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What Has Been Going On With Me.... /6:01 PM

We are already more than halfway into the year 2008 and soon, I will be graduating out of Kent Ridge Secondary School. Times flies really quickly, almost instantaneously, in the blink of an eye. It seemed like only yesterday I had stepped into this very school as a secondary one student, in spite of all the many happenings, both good and bad, that had taken place over the last three-and-a-quarter years.

Anyhow, as the prelims and the O’ Level examinations are up and coming, aimed and ready to question me, then leave my brains all drained of the knowledge I have been gathering these years, my thoughts have been bouncing back and forth on the usual worries a candidate would have and of course, where do I go after the examinations. Thus, these past six weeks have consisted of nothing more than nearly repetitive routines of self-revision at home, playing the piano to masterpieces of Richard Clayderman or logging onto YouTube where you will catch me watching a wide array of videos(, so as to take my mind off the anxiety and pressure) and then back to my self-revision. Sometimes, it gets really dreary, so much so I feel like breaking away from reality, although that never happens. However, thankfully there were quite a few times where I got to get out of the house for a while with my family (no friend outings allowed right now due to the exams and my faultiness of delaying the time limit given for hanging out) just for a sinful, yet satisfying shopping trip. (I know it’s a bad medium to wind down for the day, but that’s the way it is!)

Also, just last week, Miss Heng, my class’ form teacher, allowed us to watch a touching, yet perception-changing, Bollywood movie called Every Child Is Special. Actually, the movie’s title was in Hindi (I think), but since I have forgotten it was, I shall stick to its English translated title then. It was about a young boy named Ishaan who was suffering from a learning disability known as Dyslexia, where the sufferer is unable to recognize words and may even see ‘dancing’ letters. Due to this, Ishaan was unable to read and write as it was merely an impossible feat to do so under such circumstances. That poor child was, as a result, shunned by everyone in school, including the teachers who sadly never understood nor taken the effort just to find out what was wrong with him. Instead, he was made to come under furthermore pressure when his already indecent grades were sliding after having been retained in the third year, while his father (who seemed like the kind of father who was too hard-headed for his own good,)



















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The Aspect Of My Education I Think Will Be Most Useful To Me In My Adult Life /3:13 AM

Q2: Which aspect of your education do you think is most useful to your in adult life?

In my point of view, the aspect of my education which I think will be most useful to me in my adult life is none other than Character Development. This is as Character Development braces you up for the things that are to come in life of which I am only focusing on three main aspects ofit, such as coping with stress, having respect for people which is an important value on should possess, especially in the working world where there are superiors and subordinates and of course, being organized.

Stress is something inevitable in adult life, espeically if you are working where heavy and sometimes off the cuff workload is given to you and you are left choiceless, but to only accomplish what is given by the deadline. And it is in such times where what we have learnt in Character Development come into play as it teaches one how to take a breather and not succumb to pressure. Character development also teaches one to have respect for one another, especially in the working world which is what everyone enters in adulthood. Respecting people is not only basic courtesy, but also doing so makes the environment a better place to work with each other and prevent or lessen any conflict, if there is any. At the same time, with respect comes rapport among colleagues and also the willingness to help one another should ever the workload become too heavy for one to manage all by himself or herself. Another reason why respect is regarded to be important is because that it reminds us not to belittle or act disdainfully to anyone.

Last but not least, Character Development is held as the most useful aspect of education in my adult life as it teaches us to be organized at work as well as at home. When we all grow up, being adults, we generally always have to rely on ourselves and no longer ought to on our parents. Thus being organized at work is essential as without it, our tasks will be everywhere and this tends to result in misplacement of important documents which can actually lead to a serious talk with the superiors at work or even worse, being sacked by the office. Organization at home is just as important too. As adults, most of us would then have bought our own homes and organization is also essential at home, however, in the sense this time, of being able to keep our homes tidy as without organization here in the house, and with things being everywhere, what we would be living in would soon turn out to be that of a pigpen. Besides, being organized at home also shows our independence as adults, without needing the help of maids or our parents to do the cleaning for us.

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What Will Be Most Useful In Years To Come.. /8:49 PM

In my point of view, the aspect of my education I think which will be most useful to me in my adulthood are my linguistics as though the subjects we are currently taking play an important role in majorly determining the jobs we would be getting after completing our education, one still cannot deny the fact that language is something we cannot escape.

It is, instead, an essential tool used in our everyday lives to communicate and interact with one another and, not being prejudiced here but only realistic, it does not have a limited lifespan like other subjects we take in our learning years such as Mathematics, Science and such



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From Me To You /7:53 PM

Dear Mrs Sim,

How are you doing right now? I certainly do hope you are feeling much better especially after all the ordeals you had gone through in the previous years. Anyway, I am doing fine right now just to let you know, though since the start of secondary three, my academics have not been as good as before. I am trying to make up for lost time as well so am doing self revision through making notes for myself on certain nights using my textbooks to aid me. However, with all the heavy workload and stress upon my shoulders, its sometimes difficult to find sufficient time for it.

