Life in IH
"Let’s meet at 930pm for choir practise!"
"We’ll be dancing in the JCR from 530pm till dinner time."
"Badminton semi-finals is tomorrow. We’ll meet at 610 in the morning."
"You are in the darts team!"
"All those who wish to join the basketball team, pls meet at the back of the dining hall after dinner."
"Church camp is this weekend! Yeah!!"
Just to name a few. There are football tryout, practises for other CAFE events, ping pong games before and after meals, rowing competition, General Meeting and the many occasional dine outs and having fun.
Life is International House is too exciting! There are so many things going on here at the same time. So much so that many of us lose focus on our priorities.
We are students. As my mum quoted, ‘Your main responsibility as a student is to do well in your studies.’ True, we are here to study and that is why we write ’student’ as occupation.
A student studies.
According to Dictionary.com, ’study’ means application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading and ‘occupation’ means a person’s usual or principal work.
Thus, our principal work is to apply our mind to acquire knowledge through reading!
Definitely singing, dancing, playing darts or badminton for your college is fun because you’ll get to spend time with your friends. However, it’s of utmost importance that we can strike a balance between our ‘principal work’ and other activities.
Aim to excel in both! Not either!
Cheers!
