My Alevel Experience

I’m just very glad that I’ve finally completed Alevels and I must say though I didn’t get straight As, I am just really satisfied with my results yet I secretly (not so) hope that I’ve done better for General Paper. For those asking for grades,

H2 Physics – A

H2 Chemistry – A

H2 Math – A

H1 Geography – B

H1 General Paper – D

H1 Project Work – B

H1 Chinese – B

Despite the ugly D grade on my Alevel certificate, I’m just thankful that I do not have to repeat this exam again. And I’m just very happy for my AAA/BD because I did not expect the AAA since I left 10 marks blank for physics and probably more than 10 marks blank for Math. But D for GP isn’t something worth to celebrate (I was hoping for a C) since my mom spent so much money on GP tuition and that I spent more time on GP but I still couldn’t get a more decent grade for this subject. Despite hating GP, I actually am thankful for this subject. Because of this subject, I know more about the world around me (we’re not living in utopia), I learnt to evaluate what is right and what is wrong and that there are many little things we can do in the future  for the world to be a better place. This maybe my worst subject (that I’ve struggled with), but I felt that I grew a lot while studying for GP and I am definitely not crying over it. Hats off to my GP tuition teacher – Ms Ho and my 4 GP tutors that I had in SA (I’m still not sure why we kept changing teachers with different style of writing) – Mr Koh, Ms Ling, Ms Sin and Mrs Goh, especially Mrs Goh for really helping me to see what is around me in this world. I hope that I’m not your hardest student to teach.

As for the other subjects, I would also like to thank my respective subject teachers for putting in a lot of effort (including the lecturers) for their constant support, guidance and effort—extra lessons, extra worksheets and consultations.

I also want to thank my friends for providing me a direction to head to which made studying for Alevels much easier—Weixin (my first student who got an A for chemistry), Jonathan, Yentheme, Evan, Xin Siang, Rosa, Janessa, Bijuan, Doan and everyone else.

To those who studied with me for almost the entire year, Weixin, Evan and Xin Siang 7 days a week from morning to night in school and in the library, thank you for all the memories. It was really tough, but it was memorable. You guys make everything better. Our epic library moments- jumping across escalators to avoid sensors, xs’s radio playing out loud in the library, laughing at each other’s fail-ness and making library our temporary playground (we didn’t play like kids in playground but we had fun).

To those who studied in school with me and enduring my crap, sometimes I talk too much—Rosa, Janessa, Bijuan (during breaks and during the 2 week break) and Sarah, thank you.

To those who supported me and always listening to my worries, then making me feel better and always helping me – Ngan (Doan), Xin Siang, Weixin and Evan, thank you.

To those who I befriended while studying in school (Which made night study fun)– Yan Lun, Hyun Jun and Ben Ng, thank you. I always look forward to dinner time.

This photo was taken on the day before my 18th birthday which was the day after my prelim. 

To my 2 other students who gave me a taste of how teaching is like and for providing me a direction to head to– Jonathan and Yentheme, thank you.  

To my all-time favourite study buddy – Beatrice Tan (I can’t believe that we’ve been studying together for 6 years), thank you.

To those who supported me – the rest of 4^th advocates and the heralds, thank you for the constant encouragement and support. Whenever we see each other along the corridors or during our projects in the first half of the year (My TBC task force and YFC task force) especially TBC as it was probably really demanding for all to stay back and go through so many dry runs with BT1 round the corner, I’m just really thankful we pulled through.

To our GP tuition group for always going for tuition together and always helping me with this subject—Stephanie, Leonard, Jonathan, Xin Siang and Sherard, thank you. We’re always so tired after school but we’re still pushing ourselves through to go for tuition together.

To 2 important friends that always listen to my endless crap in the morning (when I feel like talking), and their endless jokes about studies and just anything (I will not forget the both of you even though we do not study together). My day starts off pretty well whenever I speak to the both of you—Clement and YinQing, thank you.

To the one who make me look forward to go to library during the weekends, we call it fate—Carnation Kng, thank you.

To my makan hipsters who always encourage me in our chat, we don’t see each other often but I’m so glad for our friendship for the past 8 – 9 years, thank you for those yolo moments. (Going out 3 days before my J1 promos was something I wouldn’t do)

To my parents who always sacrifice for me and listening to my ridiculous requests such as salmon for dinner, only Australia broccoli, giving me allowance so that I can study outside, always nagging at me and helping me, thank you.

I wouldn’t have come this far without all these people that I’ve mentioned and I’m really sorry that I’m not a person with a lot of words when it comes to this but I am just so grateful for all the memories together. 

Evan once said: Alevel was tough, but the harder the effort, the more glory and memories. 

I love all of you a lot. No words can express how I feel when I saw my grades on that piece of paper. It isn’t the typical straight As, I’m not sobbing over that B or D but in fact, I’m fine with that. No regrets, no looking back, we’re all going to university and I’ll always remember this journey that I’ve been through and even if I forget, there’s always this blogpost to always remind me of everyone, including my teachers. 

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