Optimism

Its officially the day of the release of the O' lvl results!

Certainly is a day of mixed feelings.
Let's cut to the chase.

81 people had to drop higher chinese among our sec 4 cohort.
That's a freaking huge number compared to last year.
In fact, its so significant that we've actually set a record for it.

To be honest, all I had was faith that i could get a distinction.
I guess this is really an example of "Faith without works is DEAD."
So anyway, i did manage to secure the next best grade: B3

You can say that the atmosphere in the auditorium was pretty tense.
When i walked around, it was quite evident who were the ones who had to drop HCL.
That was what i supposed.
With almost 1/3 of the cohort having to drop, its rather common tendency to spot several grieving faces.

Well of course there were those that shed tears over their A2s.
Disappointment, desolation and despair.

The last period became a major counseling session as people went about trying to encourage others who were feeling down.
I was trying to encourage a few people as well, talking mainly to Jun Liang and Wei Rong, especially to Wei Rong.

Ok BIG QUESTION MARKS on your head now.
Why am I not sad/depressed/angry/disappointed/grieved/pessimistic
/melancholic/miserable/anguished etc..

Frankly, me securing a B3 is already an unimaginable feat.
Actually, it was an accurate guess that I would get a B3 because I felt my paper 2 was really quite poor.

One thing to note apart from results is your attitude in life.
I must make this comment(no offence meant) that the one of the most fragile things to a student is his/her's results.
Literally, it will either break them or shape them.

You see, many times, we look upon success as a deserving reward but failure as an intolerable torment.
I look upon failure as an opportunity to improve and success as a goal well planned.

I must admit that i can be overly optimistic and that its hard to share an attitude like mine.
However i can say that it isn't half bad if you perceived things the way I do.


We must get up and go from where we left off, to continue the pace we once had.
If you lived a life always struggling with stumbling blocks, you'll never see sunlight.
Its time to get up and go.
Right now.

Thanks to those that have encouraged me and expressed their concerns for me, especially those closest to me.(You know who you are:D )
I'd like to reassure everyone that i am perfectly sane save for maybe a dry sense of humour.

Then again, I would like to congratulate all my friends who are satisfied with their results, especially those that have attained distinctions.
At the same time, my deepest empathy goes to those that have not been able to score the grades they wanted.

DON'T WORRY.

Life is 10% "what happened" and 90% "how we reacted to it."