Alevel results release

24/2/17

Definitely a Friday that I would never forget. Getting the results of (probably) the last major national exam in my life.

Albeit nervous, I think I'm less nervous as compared to Olevels results release. The only possible reason should be because the doctor at my workplace kept reminding me not to be nervous since I'm already offered by NTU through my preliminary results.

But somehow, the thought of getting national exam results still scares me. I was a little nervous and I couldn't sit still the entire morning LOL.

That morning while I was home, I totally tried to distract myself with a lot of things -- playing the piano, watching youtube etc etc. Totally fidgeting non stop. HAHA

Went out of house early to meet my secondary school classmate and current JC friend as well to have lunch @ Yoshinoya.

Soon after, it was already time to proceed to the hall. Somehow the time passed extremely fast. LIKE ZOOOM.

Our only photo before taking our results

I was actually having inner peace when taking results idky but yeah, not so nervous. But my first question to my civics tutor was "Did I pass GP?". My only concern is failing GP and having to take english module in Uni.

I'm not someone who reads/speaks english a lot. 

The last book I read was during secondary 2 when we were forced to read for Literature. But technically, I also didn't finish reading that book. I remember clearly that before the Literature exam, I asked around my friends for the content of the book and they gave me crash course before the exam HAHAH. ((I mean, that's what friends are for right? xD))

I don't speak english at home either. In school, the only people I speak english to would be the more angmoh-pai friends, my malay/indian friends and my teachers. But sometimes I also don't speak english to my teachers lol. We converse in Mandarin instead!

But my question was not replied to lol. My civics tutor merely presented my results to me. I was shocked and I couldn't respond LOLLLL. 

I passed my GP with a C grade!! I guess it isn't considered a "good pass in the subject" but to me, its DEFINITELY FABULOUS ENOUGH. T^T I was so happy to see that grade for my GP.

In my entire JC life, my GP grade was never above D grade. During my prelims, my class did very badly for GP and I was no exception. I got an S before my school moderated the Prelim grade and an E subsequently after moderation. GP makes me worried sick especially because I didn't finish the GP P2 during the actual Alevel exam and my evidence given in P1 was wrong :(

Next subjects that shocked me were Econs and Math.

Econs grade was totally not expected at all. I even thought the cert wasn't mine lol. I was very very sure that during the Alevels, my ECONS CASE STUDY 1 was a total goner. ((I even left a 4-mark question blank)) I cross-checked my answer for Case Study 1 with an answer key provided by one of the Econs tutor in school and my answer was totally off. 

At that very moment, I'm really grateful to whichever marker who marked my script. I'm very sure I didn't do well but he/she gave me a very very decent grade. I couldn't be more thankful T^T

Math grade also shocked me. I just couldn't be more thankful that day.

Afterall, we must still know that grades are not everything. True that in the practical sense, grades play an important role in university admission but a person with good grades but no good values is worthless.

Despite so, I must really say that I'm very proud of myself for conquering 2 TREACHEROUS YEARS OF JC LIFE. I wouldn't deny that I worked really hard in these 2 years. 

During my J2 year in April-May was the greatest struggle in this 2 years. That was the period I had to cope with CCA commitments ((PAG concert rehearsals & college day performance)), as well as academics. There was this Common-Test week during that period but we still have rehearsals up to at least 3 times a week. That period, I was really sleep deprived, with only about 5 hours of sleep per day. 

That was the toughest period during the whole JC life but the other months in my J2 year were equally tormenting as well. Stress comes every now and then. Even June break was stressful because we have to prepare for MYE. 

I can only say that by making the choice of coming to a JC, you must be mentally prepared for all the obstacles that will come your way. There will be many challenges you face but the rule of the game is to PERSEVERE and NEVER GIVE UP. 

With my math tutor cum civics tutor

Miss Qian (Math) and Miss Seah (Chem)

At the end of the day, JC indeed make me stronger as a person, after going through all the torture. It is actually through Perseverance and Resilience that you'll give your all during Alevels. And by giving your all, you should be proud of yourself no matter what grades you're getting because you already give your 101%. :) So no matter how good/bad your results is, give yourself a pat on the back because congratulations for surviving this 2 torturous years and for giving your best, leaving NO REGRETS BEHIND!!!

Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my subject tutors for their guidance and patience in these 2 years. I didn't really like IJC at first because I, too, have the same mentality anyone would have -- that is, IJC being a "20 pointer school". Despite so, IJC do have very caring, patient and good, albeit young, teachers who are extremely willing to help so long you ask! ((Sometimes don't ask, they also will help :p)) 

THANK YOU TEACHERS FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT AND PATIENCE!!! I just realised all my H2 teachers are below 30 years old! xD And yes, IJC has many young and capable teachers :D

To all my juniors, continue to strive and persevere no matter what circumstances you may come across. You may feel nervous, feel as though you'll fail every single exam, feel stress etc etc, but remember to move on because I felt like that too. I remember how after most exams, I come out of the hall wanting to cry because I felt as though I was going to fail. But I still have to study for the next papers and move on.

And yeah, I failed many times too. Especially the period after MYE, for banded lecture tests. Out of 4 chemistry tests, I only passed 1 of them. First test: 3/30. I was the lowest in my band and so low to the extent that my teacher ask if I wanna drop out of my band xD. Second test: 9/20. Third test: 8/30. FINALLY, at the 4th and last test of this whole banded lecture thing, I PASSED!!! 14/30. Not fantastic but definitely did my best. Many rocks tripped me but I didn't give up. Worked extremely hard for prelims and got a B for chem during prelims. I did my extreme best and i'm proud of the results I got :)

 So jiayou and keep the fighting spirit going!!