Gong Hei Fatt Choy! Happy Chinese New Year to all of you and all at home :)
It's the 3rd day of CNY and here I am, pre-breakfast, with a load of unpacked stuff in my room (leftover boxes from school), another stack of readings beside me (new stuff from my course)...and I decided I should just put them aside for a post.
Was packing my room 2 nights ago and came across our graduation pictures...that jolted back some pretty memories. I was reading the letter that I gave you people and was shaking my head in horror - the amount of unpardonable grammatical mistakes. Haha.
Okay, time has really wheezed by and O level results has come and gone. Been trying to sms and call you people since I came back and I hope I covered most of you, if not all. Some of you changed your numbers so I didn't get through to you. Sorry I wasn't able to be back in time for your results (was actually skiing away in a pretty korean mountain). You see...I figured that I didn't want to be biting my fingers in anticipation and having a thousand and one thoughts flying past my head that day...so I went for something exciting and life threatening (haha as if) to keep my thoughts sane. Pity I had no internet connection that day (bluffed by the hotel when I booked the place), my apologies to those of you who were on msn.
I hope you've more or less moved on to be ready for your courses, appeals or back to try O levels again. So here're my nagging thoughts for you, just imagine we're back in our classroom's cme/pg/cti times...hahahahaha...
For those of you who've got your choice courses - hurray! Well done!!!
For those of you who are more-or-less okay with your courses - I hope you find the goodness in your course of study as time progresses. Still, there's reason to cheer hurrays!
For those of you who are not happy with your courses - sometimes we need to do a reality check...I don't know about your situation, but do make a realistic assessment about your grades and your expected course(s), as well as the blessing that you did make it to tertiary education in the first place. Hope this will comfort you and encourage you. Alright? :)
For those of you who are trying O levels again - there is no shame in failure. Einstein failed at least 10000 times before he got us the light bulb. It's the attitude, courage and perseverence to try again that is worthy of praise. So we're all behind you, keep it going and do your best!
For those of you who feel discouraged at some point or another, I found this online page that I thought of sharing with you. It has pretty good real life stuff, too much for me to cut and paste so here's the web: http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/efficacynotgiveup.html
As we move on in our lives, meeting new people and circumstances in the time to come, I hope you will also find time to cherish and build up old friendships. A few friends told me on different occassions that their deepest friendships come from secondary school days, and it's something to be treasured and kept. So I hope this can hold true for you, that after these years in yyss, apart from the friends that you will probably meet once a year in the future, or along the streets...or through hearing from other people...you've also found some friends that you want to keep for life, friends that will walk through life journey with you.
Meanwhile, I'm doing well myself...busy teaching, studying, volunteering all at the same time and enjoying fast pace life as usual. Take care all of you, and keep in touch. May this new year bring you a deeper sense of self-awareness, peace and joy. All the best!
Blessings, Ms D. Chan
OUR HOPE STARTS @ 10:15 AM
Monday, January 18, 2010
Well, eventually we're all going separate ways, arent we? Thanks for th memoriez. Be it th good ones or th bad ones. It'll always occupy a small space in my heart.
4C'09. -Ferlyn.
OUR HOPE STARTS @ 11:55 PM
Monday, December 21, 2009
Dear 4C'09
Ooook. I've been wanting to post but didn't get to sit down and do it. Ooook, no one has been posting either so I shall get round to do it. haha Ooook, I kept thinking no one reads my entries during the whole year so I didn't post that much till Dennis told me (like super late this year) that actually you all read the posts - Sheesh!
So yes - chalet is over and thank you to each of you who contributed to making it possible. You know who you are - for buying the stuff, collecting money, keeping the place clean, (trying to) cook, letting me sleep for those precious hours (very sweet of you people to be quiet), laughing all the time, being noisy (yes I must say I missed those sounds), and all the nonsense that was happening upstairs (I'm so glad I didn't see anything else I"ll go crazy). Of cos, for simply being there :) [People, do you know that the chalet office bombarded my hp and was about to call the police because you all overslept!!!]
So yes - O levels (bet you didn't want me to highlight this word haha) is over and your hair styles and colours are all over different shades of green, brown and red...haha...
Seriously, I hope you are all doing fine out there - playing, resting, working hard...and just simply enjoying the holidays. Keep in touch - I'll be out of town for the 1st part of Jan but will have my hp and laptop with me - so I expect to me smsed and will rush back asap to hear from you people. No matter what happens, know that it's the right attitude that matters, alright?
In case I forget, Belinda will sms out everyone to come back for results day (remember to stay tune to news). Don't appear in striking hair colours (whatever you intepret my phrase). No worries, no one will be checking your nails. Those who did well, let me hurray for you first! Those who will find alternative plans, let me encourage you first! Those who probably see this as a wake up call, wake up! But whatever it is, I hope you remember and be encouraged by what I shared in the past - that you are worthy to be loved all the same!
Have a blessed christmas everyone, Merry Christmas indeed!
Love,
Ms D Chan
OUR HOPE STARTS @ 12:05 PM
Thursday, November 19, 2009
why our blog so dead!
since nobody want to update then i update k
hello hello people i wonder how you guys looked like now.
i cant wait for class chalet its like a few more weeks.
k la end of story i miss 4c.
ps.
OUR HOPE STARTS @ 8:44 PM
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
My dear 4C,
By right, you shouldn't be seeing this post at all in the first place (cos you should be doing something more constructive!)
However, if you are here, I'm posting something for you in my bid to keep you going.
It is inevitable to be stressed during O levels, with the highs and lows of the paper outcomes and trying your best to let go and move on to the next paper - all without trying to compare with your friends, or having a host of self blame.
If you're really feeling soooo stressed, check out the following idea :P
Okay, seriously speaking - O levels hasn't ended and there are still some more papers to go.
Continue to try your best - and that's really what matters.
Rooting for you,
Ms Chan :)
OUR HOPE STARTS @ 3:10 PM
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Hi people ! (:
I was google-ing and i came across this picture, and at this point of time, i think this pic is very appropriate. So yeah, you practically choose your own route, so dont regret. The choice is up to you. Success or Failure, you decide. If you want success, then better study hard now, but if you decide to fail, then i got nothing to say, just hope you will take a second look at the second picture.
Tmrw english paper, lets do well and prove that we can achieve even without Frog and Saggy. Not only english la, still got all the rest. Prove to them (those who thinks we cant make it) wrong. All the best, goodbye! (:
