Monday, January 10, 2011
@6:45 PM
SN has an unbelievable chain of extremely good luck. EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.
Now I can go around pointing at the newspaper and telling people that I know the top scorer. :D
Also, average 9.8! Which is fortunately better than last year. Same w many other subjects, like the vast improvement in distinctions in english, omg. (+10%!)
You cannot fathom how glad I am to be in st nicks. I still remember receiving that slip of paper that told me I could get it back to SN for secondary school, even with a lousy psle score of 225. EXHILARATING, I swear. Thou I didn't even know sn was an elite school lor.
I'm proud to say that even though I didn't get my dream 4 points, I'm extremely satisfied with my current score. All that hard work and sweat didn't go down the drain, thank God. I'm also proud to say that I managed to pull myself up from a expected L1R5 of 20 (which is calculated from psle score lol) like this. This is all thanks to my lousy psle score. Seriously.
5 Years ago, I was bawling my eyes out after receiving 225. (I was expecting 240 sia) Yet what my mom said to me that day still rings true in my head. (I even had the sense to type her words in this blog) She said "Low marks don't make you a stupid person. Marks only depend on how much concentration and effort you put in. You're still the same person. You're special." And my mom also had the sense to criticise society's way to labelling people according to marks. I love my mom.
4 Years ago, I was in 1C, without knowing it was one of the bottom 2 classes (because it comprises of people not taking HCL, lol. Unjust.) Yet after slogging through that entire year, having a couple of emo moments (siol), I managed to top the class. I still remember that feeling. EXHILARATING.
3 Years ago, I was posted to Enhanced Curriculum. Aka, triple science. I remember being damn sad after receiving my less than satisfactory sec2 streaming marks and not being called to go into EC. But near the end of school, yingxian came to me, telling me I got in. EXHILARATING.
2 Years ago, I was the only person from my class to enter 3F. I knew NO ONE. I sat right at the back of the class, alone, on the first day of school. And when miss lim told us to intro ourselves and say our new year resolutions, I managed to say "to sit with someone this year.", which was somehow fulfilled in like, 3 days. Lol. Thou I was damn pessimistic of making any friends in my class, somehow everything became alright. (Bball gang ftw.) And after knowing that I wasn't alone in the class, my marks shot up. EXHILARATING.
1 Year ago, I slogged through O levels. Sacrificed sleep/ playing basketball until the routine of studying became a habit. Tried to be a hardcore mugger, although abit fail at some moments. Mustered every ounce of strength to keep myself motivated and optimistic.
This year, I finally got 5 points.
Praise the Lord. For everything.