well, i just finished my CIP hours in the library. and it entailed cleaning shelves. at first i thought that i would do arranging books, like what my friends Jing Yun and Sylvia did. then the librarian led me to a small box under the stairs, and she handed me a bucket. inside was this small, holey rag. so i thought: cleaning windows. as long as she gives me a pair of gloves i'll be fine. i thought that because i saw cleaning liquid and a pair of gloves there in the box too. then she led me to the side door and unlocked it. she brought me to the toilet and filled the bucket a quarter-full with water. she brought me back to the shelves and told me to get a chair. with the requisite chair in place, she said: now you see, this is what you do. and she crouched down and wiped the bottom of the shelf, the one that never holds any books. after she wiped it she took off her shoes and climbed onto the chair, and wiped the top of the shelf. she g0t down and said: okay, girl? remember to take off your shoes and don't get your uniform wet. and don't fall off the chair. so she left me with the pail of water, a rag, a chair and a duty to do. the reason why i had to clean shelves in the library was because i missed the class CIP. and CIP is community involvement programme. serve the community, the people...that kinda moral education stuff you get in schools. and reason why i missed? i went with my debate club friends to support the rest of the team in a debate competition. so i had to do CIP in the library today. not that i didn't enjoy it! i enjoyed it very much. actually, you might think: what? HO KA ONN of ALL people, CLEANING SHELVES? well, at first i was a bit self-conscious. what if people think i'm doing detention? (Detention class is the proper name. we call it DC.) then i thought: DC people have prefects following them. anyway, TO HELL WITH WHATEVER THESE BLASTED PEOPLE THINK! they can think whatever they want about me. so i did it cheerfully. and time really did fly. yes, oh no! it's a cliche! but i couldn't think of anything else. i did 2 hours and 40 mins. and it was only supposed to be one and a half hours, cause i did half before the exams! but never mind. i'm helping my favourite place in the school! and i hate the school so you can imagine why i'm so glad to do library duty.