Was working at Starhub call centre and it so happens that 6th Jan was my off day so I didnt have have to find someone else to swop off day with :) shixuan, ruyi, kris and I arranged to meet for Macs breakfast at KAP before going to school to get our results but kris and i were late lol. Cause I bought my food at the time when they were going to switch to lunch menu, they had no more hashbrowns so I had a mix of lunch and breakfast (hotcakes + french fries) haha so weird. I still remember all of us were so worried and had no idea what to expect. Then we went to cold storage to buy glue cause shixuan needed to glue her shoes!
We cabbed to school and by then, we were really all already having butterflies in our stomachs ): It felt like it was just not too long ago when we collected our O's results in Crescent and now we're about to collect back our IB results. Since 15 Nov 2010 (my last day of IB exams), I have really put IB and exams to the back of my mind and didn't really want to think about my results. I just wanted to have fun while I can before having to think about how I actually did. Went Phuket for class trip, went prom shopping, had prom night, stayover at nic's house, went for cruise trip, went shopping with diff pple, went for job interviews, actually worked at Starhub, went out with colleagues etc. And in a blink of eye, 6th Jan have arrived. The day which everyone was counting down to :/
Honestly I was really afraid that I wouldn't get 40 and above, seeing that my prelims was only 37 with bonus points. & i really wrote my econs essay wrongly. I mentally prepared myself for the worst and would be really really glad if i could get a 42! somehow, thinking of getting 43 or 44 would already be a miracle and dream come true, let alone 45.
On that day, while walking up the spiral stairs to audi 2, I saw michael's and jiaren's msg saying that Mr GTG would like to see me and asked me where I was. It was quite scary because I didnt know what to expect. We walked into the Audi and I saw Mr Goh, and he actually congratulated me. He was really smiling so widely and I just rmb him saying "Solid!" hahah then he refused to say anything more. I felt a leap of joy since he congratulated me, meaning that I probably wouldn't do too badly. but then again, it was really hard to believe because I don't have that much faith in myself.
I dared not expect for too much, for fear I would feel disappointed and also cause I knew that the times just before IB exams were really bad for me. Besides having to focus and catch up on my work/revision for exams, I was pretty much distracted for the wrong reasons. Everything was in such a wrong timing and I felt hurt. Thinking back, I really thank God for making me strong and always being with me. He knew every thoughts of me, and how I felt, but He guided me and gave me perseverance to focus on my exams. It really took me quite awhile to recover, at least 2 months, since 16th Oct 2010. The hardest period of time was from then till 2nd Nov, when I had to be in intense mugging mode to prepare for my exams. I felt the stress yet sometimes, I cannot help it but kept thinking of the past. It was difficult to forget, cause I would think of it whenever I'm alone. It was really tough.
Thankfully, I had the support of my dear friends + classmates cause we studied together which made me feel that im not alone on this journey. I won't forget the times studied with ruyi/kris/shixuan at the SAC, library or study rooms! :) There are times when we get so sian and we would just go and sit at the fountain and talk hahah. oh & we were making so much noise in the library room we booked! I'm really glad to have them with me throughout these 2 years, always there to lend a listening ear and give advices! hahaha. & lucky I have kris with me, otherwise I probably won't have the courage to join band and have so much fun!
Of course, I'm also very thankful to be in my class because I feel that my class is just awesome :) not only are the people nice, we're fun and we all work hard together, showing others we can do it! There's constant encouragement from one another not to give up, having class prayers before sitting for every papers we had and everyone's willing to help one another :D It indeed is a class effort that our class msg was ranked amongst the top 3! :))
Very imptly, we all also have our great teachers to thank! without all their patience and efforts put in for us, we would never be able to do so well.
Really thankful to Mr Chooi because he's so dedicated to teaching which makes me feel that I must really work hard for Chem for him. I rmb that he wanted to have extra lessons for the class to help us in our weaker topics, and at that time because of FOA, my IOC was pushed back, much later than rest of the class. But knowing that I was weak in Chem (cause i did so badly for mid-years), he decided to start the extra lessons later so that I could first focus on my IOC yet would not miss out on the remedial lessons. At that time I really felt that he's doing so much to help us, all the more we have to do well to thank him! Although sir's jokes are sometimes not funny hahaha, but i'm sure we all really appreciate him for his efforts!!! He also help to compile past year IB qn for us to practice and he's always willing to help when we need some consultations with him. Thank you Mr Chooi! (:
Another teacher who spent 2 years with us is Mdm Tay! Haha I wont forget her constant nagging at the class to submit all our IAs cause she would always read out the names of the people who owes her IAs lol. She's really a very nice and patient teacher to us, and also very motherly :) She cares for us so much that sometimes I feel that she is more worried for our IAs than we ourselves are! On our last day of school, Mdm even treated us to nasi lemak! :D On the release of results day, I went to speak to her and even gave her a hug!!! She was really so excited and happy for all of us because she was so surprised that our class did so well for bio!!! So glad that her hard work on us paid off hahaha :)
Mr Azmi trained us so much with making good use of our GDC! He also offers extra lessons if we need help from him :D sometimes he would also bring us to the math lab to have a change of environment since we're always having lessons in our class! surprisingly mr goh also emailed us before our last math p3 to send us practice qn to help (:
There are really so many teachers to thank, for without their help, our cohort wouldn't have done so well :D
Last but not least, all glory should be honoured to God, for He is the one who helped us all stay strong and persevere :D Thanks be to God! ^^
