I am outright disgusted by "Singaporean" Gao Ning's capitulation to Croatia's Tan Ruiwu (same homeland, should know). I caught the match on TV Mobile and towards the last two points, Gao just simply did not want to play. What fucking attitude is this? And what for Singapore should have such people in Project 0812? Where is the fighting spirit? In my opinion, such useless animals with absolutely no mental proficiency do not deserve a place here, no matter how good they are technically. Now I have had an answer to my previous post title.
And I'm also pissed off by 4F, 4G, and 4I. These few team captains, in envy of our comfort priveliege, finally got the guts to ask us for the bloody controller on 18 Aug. The gist is, we took all the trouble through the systems by having 40 signatures on a letter to Mr Giam, but all they needed was one mouth and seven words to the OM, "Please help us ask Mr Giam. Thanks." This is totally equal to leapfrogging the whole SOP. We were seriously irate over their actions but if Mr Giam complies, we just have to shut up. Its total unfairness, but nothing is fair.
School now can be quite monotonous at times, but the fun within friends get more and more. I think this is the time we really bond together and eventually gel as one. This is what every holistic education should include, but more often than not a very meagre minority fails to agree to it. Maybe to them , there is something more than that.
And most of all, my GESS NCC unit. Well, I think today and tomorrow will be really my final dash of duty as after which we'll all be pulled out and put into the exam hall. I didn't quite had a hard time (not as expected) taking orders for my last unit photo before my stripes and bars climbs onto my shoulder. Nevertheless, my passion, my heart, my life, my soul.
I just witnessed Singapore's 3-2 win over South Korea in the Olympics women's table tennis semi-finals. That means that our half-decade battle for an Athenian piece of metal is finally over. But, the irony is, all three ladies in the Singapore team, namely Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu are previously China nationals. Instead, more than half of the table tennis players in any competition give up their identity as "the Dragon's child" and turn to some white country or something. I would say, Olympic table-tennis could be considered "China Premier League Table Tennis".
Nonetheless, at least the medal belongs to the country, as we continue practising "Govt say this, citizens say K" with our so-called "Democratic" and "Westminister" systems.
Could you please ask yourself, have you lived your 10 years of mandatory education fruitfully? I can tell you proudly, I have.
Besides the valuable values learnt, I have a long honour roll. Not boasting, but I've got a whopping ten intra-school awards and one inter-school trophy.
I won my first medal in 1999. It was some Snake Run during sports day and the team was supposed to run around cones. Then, Poi Ching was still in Toa Payoh and shared the field with Pei Chun Public. I was always slow during practices (I was much clumsier when young) but surprisingly, my inspring performance on the actual day drove the team to the 1st spot. Due to my extreme small size, my teammate was able to carry me as part of a celebration. The team was very much elated upon the glory.
My only inter-school glory was the East Zone Volleyball Championships in 2004. The memory may be quite vague, but I still can recall the main parts. In 2003, I was the only P5 then who didnt make it to the school team. The coach rather let my juniors take my place. I worked hard and finally got into the school team in 2004. However, thanks to my vice captain (forgot his name), I was booted from the team after Zonal Competition, and I was also the only school team player who did not step into the court all the way into our National quarters (even the P5 kid who replaced me did get a sub appearance).Well, I was simply considered the worse player then.
Of course, there was no DSA then, so everyone went to study. I acheived quite a disappointing 231 which deriviated quite a lot from my target 250, on 24 November 2004, the day of release of the results. My then-form teacher Ms Phua Ai Lei, OM Mr Chee Ai Leng and then-principal Mdm Foo Mui Chuw were amongst the most anxious for my results. They comforted me on my below-par performance. I remember clearly that Ms Phua still told me about a student who scored an under-average score for PSLE but seven distinctions in O Levels. Four years on and we promised to bring back my O Level report slip. On 22 December 2004, Mr Chee received the pile of posting results from MOE and after the clerks pasted them on the respective report books, Mr Chee took the trouble through 280 books and picked out mine. He was overjoyed when he saw: "4. 3006 GAN ENG SENG" He told my mum that GESS wasnt a bad school too. And indeed, GESS is the greatest school, I think. It is where I will stay committed to.
Just four years ago then, O Level seemed so far-fetched but within the blink of an eye, we are now sitting for it in two months' time. And more heartbreakingly, my glorious, fun, fulfilling and meaningful 10 years of mandatiry education is coming to an end. It was the time of my life, I believe.
