Aut. Viam. Inveniam. Aut. Faciam.
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Francis
14
Victorian
VSPB
ARROW sCOUT
Aut. Viam. Inveniam. Aut. Faciam
"Either I shall find a way, or I shall make one" - Hannibal
Not for Grading: Edusave award.
Today was a rather interesting day. It was the day where I went to the Bedok Community Center to receive my Edusave Scholarship. It's a cash award given out to encourage the top 10% of each school's cohort to continue to strive for better results and also to keep up the effort.
When I arrived, I hardly saw anyone I knew, surprisingly. I think it's because most Victorians stay around the Marine Parade area and not Bedok. When I was in primary school, I thought it was natural not to know anyone since my school was located in Tampines. It was unsettling because I predicted that with no one I knew, it would be a long and ardous journey... filled with waiting.
We were supposed to report at 7pm, while the ceremony would start at 7.45pm. Of course, you might be asking yourself, "What exactly did you do for almost an hour?". The more seasoned people were reading books, obviously used to the monotonous atmosphere. This being only my first receiving it, I wasn't as "experienced" and I could only stare at my hand phone and play with my games or send messages to my friends.
Before that though, there was something very interesting that happened. The letter with information I received indicated that my seat was A 00 49. However, I was looking around for it and I simply couldn't find it. Of course it was very embarrassing, especially when it appears that you cannot read the numbers on the seats. Eventually, someone on duty informed me that my seat was changed to C 00 49. Needless to say I was quite angry at being made a fool for nothing :(
A rather blurry photo of the stage.
Eventually, it was my turn to go up and receive my award. One of the things which could be improved, I felt, was the fact that no one really knew what to do. Do you bow towards the audience or don't you? For me I just decided, oh well, since everyone was bowing I'll just follow suit. I went up, shook the Guest of Honour's hand(Mr S. Jayakumar), went down, all in a matter of 10 seconds. It was a rather short lived moment of glory, but I guess it was good enough.
So yeah. It was a rather interesting process at the beginning, but towards the end it got rather boring as there were over 200 receipients. With the ardous droning of the emcee it was a bit too much to bear, asnd especially since he had already mispronounced my name at the beginning, it was bit hard to get endeared to his voice. When they finally announced that we could go home, I quickly put my certificate into my bag and rushed home. :D
Moral of the story: Always pack a book when you know something's going to be long and boring. Since everyone's crazy about twilight now, maybe picking it up isn't a bad choice. :) It's not really a moral per se, but considering that it was just one long award ceremony I think it's not so bad to be able to pick something out from it.
One last photo:
I censored the amount just in case people start thinking I'm rich and all. XD
Today was a rather interesting day. It was the day where I went to the Bedok Community Center to receive my Edusave Scholarship. It's a cash award given out to encourage the top 10% of each school's cohort to continue to strive for better results and also to keep up the effort.
When I arrived, I hardly saw anyone I knew, surprisingly. I think it's because most Victorians stay around the Marine Parade area and not Bedok. When I was in primary school, I thought it was natural not to know anyone since my school was located in Tampines. It was unsettling because I predicted that with no one I knew, it would be a long and ardous journey... filled with waiting.
We were supposed to report at 7pm, while the ceremony would start at 7.45pm. Of course, you might be asking yourself, "What exactly did you do for almost an hour?". The more seasoned people were reading books, obviously used to the monotonous atmosphere. This being only my first receiving it, I wasn't as "experienced" and I could only stare at my hand phone and play with my games or send messages to my friends.
Before that though, there was something very interesting that happened. The letter with information I received indicated that my seat was A 00 49. However, I was looking around for it and I simply couldn't find it. Of course it was very embarrassing, especially when it appears that you cannot read the numbers on the seats. Eventually, someone on duty informed me that my seat was changed to C 00 49. Needless to say I was quite angry at being made a fool for nothing :(
A rather blurry photo of the stage.
Eventually, it was my turn to go up and receive my award. One of the things which could be improved, I felt, was the fact that no one really knew what to do. Do you bow towards the audience or don't you? For me I just decided, oh well, since everyone was bowing I'll just follow suit. I went up, shook the Guest of Honour's hand(Mr S. Jayakumar), went down, all in a matter of 10 seconds. It was a rather short lived moment of glory, but I guess it was good enough.
So yeah. It was a rather interesting process at the beginning, but towards the end it got rather boring as there were over 200 receipients. With the ardous droning of the emcee it was a bit too much to bear, asnd especially since he had already mispronounced my name at the beginning, it was bit hard to get endeared to his voice. When they finally announced that we could go home, I quickly put my certificate into my bag and rushed home. :D
Moral of the story: Always pack a book when you know something's going to be long and boring. Since everyone's crazy about twilight now, maybe picking it up isn't a bad choice. :) It's not really a moral per se, but considering that it was just one long award ceremony I think it's not so bad to be able to pick something out from it.
One last photo:
I censored the amount just in case people start thinking I'm rich and all. XD
Francis
14
Victorian :D
Arrow Scout :)
VSPB
TGS-ian Xp
Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam - Hannibal.
WISHES
Improve chinese. [ ]
Lose the fats. [ ]
Maintain level position. [ ]
Maintain a good study-life balance.[ ]
Be less vulgar.(How did I become vulgar in the first place) [ ]
2.4km <14 [X]
