yet another pointless blog…

and the jpa appeals are winding their way in.
and the political parties accruing tons of paper.

the stack of certs gets dusted off and reread.
the old testimonials rewritten.

and all this for the hope
the glimmer of hope
no matter how thin the sliver of chance
to get that all-important offer letter.

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its funny what motivates students nowadays. promise them fun, give them friends and new wonders, but few are interested unless a certificate is on the way, then students jump at the chance.

its a bit sad when 5 years of school is condensed into one page.

that one page can never do justice to five years of life, of friends, of late-night studying and early-morning chatting and endless classes and hour-long phone calls …

but argueably, that one measly sheet of paper has more impact on the student’s future than anything else.

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so i guess it shouldn’t be much of a surprise then to find out that 99.9% of everything a typical Singaporean student is doing is for the sole aim of building an impressive testimonial.

time spent to unwind and relax is strictly timetabled into the schedule. rationed out, measured, and allocated.

instead of planning 1 hour to study and the rest is free time (which is what i used to do), its now 1 hour of free time and the rest to study.

but i suppose its all for the best isnt it?

its all for the sake of the straight As on the results slip….

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what happened to the girl i used to be?

the one that would eagerly try out everything and see, to hell with the classes or lessons i skip.
the one that thought nothing of spending 8 hours in front of the computer doing nothing important.
the carefree fella whos timetable consisted of month-long relaxness and then BOOM 1001 things happen in a day.
the one that would stay back an hour after band to chat and pretend to practice.
the one that purposely schedule debate sessions in order to skip history and moral.

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i guess its the way things are done here.
nothing is ever done ad-hoc, everythings planned 2 weeks in advance and it kills the joy of just "doing".

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or maybe its just me.

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