My first post in the year 2009, Ist January.

This year has been a year of firsts, with new people, new environments and new experiences cascading on me. I learnt a lot, went through a lot and took to heart a lot. Quite a year i would say.

To begin, there was the end of my A Levels and i went to Swiss Cottage Secondary to do relief teaching. Was asked by Ms Tay during my Prelims, which shows how earnest the school really wanted me to go back to teach. Ms Kaur called me too, asking me to go back and teach English and Lit. I chose Geography in the end, deciding it was more interesting and they needed the manpower anyway. Filled with trepidation and uncertainty, i became a relief teacher and took over 4 classes, all by myself. I had NO experience or any idea what to expect; just went in with an open mind and a big heart.

Of course, not everything went smoothly. I had some bad encounters, but i took it in my stride. Worth a lesson and quite an eye-opener too. Had really lovely secondary one students from 1E3, 1E4, 1E5 and 1N1 and i am so glad that they had enjoyed my teaching and had benefitted, squarely shown in their remarkable mid year results. Phew! Hey i did quite a good job!

The admiration and love and respect from my students are priceless, and i really enjoyed going to work everyday, taking 188 in the morning, falling asleep and wake up feeling the super strong aircon blowing onto my head at 630am. Haha it was really nice! AND I had to fathom what to wear everyday! I couldn't wear something that was too casual yet i don't want to be stifled in my office wear. And i met some really fabulous colleagues, some who were once my teachers :D

Work life was certainly different from being a student. Heavier responsiblities, higher expectations. But it was certainly a great and dynamic experience that i really treasured. Working along Mdm Zainab was really nice, and i love her so much! MDM ZAINAB ROCKS!!!

AND THEN I HAD TO COLLECT MY A LEVEL RESULTS.

The whole day felt so uncomfortable. I was terribly nervous and scared because i was really afraid that i would not do well for it. I was kind of prepared for the worst already, since i felt so helpless after completing my papers and stepping out of the hall feeling like shit.

I still had to go to work in the morning, with all my students and fellow teachers wishing me tons of good luck and sweet Indra even prepared cupcakes and cards to encourage and assure all the relief teachers. Haha so nice right!

After all the sweet stuffs, i headed back to NJC and waited super nervously for my results in the hall. Seeing all my classmates just felt so nostalgic and well, i was still heck of a nervous wreck. I still remember what i wore! Blue espirit shirt and black cigarette pants.

WAITING WAITING...

VC talked for quite some time but did not analyse the cohort's results. Guess we didnt do that well since we were the pioneer batch for the new A Level syllabus. And then it was time to get my results..

I DID WELL LA! WHOOOOOOOOOO.

So much so that i jumped around with tears of joy and intermixed hysterical bouts of screams and laughter. I kept shouting "WAH I CAN GO NUS! I CAN GO UNI NOW!OMG!OMG! I CAN GO UNI!OMG!"

-.- i know.

EH PEOPLE HAPPY AND ELATED MA... Afterwhich i didn't really go celebrate but just went for some ice cream at Greenwood Ave and headed home.

Then choosing which UNIVERSITY to enter. I got accepted into

• NTU Mass Communications
• SMU Social Sciences
• NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Didn't know why i chose to go FASS in the end. But since this was the decision i made, i gotta stick through to it!

Arts Camp was also a new thing, and i got to know a lot of people through it. Experienced the university level kind of orientation, learnt the ropes and also see different new situations. Then came O Week and Climate Leaders Programme and SCHOOL OFFICIALLY STARTED!

Yay i am now an NUS student.

Study slack study slack...and really slogged for the end of year examinations. Glad that it turned out ok. But really have to continue to maintain and improve! Not good enough.



I left out quite some stuffs, some too trivial to be mentioned anyway.
But i started the year with a really nice night out with the sjab peeps. We went to countdown at St James (Boiler Room). Quite another unique encounter too! Haa some people got me really amused. Had TRUCKLOADS OF FUN and danced the whole night away.WHOO! Had some ill-disciplined hands and people around but nothing major happened. It was really awesome!! WHEEEEEEE my ears are still a little weird from all the loud music. Sore legs too! But major fun and rhythm and more fun!


Hope that 2009 will be a better one for me! To have everything to go well and smoothly, good health, safety and happiness to my family and myself and to work hard for my studies and to be a better person :D


Some people i want to thank:

• Samantha a.k.a Samo- thanks for always being there for me. I cannot ask for more than such a true, earnest and loyal friend. BESTIE and LOVE YOU!

• Weewee- studying and slogging together for our goals!

• Diana- so cute, so silly, so flaky but still funny!

• Jodee- for being so nice to come my sch to study tog! STUDY BUDDY HOR HOR.

• Zelda- u are loved.

• SJAB peeps- you know who you are!

• uni mates- whoo and whee! All the fun, cheering and everything.

• My family- they are the most important and precious to me :D

• EVERYONE not mentioned but have been such a great support all this time :D

OK gotta get some sleep. Just got back. Pictures later. Zzzzzz

JIAYOU FOR 2009!