School

School has its many joys and hardships. Not only do we go there for an education, we go there not knowing that it teaches us so much more than what there is in books.

For most of us, we think that we go to school, get good grades to make our parents happy and get into a good polytechnic or junior college and eventually, a good university.

Haven’t you realized that in school, we make so many friends and (sometimes) just as many foes? That we also spend a lot of our time not only studying but talking about others? In school, we meet people with different races and personalities. What we don’t realise is that we also learn how to deal with problems between our peers and how to handle the stickiest of situations.

For me, secondary school is a completely different experience compared to primary school. First of all, secondary school is a mix of boys and girls. I came from an all girls school means talking to boys may sometimes be one of the hardest things to me but learning more about what’s so common between their own gender is the interesting bit. In primary school, its easy to tell one of your classmates that you do not really hang out with that she is your sister and not feel like the other person thinks you are crazy or weird. In an all girls school, its okay to be the ‘unpopular’ one because your classmates will still treat you as one of them.

After all, it is a new experience and there is always something good to gain from new experiences. Like the saying goes, “No pain, no gain.”

One of the most important thing that I’ve learnt from secondary school so far is that even though I fought with someone and we don’t hang out together a lot anymore, doesn’t mean that everything between us is gone forever. Time and space apart fixes it, I think maybe because “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”?

Life as a child

My Childhood...

Was pretty much the same as any other child out there.
I was brought into life by my dearest, one and only mother.
Brought up by my parents with a little help with my elder sister.

At first, like most other babies, I was the 'innocent' type of baby.
Until I reached the age of about two or three, I started walking and of course, causing trouble and mayhem in my house!
My mayhem is none other than smashing eggs from my fridge on to the kitchen floor. Well, at least that is what I did according to my mother and sister.

My childhood also has its bad times...

One of them was that when I was young, I used to visit a cousin of mine, her name is Charity, and she used to bite my arms a lot. I still remember leaving her house every single time with clear distinct teeth marks on my arms. Surprisingly, she is one of my closest cousins and never once I did not enjoy her presence or dislike her because of the countless number of times she snapped her full set of teeth on me.

Another thing was that I was really hyper active when I was young and I seriously could not stop moving and if I was moving, I would be moving a lot. So one day, when I was quite young, my family and I were at a restaurant sitting in one of the booths. So I fell off my side of the booth and down under the table in the booth beside us. Did it hurt? Well of course! I had this patch on my head which had a lack of hair for quite some time but of course now all the hair has already grown back.

There's also good things in my life!

When I was fairly young, my father taught me how to swim! I remember being very scared and he kept laughing at me and telling me that there was nothing to be afraid of. Of course my father is no swimming coach so my swimming skills were only good enough to doggy paddle and keep myself afloat. Only until later on in life, my parents enrolled me under the training of the coaches at Bishan Swimming Complex and made me attend a swimming course at Anglo-Chinese School at Barker Road and my swimming from then till now, has improved much more.

When I was in Primary 2, about that time, I gave sailing my first try. I think that sailing has most importantly taught me one basic thing that has quite a good meaning, its that our actions leads us to our destination. Let me explain further, in sailing, there are three main things to control the movement of the boat, these are your sail, your dagger board and your rudder. These three things help your boat move faster or not at all. For instance, if you were to not move these things at all, your boat would not move unless it was a strong current pushing your boat. However, if your sail was in the right angle to catch enough wind and your were in full control of your rudder to guide the movement of your boat and your rudder was lifted to the correct height (or not at all in some cases), your boat would be extremely fast. In conclusion, sailing teaches one to be self dependent and to have some discipline. You have something to get done or somewhere to end up at, then we should be taking action not sitting there and waiting for things to happen.

So that's just one small part of my childhood's dictionary worth of stories and events but I hope that's enough for now.

National Service - Should girls be enlisted?

I have no idea!


If girls want to go and they don't mind going, there's no harm in encouraging them to go for National Service. Besides, they can help the boys defend our country! As the saying goes, the more the merrier! Some girls are very tough and have the manly touch, so they may just be ideal to go into National Service.


However, some girls squeal at the sight of a cockroach or tiny insect, these are the girls that would not last very long in National Service unless they change. Some people may get over their fright of such things but this does not work for all.


These days, more girls are actually getting braver than boys and boys are getting softer. It may not apply to all boys, but it is happening. Maybe it is because of the introduction of more and more electronic entertainment that discourages children these days to play more indoors and less outdoors. In some cases, parents may even support that idea as it is easier for them to keep an eye on their children.


So actually, it all comes to one's personality. If your heart yearns to go National Service then go for it! If its the other way around, then don't. Follow your heart to reach your dream!

However, National Service has its own lessons to teach others. I feel that people who has gone through National Service do gain alot more independence, responsibility and a sense of pride for our country. These things may help them in their life ahead.

Even though there are some who don't even think on moment about going for National Service they also have a part to play to help defend their country. There is a part for everyone and everyone says that.


I wouldn't mind giving National Service a try but I think I would give up in the end. If you knew me well, I'm quite a softie inside. Haha

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