doing booth....

The same time of the year again, where ssa has to put up a booth... SSA = singapore students association... But 1 qn we ask ourselves is.... Is it really necessary every yr fer us to do booth? It kindaf seems like a task imposed upon the 1st years to do... every yr... even though there may be ppl who arent tt interested... Is all tt effort really worth it? Endless nights of gng down to help out, building walls, painting, n stuff... U ask those who like, they'll say " u'll feel shag, but when you see ur structure go up, u'll feel that everything is worth it..." But how many ppl actually say that? only those who like it... Others who dun like to do it wun even go down to help, n wun even say tt its worth any effort... Personally, i dun like booth... the only reason i'd help is cos of responsibility or cos my frens are doing it... this yr, my batch ppl mostly kept themselves out, but my upper batch has 2 garung seniors who instead of just wanting to help out, became the 2 pivotal ppl in it... Until they had no time for themselves to relax, n instead of having a relaxed sem in their last sem, still had to pia for stuff... U may praise them n say they gd or wad but in the end, who's the one to suffer? Its not u or me or whoever else... Its them themselves... The point: being too nice can cause u to suffer at times...

Went down last night to help out... the only night i was free after all the hard work... but i've always admired and sympathised with this 2 seniors... so went down to help... At the expense of my own really drained out mind n body... then now, i think i'll need time to recover from all this draining over the previous weeks... My fren once told me... "Even though u're their gd fren, n u dun wish for this to happen( this referring to them having to put in soooo much more for booth) but, dun make their problem become urs... " I couldnt deny the fact of this statement... Everyone has their own problems, n no one can really do everything... But i think what counts as a fren is not only sharing someone's else's joy, but also their burden... Not only do u gather together during happy times, but its during times of adversity that they'd need u more, n the more reason u shd try to be there.... At least, tts wad i think till now...