English..
I have classmates from china who do not even know
the alphabets and they used 1 year to master it, why can't
you? When you have so much advantage over them?
If you are afraid of sounding funny when speaking to
your usual friends that you converse to in Mandarin,
don't change. Instead, make more friends and some of
them are bound to be english-speaking kind and you can speak
english to them, switch back to mandarin when you talk to your
usual friends.
What i miss about secondary school is the compo writing! I love
to write compos but it's a pity its always red with grammar
mistakes haha. If I had known earlier how important it is, I would
have taken grammar lessons in primary school seriously. I just hate
it when I'm speaking to somebody about something and I have to stop
because I'm unsure about the grammar part to use. To use "has" or
"have" or "had"? and many other subject verb agreement
blablabla.
You do not need to write bombastic chim words to earn good
grades in O levels. It is the grammar that matters the most. You
can learn all the super duper long chim words but when you use
them, you are wrong about the tense, you will not get any marks for
it. Better off using simple words and making the sentence
perfect.
Start now young man! Get a cheap 50 cents lined book and start
reading. Whenever you come across a good phrase in a book,
description wise, argument wise, or whatever you find it
impressive, write them down,review them and use them in your
composition.
K its late but I want to say something else. Do you have any
aspiration? Like to become a Lawyer? A doctor? or anything you want
to be?
Because at 15 years old, it is the right age to think of what
you want to be in the future. Many teenages failed to see past the
veiled and focused on the wrong thing. 24/7 online gaming, BGR,
branded stuff, blablabla.
At 15, you may be young but you can make life changing decision.
Set a goal, study hard and you can achieve it when you are 21? 23?,
thats pretty young after serving NS.
I always wanted to be a Doctor but I regretted not studying hard
enough during my secondary school days and I focused on the wrong
stuff, it's a sad thing to look back now and realise just how much
opportunity escaped my grasp.