A truly Pleasant Day...

It was a most interesting and intellectually stimulating morning. Thursday is No-Assembly Day and all students are supposed to stay in their homerooms. There came a strange announcement through today and all Junior College II students were to make their way to the hall. We then trooped happily and enthusiastically to the hall. The Vice Principal proclaimed that this unconventional gathering was to prepare for College Day on Saturday and we proceeded with the glorious and patriotic singing of the National Anthem and the solemn taking of our National Pledge. After this, a teacher went up to set some basic ground rules for behaviour on Saturday for us Audience members. We were to be decked out in our full school uniform, complete with tie and collar pin. This formal preparation was for our Dear and Honourable Minister for Education, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam. We must be on our best behaviour so as not to affront him.
Following, Mr Wee Wen Shih, former AJC choir Alumnus, came up to the stage to let us practise the school song. We sang first with music accompaniment but that was not perfect enough. We sang again a cappella, elucidating every word, hit every note and generally perform our school song with a tremondous amount of school spirit and loyalty. With that, we went for our lessons.