Reflection on Punctuality.

We were told that the meeting time was 1300. We (WeiQin, Janice, Daryl and me) were only informed last minute that the timing was changed. So at around 12 plus, we headed our way back down already. WeiQin had been complaining that her stomach was aching. But we asked her to move on as the toilet was not clean. So half way through, she cannot take it anymore, she rushed straight to the toilet and we waited for her. After that, we continued our way back, resting at some intervals as we were all feeling exhausted. At the same time, Janice was not feeling well already. Our lecturer then called and we told her where we were at. People started calling already by then. We didn’t inform anything as we already told those who called. But we heard that, we didn’t inform what was going on. Sihao came to find us with the tour guide. The tour guide even asked us to rest. But we didn’t. As we knew that, the time has already exceeded. By then, feeling remorsefully, we had already started to increase our pace. We knew from people that, others were late as well. But we were the last and have to let others wait for an hour. They were waiting patiently but in their mind, probably they were feeling unhappy already. Driving late on the expressway is very dangerous and that, the bus driver kept on complained that we were very draggy and stuffs, that he got frustrated. We were supposed to reach school around 1900 but instead, we reached at 2100. Also, he has to work early in the morning the next day, and probably his journey back home after sending us back, may be time consuming too. The WUST staffs have to be in school the next morning. Unlike ours, we can change our timetable as it is flexible. Those staffs might have been thinking that we are irresponsible of not being able to manage our time well, of not being able to keep track of our own timing and do not have the sense of urgency resulting them to have the mentality that, we are “rotten apples.”

Some things are just unpredictable. We will not know when the person will feel uncomfortable. Now the matter is that, it’s not the ability of reaching the top. Everyone has different stamina. And we cannot predict things. Things may happen anytime. Likewise, we don’t want to see our friends collapsed or anything to happen. Yes, we arrived the last. We were all guilty but did not apologize. And so, we hereby apologize to keep people waiting for us, delaying their meals and schedules have to be changed. Ms Neo must have been receiving unremarkable comments about all of us. Guess she must have been insulted indirectly. Being late in the future, people will not trust you as much as you will be marked as an unreliable "source". This incident may cause an impact on our image, being a student of Ngee Ann. In the future, we will keep track of the time well, asking one another to move on quickly when we know that the time is going to reach. We will report the conditions, if anyone happened to be unwell, so that, the tour guide can make arrangements if needed. We are on guided tour that things are scheduled properly and lesser free time is spared for us. And so, we will coordinate with one another, change the views of everyone, especially the WUST staffs, and prove to them that, that incident was just a horrible nightmare. So that, when the future batches of students come, the image will remain a positive one.