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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

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the LORD lift up the light of his countenance upon you...
and give you peace...
and give you peace...
and give you peace,
and be gracious, unto you....

Euphoria. Transcendence. How can one describe it? Not the unnatural heightened state given by metamphetamines, which leads to a most bodily-exhausting crash. Yet a great high nonetheless, one which will linger on, and one which will shine and exemplify.

Yet not my will, but thy will be done, LORD.

How can I say thanks

For the things You have done for me,

Things so undeserved,

Yet You gave to prove Your love for me.

The voices of a million angels

Could not express my gratitude.

All that I am and ever hope to be,

I owe it all to Thee.



To God be the glory,

To God be the glory,

To God be the glory,

For the things He has done.

With His blood He has saved me,

With His power He has raised me,

To God be the glory,

For the things He has done.



Just let me live my life,

Let it be pleasing, Lord, to Thee,

And if I gain any praise,

Let it go to Calvary.

With His blood He has saved me,

With His power He has raised me,

To God be the glory,

For the things He has done.

How can I thank him enough for my grades? I know myself that I did not study. Not enough at any rate, with only approximately 1 revision across the board.
Yet he has blessed me. Truly LORD, your Grace is Sufficient for me, and Your Power is made Perfect in my Weakness. LORD, all that I have I lay at your feet, and your grace and mercy abound through the heavens...
Got my results back today, and I must say that I did much better than expected (thanks largely in part to moderation), but with many shockers too...
(All marks stated are in percentages, WITH moderation. Moderation was 10% for Physics and both Maths, and 15% for Chemistry. All other subjects are without moderation.)

Language Arts - 76. Decent. Expected about this much, got about this much. Nothing to crow about, but decent enough to begin with. Overall the paper was, I think, marked quite strictly so i'm happy with this mark... Congrats to Colin for topping the pre-IB across the board with 88... Must say that his paper is quite scary with regards to standard... So he most certainly deserved it...

Chinese - 63. Pretty ok with regards to the rest of the year, considering I was roughly averaging about 50-56 % for most of the tests... I suppose, strangely, that the larger Chinese tests are the ones that I do better in. This was like 5th in class so that's ok... Gratz to Roy for finally giving mun a Real run for his money.... Yea Roy topped with a 77...

Physics - 82.5. A little below expectations, since it was 72.5 before moderation. Still, it's quite ok overall, considering that I was really slacking off the entire year... Also, studied like 1 day before the exam and didn't have time to practice it... So i suppose overall it's quite decent... Yup and congratz to Bryan for topping with a 100... (92 before moderation) you going prize-less last year was certainly quite a shock for most people... So you've claimed back a prize this year... Welcome back! :P

Chemistry - 88.75. Somewhat of a shock. I think the amount of moderation formed the large part of the shock. Yup. 15%.... Amazing what Dr. Ong will do if 2/3 of the pre-IB fails... Oh well... I topped this one and perhaps it wasn't that much of a shock to that many people, considering I was there since erm... somewhere in Term 3 onwards.

Core Maths - 93.375. I did expect to do about this well (83.375 before moderation) so I guess that much was fine... Not much to say here except congrats to Mun... You proved once again that your Maths is really that untouchable... 100 and 95 before moderation, what can I say but ph33r him...

Adv Maths - 70. Quite disgusting. I didn't expect that low (60 before moderation) and I think i have one of the widest gulfs between both maths... oh well. A reasonable consequence of not enough practice, not listening in class, and not enough revision before the exams, not to mention extremely poor time management, as I left out the last question which was very simple and worth a whole 9 marks... Anyway, Mun topped this again with a staggering 97.5%... Ungodly, I tell you. Did I mention that was before moderation? Yups so another 100 after moderation... Engineer extraordinaire...

IHS - 88%. Nice stuff, more than I expected, and must really thank whoever marked my SEQ for giving me a full 22/22... This is top in both classes with Ollie and Kevin Tan.... heard that someone in 3.12 (the mugger class) got the same mark too, so it's really open to see if 88 is enough for top... The verdict is still out... Oh and gratz to those 3 other pple, with special mention to Ollie... We never knew you had it in you... Good stuff!

Geog - 98%. Far, far, far (and did I say far?) beyond my wildest expectations... this one was really by the Grace of God... so yea I topped by a whole 9% in front of the guy who got 2nd, someone from 3.15...

Overall average - 82.45%. 2nd in GEP level, after Mun. Truly did not expect this, even in my extreme optimism... 39/42 for pts system too....

Must also extend more congratulatory notes to others.
To BZ, for topping MEP. It doesn't matter what others say, at least you know you're the best where it matters.
To Karan, for topping History. Run 'em down! Ok nevermind.... But don't fret about your average too much yea? Like Pill says, it's only 1 exam, and you're still going to Founder's Day...
To Josh, for topping Bio. Don't fret yea? Know you didn't do as well as you wanted, but at least you finally got an award, and your hard work is most certainly deserving of it...
To Mun (again) for proving you are really that damn good.
To Jon Seah, both for proving that you are, at the end of the day, a pro science guy with 91 for physics.... and congrats for topping Com Science, I think....

And more to those who did very well....
To Kal, for getting 88 for geog. You've finally silenced those critics yea? Now they can't say anything about you.... Heh I always knew you could do it...
To Mingyi, for being "the Miracle Boy"... I must say, tremendous achievement, getting 73 for Maths, 87 for IHS, and proving the teachers wrong in just about every other subject nonetheless...
To Clem, Moh, etc. for getting 84 for LA... good job, perhaps Colin was a little better but y'all can always give him a run for his money next year ok?
To Moh specifically, for doing very well (naturally) for sciences and maths... ok maybe you didn't do that well in chem but the rest of them were pretty stellar.... yea so don't lose hope k? i'm sure you can better it next year...
To Jason, for going down with a fight... Don't worry ok? You didn't do that badly... anyway you can still make a comeback next year, and i'll always recognize you for your hard working skills...
Finally, to the rest of the top 5,
Mun (84.25%)
Colin (80.5%)
Moh (80%)
Bryan(79.2%)
for being extremely competitive all throughout the year. you guys have subconsciously pushed me to greater heights, so congratz on all that you got...

Many thanks also go out....
To God, who has blessed me and shown me his infinite grace and mercy.
To my Parents, for pushing me onwards, and believing in me.
To the Teachers, for helping me along and clarifying my doubts,
To my friends, for believing in me and encouraging me.

And as for those who didn't do as well as they wanted to, don't fret or worry ok? like Bill Chia said, it's only one exam, and as long as you're here in the IB you'll be alive and kicking.... so don't lose hope! Continue striving to that stage at Founder's day, and I'm sure you'll soon reach there...

Mood - Exuberant
Song - Can't Stop Praising - Hillsongs

Hillsong - Can't Stop Praising

Try to find the words
To express the way you are
But the beauty of the lord
Cannot be described in just one lifetime

Look at the sun over the seas
Look at your grace that covers me
Now I know
Yes I know
Now I know
I know your love has saved me

In the morning
I can't stop praising your name
In the evening
I can't stop praising your name
In the morning
I can't stop praising your name
In the evening
I can't stop

And I want you to know
Yes I want you to know
Oh yes I

Lord you're so amazing
Every word you say is true
Better than the finest treausre
So glad that I found you

You held me close
When I was down
Your world has turned my world around
Now I know
Yes I know
Now I know
I know how much I love you

Hallelujah
We praise your name
We praise your name

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