Dear juniors,
Today i was extremely disappointed with you guys . When i told you to go and clean the gym with the rest of the seniors, you told me " We already did it the last time . Only the Sec 1s , the seniors didnt do anything . " .You would'nt believe my shock when i heard what you said . You may think that rebutting us would be very normal , but i guess you don't really respect us Sec 2s.
So , just to tell you about the last wei4 sheng1 ... We were there too , and i truly remember mopping under the tramp, mopping the mat near the tumble track and also getting water with your other seniors.So you would understand my shock when you said , ONLY the sec1s did the cleaning and the seniors all never do ." .In case you don't know , your Sec 2 seniors had to go clean up after you finished cleaning because you didnt do a good enough job.
Well, let me just tell you about how our Sec 1 lives were.When we were in sec 1 , the seniors didnt even speak to us when we arrived at the gym . They were not as excited as we were to have juniors , or at least seem to be . Just like that ,the fear of seniors were then established when we first stepped into the gym.I know we might talk to our seniors as if they were good friends .But , believe me , i dont know whether your other seniors had thought about this or not ...But at that time, i really looked up to the seniors , and I really wanted to talk to them and really wanted to be able to treat them like how we treat our seniors now.Everytime i walked into the gym for each training , i held high hopes of having a friendship , and i even thought , maybe at the time of comps we would be friends ,then i can talk to my seniors without being totally constricted.
So April 1st came , and at that time , we still didnt talk to seniors ,other than nodding and saying yes when they taught us . But on that very day , i got my first hug from my senior . It was just surprising , but yet , i felt so happy , that maybe ,maybe i was on my way to becoming friends with my seniors.And i was . You see , although your relationship with your senior might be somewhat awkard , but after a long time , when you finally become friends , you form a close bond with them .I believe that was what our seniors wanted to achieve . That precious strong bond between us and them .In this relationship , it harnesses trust and respect . That is how we can put ourselves in the right state of mind when we are doing something.
At that time , whatever our senior told us to do , I didn't even dare to say anything. I'd just gritt my teeth and try it , because i was petrified .
At first you might think 'hey that senior is so bitchy and its not like she's even training , nor can she even do the things that my other seniors are doing .All she can do is scream and shout , just making our lives difficult.' .But don't worry, we went through that before. , everybody does.
As you grow older and start discovering more things , you realise that that particular senior that you didnt like at first , was probably the one that really help you with the crucial bits of your basic training.

So , i really want you to take the initiative to volunteer and be a valuable member of the team.Next time , when the seniors tell you to do something , dont whine , or even worse , talk back . When you jump , do finish all your jumps before you get off , because I have been counting and i know that some of you cheat and dont do all 30 jumps.This is for your practise and your training . You need it to jump well.
Also , don't see gym as something funny because there is nothing funny about it . And we train hard every training and we treat it seriously.When you jump treat it seriously . you have to sincerely want to improve , then only then you will improve . If you think that gym is just some trashy CCA that you come to after school , to bo liao and have fun. Then i don't think gym is your place to be . Because there is so much more to it .Yet , so many people just don't get it .That is why our batch started out with 15 people and is only left with 7 people ( of which rachel and yunmei joined later , which means that only 5 out of the 15 original people are left ).
Those who have sincerely wanted to improve , I would definitely say that yes . YOU HAVE IMPROVED (: , but to those that don't treat gym properly and pon training because of unofficial reasons . I KNOW that you have not been coming and it reflects in your jumping and your ignorance of what your other friends have been doing when you have been pon-ing training.So if you read this message , well then think about what your behaviour has been so far .
compare yourself to your other batchmates.ALL of them . See exactly where you stand in your batch and then think about the necessary adjustments you need to give to your training.
And for those who think : I don't need to train because I'm not good enough and only the good ones get to go for comps so i can just slack and not do anything because I 'm not good enough , you need to buck up . You have NO IDEA what is going to happen next time .Your comps is like a year ahead .You shouldnt even be thinking about it now !
If you think this way , then its wrong and you WILL regret it . As Josephine once said " When you see all your batchmates getting their tao4s and getting the medals and the glory , and there you are , teaching juniors, it doesnt feel good . AT ALL " That sentence was the one that kept me going throughout the hard times during my training . Everytime i thought of giving up , I would think about that sentence and would press on . Because thats how it all works and i believe its very true .
I hope that I have allowed you to think about your attitude towards gym . For those who believe they have done well, KEEP ONE WORKING HARD AND DON'T BECOME EASILY CONTENTED . and for those who think they have not put in enough effort , well I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT , BECAUSE I HAVE OBSERVED ALL OF YOU . WORK HARD AND DON'T GIVE UP .

Your senior,
Aetheline (:



okay just wanted to let all of that out because it was bottled up in my mind and i just had to type it out (: