Choices

'O' lvl results out. Chocies needed to be made. Choices are made. Fingers crossed for the right choice. I thought that Psychology was my interest at first and after days and days of going to polys and being psyco-ed by countless lecturers, I finally chose TP's Digital Forensics. Upon deciding, I went for TP's IT scholarship interview and claimed it- no sweat :). Hope I can get it as my first choice though......it is required for the scholarship to take effect u see. Then now, I'm at a lost- again >.< You see, now TP is putting me up for another scholarship, IDA scholarship but I have another one in mind- Mindef. The differece is that IDA gives me $500 monthly but Mindef gives me $1K++. In addition, I think I'm interested in pursuing a military career but the lecturers actually told me that if I complete my education under IDA, I can earn big bucks in the future! ARGH!!!! CHOICES!

Spoilt For Choices

So many courses so many polys! Having no interest whatsoever and having no intention of going to a JC, I'm at a lost to what course should I take! NP's psychology sort of lost its taste so I hope TP's one might arouse the interest in me all over again. Gonna spend the whole day in TP tomorrow with all the talks and counselling! Hope I can really get what I want. Wish me luck!

Day of Sorrows and Happiness

Today(9/1/12) is the day that my 'O' results are out! As I anxiously ate my lunch and headed off to school with my usual bunch of crazy friends, I prayed quietly that the results would be pleasing and that I hope my L1R4 would be at least single digit. 2.30pm results were out. 1 A1, 3 A2, 2 B3. L1R4 10 points, L1R5 13 points. Both are able to minus 2 CCA points...hopefully... Thank God for the good results, could have been better but also could have been worst. I hope I could make it for the course I want - TP's Psychology 9 points. Now with my L1R4 points reduced to 8 points (hopefully), I'm spoilt for choices as I can now choose any course.

On the other side, today was also a nightmare for those who do not have the luxury to share the same happiness as me. Sitting in the hall today, I witnessed many other of my friends, whom slogged out 4 years in the school with me, teared because of their results. Bcause of this unfortunate incident in their live, their future is smeared by this small yet unsightly dot called the 'O' level cert. Their dreams, their very first step into choosing what they what to do in the future is blocked! Although this system by the government has its merits, I still think that this one deciding cert is too much to be able to determine our future...and we are what? 16-17 years old? My heart goes out to all those who stumbled at this step in their life.

Matthew 11 :28-29 "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find the rest for your souls"

Tomorrow, my mission is to head down to the Singapore Army Recruitment Centre to learn more about any scholarships I could take. After that NP and SP. Hope I can have a clearer picture of what I want after tommorrow.

Integrity truimphs over Money!

I made a great decision today so I thought this would be a good chance to re-revive this blog. Yesterday (Saturday) , I was working as a promoter for colgate and lost a company battery... I kept it to myself until today(Sunday) and wanted to just lie that it wasnt my fault that the battery was missing - deny ever losing it. This would be a convenient to push all the blame and also to save myself from paying the cost of the battery - $50+. I prayed last night that somehow, the battery would be found and I would be saved from all this troubles but something happened! Nothing 'magically' happened but I felt something in my heart. I knew that I couldnt be a coward and be my old self -deny and lie. Therefore, I took the courage and informed my boss of the lost. Although the battery couldnt be found until now and I most likely have to fork out my salary to pay for the loss, I feel that this is the most worthwhile $50 I ever spent! I learnt that sometimes, when you pray for something and it doesnt come true, that doesnt meant that your prayer has not been answered and that God is giving you a chance to learn from your mistake. I knew that if God helped me during this trail, I would not have learnt anything and would never have mustered up my courage to admit to my mistakes. Hefty price but a lesson well-learnt!Praise to the Lord!

Tomorrow, I would be taking back my 'O' level results! Hope to get the marks I desire and get into the course I always wanted to be in. Wish that tomorrow's result would be a good one so as to be a reward to today's trail and not another trail of failure! Praying hard!

Gideon