discipline

DISCIPLINE.

you hear that in school everyday. things about how we students should portray a good dunmanian image. what should dunmanians do. what should we practise. what cheng2 what xin4 what yong3 what zhong1.

in the past, i remember my first day in dunman high. i stepped out of my dad's car, and walked into dunman high. "hello! welcome to dunman high! but remember, next time dun wear this ear studs, dun bring sling bag, tuck in your shirt please and no ankle socks" from that moment, i knew im gonna change. i knew that dunman high will change my life. i will step out of my neighbourhood kid kinda attitude. but one thing for sure, i hate dunman high.

i was the only one from my primary school. i was all alone. first day of secondary life, yet so gloomy and boring. where are my friends? where are those friends who i play bball with everyday? whether rain or shine, be it before or after school, or even during recess. or maybe i should call them, my dear tk teammates. i vividly remember myself spending recess in dunman high all alone. i bought a cup of ice lemon tea, i walked one round, put back the cup, bought another cup of ice lemon tea, walked another round, put back the cup and bought another cup of ice lemon tea, and walked another round, and put back the cup again. that was my recess. everyone had their friends, and it was my first exposure to people from GOOD schools. i sucked at my english. how do i communicate with them? i dun know. they said dunman high is CHINESE. but why do i feel like im in an english school? well. of course, i hate dunman high even more.

but my life changed. i didnt know that i would be grateful to dunman high. i didnt know that dunman high had made an impact in my life. i didnt know that i already stopped hating dunman high.

3 years have passed. i guessed the effect on being a dunmanian is acting on me. discipline is the word. discipline should have been the way all the while. i shouldnt have neglected what teachers like mr kiw, mr lu used to say. actually, dicipline is very very important.

today, shujun said "i hate it when jiahui nag at me lo." that set me thinking. i've changed. i've actually changed. and come to many realisation. why did i neglect discipline in the past?

discipline. seems like a word for toot and guai kia. but i realised, im so wrong. so so wrong. discipline, or rather self discipline. is to train ourselves to battle other challenges in the future. in the future, many things need discipline. like when you go to work, you have to abide by the rules without people telling you so. if someone has to come and tell you, it obviously shows that this person has no self discipline, and if he/she has no discipline, will he/she be able to complete the proposal on time? without being distracted. so obviously, the next thing he/she gets is being sacked.

without discipline, you wont be punctual. if you're not a punctual person, obviously no one would engage you. if you give excuses like i slept late, obviously you're telling the boss that i cant work late into the night and get up early. and obviously these things happened due to lack of discipline.

without discipline, obviously you wont listen to anyone. you'll always think that you're right. always and always right. so you do things you like, but not wad the situation needs you to do.

an organisation without discipline.
workers slack as and when they like.
even the boss dun do anything about it.
obviously, the organisation will have to close down.

this is what i realised, what i learnt, after these years in dunman high.

i regret neglecting discipline. i regret giving in to my friends all the time. i regret not nagging more at them. i regret spoiling them.

we ourselves, have no discipline. wad rights do we have to make people listen to us? what rights do we have to lead them? what rights do we have to tell them off?

discipline is really very very important. im glad that dunman high had trained me to be more disciplined. they thought me that i cant always have wad i want, i have to sacrifice myself to get wad i want. i have to be able to listen to others, before i want others to listen to me.

thank you dunman high.