Your Final Chance.

Looking back, why did we even go to the junior college to start with?

For me, it was with an aim in mind, which is no other than an attempt to enter University, NUS to be specific. I had always aspired to study in NUS. I really do mean study. My aspiration does not come with a course in mind, neither do i even know why do i have such an aspiration.

After leaving secondary school with decent grades, i entered Meridian JC even though i had always wanted to go to TJC. Even though i failed to achieve this goal i set for myself, i told myself constantly that Junior College is just a stepping stone, one for me to enter University. So, it don't matter which Junior College i go to, and it is the end result that matter. Hence, i sought to stay away from influence from MJC, and keep myself as an individual. And i would leave the school at the end of the 2 years, embarking on my journey in NUS, without any change in me.

However, over the two years in Meridian JC, i must say that the life here is much better than what most of you might expect. MJC-Mugger JC. Many people have said this to me. The fact that we have the most study benches amongst all the other JCs do not mean a thing. Look what we did. Our sporting achievements, among the sports we have, is simply fabulous. Who can deny that? So, what does this thing about study benches have any link to our sporting performance. If they say that we only study because of our number of study bench, it's time to let them know that our school is achieving much better than them, in terms of sports. Enlighten their warped logic, that we are just plain muggers.

Also, past records have been able to show that MJC is able to produce good grades, better than what they are supposed to achieve based on O level score. And this is, exactly, the reason why the cut-off point to enter MJC is constantly dropping. Since the start, which we started with, i heard, 20 points, all the way, till now, 9points. All these in 4 years. Unbelievable. With both academic and sporting excellence, what can we conclude, but the fact that we put in our best in everything we do. Am i wrong about this? I really doubt so.

I came into MJC, without a sense of school pride. I thought it was going to be a place of boredom. But over the two years, i believe, this sense of belonging seeped into me, regardless of how hard i try to insist that MJC is not going to be a fun place. Basically, there is this one thing that made a major contribution to this change.It is the Floorball team. This team, which is the first official team i have been in, is probably the closest i would be with through my life. This is the team that is willing to train together, learn together, and work hard together. This is the team which never stopped improving, even till the start of our A division. Even through our A division. This spirit have no doubt made me cherish the fact that i was enlisted in MJC rather than TJC. And i always thought, "If i had enrolled in TJC, i'll probably be laughed at by these MJC students now." And this is the thought that incorporated the MJC spirit in me. Kudos, to MJC TEAM, both 07 and 08. It is really my honour to be in the team, for both years.

This is the start. The start of the examinations we have waitied for 2 years, since the day we stepped into the Junior College. It's time to think again. What is the reason you entered the Junior College? What is the goal you had in mind? Many people are always telling themselves, 'I have to do well.' Think again. Why do you have to do well? Think again. Why do you even want to achieve your goals. Now, it's time to find the answer. This answer will the that motivation you have been looking for. Know it, you may think you are trying to do well for another person. But think again. You are actually trying to do well for yourself, to impress that person. Your life do not revolve around another, but around yourself alone. If you were to write a story about yourself, it would be terribly pathetic, to revolve your whole story about another person, but not you, yourself.

With this, I hope that you all will be able to find your motivation to run this last lap. You can see the finishing line already. It is so close, so close to where you are standing. Are you going to make that final sprint, that will put you in front of many others beside you? Or will you continue at your pace, and give others the chance to sprint and outshine you? Or will you even give up, telling yourself that you are unable to continue, with that little a distance left. At the end of every marathon, there are 2 groups of people. One group will say, "I should have put in more effort!" while the other will say "I'm glad i gave it my all, then." Which group of people will you want to fall into? Think, Think, and think again.

To end off, this is not the end. What we perceive to be an end, is usually the start of another journey. The end of one journey brings you to the start of your next journey. There is no end, till the end of your life.

Friends forever, people always say. But who knows, if we are even going to greet each other, the next time we meet in the streets. So, no friends forever. Say this instead, "I'm glad, to have been your friend." I would like to wish all of you, the very best for your A levels. And i hope you are glad, to have been my friend. Goodluck. Goodbye.