Entrenched deep in memory.
It had just dawned on me a little while ago as to how much I would actually miss my Junior College life after I graduate at the end of this year. Tampines JC has brought forth many fond memories which I would treasure for the rest of my life. The teachers have (mostly) been very kind to me, and I would especially remember all the friends who had stood by me throughout the two years of my JC life.
On the top of my list is Jenny, whom I refer to as a young genius. She is always there to help me when I encounter trouble with my schoolwork, and to cheer me up each time I feel down. Furthermore, I also appreciate the fact that she is the only person around who is able to tolerate my frequent, yet off-key singing.
Another friend I wouldn’t regret having is Erica, who prefers to be known as Xiaowugui. Although she is no longer in Tampines JC with me since she has transferred over to a Polytechnic, I really miss having her around as my jie mei hua. All those times we spent talking away during last years’ mathematics lectures when we were supposed to be paying attention. And not to forget the enjoyable family chalet at the end of last year when she got to meet my family members.
After her comes the TPJC Bowling Girls namely, Regina, Steffe, Serine, Jiaqi and Huimin. I would definitely miss all the joking and fooling around during our weekly training sessions. Regina is always there to help my whenever I encounter trouble either in friendship and other matters, and Steffe is always around to make me smile. Despite knowing them for merely a year, I feel as though I have known them forever, as it seems as though they know me inside out and vice versa.
How can I forget my Chinese Group Classmates, especially Erika, Jaime and Grace? Erika, Grace and I constantly stick with each other during those long, mundane Chinese tutorial lessons. I especially admire their friendly and easy-going personalities and I remember clicking with them almost immediately after meeting them for the first time last year. Not to leave out Jaime, who also happens to live in the block directly opposite to mine, as well as our similar interests in Techno music.
Last but not least, the entire group of 03S09, especially Shayne, Jia Hui, Swee Wah, Hui Hoon, Hui Jun and Hui Hua. It has mostly been my classmates who has shaped my life in Tampines JC, as I feel as though we have gone through thick and thin together. I would miss our team spirit during the annual Track and Field Meets, and how we have worked together in other events as well.
*Sob* I cannot bear to leave!!!
Now, it is your turn to share your thoughts with me. Whom would you miss most when you graduate from your respective schools/JCs/Polytechnics/Universities? And why so?
I am starting to loathe, detest and despise being a Singaporean, especially after reading this article (click). What do they think Singaporean women are? The women in Singapore are definitely more than just child bearing factories. If they think that they can simply push a button and out pops a descendent, then they are just being unrealistic.
“Carrots alone won’t work; it’s time for the stick, say several MPs, who want pressure put on married couples who don’t want babies.
HAVING babies is a duty. Make that a duty to self, society and country.
Alarmed? You should be, if you are married and have no desire to procreate.
MPs like Dr Ong Seh Hong (Aljunied GRC) want to pump up the social pressure on such people whom he described as ‘irresponsible’.“
There is starting to be too much invasion into inter-family relations, and the private affairs of others. Whether married couples want to procreate is entirely their choice, not that of the government’s. Furthermore, that MP is simply unreasonable when he had labelled these couples as “irresponsible”. People have their reasons for their refusal. Whether these couples are agreeable to have a child is completely not for him to judge. In fact, what right does he have to make such a judgement anyway?
Whether married couples want to reproduce is not the business of the people up there. If they think it is so easy for a woman to bring up a child for the rest of their lives, they’d better think again. It takes a lot of burden and hardship, and it is also an irreversible decision to make. Furthermore, to make yet another a poor, helpless child face the wraft of Singapore’s overly-stressful education system would be almost as good as committing murder.
I am completely sick and tired of the increasing reports speaking of the government pestering Singaporean couples to procreate. Absolutely sick and tired. I simply hate the way they are invading into the private lives of others. I am tired of the way they are forcing others to do things which they do not want to do. I am completely pissed off with the Singaporean society with my entire heart and soul.
When I have the choice and finances in the future, I would definitely migrate elsewhere, into a control-free society where the people are given the freedom to make their own decisions.
Four distinctions. My good lord, I can’t believe that my elder cousin had actually managed to bag four As in her 2003 GCE A’Level Examinations. Although it is possible, considering that she is from Temasek Junior College, but it definitely leaves me in awe how some people can actually have the brain of Einstein.
I am extremely happy for her, but this had started to give me even more pressure in terms of academic achievements. She is a straight A scorer, but her younger cousin, namely me, had only received pathetic grades such as Cs and Ds in the 2003 promotional examinations, leaving lots of uncertainty as to how I would actually fare in the actual A’Level examinations. In the light of such a genius, I suddenly feel so worthless as to why I can’t even score well even in any minor tests despite studying so hard.
My cousin’s grades were a wake up call to me, which simply told me that it was high time I started studying in full force. Although I have already started my revision for the GCE A Level Exams in November this year, I still feel that I am extremely far behind, and there is simply not enough time for me to catch up with all my weak chapters as well as to do a full fledged revision on everything which I had learnt for the past two years.
People are under the delusion that I am smart, but sad to say, I am not. In this world, there are people who are actually able to score well in major examinations even when they are working with their eyes closed. On the other hand, there are more people who are still unsuccessful despite working very hard. I would fall into the second category.
I am not looking down on myself, because everything stated above is the cold hard truth. Comparing myself with my classmates in terms of academic achievement would make me feel extremely inferior. Considering that I am in the top class (03S09) for my subject combination in Tampines JC, my class was bound to be filled with plenty of highly intelligent people who would make me fade into the background. In fact, I am not even sure how I got into 03S09 in the first place.
Full fledged studying would commence tomorrow, as I would dedicate 2 hours a day for school assignments, and an additional 2-3 hours entirely to additional revision every single day. There is absolutely no more time for me to slack.