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Time flies, it had been one month since I first step into Ngee Ann Poly.

Two of my friends @ NP 

When I first started, I told myself, I want to excel in studies, physical and relation. Not easy, I must say, I started to feel the stress already. With test coming up one by one and things I do not understand started to pill up, I wonder – Can I make it?

Lecture….

Everyday looks like a running against the time for me. Busy preparing tutorial, busy preparing “Own-Notes” for better understanding, busy downloading files from the internet, busy scribble stuff onto the paper, busy sending email, busy….and the list never end.

Friends told me to relax, parents ask me not to be too stress, people around me thought I am crazy, but I really want to excel, I don’t want to disappoint my parents who putted in a lot of efforts (and money) in my studies.

The Adventure Seekers

Studying aside, CCAs were fun and tiring. I am trying something very new to me (Sailing and The Adventure Seekers) thus; it does take a little time to adapt to it. I had never ever thought of joining sports before, neither had I thought of joining two CCA in poly. I enjoyed myself, I rediscover myself and I will definitely, as time goes by, able to interact with other people better.

I am happy so far, although is tough but I believe I can make it.

Tutorial in TA06

Here wishing my tutorial and workshop group TA05 and TA06 a great poly life ahead and excel in your studies! Glad to know this bunch of nice people who had somehow gave me a direction in poly life.

Challengers, HERE I COME.

It has been a long time since I last blog. Busy with work, school and life. Nothing much changes, or maybe some things changed without releasing it.

I had been schooling at Ngee Ann Poly for the past 2 weeks. Enjoyed the school, enjoy the people I am with, but sometimes I miss my secondary school. Miss the nagging of the teachers; miss the life when being controlled. Now I am out alone, lonely and lost. I wonder, did I make the right choice.

I am not regretting coming to NP to study accountancy, but more of surprised by the workload and modules I am having. Things are very different from what I thought. Very, very, very different.

Recently, a lecturer makes a statement that gave me some impact on me:

“To grow, take up something you had never tried before”

Therefore, I  joined Sailing Club and Adventure Seeker. Em… Yeap. Surprisingly.  

I told myself these: Get to know more people, to expand my network. Do things that I never done before, to exposes myself to the outside world.

So these are the changes. Changes in me since I entered NP. Will things go for the better or worse? Hopefully for the better. I believed I can cope well. I will, I can do it!

Photos, coming soon

Did JAE on Sunday’s night to escape the Jam might occuring on Monday. Here are my 12 choices, in order:

I got my O level results today. Not bad, I was expecting something worse.

English – C5 (Was expecting E7 or E8)
Combined Humanities – B3 (I wanted an A )
Mathematics – B3 (I wanted an A too)
Science – B4 (I thought I would fail science!)
Principles of Accounts – A1 (YAY!)
Chinese – A1 (I got B3 for mid-year though. Mama cursed that I would fail Chinese due to I can’t really read Chinese. But hey! I got A1!)Overall, I’m happy with the result. The suspense was killing me and I was not able to sleep well last night. Finally, it’s over. Time to move on, to a new stage of life.

It’s finally over. I may choose poly as my choice. My mum happy for me too. Today is my happiest day in my life.

I was affected by the MRT disruption very badly yesterday. I came out from home about 1 hour earlier in order to reach school early for a project. However, I ended up late for school for half an hour. ><

I tried to draw comic about what happened but it failed very badly. >< Cockroach‘s drawing had never improve ><

By the way, today was quite an unpleasant day with some events upset me quite a lot. *sigh* when will those unhappy event stop happening to me?

Sweet things happen too! Melinda, Weasleys OGL, was giving everyone a letter! How sweet! Mmmm… little things like this do brighten someone’s day. Thank Melinda!

Coming Thursday will be the day of taking O level results. Hoping for the best…

Making a decision may be tough sometimes and decisions might change one life forever.
- Cockroach

O level result will be release next week and I am really very lost now. I don’t know where to go for my next education, and most importantly I am not sure how well or badly I had done for O Levels. I haven’t been so stress ever since I completed my O Levels. I’m worry about my future, my plans, my family, my life. I’m afraid that the route I chose will not turn out what I want. I’m afraid that I would fail to provide a better life for my family and failed to make SGEduLab an even more meaningful place. Really, I’m scared. I have been thinking whether which route should I take, which one is better for me, which one would benefit the most for both my family and me. Weighting the pros and cons, I still can’t really decide…

So…. What to choose?

Received Edusave Award today! I was awarded SGD$500 with a certificate. This shall semi-mark the end of my Secondary School life.

After the ceremony, mama and I went to the lottery shop to buy 4D with my award ID and my NRIC number. She believed that it sort of good luck and who knows can help the family get more income. Okay, I participate a bit by paying half of the lottery bet amount which is Illegal Betting, because I am under 18. ><

Went out with the family after the ceremony, mama said I need to treat them because I am rich kid now (which is obviously not). We went to Pasir Ris White Sand, Lerk thai Restaurant to have our dinner. The foods were nice, and it is something no one should miss. Price were okay, total cost me $70+.

Time to stop here and shall start doing my tutorial now. *sigh* works never ends.

School life in MI has been okay for me so far. And through this PAE school life, I learned a lot of things, both knowledge and life skills.

Notes…Zzzzzz

I am a guy who doesn’t really speak to people in real life; I would just sit at one corner and do my own stuff. But MI had given some chances that gave me the confident to mix with some friends, meeting with people, speaking to others.

Some friends I made in MI.

I felt great! This is something I can’t do in my secondary school life and I am really very glad that I got quite a number of good friends in this school.

Maybe this is my school for the next 3 years? : D

Still got a long journey to go …

It took me quite a while to decide whether should I go for the PAE or not (you may read more about PAE at Wikipedia). Finally, after listen to Guoyi’s advice, I reported to Millennia Institute this morning. Yes, back to school after a long break after O level.

The school is nice, big and it has everything I wished for in secondary school. The teachers are friendly, so does the students in the school. The food there was nice and I love the idea of cashless transaction. The discipline master sound strict, but sound friendly too.

Discipline Master giving Discipline talk (But is much better than the secondary school ones)
And no, that guy in the picture is not the discipline master.

• Now I got a hall with air-con, but I miss the hot and stuffy hall back in secondary school.

• Now I got cashless transaction in school, but I miss the time when food vendors give you the wrong change.

• Now I got a better type of food, but I miss the foods in secondary school which cannot be found else where.

• I miss the discipline master back in secondary school when he goes round checking on people and keep reminding us about school rules. (I really miss his ‘word of advice’)

• The teachers here might be too wordy, but I miss the times when the secondary school teachers keep nagging about your goals and educations.

• I miss teachers chasing homework too.

It’s another new stage for my life. Still remember when I first entered my secondary school, my first reaction,“Wah…I really in secondary school liao…”Now, I would say that times files and I had grown up, to accept the challenges found outside my comfort zone.

Side note: After today orientation, I seriously need to learn how to dance. I still can’t manage to do the MI Dance. And also, because of this dance, for the very first time, I held a girl’s hand.