Anglo Chinese Junior College. Yep, that's the school that I spent my last 2 years in. These 2 years had been a mixture of many things I guess. Haha! Really too many things happen and I realise today is really the first time I properly sit down and reflect about these 2 years in AC. So all the thoughts are really just flowing in.
So yes, I came into this school without wanting to actually. Haha! I mean yea, my close friends know that AC wasn't an option I had in mine at all until the day I got my results for O levels. NJ was the place I wanted to go. Haha! Yes, I don't know why but I think my sister being there before is one of the contributing factor? I really like to follow in my sister's footsteps sometimes but I realise I never once succeed. Haha! Which I guess, everything still turned out fine. I am still me. Haha!
Orientation week, I grew to like the school. Because really, during Orientation, AC spirit is like super strong. Haha! It's just really nice and everything seems nice. I have my friends with me. I mean yea, 1/4 of 4E1 came to AC. Swap was here too. So yes, life was nice and all. Haha!
Then we were split into classes and Feli and I happened to be in the same class again. HAHA! Something that is freaky but I'm seriously damn thankful of. But really, I realise no matter where I go, there will always be someone I know sort of thing? I mean, it's a very good thing, I'm not complaining. It's just that I'm quite scared that I will get used to having pple I know that if I am really thrown somewhere where I know no one, will I actually survived? To be true, I was really prepared to be alone and start making friends when they sort out the classes 'cause my subject combi was really weird. Oh yes, speaking of that. Haha! Let's talk about my subject combi first. Haha!
H2 Geog, H2 Econs, H2 Math and H1 History. Yes, Geog and History. What was I thinking right? I really wondered too. Haha! But now that it all ended, I really have no regrets on the subjects I choose. I really learned a lot from History lessons. Stuffs that you really don't get to learn anywhere else. And I gained a lot of knowledge of the world. Knowing about all the things that are happening now. Yes, History may be about the past but the past shapes the present and the future. So yes, I really gained a lot of knowledge from History so I have no regrets. It's just that of course, it's really tiring. Lol! The pile of History notes I have. It's comparable to Geog notes and Geog is my H2 subject after all. I guess History as a H1 is actually really tiring? 'Cause you really have to put in a lot of effort for it too. Even if it is a H1. I just really hope that it all pays off well. And yes, my teacher!! Mr Kumu! He is really hell of a dedicated and I really want to do well in History for him. Though his FML stuffs were damn tiring and mind blowing and truly FML, the fact that he bothers to do all these shows a lot of a teacher. He is really dedicated in what he is doing and really wants us to do well. So yes!! I really hope that I will do him proud.
Geog! Haha! I realise, yes, I really love Geog. Ok, I love History too. Actually, I really love all my subjects. Serious. I kinda enjoy studying sometimes 'cause it's really interesting. Physical Geog with all the formation and stuffs. Plate Tec, Volcanoes and Earthquakes~ My favourites. Haha! It's just really interesting ba! And I guess since I learned them in sec sch too, it makes it all very familiar and just nice lar. Haha! Human Geog really is a bit more dry. Lol! But I love Urban. Haha! All the buildings and stuffs. I dunno lar. I just like them. HAHA! I think I sound like some nerd but really, I gained a lot of knowledge from these subjects. True, I may not use them at all in the future. As in for Geog. But then I can act pro to people when we visit landscape areas and tell people that that is is formed from a Ruware to Bornhardt and then Kopie with differential jointing which results in differential weathering. HAHA! And yes, bore people with all these information. =D I remember how in sec sch we learned about breakwaters and stuffs and when our class went ECP to cycle, we all got excited when we know how to identify breakwaters and know what's it for and such. HAHA! Yes, it's nerdy but whatever lar. It's called applying what you learn outside of classroom. =D
And yes, the teachers!! KSL is really the best geog teacher! Ok, 2nd to Ms Chan. Haha! I still love Ms Chan more. But yes, KSL really teaches super well and he really damn dedicated. He did a lot of things for us to help us study easier when it was near A levels. He really wah, damn nice. Lol! So yes, another teacher who I want to do well for as well. Really hope that I can do well for Geog. Ms Lye also! Haha! Though ok, she is more awesome a form teacher and PW teacher than a Geog teacher. Heh.
