So I got this email a while back from SIS, asking the following three questions.
· What would you like to say to SIS(HK) for its 25th birthday?
First of all, I had no idea SIS is just about my age. Congratulations for living that long. And me for growing up to see you.
Anyway, thank you for what you helped shape me, for better or worse.
· How has SIS(HK) nurtured you or brought you to where you are today?
Back then, I was choosing between three schools. I didn't know the difference really, but the local schools were really scary. The rooms were grey and boring, the kids looked kind of mean. And they didn't have a pool!
But who knew, SIS would be just as scary. Back then, we had this Head of Discipline who'd dish out punishments. Like when I was late one morning, and everyone on time were in the gymnasium. And so someone told me to go line up behind the stairs. I felt lonely and the worst part was when students came out and stared at us. It wasn't so much shame, but feelings of abandonment.
This sort of programming haunted me for the next decade or so, when I realised I should go to therapy for. Perhaps it was earlier relevant experiences. And even after long discussions about this, I find that effects still linger. Today, I still choose to work for companies that are flexible in their working and lunch hours.
Having gone through that, I would not have it any other way. I believe it inspired me to ever greater depths of self-knowledge. If anyone ever writes a biography about me, the early impact of Eugene's time at SIS cannot be overstated.
Back then, I was choosing between three schools. I didn't know the difference really, but the local schools were really scary. The rooms were grey and boring, the kids looked kind of mean. And they didn't have a pool!
But who knew, SIS would be just as scary. Back then, we had this Head of Discipline who'd dish out punishments. Like when I was late one morning, and everyone on time were in the gymnasium. And so someone told me to go line up behind the stairs. I felt lonely and the worst part was when students came out and stared at us. It wasn't so much shame, but feelings of abandonment.
This sort of programming haunted me for the next decade or so, when I realised I should go to therapy for. Perhaps it was earlier relevant experiences. And even after long discussions about this, I find that effects still linger. Today, I still choose to work for companies that are flexible in their working and lunch hours.
Having gone through that, I would not have it any other way. I believe it inspired me to ever greater depths of self-knowledge. If anyone ever writes a biography about me, the early impact of Eugene's time at SIS cannot be overstated.
· What are your aspirations for SIS(HK) in the near future?
I aspire to move out of HK in my twenties.
I aspire to save most of my money and retire early.
I aspire to do a nightwalk or dayhike everyday. I hear the bosses of my company bike up to the peak every morning at 5. I don't feel comfortable biking on the road, so I hike.
I aspire to own a car and maybe drive myself around someday.
I aspire to never get out of therapy. I used to think of therapy as being for sick people. No, not at all. I get counselling and therapy to advance my self-understanding.
To be continued...
I aspire to move out of HK in my twenties.
I aspire to save most of my money and retire early.
I aspire to do a nightwalk or dayhike everyday. I hear the bosses of my company bike up to the peak every morning at 5. I don't feel comfortable biking on the road, so I hike.
I aspire to own a car and maybe drive myself around someday.
I aspire to never get out of therapy. I used to think of therapy as being for sick people. No, not at all. I get counselling and therapy to advance my self-understanding.
To be continued...
What do you think?
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1 comment:
Well, it made me realise I didn't want to be a Singaporean. That must count as something!
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