rowlandanthonyimperial
Friday, October 19, 2007
02:43
Pinoy 1skolars.
The juniors are here! Batch 9! Whew. Nine years have passed and the Filipino scholars have remained extremely small in number, but powerful in presence, remembering a few of those more 'noticeable' ones like Allen Huang or the legendary (in SJI) Pablo Benedicto Cid Lazatin THE FOURTH, or even the more legendary (in SJI again) Calvin Caleb Lee Sy... :)I still can't believe that I have been in Singapore for almost two years (tomorrow's our anniversary, Power Rangers' day, as kenneth calls it). I still can't believe how people like the people-who-came-in-sec-one could have withstood staying here for FOUR years!!!
Anyway, yesterday, the ultimate batch seven Pinoy 1skolars came to Changi Airport at 1030am, not to see the new Airbus 380 but to study intensively for our O levels. Really. We did. The price? I spent more than 10bucks in McDonald's. ='( I studied Maths (not really studied lah, just did some questions from the five-year series). Kenneth was with me on the same table, and he was studying Geography. Danson, Jix and Calvin were studying bio, I think. After a few hours Zippy and Candice arrived and they too were engulfed in the mugger-ish atmosphere that encapsulated the early settlers in McDonlad's. Alon arrived without any materials. Sad. He thought the study thing was just a joke! hahaha... finally Jessie arrived and the whole batch was complete. Same for him, no studying materials.
See? Told you we were studying. 
except for this guy. =) It was nearly 1730 when we left McDonald's to prepare for the arrival of our grand juniors. We waited and waited. Other people started arriving as well, like Andrew, Patricia and Neil (batch 6), Katlyn and Fritzie (batch 5), and of course, the brand new seniors Abba, Eunice, Clarisse, Janelle, Kut and Neell (batch 8). MOE Officers arrived as well. Ms. Yvonne Tan arrived first, the Ms. Lim and Ms. Yeo arrived after a few minutes.
Zipporah and Kenneth.
Jessie James.
Alon and Calvin.
Me and Candice.
Neell. 
Me and Eunice.Finally the juniors have arrived and we were very glad to see them! Only six of them arrived at that time because Jessie's brother was on a Silk Air flight from Davao city (my birthplace!) and he was scheduled to arrive at 7pm.
Good thing, our juniors look normal and smart.. hahaha
I can still remember their names until now (another good thing). There were six of them, I think their names were Anna, Hannah, Patricia, Johann, Magno, and Katrina.
Hope we can get along with each other!
After that, we went to McNair Hostel (why, why there?!) because they were going to stay there for their Mathematics and English Bridging Courses. Hope they can adjust to their new environment well.
It was quite a tremendous thing for me to adapt to a totally new place with totally new people immersed in a totally new culture, with these totally new people speaking a totally different brand of English. Looking at the new juniors gives me a different feeling of accomplishment - I have managed to survive for two years now!
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Anyway, all the best for the O levels on Monday. We can do this well! A Maths will be a breeze.
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I've gotten the SJI International scholarship today. I've decided to go for it. Hope I'm making the right decision!
Me and Candice.
Neell.
Me and Eunice.