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Thursday, May 11, 2006

What is the main job of teenagers? Study! Of course, we have to enjoy ourselves in the process too. As the saying goes, “Study hard, play hard.” Sadly, I just can’t keep the balance. As such, I went to pay the library a visit recently. It was the very first time I went to the library to study properly at the tables. I must say, it gets quite competitive trying to find a good seat and keeping it throughout the day. It was indeed a memorable day for me. Having slept well the previous night, I had no difficulties keeping awake. Also, because I went alone, there was no distraction, not even a single person to talk to. As a result, I accomplished quite a bit that day and I was really happy. Really recommend everyone to give it a shot one day. You won’t regret it!

Too early to think about filling up your subject combination points with a H3 or two? I don’t think so. Selection tests are already taking place for H3 mathematics and I was sitting on the fence, deciding whether to give it a shot. After giving it some thought, I decided not to participate. Hope I’m not missing out. I don’t have a passion for mathematics and I just want to pull through for A’ levels. However, I do have a genuine interest in economics! I enjoy learning new economics concepts and am really keen to enter the business sector in the future. However, I just can’t get the hang of those economics tests. In fact, I’m not doing well for Any subject test for that matter. I’d really like to fill up that last subject combination point with H3 economics. As such, I really need to buck up to make it through any selection test in the near future.

Here comes the topic that I never miss out – Choir. This week, we got blasted by our conductor Ms. Lim. It was hell, yet it felt good. I’ve never seen any teacher scold college students to this extent before. As usual, we didn’t do our homework of memorising the scores. However, this time, we were told not to refer to our scores. Furthermore, Ms. Lim suddenly wanted the choir to sing on its own without a conductor. I then realised that we were always relying on the conductor, be it Ms. Lim or our student conductors, to provide us with the feelings and emotions of the song. We crumbled. It all came crashing down. She didn’t stop to encourage us. No, she didn’t. She went on, and on, and on. Since there wasn’t any sky, it felt like the ceiling would fall. Yes, I was affected like everyone else and we sang badly, again and again, song after song. However, a part of me was smiling. “We need this wake-up call,” I told myself. It was just a week to our concert and we have not even internalised the songs. We were trying to refine them. It was all a big joke. Clearly, our foundations were not set right. I could feel it “shaking” then. Wow, never had such dramatic CCA sessions. We’d better do something before its too late, before we tarnish the Hwa Chong brand.

Scary.