In a blink on an eye, the March holidays flew past.

Or should i say it wasnt even a holiday at all?
Ok, i shall rephrase.




In the blink of an eye, one week flew past.




Sounds better, isnt it?






haha. back to topic.




As i was saying, I've decided to use up the week to catch up on some sleep, esp aft the guides slpover (which is hardly call a slpover cos we didnt really sleep at all), and to do some of the stuff i missed doing ever since the beginning of the term.


On top of that , instead of using the March holidays to have fun outside, I have chosen to use 2 days of my time to serve the school – by painting some of the selected walls around the campus.

As part of the Art Club’s CCA activity, the teacher in charge got them to design and paint a part of the school. We students from the Art Elective Program were invited to participate. Though it’s optional, I jumped at the chance to do something for the school.


(Grace & i were like 2 out of the pathetic 3 AEP people there la. Apparently the rest were either too busy or rather spend their time doing something else.)


Our designs were mainly based on the wall paintings done by artist Keith Haring, as we thought his designs were simple yet eye-catching, something suitable for our school. Grace and I have decided to use circles as our theme, incorporating the porthole as part of them. The circles would be painted in black, with colourful objects drawn within.


Grace and I were assigned to work on the first porthole of the stairs in the foyer (the one leading to the staff room). As that is the place where most people had to pass by in order to access the main areas of the school, we were the pair that received the most comments.


I’m glad to say that almost all of them were positive ones. Many of the teachers, students and even the staff who passed by, commented that “(painting the wall is a) good idea. Adding colours to the blue and white school would add some vibrancy to the very-boring school.”


Dunman High is not much of an artsy place. I've alwasy thought of the lack of colours around the school made the school pretty dead looking. Though the big posters at the foyer made it slightly better, the rest of the school was only white and blue - not much of a condusive learning environment, you would agree.


It was hard work painting, and hearing the occasional ‘good job, keep going’ and ‘it’s really nice!’ really kept us going. It’s real good to feel that what you are doing is appreciated by the rest.


I can remember the security uncle especially well, coming over with a big smile on his face, a shout of ‘Good job girls! Keep it up!’ as well as a friendly wink. Really think that i could have done a better job acknowledging what they do around the school too.


As we couldn’t reach the top of the wall, we had to climb on top of the porthole in order to paint the upper region. It was quite sore for our arms as we had to use one hand to support ourselves while the other paint. Many who passed by, warned us to be careful, especially Mr Teo, who jokingly commented that we’re actually training our arm muscles while painting. We could see that the teachers were actually quite concerned about us, and could recognize the hard work we put in to make the school a more vibrant place.


2 of the teachers, Ms Koh & a teacher who sounds like Ming Quan, actually expressed so much enthusiasm that they wanted to join in the fun and requested that they too want to paint a part of the wall themselves! Hence, we dedicated 2 circles out of the many that we have for them to try their hand at painting.


After which, Ms Seow walked by and commented that the wall looked very 'guidy' (guides looking). Grace & I were stunned as we didnt use any guides element in the painting at all! She pointed out that the flower looked like one from guides. But the fact is, the flower was painted by Ms Koh! It's strange that even though we didnt mean it to be, the wall still looks 'guidy'. Well, all that i can say is, the wall is painted by guides afterall. A guide would always be a guide no matter what she does.



After so much hard work, I’m glad to see the wall finally finished. Although it’s not anything big, I sure hope the school body will appreciate the efforts we’ve put in.



I just want to say a big THANK YOU to all our well-wishers and those who helped in one way or another while we were painting the wall. Your words of encouragements really brightened our day. ^_^