With friends from Raffles Institution Jan - March 1979 ; The first 3 months of attachment to St Andrew's Junior College
During some outdoor activity in 1979. The 2 friends I recall their names are
a) R Subra (first row extreme left)
b) Chen Fun Yap (first row second from right)
I would like to say that the Pre University days of my youth were rather misspent. I had no clear picture of what I wanted to do in life after Secondary 4. My grades were at best mediocre and I followed my then best friend to SAJC and enrolled in the 3 sciences 1 Math course which was the pre-emptive course in preparation for Medicine at the local University.
It was a disaster of sorts, I rather liked maths, and was good at it. I loved Physics, and could spend hours upon hours just tackling the problems in the textbook Nelkon and Parker.
I tolerated Chemistry and I abhorred Biology.
So my 'A' level grades reflected the interest of the student, me.
I had skipped many classes (playing truant) (called 'pontang' because I had not completed the homework or just had no interest in the subject.).
There were instances when the teacher caught us napping at another empty classroom when we were supposed to be attending her class !
I was still finding my identity at the tender age of 16 - 18 years.
It was a rather bleak period for me. Neither here nor there.
On looking back, if I had then the clear focus and dedication about my direction in life, I would have gone straight into the 2 Math, 1 Physics and Economics course - I think that would have given me less grief in Pre University and possibly a better head start into my University pathway several years later.
We cant undo the past, but hindsight is 20 / 20.
I managed to gain entry to Engineering undergraduate course, and graduated in Bach Mechanical from the NUS is 1983.
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