All the buzz about the results..Yay! I got C5!

3rd March..

This afternoon, this male teacher from Chankat Changi Sec Sch called me. I was so shocked. Then he started asking me about the upcoming oratorical competition. Argghhh.. Mrs Toh actually put my name and number on all the letters she sent to the JC and sec schools. I think she mentioned it before, but I long forgot about it. They even think I am a teacher. I can’t believe it. The man even said he faxed me the application form and ask me to check. Check where? I thought Mrs Toh is supposed to be doing all these stuff. It is an irony. Just look at the email. All the addresses end with ….@moe.edu.sg. Suddenly, right smack in the middle is an address to yahoo. I feel like I am right in the middle of a teacher’s conference. He bombarded me with so many questions and I had to politely admit that I didn’t know.

I saw 16.5 and asked him to help me refill my water bottle and pass it to Mimi. Mimi left her bag with me and I couldn’t get away. Then 16.5 actually passed the bottle to Josiah. Initially, I thought the bottle looked familiar but I didn’t think he would be holding my bottle. Then he threatened to throw it away and asked whom it belongs to. Don’t know what he doing also. When I walked to him, he ran away (we seem to be playing catch for a moment). It’s so silly so I decided to sit at the benches and wait for my bottle. Finally he gave me my bottle back. Haiyah! So childish! Must be one of those unpredictable moods before the results that is making everyone behave so weirdly.

Anyway, I haven’t really thought about tomorrow’s speech yet. I think I will just think on the spot and speak whatever comes to my mind.

The results are coming out tomorrow. Hmm… another sleepless night tonight.

4th March..
Today is the release of the Mother Tongue results.

I have been having a bad cough since Wednesday and it seems to be getting worst.
I took medicine already but it doesn’t seem to be working. It must be the overdose of roasted peas that is making me so ill.

I saw Mr Lim’s daughter this morning somewhere near my house. She is so petite that even her bag seems to be bigger than her. Her eyes are very big but sadly it is hidden behind those spectacles. She seems learned enough.

I saw Miss Yue this morning and decided to thank her for everything in case I didn’t have the inclination to do it later. She thought I wanted her to tell me my results.

Life is drudgery for the first two periods-chem, Mr Tan keeps comparing us with the Meridian JC students and singing praises about how well they behave.

Time ticked away slowly.

GP was worst. We had to do compo about nationalism. What a boring topic.

Miss Chua let us off early today because I commented that I am too nervous to concentrate. A mixture of nervousness and excitement, that’s what I was feeling.

Sarah and I decided to sit at the benches since it was too early. Then we saw the usual comical figure, Mr Tan walking up the stairs. His students mobbed him. Then he spotted me, and decided to walk over. By now, all the teachers would have known the results. I hate to see a teacher who knows that I fail. (There is a high possibility) Like no face leh! I really thought I was going to fail so I didn’t want to see Mr Tan or Miss Yue. Mr Tan called out to me and I looked up. He looked pretty smiley and happy. Somehow, his facial expression gave away a clue that I didn’t fail, but I mustn’t be too happy. Outside the General Office, I saw Miss Yue also being mobbed by a group of students, probably asking results. I was embarrassed to see her in case I really fail. So I change direction and took another route.

Gavel…
The meeting was shortened to half and hour with everyone doing their speech. I had to think on the spot and make my speech. It was impromptu. I didn’t craft my speech. So, I decided to talk about what happen last Monday. Miraculously, everyone laughed. My thoughts were so disorganised. It ended so late; I heard the results were given out. And because of that, I ran all the way from the J block to the D block without stopping. I was so breathless after the short distance. I wished I had practise for my runs during P.E instead of pretending to run. Shhhh…

Make it or break it…Especially when my standard is the type that is teetering over the brim of failure.
Miss Chua gave me the result slip. Ahhahahaa.. I got C5. Yay! I was ecstatic.
O’ level, I got C6 and now I got C5. Most people would drop 2 grades but I proved them wrong by improving. Perseverance worked for me. All those days of having to stay back and having one-to-one lessons with Miss Yue indeed paid off. Hehe… Yay!
Everyone thought I would fail or get D7 but I didn’t.

Exactly 1 year ago, when I made the choice to go JC, I had to think twice because of Chinese. I was afraid I would fail. Many of my Sec school Chinese teachers also predicted that I couldn’t make it. But now, I am so glad all the hard work paid off.
C5 is good enough for me. Heh!

I have to thank Miss Yue for all her time and effort in teaching me.

5pm…Time for afternoon nap. Just then, my mum came back from grocery shopping.

7.30pm.. I woke up to eat dinner. Then I saw that I had a missed call from Mrs Toh accompanied by a voice mail with a tint of accent asking me to call her back.

As I was reading a book, suddenly, I started to cough non-stop. Then almost immediately, I started throwing up and coughing simultaneously, luckily I was near the toilet. Even I was shocked by what just happened. Mum thinks my Bronchitis is back..

My stomach feels empty now. I drank a bottle of Bird’s Nest (supposedly good for the lungs, is it?) before going to bed.

Any remedy recommended for cough? Or any oldwife tales about treating a cough?