Econs used to be my most hated subject but I grew to like it after Mr Hashim took our class this year. Haha! The stuffs you really learn can be applied to life 'cause yes, our life revolves around money sadly. So yep! Econs is the most useful subject out of all I think. Haha! And yes, awesome teacher too! I'm really glad and thankful for all the teachers I have this year. They are really dedicated and try their best to help us. A lot of JC teachers won't do so much for their students but the teachers whom I met are really dedicated and just great. Like I really learned and gained a lot from them.
Math!!! It's sad 'cause I realise how I could have done well in Math throughout thes 2 years if I never neglect it. Like I really could have done a lot better if I was more hardworking. I still hope that I did well for the papers!! Really a subject that I want to do well. But yes, I realise yea, these 2 years, Math was really the subject that I neglect the most. Hopefully, the last minute spur helped? Haha! Sigh, I kinda miss Math too. LOL! As in doing Math can really be fun sometimes. That is when you know how to do the questions. Haha! But yes, it's really the last time I'll see Math I think. I mean like not considering simple calculations and stuffs.
Oh man, I'm feeling tired. Lol! There is really too many things to say and too many things I want to type out but my thoughts are kinda all over the place now. These 2 years, too many things happened already and it's hard to just type them all out now. What I do know is that these 2 years really showed me a lot. I don't think I changed a lot in these 2 years but I know that some parts of me isn't there anymore after these 2 years.
These 2 years were draining and tiring and I think I really thought and reflect a lot during these 2 years. Of course, there were times when I really had fun and enjoyed my time in AC. Times when I laughed like mad and stuffs. But almost everyday was tiring. Though you have your friends around and all, it's still tiring. I guess that's JC life? Haha!
I realise after Os ended, I never properly reflect about it. HAHA! I think this reflection thing comes with age too. But then again, Os was really much easier? As is really just tiring and stuffs. But it's not my worst exam 'cause that will be bad actually. Haha! Prelims for As was really still my worse exam. Haha!
Anyway, ok, maybe I shouldn't talk about Academics stuffs. It's tiring. HAHA! For the past 2 weeks since As ended, I really stop thinking about studies and stuffs. Haha! Of course, I can't forgot all the things I learned immediately. Some are like really ingrained in my head. Lol!
But yes, these 2 years in AC were really worthy. Yes, there were times when I regret coming to AC. There were times when I wondered would things be better if I went to another school instead. If I had studied at another JC or actually had the guts to go poly. Yep poly. I ran away from thinking about going poly at all because I got a feeling I may really liked it there. The NP's Film, Media thing. Lol! Ok, I forgot what's the name of the course but yes, the place where everyone thinks that it suits me quite well. That day I was suddenly thinking about it and I realise I may have liked it there and I may be on a clearer path and having a clearer sight of what I want to do and where I want to go to in the future.
Currently, the future is really a blur. I know what I want. And I think I still want it. It's really where my interest lies in and something that I have been wanting since I was in primary 5. Yes, it's that long. I think one thing about after going AC which was quite sad is that I lost the path. I mean, yea I can still see it, but it's really a blur now. I don't know how I am going to get there even though I know I want to get there. Maybe it's not AC but it's just how growing up becomes? How you just stop dreaming as much and think more realistically. But I am a person who really has ideals. I think I am quite an idealist. Somehow believing that everything will work out, that I will be fine and stuffs. I know I will ultimately be fine. But sometimes it may be harmful to me? Chasing after dreams that may be out of reach. Dreamer. I am a dreamer and I think it's because I'm really brought up that way? My parents allowed me to dream. Which I'm really glad and thankful. Just that sometimes, life really doesn't allow you to dream. Which is sad but it's true. Life isn't a bed of roses. You can't get what you want if you don't work hard for them. And sometimes, somethings are just beyond your reach. And something else is actually what you should be looking out for but you are too stubborn to change your path and look around at other things.
I think, I really need to start looking around and not just looking straight. I tend to be unaware of my surroundings at times and maybe that's why suddenly everything seems quite scary. Ok, not everything. Lol! Like the future and all. I used to think that everything will turn out fine. That I will get what I want ultimately. That somehow, everything will just fall into place. But I come to realise that life really isn't so easy. I guess yes, that's another thing good about going AC. It's really a whole different environment from Fuhua and I really had to leave my safe shell in Fuhua and come out and face everything else. The people you meet, the people you have to work with. They are really different from the people you used to work with and are comfortable with. In AC, the environment is really different from Fuhua. So I guess it really forces us to learn to adapt and adjust to this new environment. Some did well, some didn't. I'm not sure if I did but I think I'm still pretty much the same person as I was 2 years ago, just more angsty, less happy and more tired? Haha! Ok lar, maybe not less happy. Just less energy? I'm thinking it comes with age. HAHA!
