heh a very useful word huh? *looks at cheryl and lisa*

there's a lot more to life than just promos and your 4 subs. sure, singapore and its kinda screwed-up one-tracked mindset on academic excellence is a real pain in the ass, but that's just one restriction you gotta manoeuvre around. take A's for example. what essentially matters to whoever's looking at your applications is how well you did, never mind if you took a longer time than most.

repeating does sound scary, i know. the stigma of having no other choice, of falling behind so great, and your own disappointment for failing in spite of all your hard work. i know you'll say this is easier said than done, but try to think of it in a more positive light. you've had other dreams before... when you came to JC, did you give them up because the dream tied to JC is stronger? or because the perception still exists that JC is a better route for you? take this as an opportunity for you to explore an interest you've abandoned. or even if you repeat, hey at least you've got an edge over the others. you know now the urgency of consistency. take it as a break to rejuvenate yourself, and gear yourself up to perform even BETTER than you did before. don't give up. there's more waiting for you.

drop one A level subject? think first why do you want it so much. because of pride? or passion? i loved hcl even though i've never once passed it. i was so against the idea of dropping it at first, and even more indignant that the fact they want me to hold onto Biology was for the damn sake of occupational pragmatism. but in the end, i found that i'm more glad for it. i still crash hcl lessons when i can, because i really enjoy it. and now, i'm no longer killing my interest by stressing over performance, instead of simply appreciating it.

you've still a long way to go. hang in there, wait till the day you achieve your dreams.

i meant to write this a lot sooner but hardly had time /=

got a lot of people to thank lately.

Farewell Concert
ding dong and caroline for going to all that trouble to help me with the contact lists, tiang and tuan for scanning in the mass of photos, nurain for helping out as the stage manager at the last minute. all the mods for burning 820 CDs in a fabulous record time of 4 hours! you guys really rock. (=

NYF
kk for staying up to give constructive criticism on my essay. ami for your "you've got nothing to lose" advice and language help *sheepish*. seriously, ami and cheryl, thanks a lot for your encouragement, else i might not even have tried.

and baby for everything. (= heh if i were to list everything you've done for me, the list will never end! d=

I got into...

NYF !!!

"On behalf of the National Youth Forum (NYF) Steering Committee, I am pleased to inform you that you have been offered a place in the inaugural NYF, the platform for passionate youths to deepen their understanding of public policy-making processes and to debate on national issues. The theme for NYF 2004 is 'This is Our Place Too'. "

Even the simple act which we describe as 'seeing someone we know' is, to some extent, an intellectual process. We pack the physical outline of the creature we see with all the ideas we have already formed about him, and in the complete picture of him which we compose in our minds those ideas have certainly the principal place. In the end they come to fill out so completely the curve of his cheeks, to follow so exactly the line of his nose, they blend so harmoniously in the sound of his voice that these seem to be no more than a transparent envelope, so that each time we see the face or hear the voice it is our own ideas of him which we recognize and to which we listen.

-- Swann's Way, Marcel Prous

feels cold. damn. )=

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