Fresh from the Editor's mouth...

Bravo, bravo. You’re one of the few chosen ones invited to join FMS. Some of you might have been accepted into the school against all odds, while some of you, without a doubt. Whatever it is though, it’s a cause for a small celebration.
But before you start feeling like you’re on top of the world, let’s just remind ourselves, and if I may borrow a quote from Thomas Edison, that genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. And it’s not the perspiration that you’re going to be breaking out over the next three years climbing the damned hill as you rush for lectures before you’re considered late or absent.
It’s about the sustained effort to slog it off over the six long semesters in your course, and trust when we say that it’s a lot of hard work. There’ll be times when you’ll have to stay overnight (or nights) in school trying to put together your final assignment, times when you just feel like breaking down, and moments when group politics gets in the way.
We know it happens and we enjoy it, because it gives all of us a taste of the real world – something no wonky JC system can give us. But to help you out a little over the next three years, we’ve scrambled together, amidst our final projects, exams and holidays, to come up with a so-called guide for FMS Dummies at the expense of our little and precious time. So do pardon us when you gasp at the atrocious mistakes we’ve committed as you browse through the website.
It’s not an exhaustive list of all the things you need to know and do though. In fact, there are so many other things that need to be covered that we think it’s best if you go through it yourself, and learn from your successes and mistakes.
Alas, for me, it ends here. With a mixture of relief, sadness and nostalgia, I’ve called it a day. The friends I’ve made, people I’ve met and stress I’ve endured are just memories now. National Service beckons, till then I’m living up to my new-found freedom. But if I had a choice to go through my poly years once again, it’s definitely a yes. So enjoy the ride while getting to your destination. It’s a three-year journey that will define you and make you who you are in the near future.

Syed Arafat
2004/05 Mass Commie