On another note, the National Day Parade wasn't great at all, thanks to this year's GOH the dragon scouts. They were of low standard, wanted to do a split-march-in when they can't even have a proper bang and their uniform suck. Seriously, I think the supporting contingents, without white gloves, were much better. Later the day, caught the Beijing Olympics OC which was really grand. China really has ability, I feel. But I still ponder on their people's social quality.
Then the next day was National Day, the real one. Once again, I don't know why SAF picks lousier parade commanders each year. Is it a custom? Nonetheless, Parade SMs still maintained their standards. As usual, concerts and fireworks were nothing interesting. Watched Money No Enough 2 after the parade. Well, quite true, it really portrays the situation in So, in appreciation to our beloved nation,
"The Singapore Song" by Rony Tan. Its red-hot on YouTube now.
These few days, there were quite a chain of events. After National Day there was a day off for us and after we returned back to school it was really full study mode. I got a disappointing A2 plus Dist oral grade for Chinese and maybe I'm the only distinction student retaking? Nevertheless, got through English O Level quite like a breeze, I had something to fall back on, at least. Furthermore, I feel I'm soaring now, after I got two straight Ds for the recent SS and Phy Tests respectively; and scoring quite well in A Maths Practice Papers. Well, Maths, Science and Humanities aren't that difficult. Remove that thought, because O Level is just part and puzzle of life.
i have officially two more chances to wear my full No.3 uniform as a cadet, SSG. i'm quite proud of my acheivements so far in the unit, honestly. Well, i think i worked very hard and contributed quite a lot. Not boasting, but i believe ppl will agree although they may not say it superficially. 3 more months to go and i can return to the unit, which i think i have quite a great sense of attachment to. Surprisingly, i dont find joy in scolding cadets, but planning and organizing, marking attendance and handling supplies seem much more appealing to me. I maybe can make a record the shortest percentage of in-duty time a specialist takes a cadet in the unit's history.
Within the same three months, I'm going to graduate from the school where I spent the most important part of my life. I wonder if my teachers and friends will remember me, and vice-versa. within the wink of an eye, 4 years passed. I completed my 10 years of mandatory education. What's gone is gone, it can only be fond memories which are happy to think of, but breaks your heart when you try to retrieve them.
On another note, revision for O levels should have gone quite well for me so far, i think. CHL and TKT adopt totally different strategies that are poles apart. One pressurizes on the importance of working hard and kicking our engines, while the other takes a relaxed perspective and boosts confidence by marking tests and worksheets very liniently. This is the same for Niu and Zahara, but these two are not that far apart. AJ starts becoming strict accompanied by his "Singapore" roars every morning, Mrs Tan is ever kan-chiong while Mr Ang is the opposite, very relaxed and "at own pace". Ms Tan (陈老师) does put in effort to improve our chinese and broaden our outlook. Well, i think all teachers do care about our results, no matter whether they like us or we hate them, etc crap.
I knew quite a large bunch of fellow GESSians in my 4 yrs of sec sch. but shall talk abt them some time later. mainly there are about 40 from 1h/2h, then another 25 more in 3h/4h, plus 32 from intake 05 (theres left 24 only now), 100 seniors and juniors from gessncc and approx another 30-50 from someplace in the sch, which no one knows how i knew them or they knew me.
Notice i used a lot of 'or's. Simply that's the point. Life is full of unknowns, you never know, now you're still happily schooling and next moment you could be a billionaire or even live in a shanty town. Well, on the least extreme, i never knew my sec sch education could have been that fulfilling. i must say everything is just brought about by fate, what has been pre-arranged for you (though i dont believe in it). but you have the ability to change your fate, its not supernatural. i didnt know in sec1 that in 3yrs a guai-guai boy who attends every trg and goes home at 2pm everyday will become who i am today. It was a very major stepping stone in my life.
GSA Gold elegantly wrapped up my holistic sec sch life. many things i learnt, cant be bought, not inside the books, seriously, i didnt believe this but, its true.
More personally, i dont know what is it. study too much? no mood to study? i'm in mid-water everyday, wanting to study but my mind is divided. i broke a bowl on monday due to carelessness (could it be related?)
now, everything comes to end. even mt laptop runs out of battery, so, adieu for now.
