This year, my school, Hwa Chong Institution, held its inaugural annual Open House on Saturday, 16th of May lasting from 8am to 1pm. On that day, me and my other counillors-in-training were sent out to be Ushers during the Open House for the General Manpower Team. Every Usher was assigned to individual posts in an area. The night before, I was preparing to go
to sleep when suddenly the phone rang with a shrill. "Hello?" I picked up the phone and answered.
"Um, is this Seong Jin?" An unfamiliar voice answered my prompt reply.
I said Yes and he sighed a relieved sigh. Then, he proceeded to explain himself. After a while, I finally understood. He was my area IC for tomorrow's ushering and instructions were given by him to me. I thanked him went to bed.
The next morning, I waked up as early as I could using my "Body Clock" as I had to be there by 730am and soon I was in Hwa Chong in no time due to my punctuality. Upon getting there, I realised I was too early and sat down on the nearest bench whil playing my handphone game. My handphone game soon killed time and by the time I looked up, the place was crowded with Ushers. A teacher-in-charge briefed us briefly and we were off.
My first two hours of ushering at a place called Block B was quite relaxing as there were not too many visitors in the morning. I made a few mistakes though, like saying "Good morning Ma'am where would you like me to escort you?" to a teacher. Otherwise, I did fairly fine.
However, luck liked to play tricks and I was soon overwhelmed by visitors rushing though the enrance I was posted to and I was talking, escorting, and ushering. My legs were starting to get strainous as there was nowhere to sit but thankfully, it was soon lunch time for the ushers.
After lunch, I headed straight for my block IC and requested a change of posts. He agreed and shifted posts with me. At there, there was not many visitors requiring assistance and people who did asked easy questions, like "Where is the female toilet?" and "Is this boy's school?". Nevertheless, after the ushering period was over, I still felt that I have done something for the school.
Frankly speaking, I wished the Open House could have lasted longer. I started to enjoy helping people after a while of ushering. I guess this is the true meaning of "Happiness from providing help" However, I guess there is still a limit to the duration of an activity, even if it will benefit the society and us.
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simply loved reading. She would go to the nearby town library to borrow books everyday according to her interest. One day, my mother, while browsing through the stacks of books, she came across a book with an illustration of a young, sad looking girl on the cover page. She said, when she was interviewed that the first impression of the book, which was the girl, grabbed her attention and aroused her curiosity. Hence, she borrowed it right away and took it home. The book was none other than "Jane Eyre", a classic still popular in the 21st century.
of my loss to the public.(Wishing that my friends don't read this)
oduced blogging by my LA teacher I am really amazed and impressed. I did not know that it was so easy to put something on the net just by blogging. It is very convenient. I am also impressed by its user-friendliness and its convenience as I thought you needed to learn HTML if you wanted to post something on the net. I like blogging a lot as it has multi purpose functions. You can treat it as your diary or even an assignment board! However, the one thing I dislike about blogging is that while you are blogging, you tend to make grammar or spelling mistakes and it is not corrected automatically like Microsoft Word. Generally, I give blogging my "5 star rating".This whole process can be improved if only there was a human- error- correcting-system .I think tieing in the reading habits and electronic bookshelf is a really good idea as it makes us more aware of our reading habits and the number of books we have read so far. I find that the electronic bookshelf is a very useful website as it really helps us to read more and improve on our literature. In overall , I really fancy blogging.
