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Friday
kin'youbi

I started pondering on alot of things today during my ride home from school. Looking back at the same date one year ago, I had changed alot.

Remember the same period one year ago, I was such a failure. I had no interest in studying anymore with the GPA of 1.3 after passing one supplementary paper. Furthermore, I was quite stress up at work too. Being such an unfilial son, I quarreled with my mother almost everytime we see each other. That was the darkess period in my life.

Feeling low to the bottom, I sat down and started to think: "What do my future hold for me?". The answer to that question at that point of time was NO FUTURE. Finally, I was enlightened. This was not the life I wanted to have, not at least without trying to aim for a better one. Thus, the quest for me to fight back began.

First, I quitted the job to show my mother my determination. Guess how happy she was, I knew I was doing the right thing. My mentor in my previous school rang me up, asking about me. I confided in him and also conveyed my wish to continue studying. However, with a GPA of 1.3, it was such a bad start. Thus I looked for alternatives.

I was counselled by the school counsellor, who showed me the paths I can take. But only one path was accepted by me, the path back to the beginning. I knew I would not be able to catch up in my studies even if I started at that time. So, I went to apply for various other polytechnics through the Direct Admission Exercise.

My mentor tried persuading me to take the supplementary paper for back up, but then it was futile.

The first two polytechnic DAE results came out, they all were unsuscessful. That was another blow dealt to me, as even the most hopeful polytechnic came back as a failure. Nevertheless, my determination did not stop me from searching for alternatives, I began to source for private schools.

Just when I thought that private school would be my only path, the third polytechnic DAE results came. Nanyang Polytechnic accepted me, in the Diploma for Marketing course. It was the happiest moment in my life, never had I felt such joy in my entire life.

That period of time was the hell of a ride for me. The huge flactuations in my emotion was almost like I was dreaming. Then it was the administration stuffs.

This whole incident changed me alot for the better. Never had I such determination to study hard and aim for university. Even though during the start I got some bad habits kicking in but I perservered on and managed to achieve a GPA of 3.4. That may be peanuts for A students but for me it is a huge step from what I was one year ago.

What I have learned from this is that when one person does not have a high goal, it would be meaningless. When you work hard to achieve the goal, you change. When you achieve the goal, you can look back and think of how much a better person you are now than you were before. This is proof that I am able to blog about this today.

~EnD~

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