn’t get to interact much with the freshies themselves. as much as giving them the best was the first priority (i know many will beg to differ on this part, but will elaborate later) on our list, i really wondered what it was like to leave my position as chairperson for that wee bit to be an ogl instead, knowing them and hearing their thoughts/grouses instead of having to hear from the ogls themselves during every briefing. not that we didn’t like it but the personal level of interaction was totally zlich there. perhaps i should have expected this when i signed up for the post of chairperson, but one can always wonder. save for initiation night when i was with penne and ravioli (btw ravioli you guys were awesome with your constant high throughout initiation), i probably was too tired out and caught up with the logistics and what-not to even talk to any freshie. it almost felt like i was an outsider to the camp that i planned. sucks i know, but well like i said, freshies’ welfare comes first so it doesn’t really matter what i really felt during the camp.
then comes my main comm. and nope, i’m not talking bout regrets here anymore. you guys have been the best in every sense of the word. right from the start, the carwashing, NBTD, party rendezvous, photo shoots, we were there together. we prolly had our misgivings over certain issues during the course of everything, but we never let them get between us and cloud out FOC. but come to think of it, we had more laughs and forged more friendships than the lil tiffs that we had. many think that our comm is the most bonded one ever, and i concur. it even came to a point when we were perceived to be self-absorbed in our own ‘main comm world’ that others thought we didn’t take what they said into consideration. but we know better and the struggles we went through to put foc together can attest to it, regardless of what others think of us. i admire you guys because you did everything you could behind the scenes and never once felt the need to be recognised for it. you made decisions and stuck with it, and now that foc is a success i can only feel comforted that you guys made it through against the odds. most of all, as the main planning committee, we managed to keep the success of foc as the main focus and did whatever we could to pull this thing together, with sore throats or not haha (:
so to every single main commer, i truly, sincerely love and thank you.
as for the subcommers, people who were there with us since the start, sacrificing your time which could have been spent with the freshies (i know many of you were SAs and agls), thank you for keeping the final outcome in mind too. i know you guys prolly have the same regret as i do, but i think we are all proud of and happy with the way things turned out in the end. i will not have a list of people that i will give special thanks to, because every one of you has been fabulous in your own way.
to the ogls/agls, i know that we had our differences, but we all know that it was only because of the different places that we were in during foc. i am sure that there are many things that everyone can say that they will do differently, but now that FOC is over i can only say that i thank you for doing your job as an OGL/AGL in the best way you know, and keeping the welfare of the freshies in mind all the time. you guys were prolly as tired as the main comm was, but the love from your OGs should prolly save me the time of thinking of consolations for you haha 
to shannon: thank you for being with the main comm all the time and the support that you gave us. the supper, the pep talks and the invaluable post-chairperson advice. and of course, zouk was funnest wasn’t it 
super-senior marcus: i don’t know if you will ever read this, but i feel the need to leave my thanks to you somewhere in cyberspace haha. you were awesome, especially during initiation night (: qq can vouch for that! and thanks for the advice about HC too. you know you are ALWAYS welcome to every FOC.
and to jin, thank you for maintaining the website. i can honestly say that without your wonderful website, the freshies wouldn’t be so revved up for FOC. all the time and effort that you gave to it, i cannot thank you enough. but here’s to another three more years of mee suaing in SCI and of course, beyond (:
lastly, to CI Club, thank you for your opinions and guidance, especially to uncle xiong and philip. i know you guys are already year 3 and foc is like kinda ‘over’ in your ‘lao-ren’ psyche (hurhur don’t kill me). but you still came down not only for foc, but also for seniors camp. your presence alone at foc was enough to spur us main comm to carry on. and uncle xiong, your video was beyond fab. and sern yong too! i don’t know if you’re in ci club or not, but since you hang out with uncle xiong and philip i shall say my thanks to you here! thanks for believing in us and lending a helping hand whenever we needed one. and your idea for the foc vid was too funny (: of course, chee harn, your fright night video, being an SA and your cheery disposition throughout, truly made a difference to foc.
and so, perhaps this shall give a little sense of closure for me. there’s the post-foc chalet for the main commers tomorrow, where we will once again laugh and make a ruckus together for possibly the last time.i can’t say how much i thank you guys for the experience that you have given and gone through with me together. merci beaucoup.
