My oh my… it has been a very very long time since I actually updated this blog since I first started it a long long time ago, more like 10 months already. Much has passed, and much has been gained, although sometimes losses were unavoidable.

So, after 10 long months in Singapore studying A levels in National Junior College, what have I gained?

I was kinda like placed in a pressure cooker here in Singapore. So many commitments (self-imposed) and at the same time I am expected to maintain good grades. Here, studing last minute (i.e. 2 weeks before exam) = exam suicide. I did very badly for my mid year exams, won’t tell you what, but it was bad by my lousy standards =) Even my job as Head Prefect in Damansara Jaya High School was never as stressful, ever! And I am serious about that. I feel that I am actually more kiasu than fellow Singaporeans! Competition here is really no joke…

Nevertheless, I have had the opportunity to do a lot more of community service here, as Singaporean students actually place a lot of emphasis on this aspect as well. I find myself walking along Orchard trying to get people to adopt paper cranes (a self-initiated project with many other people) and also playing the guitar in a hospital. These things I would obviously never attempt, or even realise of its existence, had I stayed in Malaysia to continue studying.

Time planning is very essential here. Really, I can testify that had I not done the simple act of drawing up an examination study schedule (which I have never done before in my entire secondary and primary life), I would have been in for another round of lousy examinations. But this time it went rather well =P

Exams just ended today and I just realised that this little blog of mine surfaced in top of Google’s search results whenever I typed my own name in it. (Don’t ask me why I did that) Hence, perhaps with some extra time after these examinations, I can update my blog more frequently.