Honestly speaking, i am never a good student. During Primary, almost every year, my form teacher will called my father up and 'complained' to him about my behavior in school. Always never do homework (and correction :D), always fail chinese spelling, ALWAYS fail maths.....And every year, i'll get a beating from my father. Standard. Although i never play truant b4 (not that i didn't want. Just no $$ to go anyway. It's a miracle that i even pass PSLE AND get to the Express Stream (which i've always thought i will definitely go to the Normal Academic Stream at best)!!!
Secondary school years, nothing change. Still lousy results. However, my ALL TIME LOW happened during my Secondary 2 years where during the Mid-Year Examination, i failed 4 out of the total 8 subjects (and the remaining 4 passing subjects have an average score of 55)!!! My class position for that year was number 41 out of 42 students. The 2nd LAST !!! Previously, i will 'just' fail 1 or 2 subjects (most of the time maths & english) and my class position always hovered around the 35+/-. This is the worst of the worst i have ever achived. Luckily, my final year examination grades were not THAT bad and i am able to pass to advance to secondary 3. Whew.......
Something miraculous happened during my secondary 3 & 4 years. For no apparent reasons(REALLY!!!)....my results 'skyrocketed'...Previously, Maths was always one of my weakest subjects, with an average grade of not more den 40 out of 100. In my Sec 3 mid-year examination, i score of WHOPPING 48 ouf of 55 for my E-Maths Paper 1 and a 44 out of 45 for my paper 2 which is a DOUBLE WHOPPING total of 92 over 100 !!!!!! A* !!! I got an A* for my Maths !!! I also dunno why. It just seems easy to me suddenly. And for the record, i got a more than respectable 76 for A.Maths too. Come sec 3 final yr, i got BOTH E.Maths AND A.Maths a grade of A1 (90 and 86 respectively). Totally killer....Sec 4 continues my winning streak as i score even HIGHER and won the class Maths competition. If fact, my grade for my A.Maths was even HIGHER den my E.Maths !!!( I tend to panic when no calculator is involved). My Prelim results for both E & A maths is A1 and i got a class position of 3 out of 44 during the final sec 4 years (although my O level i got A2 & B3 for E & A maths LOL )....
Poly yr 1 came and this is what i considered 'My Golden Age of studies'....becos i was tearing the competition APART!!! For the record, i score a PERFECT score for my Java Programming test (which my lecturer told me is quite impossible for my level) and got a A for Computing Maths (1+1=10,11+1=100 LOL). Of cos, i got a distinction for Java and A for Computing Maths at the end of yr 1. Things seems to be good.....or not.....
Yr 2, Is wat i always call my '2nd Dark Age' (Sec 2 is the 1st Dark Age). Becos of the worldly distractions such as boozing, clubbing, Counter-Strike-ing and whatnot.....my results were like the shares plunging downwards. I failed one subject (networking) and had to sit for a sup paper during the holidays. (And this is the ever dark taint that has denied me of any entry into any local U).
Yr 3, first semester only job attachment so sure pass. No worry. 2nd semester came with a big bang as we are to do a MAJOR final year project. Becos of some distraction again (the girl i always admire(classmate), admired another person LOL), i was unable to concentrate and instead was always fooling around that gal. But During that yr's Valentine Day where i tried to tackle myself wif that girl and that guy (they had a date and i tackle along :P), i got the hint from the girl that i was 'redundant' and so i finally gave up, deleting her from my memories (and my handphone address book, email contacts, ICQ contacts, class phonebook LOL).......and finally decided to WORk!!! Well, not quite but at least i was present during the project group's discussion session.... I talk cock alot wif the project supervisor and manager but did little in terms of project contributions(Sorry,Zhenhui, i know u code the most)...But the results were quite startling as it was surprising. I got DISTINCTION for that project !!! Sucking up wif the boss really helps!!! Although i certainly did not really get this distinction (To Zhenhui again: I give you my Distinction, u gimme ur A)....
Now finally out of those study era, thinking back the study days sure is funny. I although alot of my Army batch boys are going overseas for studies, i am not becos of two reasons:
1. I do not want to go to study JUST because i do not know what to do after ORD. It'll be a waste of money if i fail. I think working and gaining experience(and earning $$$) first is better and more important to me.........at least for now.
2. The most important reason of me not going to study is because NO MONEY !!! NO $$$$ !!!!!
Till the day i got a PhD, So Sue Me !!!
