This is going to be a rather short post. Okay, I'm not too sure whether I can type out a decent post given my current state of mind. If I didn't have anything on tomorrow, I would definitely be pulling out an all-nighter. After the NUS Medicine talk on Friday, I finally realised what I really wanted. Initially, I thought that getting into Medicine would be totally impossible, given the fact that the entire faculty is predominantly made up of people from the elite JCs. But then, I realised that getting into Medicine is definitely one of the things I would want. Yes, you can call it being overly-ambitious because only those smart asses who are getting 7 and 8As would apply to such a highly sought after course. Honestly, I'm truly enticed by the benefits of getting into Medicine. Okay, apart from being able to extend my deferment from NS, I really like the thought of having the ability to change people's lives. Though the application process seems a little tough with tests and interviews, I'm definitely hoping to able to read Medicine. Then again, I'm just trying to widen up my choices and even if I can't read Medicine, I would still be satisfied with either Life Science or Chemistry.

Okay, I'm not too sure whether this could be considered as a post. And on a separate note, 8 more days till A levels. I'm really scared, especially for Economics and GP. I'm praying that all of the papers would be manageable. Good night.

I know I shouldn't be blogging when A levels is just 18 days away. Yes, that's how near it is. Anyway, I'm just going to get straight to the point. These few days has been quite emotional. At least for me. Everything is coming to an end already. Tutorials and lectures would officially end tomorrow. Then, we would be left on our own to prepare for the A levels.

Really, I'm blessed to have such good teachers all this while. From primary school to junior college, God has given me awesome teachers and I'm really thankful for that. Through these 12 years, I've definitely learnt a lot. I just want them to know that all of them have a special place in my heart and I will never, never forget all that they've done for. Anyway, Mr Tan and Miss Ho gave us parting gifts and I really appreciate them. Both their gifts are meaningful in their own ways. I felt a bit emotional while reading their notes because I realised the sacrifices that the teachers had made for us. For that, I am truly grateful. Yet, at the same time, there's this tinge of guilt that I've had all this while. They never gave up on any of us, despite the fact we could get on their nerves at times by not doing tutorials, not paying attention during lessons and lectures etc. But at our end, we never truly reciprocated their sacrifices by showing them the results that we're capable of. Instead, we give all sorts of excuses for not doing well when it is in fact our own mistakes. But then again, they never gave up on us and still continued to give their fullest support.

Let's persevere on, ace our A levels and get good results because that would be the best way to repay their kindness these 2 years. Let's get all A for A levels and make them proud to have students like us. TJC Class of 2010, I'm more than certain that we can achieve this.

But one thing's for sure, I'm going to miss TJC very much. The school, the lecture theatres, the auditorium, the classrooms, the canteen, the sports complex, the photocopy shop, GNC, the library, the awesome teachers and most important of all, the wonderful friends that stood by me through the good and bad times. CG 21/09 and MCS ♥♥

Let's do this.

Reality check - A levels is starting in approximately 30 days time. As cliche as it may sound, but it felt like it was only yesterday when school opened for the year, and I told myself that I would have about 200 plus days left for revision before A levels started. Look where we are now. 200 days have passed in the blink of an eye and really, a lot has happened. And in 60 days time, we would probably end our 12 years of education (at least for the guys), before we begin the journey that could change our lives.

All of us have grown in these 12 years or so. We would probably laugh at ourselves when we looked back to those times in primary school. Those were the times when school was truly fun and stress wasn't as bad it seems. Those were the times where true friends really existed, and conflicts weren't aplenty. Those were the times when even if we failed our examinations, it didn't affect our lives as much although the disappointment existed.

12 years later, now 18 year old teenagers, things became totally different. We have our own responsibilities to take care of, expectations to meet and ambitions to be fulfilled.
12 years later, we are faced with the challenges of the world, where we learnt that the world isn't so kind after all.
12 years later, we learnt how to be cruel; for our survival.
But I guess, this is where life really begins.

A levels is really scary. It really is. In fact, it's much scarier than the O levels. Because even if you didn't do well for O levels, there are alternative avenues for you to go to. But what about the A levels? The sole purpose of entering a Junior College is to enter a university. So does that mean getting poor results would translate to not being able to enter a respectable university? I don't know, really. One thing is for sure, I am seriously going to ace my A levels and get good grades. The rest, we shall see later.

On a separate note, Prelim is over and the results are slowly being released to us. As of now, I am really happy with my Chemistry results. I am in no way trying to brag here, but for the first time in my 2 years here I finally got a 70% for Chemistry. The last time my Chemistry marks was above 70 was probably during Prelims in 2008. I'm hoping for an A for Chemistry this time round. Mr Tan wrote some comments on my script and I suddenly remembered what Mrs Tan said to me 2 years ago. I disappointed her by not getting an A1 for Chemistry, and I promised that I will get an A this time round. No more disappointing of teachers who set really high expectations of you.

So, I guess the next time I shall post would be 60 days later?

Till then, and happy mugging people.