Kent Ridge Secondary School has too undergone quite a few changes since late last year. Our school has not only had parts of its structure repainted, but also even our uniforms-though only a minor one to that, and our foolscap pads have all had some changes as well. The school, once dully-coloured, has now been coated with much more vibrant colours, making the whole environment look livelier and much more energetic. The collar pins used before have now been replaced with an iron-on badge of the school logo, though I think it is quite ugly and I much prefer the collar pin. This is so as the badges make us like primary school students. Also, just like mentioned above, our foolscap pads have been revamped, fortunately, for the better. They now come with plastic-like, waterproof covers with designs of stationery on them. The thickness of the papers has now been reduced as well, though the quality is nonetheless still as good.

I would definitely like to share with you on how the school’s choir, which is also the CCA I am in, has done in the SYF competition last year. We have gotten a silver, and a high one at that. It was an improvement as all along, we had only received just an average silver award or probably a low-end one at that. Everyone, including me, were so proud of our performance as our months of sheer hard work has finally paid off.

I guess that’s all I have for now and I do hope you could come down to Kent Ridge Secondary one day to pay us all a visit. Happy Chinese New Year in advance and have a great year ahead!




Yours,
Audrey

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First Day of School, 2005 /6:03 PM

My first day of school in Kent Ridge Secondary School as a secondary one student started on January 2005. It was also the very first day in my life wearing a different type of uniform, a fresh break from the warm pinafore I had been accustomed to wearing in primary school.





As I stepped into the school compound, I was utterly speechless at the sight that greeted my eyes. It was a world apart from my primary school, what will all the modern architecture and brightly lit areas, unlike the outdated concept of my primary school. Of course, like every new student, I was feeling a mixture of excitement and nerves inside of me. All around me were unfamiliar faces of people-People that are the life of this very school, some clustered together in their respective cliques, probably sharing how their holidays went, while others were too, like me, standing around staring at the world passing by.



As I went further into the school, the very first feature that caught my attention was the Kent Ridge Vintage Corner. It was where all the paraphenalia of earlier Kent Ridgean days were displayed neatly in individual glass boxes, several or most of them belonging to the pioneer batch of this school. There were photographs of them taken as well, along with the teachers whom I did not know then, capturing glorious moments.



Later, after being told to which class I belonged, I went up to the hall for assembly, sitting on the area specified for it. The hall had wooden planks, polished to shine and look its best on the first day of school. I was quite delighted at it for my primary school had only tiles for the hall's flooring and wooden floors at that period were considered modern. I was also amazed at the vastness of its space, despite feeling really small amid the spacious area. Assembly, I had to say, was the most boring of all. What with all the time-consuming talks made by several teachers made me sleepy all right! Straight after assembly, my class was then brought to our classroom in which before that, we were to queue outside to have our attendance checked and to confirm that we belong in the correct class. However, this was when things gotten a little complicated. When it came my turn to have my attendance checked and my place in class confirmed, it turned out on the teacher's (I forgot who she was) list that my name was not stated there and a while later, after some time, I found out that I was supposed to be in 1E3 and I had been given the wrong information.

I felt relieved after that as the mistake made on which class I belonged to made me panic, fearing that my registration to Kent Ridge Secondary had failed. Such was my reaction for I had a wild imagination, worrying over even unafounded and absurd thoughts when I was young. When I entered 1E3, I saw that everyone had already settled into their seats, so, feeling self-consious at my tardiness to class, I quickly spotted an empty seat in the middle of the classroom and plopped onto the chair. My form teacher was Miss Karina Heng, who, at first glance, looked studious and friendly. She was of average height, bespectacled and a slight graying to her short hair. She looked quite young too, probably in her early thirties. Little did I know she was also to be our form teacher for the four years to come.

Miss Heng had us copy certain important things she expected of us as well into our little blue notebooks. Then the rest of the day was spent with introduction of ourselves to our classmates, the meeting of new teachers who were to take us for a different subject each. With each new teacher, we had to copy certain rules they expected from us too, emphasising more on the punctuality of handing in assignments on time and our attentiveness in class. There were also ice-breaker games that we played with not only our classmates, but also the councellors. Through that event, I gotten to know Nicolette Pek, who was a counsellor back then. I also met new personalities from my class on that day such as Fatimah, Gloria and a few others.

That was the first dya of school for me in secondary one. It was a day full of getting used to new environments, meeting new people and of course, enjoying each other's company.

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