Today school at ACJC for J1s ended at 11.50am for us to have lunch and return to our secondary schools for the O Level results. The moment the 11.50am bell rang, I walked out of the campus, intending to have lunch at NHSS. Ming Hwee called me to wait for him and we, together with a group of NHrians, took 196 back to NHSS.
When we returned the lower secondary students were having lunch. A few 4o1ers were already there (naturally, some of them skipped school in the morning). I had lunch with Fang You and James, after which we just slacked around and occasionally squirreled around for information on our results. After a small talk with Ms Wassan, I accompanied Kegan and Yan Chen around the classrooms to see the students having lessons. By then it seemed that all the teachers in the school knew that Kegan was the top scorer for the batch of 2004 (combining results from both 2003 and 2004).
At 1.45pm, we assembled in the Hall, where tables were arranged at the back of the hall for the collection of results. Ms Wassan settled everybody down and after everybody received some booklets containing information, she began briefing the students about the new registration procedure for JAE 2005, i.e. online registration via the JAE Internet System. After all that talk was done, it was time for Mr. Foo to make his speech. Very briefly he informed us that we have done well (at least on par with the previous batch). There was some glitch in the slideshow when it skipped the slide showing the top scorers of NHSS, and at first only those with 9 distinctions were shown. After some meddling the real deal showed and everybody in 4o1 cheered for Kegan, with a grand total of 9 A1s and 1 A2.
Following that it was the dreaded moment as students went up to their teachers to collect their results. It was hard to deduce whether someone did very well or very badly, because most girls would be crying. Hugs were exchanged between very happy people satisfied with their results. I was one of the last few to get my results in my class. Combined Humanities and Higher Chinese were B3, English and Chemistry were A2 and the rest (Maths, A. Maths, Physics, Biology [surprise!]) A1. That makes my L1R5 9!
After some time passed (part of which was spent on the phone with mum), Mr. Chia called all with 6 distinctions and above to the stage to take photos. After that Mrs. Lim requested to take another photo of ex-student leaders. By the time the photo-taking ended we were sweating everywhere. Mrs. Lim still wanted a photo with Exco11, so we spent more time along the linkway between the HOD Room and the Hall. After that Kegan and I joined some other 4o1ers in the HOD Room who were with Mr. Pandian.
When we decided to leave the HOD Room, I was a bit surprised to see Andy waiting at the staircase outside the HOD Room. Yen Nee had called him and tricked him in saying that she got 15 with bonus (coupled with great acting on her part). Together we walked down to Level 1 where we met Mdm Foo and had another conversation with her. When it finally ended, we headed home.
I made my JAE registration just now, putting ACJC Science and Arts stream as my first and second choices respectively. I filled in the rest of the 10 choices with mainly Science courses. Unfortunately since I sent my Flexipay application a little too late, I will have to make cash payment from next week onwards (not a bad thing, considering the MOE Customer Service Counter is just a few kilometre's walk from ACJC).
When we returned the lower secondary students were having lunch. A few 4o1ers were already there (naturally, some of them skipped school in the morning). I had lunch with Fang You and James, after which we just slacked around and occasionally squirreled around for information on our results. After a small talk with Ms Wassan, I accompanied Kegan and Yan Chen around the classrooms to see the students having lessons. By then it seemed that all the teachers in the school knew that Kegan was the top scorer for the batch of 2004 (combining results from both 2003 and 2004).
At 1.45pm, we assembled in the Hall, where tables were arranged at the back of the hall for the collection of results. Ms Wassan settled everybody down and after everybody received some booklets containing information, she began briefing the students about the new registration procedure for JAE 2005, i.e. online registration via the JAE Internet System. After all that talk was done, it was time for Mr. Foo to make his speech. Very briefly he informed us that we have done well (at least on par with the previous batch). There was some glitch in the slideshow when it skipped the slide showing the top scorers of NHSS, and at first only those with 9 distinctions were shown. After some meddling the real deal showed and everybody in 4o1 cheered for Kegan, with a grand total of 9 A1s and 1 A2.
Following that it was the dreaded moment as students went up to their teachers to collect their results. It was hard to deduce whether someone did very well or very badly, because most girls would be crying. Hugs were exchanged between very happy people satisfied with their results. I was one of the last few to get my results in my class. Combined Humanities and Higher Chinese were B3, English and Chemistry were A2 and the rest (Maths, A. Maths, Physics, Biology [surprise!]) A1. That makes my L1R5 9!
After some time passed (part of which was spent on the phone with mum), Mr. Chia called all with 6 distinctions and above to the stage to take photos. After that Mrs. Lim requested to take another photo of ex-student leaders. By the time the photo-taking ended we were sweating everywhere. Mrs. Lim still wanted a photo with Exco11, so we spent more time along the linkway between the HOD Room and the Hall. After that Kegan and I joined some other 4o1ers in the HOD Room who were with Mr. Pandian.
When we decided to leave the HOD Room, I was a bit surprised to see Andy waiting at the staircase outside the HOD Room. Yen Nee had called him and tricked him in saying that she got 15 with bonus (coupled with great acting on her part). Together we walked down to Level 1 where we met Mdm Foo and had another conversation with her. When it finally ended, we headed home.
I made my JAE registration just now, putting ACJC Science and Arts stream as my first and second choices respectively. I filled in the rest of the 10 choices with mainly Science courses. Unfortunately since I sent my Flexipay application a little too late, I will have to make cash payment from next week onwards (not a bad thing, considering the MOE Customer Service Counter is just a few kilometre's walk from ACJC).
yours truly, tobias at 9:40 pm
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