i dropped by TP yesterday, with the company of Dear. submitted the form for the course transfer and i left the school premises, hoping i would at least be called back for an interview or some sort. about 30 minutes after, when i was just reaching Tampines MRT, i received a call from the school. i assume the caller must be a staff from Des School. she sounded bubbly and welcoming, but like war airplanes that came without warning, she dropped the bomb on me, wrapping up the whole conversation with "so your application is rejected."
well she first started out by double-checking with me of my last institution which i graduated from, which was ITE, and then she moved on to my exam GPA which is a sickening 2.8. she then revealed that the school does not accept ITE certs, and that the minimum GPA required is a solid 3.0. so i figured that, even if my highest qualification cert is ITE, but my current GPA is >3.0, i could have landed myself an interview for VC. so, in a nutshell, they rejected me based solely on my academics. *rolls eyes*
oh yes, there's this part i shouldn't miss out on: the reason the caller (or rather "the bearer of bad news") called to inform me of the rejection, is because "so when you officially receive the letter of rejection by post, you won't be surprised to see why you've been rejected. so i called to tell you the reasons why." thanks eh. can't they just state the reasons on the letter itself? geez.
before i admit that i sound like a sore loser (hurrhurr), Dear and i had a little tiff going on while we were on the way home last night. well, he had all the right to be mad at me about it, but he said something that linked to the source of our tiff, AND also that fit perfectly well about my, erm, well-being which so much so has got something to do with my rejection from VC. i'll translate: maybe God wants to show you that things don't always go your way!. and he's trying to say that maybe that's why i wasn't accepted to VC; because things can't always go my way. well i know that.
apparently passion is not good enough, since academic results beat to it. and sadly, saying how passionate you are in something doesn't do you any good if you expect to be given even a tiny bit of a chance. i read this awesome book based on true story, called The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, and i picked some of the lines which i now will quote them, "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity". my portfolio is already my form of preparation, submitting the form for course transfer is clearly my opportunity, yet Luck doesn't seem to come by -- or have gone by, not caring. i spent the entire night running on that same line Dear said to me and i found myself asking, if i truly don't deserve the only thing i want to achieve right now, then what wrong did i freakin' do in the past to receive this sorta disappointment? hmm, maybe it's as simple as: I DIN'T STUDY WELL ENOUGH. -_-"
ok, i guess i should stop here. i'm beginning to whine, boo hoo. Dear and my sister, both suggested that i stick my ass in my current course whether i like it or not, and opt for a private school in VC once i graduate. the problem is, private schools cost a fortune and i don't think i'll be any richer by 2011 when i graduate. but in the meantime, i guess i have to suck it up and bear the horror of going through another 2 years of maths torture. simply sickening.
so all in all, i don't blame the school for the rejection (yes, i really don't although it may seem like i am just because i sound damn pissed). i'm jut surprised that the decision is made in such short period of time and that they don't consider any other alternatives before rejecting. but above all, i regret not meeting the minimum required GPA. tried so hard, but i just couldn't get there.
from school, we had lunch at Mac'D. ok first of all, i know i mentioned about becoming a "vegetarian" on certain days but.. screw that now. not that it's so hard to do, just that after my uncle told me that he's lost 15 kilos in 3 months by not eating carbs (especially rice) at night, i decided to forget all about the veganism hoohas. so i guess, that'd be my best bet. besides, these extra baggage i have hanging on my hips should be gotten rid of by excercising, not eating less. i should prolly just look out for my portion of food.
erm, portion?? ok, confession time: yesterday's lunch consist of Big Mac, medium fries, coke, and a couple of scoops of McFlurry! oh and a quarter of McChicken at 9.30+/- pm. hahahahahahaha.
anyway after lunch we headed to Esplanade to catch the GoodFellas. man they're such a crowd pleaser. never once was there a poor rendition of the covers they did. i especially loved their set for Creep; they did a up-stroke, a ska version to it at the end of the song. haha awesome.
alright, it's already 11.14am as i'm typing this. and i'm still stinky! off for my bath now. til then, balls!
The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.Randy Pausch
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