So here we are: It's an ordinary April morning and we sit in LT1 listening to the Maths lecturer. I'm reading the latest issue of Time and Xia Han encourages me to pay attention to the lecture like a true friend would. But, of course, me being the 'me' at 9 in the morning, is still too much in a daze to heed the excellent advice.

It's been 1 year and 3 full months that we've been Victorian (and I mean VictoriaJCian), and we've come a long way from being overly optimistic J1s brimming with life and zest to being the jaded and weary J2s engulfed in denial we are now.

It has been one heck of a journey, and still is, considering that we are nowhere near the end of it yet. The past two months have been especially taxing. However, nothing, in my opinion, has prepared me for what will come in the following months leading to the Strings concert on the 1st of June. With SYF in a mere 3 weeks and the concert in 4 weeks after that, I'm in for one whirlwind of a time. Long gone are the times when important events were months apart and not weeks or days.

Once that storm settles, it'll be 3 weeks till CT 2, and then 3 months till the Prelims. "WTF! NB, CB!" does not even begin to describe it. I'm all for pushing myself to the limit though, and man, will this year be one to do just that.


TO all of you with upcoming SYFs, seasons, matches, concerts etc.: All the best!


may the s53 spirit rekindle
afzal.