We already had plans for our year end holiday. There is no way we are going to give up on this well deserved break. Prior to departure, I instructed her to try the student portal to "retrieve her results" ensuring that everything is in order and the website to do her tertiary submission. She has no intention of going on to Sec 5. Thank goodness! Though at one point she thought that perhaps an O' level certificate will put her at a better leverage if she wants to study overseas.
In Kushida Shrine, she was so depressed over her fortune telling. Almost turned suicidal. Sigh…..and she was dwelling on her 'I think I did badly' thoughts which made me lose my temper on why worry about it now?
I was glad that she came back with a distinction for her May's O' level Chinese paper, so we didn't want her to re-take it in Nov. She can put her full concentration into her other subjects. POA is another forte subject, almost all the time she comes back with distinctions in school exams so I'm sure she'll do well. Eventually she was left with 6 subjects to practice and practice.
Seemed like she’s the only one of the two who didn’t go to school to collect her results. Which is for the better coz …..how would she feel when she sees her friends all standing up in recognition of good results, and when others celebrate their results she might end up crying there? Then worst is to have kapo friends who would want to know if they scored better than other classmates etc. will put her self-esteem down lor. So in conclusion, any more mass results day collection - don’t go.
19th Dec (Mon) - RESULTS DAY!
We were in Beppu, did a short quick trip to Yufuin. She was a bundle of nerves, tried to look normal but I think her heart and mind was elsewhere. She was NERVOUS, UNCERTAIN etc... Kept saying she didn’t want to see her results. Somehow it got me frustrated and I snapped at her. “Fine! If you’re not going to retrieve your results. You can do the next step planning and submission on your own. What’s done is done right? Her not retrieving her results doesn’t mean it’ll change her grades. In the meantime, her tutors one by one were messaging me but coz we were on the road and she have no wifi. Actually I have lah! She just didn’t want to use my hotspot.
She finally retrieved her results at 4pm until I tired angry nagging at her.
I was more curious coz I want to know if she can make into her preferred course, if not have to think of choices. Worst! If she needs to clear some medical checks or do interview for some courses when we’re not in Singapore.
She did better than her prelims! Yay! And I’m glad her school actually raise the bar / standard in their school so all students performed better. The extra time helped her a lot. Yet again the COP for her dream course is single digit, macam like RGS / RI standard like that. Thankfully she qualifies. And the best part of the results is that she still maintains her distinction for POA. Despite her problems, she’s better in rote learning.
We celebrated her results with a shared can of alcoholic drink in Beppu. Haha!
I’m so glad that things turned out for the better for her. She’s proven to us that she can do it against all odds. Now onwards to the next journey. And no more official Results-Day-go-back-to-school anymore! 老娘心胀受不了。
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