Sunday, February 08, 2009, ϟ 0 shout(s)
YES! I'm finally finishing The Last Concubine which I borrowed from Xuanying last Friday.
I love the story so much! It's in an ancient Japanese setting about court ladies and the young Shogun of that era. So cool~
If you're wondering, its a BOOK. Not a movie. And so darn thick though the literature isn't very cheeem. I love such books man~
Anyway,
I wanna thank all those people who gave me encouragement and helped me through the first few days of school.
My dearest Kranji clique in AJC which made things seem possible even if it really looks impossible. And that Day 3 when we totally slacked in the Nexus room and pon all the lectures. XD
And Britannia! Whom I had so much counselling with during the first three days of school.
Its her comforting me, then me comforting her, then her counselling me, then me counselling her. Thanks girl!
And my mommy, daddy and sister whom went out of the way to help me!
Let me go through bit by bit on my first week in two schools.
DAY ONE
I woke up like darn early (5am). Met the kranji kids at CCK at like 6.10am.
Reached school and search for my MG. I'm like in MG2. MG stands for Matriculation Group.
And in the same group as Simleng! =D
Went to the hall and I EVEN PAID FOR THE SCHOOL DAIRY. Then we went to the Auditorium and sat till my back ached.
Underwent talks from NUS, NTU and SMU all talking about subjects. You know, whenever they did that I felt like crying because I can't take Science courses.
AJC's policy is die die no one can switch from Arts to Science. They wouldn't even see your results, your case, or even meet your parents.
I asked all the teachers, HODS and all they say is
"No. If you want Science, transfer out."
Like how cruel is that?
After the Uni talks, were the subject talks. Again they talk about Physics, Chem, Maths and all that and I wanna cry again. Seriously, that's how much I want Science.
But the Humanities teachers are really nice. =D
We were released at 2pm. Then I went to find the teachers to ask about transfer. Again they say NO. Like wth?
Then we were pressurized to choose subject combi. And for arts students, we cannot even choose science combi. So all there were for me were Econs, Geog, Hist, Lit which I couldn't do. =(
After school Brit and Angeline accompanied me to SAJC to submit my appeal form. If only my 4th choice was SAJC (Science) instead of AJC (Arts), I'd jolly well be there already. Now still must see people's face.
Then went home. My mom asked how was my day, and I totally broke down for 1 hr.
DAY TWO
The same crap in school. But. The server kinda broke down, so the subj combi thinggi was postponded to Wednesday's 12pm.
We had detailed subject talks, and again all that Science crap. You know, 85% of the JC1 are taking Science. One more of me wound't kill, will it? And at Day TWO they started asking you to buy all these damn notes and files from the bookshop, when we dun even know what level 2 looks like.
My dad called the school 5 times and the principal dun wanna speak to parents. So all he got to was the HODs and all say cannot. They don't even wanna hear your explanation.
Not that I wanna flame them, but WTH?!
So I chose my subj combi at like 10am.
H2 - Econs, Geog, Chem
H1 - Maths
That's like already a specialised course and I have to undergo appeal for that. Either H2 Chem or H2 Maths.
The prob is, I want both to be H2s so that I can choose courses easier in Uni.
After school my dad and mom and sis brought me to CJC to appeal, then my dad dropped us off at Novena Catholic Church to pray.
I told Mother Mary I really wanted Science course and hope to find a way out of this mess.
I prayed to Father Joseph and Jesus.
Then I went to PJC with my sister to submit my appeal. And had HOTDOGS!
I realised that both PJC and AJC have this GoodNews cafe which serves superd snacks! =D
When I went home, I received this call from PJC about an interview the next day. I dunno why, but something told me to reject this offer. I know chances to go into CJC or SAJC were super slim, like 5 out of 500 people. There were already nearly 500 applicants, and my results aren't really superd compared to those 6 pointers. But I still rejected the offer.
DAY THREE
Went to AJC glumly again. Had more of the subject talks but I kinda pon all of them. Because I were to stay in AJC, I'd not be taking Bio and all that.
So Brit, Yenteng, Adeline, Shunting and some of the Kranji guys and I just slacked in the Nexus room, playing a new invented game and just crapping.
Then CCA festia till 3.30pm.
People stayed to ask about stuffs but I totally lost interest in the school. As far as I am concerned, I hate it.
This is IMO only, I think in the long run, if I am in the Science course, I'd grow to love AJC. But I got into arts, so I have to leave.
So I went home in solitude, my heart heavy as it had been in the first two days. I no longer even bother to wear contacts to school, and my life has like no more light left.
Then, at the stairs up to my house, I received a phonecall...
PAUSE HERE. Sorry for my long post, I have to rant.
Ok, I'd blog about the next three days in my other school and my emotions toward it. Stay tuned!! =D
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