visited 3 poly open houses today! :)
definitely changed my perspectives about education in polytechnics.
i know sometimes they might exaggerate a little in their advocation, but honestly, it sounds like a worthwhile prospect.
really, poly life sounds so damn fun in contrast to jc.
jc is just another college, going to school at the usual wee hours in the morning, staying back till dusk 'cos of cca sessions, studying your ass off for the terms...
i'm honestly sick of that kind of life.
i want to try something new, like poly life.
attending lectures and having a lighter load when studying seems a lot more attractive than the dull life ahead in jc.
but of course, the career opportunities ahead after each institution is vastly different...
i really gotta consider this carefully...
first stop was ngee ann poly.
i was pleasantly surprised by the students there, they're really warm and friendly!
every student ambassador you passed by would be "hi!!!!! welcome to ngee ann!!!!!" very excitedly.
it made us feel very welcome and comfortable in this warm environment.
not only were the student ambassadors nice, but they also gave directions very well.
we were led smoothly to the place to collect the goodie bags, and also the other np magazines & cookies that came along with it :-)
it was very systematic and there was just no fuss about it.
straight after collecting our goodie bags was an adam khoo workshop given to us for free.
the speaker talked a lot about life, and that doing something you like is crucial and so on...
i really admire him because he made poly life sound very interesting, and i was really tempted to attend poly instead of jc :O
also, the cool part of the course was that there was a survey for you to assess your values and interests, so you could actually narrow the range of your course exploration around the campus.
right after the talk there were even students who held clear signs on the various schools to visit and know more!
i was really satisfied, as a guest in the school.
my survey results showed that i was well-suited for people-oriented courses, so i decided to head to the school of humanities and social sciences.
visited the psychology studies booth and played this interesting beanbag game.
the rationale behind this game really made the course sound doubly intriguing.
the optical illusions that we tried to figure out really speaks a lot about how the mind works and everything.
it just made me want to find out so much more about psychology.
the setback however, is that, to enter this course, the L1R4 score is 9...
and if i actually got a 9, of course i'd choose to enter a junior college, right?
so if i do badly, psychology might just not be available for me...
sigh.
next, we popped by the chinese media & communication booth.
it was fun playing with the props they provided and taking pictures against the cool backgrounds ^^
then it was the chinese studies booth!
they did this kind of like "fortune-telling" thing - all you have to do is give them your chinese name and they'd analyze the meaning for you :P
and mine meant that i would be financially stable and prosperous :)
yay for it if it's true!!!
early childhood education & psychology sounds interesting but i think the pay's not too good...
though its double degree opportunity beats its same course at tp.... i don't think i'd go for this 'cos i have zero patience with kids.
and arts business management sounds really cool, 'cos you get to organise arts events and be involved in the arts scene in sg!
but abm requires lots of artistic skills and creativity, something i lack :(
a year 3 student who showed us round their gallery explained many of their installation art to us, and i must say the works put up were really brilliant :)
not only does it have a meaning, but the painting and photography skills displayed were simply fantastic.
collected cute fun fact cards from the signature place too!
abm also designs the booklets you get on learning journeys etc.... yup.
i would have considered this course if not for the need to be really artsy-fartsy.
the last stop we went was business and social enterprise, which was a really really good course.
you get to kill two birds with a stone - set up your own business and also contribute back to society.
it's like professional meets moral.
they've set up this ice cream shop to hire np students from low-income families as a part-time job for them to work in, and the ice cream we redeemed from them is so damn good.
it's a really good business idea to help those in need.
after that we all gathered at the convention centre to get free candy floss!
did the ngee ann cheer to get a free np shirt! :)
cool stuff huh ^^
set off for singapore poly after that!
don't have much to talk about sp because it was pretty disappointing.
the open house was not as well-organised as ngee ann's.
tp as usual was really rah-rah and... a tad too rowdy.
my regret today was not being able to attend nanyang poly's open house!!!!!!
if i really really had no choice because of my poor results and had to go to a poly, i'd choose nyp 'cos they've got the course i want!!!!
i really wanna do food science & nutrition there.
though the cut-off point is 16, it does act as a safety cushion for me in case i do badly...
which is a blessing in disguise because although i didn't do well, i get to do something i'm passionate about.
furthermore, if i take this course at nyp, i get to choose to enter singapore's institute of technology and obtain an honours in human f&n, which is my ultimate aim.
i just hope this passion lasts for long because i don't want to regret my choice again later.
i did my homework on jcs the night before too... and it's worrying how all their cops are improving...
i'm worried i can't make it to a jc.
but nonetheless if i do make it to at least a second-tier college, ptl :)
i don't have any ideal college in mind, i'll just go wherever the results will take me.
no particular preference whatsoever, but i've already decided what subjects i will take if i enter jc.
i'd do h2 chem, h2 bio, h2 math, h1 econs (?) and those compulsory ones.
still contemplating whether to take history again or not, but then again i don't want to drop econs just for history.
econs might get boring for me, but the most important thing is that it's a practical subject...
so yup i actually already have a goal in life, and that is to work as a dietician at health promotion board.
sounds stupid but yes that is my aim.
i tried often a few times to picture myself in a white lab coat.... and a gold badge with my the hpb logo, my name, and the position "dietician" carved nicely on it.
i'd picture myself with my own "clinic", where patients with diet problems came to visit me and i'd give them advice to eat well and stay healthy.
my job would also consist of designing and planning of nutritional posters and charts...
don't think i'd be able to do that much but, it sounds like a really exciting thing for me :)
if i really do get to do this in the future, i'd say my life goal has been achieved and i would be very happy.
let's hope i don't waver, and stick to this goal for a lifetime.
anyway, i don't know if i'm putting too much thought into life now, but i'm scared.
why?
it got me worried that i had a future full of uncertainties.
i didn't want to live life without a purpose.
i used to just want to enter a junior college because i had "no aim in life".
seriously, there should be a purpose to everything we do in life right?
and since o level results are going to be out in less than 2 days, i decided to get down to being serious...
not that i've made my decision (permanently) yet but, at least i have a major goal to work at for now.
it scares me, though, that life is passing so quickly.
i still remember my first day at primary school, eating pork floss bread from a pink powerpuff girls lunchbox.
i still remember my first day at secondary school, entering 1-2 feeling rather alone 'cos i didn't have my close friends with me.
i still remember the last day of secondary school, where i spammed polaroids with the people i was afraid i couldn't get to meet up with again.
and today right now, i am sitting here, in technically 1 day time, awaiting to collect my o level results.
life is passing too quickly.
we'd soon be posted to our various schools, be it poly or jc, i know we'd be separated...
it's a hard truth of life that i know but can't bring myself to accept.
and suddenly the first time by boys like girls is playing in my head again.
"that you never get a second chance at the first time, we will never be 18 again."