But yes, I had have happy times in AC too. Times when I'm really grateful to have been in this school. The close friends whom I have made in AC. They are really great. I'm glad I manage to meet them out of so many people in the school. Haha! It's not easy but I'm really thankful for them. And my class. Haha! It isn't perfect. We aren't bonded, but I'm really glad that at least we are not divided. There are cliques and stuffs. But we don't dislike each other. We can all talk to each other and stuffs. Like even though it's quite clearer that there are cliques and stuffs, but at least there is not backstabbing or whatever scary shit. Haha! A lot of Art classes are quite scary so yes, I'm glad that I was in this Art class and not others. And of course met those awesome friends of me. Heh.
And CCA. Joining Photog was really helping for me in many ways I guess. I'm glad that I did decided to sign up for exco 'cause I learned so much from these whole experience. Learning from the seniors and peers. And from people outisde. And it made me realise things about myself that I didn't know. So I think it was really quite insightful. This passion of mine in photography. I really really hope that it's still there. It has really been way too long since I touched my camera that it really feels foreign. Someone said before that my hands really look bare without a camera. Haha! Or maybe because that photo of me without a camera just looks retarded and stiff.
GAHH I suddenly miss the friends who gave me all my many nicknames. I said this before and I'll say it again. Haha! I kinda do miss people calling me those names. I mean yea, they are still calling me them when they are in the mood. Which I'm glad. Haha! But yes, I really miss them. I realise nicknames really are special? Like it shows some degree of closeness. Of course, even if pple don't call me by my nickname they are also awesome lar. Haha! I just miss everyone. Lol. I'm suddenly thinking of all the nicknames that they came up with. Idiotic people. Some doesn't even make sense. Lol! Okok, I sound like I'm complaining but I strangely miss the nicknames. Haha!
And yes, something I realise about growing up, you really stop being childish. Lol! As in ok, it's a given. But somehow, it's just sad 'cause being childish sometimes make things more fun? Haha! It makes life more interesting somehow. That's why children are interesting. Haha! They dare to do things that adults don't. And as adults, somehow you just have to act the way you are and not do crazy things. If you do crazy things, people will judge you and stuffs. LOL! Like if little kids play with water at the fountain, you will be, "Awwww so cute". But if adults play with water at the fountain, you will go "What are those people doing? Crazy people". It's really like that right? Haha! So yes, it's really sad to grow up sometimes. I want to be able to do childish things like playing block catching and water bomb. Haha! So fun lar!!! Adults games aren't as fun. LOL! Ok technically, adults don't play game. I realise, shit, it's going to be a sad life once we graduate from uni. When we enter the workforce. Playing is no longer the same anymore. 'Cause you are supposingly too mature to play. Ok, this sucks. Lol! I think I'm very much still a kid a heart. As in ok, I don't really know. Haha! Oh well, I guess I should really just play my heart out from now until I enter university. Yes, these 8 months!! =DDD
Alright, all in all, I'm glad I came to AC. Because it really made me think deeper and wider. It truly broaden my knowledge abt well the world. Abt relationship with pple. Abt so many things.I guess, I don't need to do a super proper reflection 'cause these 2 years, I have been reflecting a lot through blogging because life in these 2 years doesn't allow you time to really sit somewhere and just think often. So when you blog you'll really think. When you walk home too. Haha! It's like taking advantage of every minute of time we have. These 2 years were really hectic I guess. So many activities and stuffs going on. But I think I really spent these 2 years well? Though ok, I should have put in more effort in my studies but I guess for everything else, I did spent my time well on them I hope.
And yes, tmr's prom I'm going to really end this all well. Haha! Prom is really like the final final full stop to these 2 years. As much as I have been complaining, and I kinda am still complaining, part of me is some sort of glad I am going for prom? Haha! Oh well, it's fun to play dress up once in awhile. Haha! And really just doll yourself up since I don't really do that often. =D And yes!!! Meeting awesome people on Friday after that~ Haha! Ok yes!! I don't owe anymore blog post! Except for what I did after As ended. Like these past 2 weeks. Haha! Shall post when I'm free then. =D
YES I'M GOING TO LIVE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST NOW. =)