BEST OF SUMMARY 2001-2007
~As much as I could recall~

He was overjoyed and was happily jumping around the school compound when he knew that he had successfully got into Secondary School. Even when the school canteen vendor (whom sells Nasi Lemak) told him that going into a Normal Technical Stream is useless. He didn’t pay much attention and replied innocently, “aiya, as long as I can get into secondary school can liao loh!” That was the day when PSLE result was announced.

In 2002, the first day of his Secondary School life. He was confused about the surrounding. Along the way to Evergreen Secondary, he saw many students flooding into the school building. However, Daniel soon realised that secondary school life was way different as compared to primary school life. He missed his old friends, old teachers. Everything around him now was complete alien to him. He has to sit for test almost every week or once every chapter the teacher had done. He was afraid especially when come to Mathematics. He had always think that Math make him mad. Anything related to that subject. He faints right on the spot. But to his surprise, one of his classmates told him that he got first in class for math! It was unbelievable news to him. And yes, he did get first for math in class when his math teacher gave out the test paper. Later on, he was shocked yet again to find out that he also got first for Chinese test. He felt a sense of achievement. He felt he was on top of everyone in his class. Nevertheless, he started to become arrogant or Hao Lian (They love to use this term don’t they?) But, he was an easily targeted prey. He was a soft-hearted boy. Once, he got scolded by his English Teacher for allowing his classmates to copy his homework. The teacher was furious when she found out, “IF YOU ARE SO CLEVER! YOU SHOULDN’T BE HERE! GO NA STREAM!” this hurtful sentence remain in his heart. Weirdly, he was promoted from Normal Technical Stream into Normal Academic Stream and his form teacher was telling him that now he will be able to sit for N Level or even O Level. But, at that time he didn’t know what the hell was N or O Level was, in other words he didn’t give a shit about it.

When come to secondary two, life was getting harder as he faces more challenges. Tests and tests almost everyday and during that time, he was abit anti-social not willing to mix around with his new classmates. The first classmate he ever spoke to was Audric. Yeah, that was how their friendship started. It was a hard year for him. Panic was caused when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) invaded Singapore. School was stopped when the virus became inexorable. But students were back to school on Sixteen April. Why this date? Most of them suggested that because Sixteen April Return School, for short SARS. (There wasn’t enough stuff to write about…)

In year 2004, he finally gets to wear long pants and he started to mix around his classmates. First was Yong Jie whom he called him Jie Jie and eventually hug him whenever he sees him, that how it started. Then was Wei Ming which their first outing was to EYC on that particular Friday night. Hence, he started to mix around with them. A few months later, the school planned an exchange program with a school in Melbourne. Teacher-in-charge encouraged students who are interested to go. Of course, that naïve Daniel went to fill up the participation form and attended the interview. But before the interview, he realized that he was foolish. No way would he get short listed for this exchange program as the other participants was way smarter than him. He felt depressed and even tell the teachers that he doesn’t want to get involved in this exchange program when he was in the interview room. But the teachers instead told him not to be so miserable. On that day of the result, he was short listed. So, the one week exchange program started and he has to prepare for many things and his speech over at the Australia School. He was happy and he loved Australia especially the Kangaroo meat. However, there BIG miscommunication and misunderstanding between him and one of the teachers. It seems that he really made a wrong choice. But the good thing was he made new friends, which include his exchange program buddy Herbie. But worse thing happened when he returned from the trip. However, he does not want to recall again. The interesting nickname, DumBellz was born and he had become one of the members in Bellz Family.

2005 is an important year as he will be sitting for his N Level. However, he still has the happy-go-lucky attitude towards his study. He even cahoots with his other friends to go against their Art Teacher, Korean Dino and even started a group named Gossip Group. He joined Wholivesnearyou and stayed active ever since. So after the N Level examination, he started to look for jobs and he together with one friend was being hoaxed to a job as waiter & waitress in a restaurant named Curry Kitchen. After they quit, he was being recommended to work in Takashimaya by his friend, Nicholas. On 10 November 2005, he started work at that company as a part-timer. He together with three workmates was being sent to Taka Square (that the name given) and along the way, a clumsy girl fell down and it was a deprived event when out of the three boys, none offered to help her out…and Daniel laughed. He made new friends like Kah Hui, Wei Chang and that girl who had fell down on the first day of work. The four of them are simply crazy when they chatted in MSN until the next day; until the MSN conversation couldn’t take it and that they have to start a new MSN window to continue their chat. He kept badmouthing his all time favorite character, Blue Santa during the fair. The first Christmas present he got from one of his workmate was a pair of bright lime green socks. He loved it. Together, there was a new group named, Zul Fan club or Bodyguards. All this was simply etched in his mind. That was how the adorable nickname, yaoyao was given.

In 2006, he will be sitting for his O Level Examination. That year, he learned how to forgive and forget. Together with his friends, they bought lunch from their classmate. All time favourite, Nasi Lemak. It was heavenly delicious and he could almost eat three packed in a row but due to the limited recess time. So once again after a stressful National Examination ended, he went back to work in Takashimaya and asked for a transfer back to Taka Square where he sees familiar faces especially the playful supervisor. He got to meet new friends and also some old friends from 2005 fair. He was happy until when his O Level results was released, he was shocked to see his Math and Science flunked. He was sad indeed. He regretted.

Now, he has to go to the library to study and study. He regretted missed the chance and now he have to suffer as a private candidate. He had wasted five years of education and its all back to the basic.

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