Council Investiture

In accordance with my new rule of blogging to make my blog more personalised, I will be writing about last Wednesday's council investiture. The investiture was essentially a ceremony during which councillors are badged. Personally, I am not sure why student leaders have to be officially badged, but since every other school does it, it might as well be a necessary part of council life.

Anyway, before the actual investiture, we had several rehearsals. During the rehearsals, we had to familiarise ourselves with the seating arrangement and also practice the way we went up on stage. The seniors were particularly fussy about how we stand when our consortium was announced. We also had a dress rehearsal on the day before the investiture, where everyone had to turn up in full council uniform. Cheng Yao and I had only one set of uniform, so we attended the rehearsal in school shirts and pants, which didn't exactly please the iCouncil ExCo members.

On the day of the investiture itself, councillors were excused from lessons from 12 noon onwards and we were given only half an hour to prepare ourselves (which includes eating lunch and changing) for a final rehearsal. The event then began proper. However, funny things happened during the investiture and afterwards. When it was time to sing the council song, mediatech apparently ran into some technical difficulty and councillors had to do mass cheering. Naturally, to create an impression on other schools, we did "Rock You" which made Dr. Hon wince. The VIP was also left unattended during the reception until Dr. Hon and the VPs noticed, which was quite embarrassing.

Other than that, the investiture was generally a success, I think. It was enjoyable in a sense that I got to know other councillors better during the investiture. I guess I should be proud to know that I serve the school and am completely deprived of my personal rights (as Nick Chuan put it). Just joking, of course. On a more serious note, this investiture serves to remind me of my duty as a councillor and that being a student leader, I should be exemplary in word and in deed to live up to the expectations of my teachers. As a councillor, I should uphold the spirit of self-sacrifice and put the interests of others before those of mine so as to be able to serve the school with excellence.

All this reflection is getting a bit cliche and tiring :P, so I'll end off here.

-Shilin