July 20, 2013 @ 12:34 AM
All things considered, Striping was a surprisingly calm affair. Reading through all the letters and seeing all the it might be the end of our official journey together but it won't be goodbye, all the this is not a goodbye letter this is a thank you letter, and it's true, these people aren't going to be gone any time soon.
it's been such a great four years. in all honestly, Guides never really meant all that much to me until sometime last year, and it really came to be
the thing only this year-- and it's sad that the year that I learn to appreciate it is the year that I have to leave it. But Guides has given us all so much and it's been such a comfort over the past four years, despite my never having realised it until really late.
also I FEEL SO APPRECIATED AFTER STRIPING. reading all the letters while waiting for dinner hungrily with liyin val jingen panwen and shar, all the thank yous, all the you've been a great batchmate/senior/PLs, all the
thank you for existing and it's really gratifying to know that i've made an impact to so many people.
going to miss raffles guides so much, the warm effusive feeling of coming down before sessions and seeing 13atch at the table. but at the same time this isn't the end of anything, not really and that's an incredibly comforting thought. the night before striping was this mess of hliefgrhiuhf how am i going to finish letters and iles and everything in time!! (and i didn't in the end, oops) (none of us did but well) and much of ces was spent with a panicky val who desperately needs a belt, even lessons the whole day was spent simply typing frantically trying to write as many letters as possible because CAM sent out the patrol allocations at 5.34 am, the one and a half weeks or so before striping were spent desperately putting together the video and the powerpoint and drawing files in every possibly opportunity, all that time with oh no we're leaving guides now what-- but striping itself was very calm. during the horseshoe the only things that were going through my head were really i am so proud of us, i am so proud of the juniors (belle and vivian and minghui and our new CLs and so many other great people). i have no doubt that b14tch is going to do guides proud next year.
raffles guides is the place that i've met some of the best people i know, even if so many of these people i only really got to know this year. in guides, you don't find friends, you find sisters. so grateful for this journey and for the people that we've all become, and
in the end i wanna be standing at the beginning with you.
also, moments from striping:
1. falling our patrols in together with just a glimpse with liyin
2. minghui. i'm so sorry minghui ):
3. falling in somewhat awkwardly behind our patrols and singing our last taps
4. how when they called vivian and belle for their positions i simply couldn't stop grinning
5. mynah'11 (':
6. what did i do to deserve such great juniors
7. pigging out with 1/4 of batch at dinner
asdfghjkl such an incoherent and messy post there's so much more i wanted to say but can't findthe right words to say it/so much more that i frankly don't remember right now but RAFFLES GUIDES <3
