I’ve come to realize, after staring at my computer screen for the past hour, that blogging isn’t as simple as it seems. I am still amazed at how my classmates back in year one could type paragraphs and paragraphs, huge chunks of text in a matter of minutes, just talking about their day. I’m taking at least twice the time to type 4 lines of text, not even worthy to be called a paragraph. Ah, I have this bad feeling I’m gonna be spending the rest of the night, or at least what’s left of it, on this entry. Damn, how I wish time would stand still, so once I’m done with this, I’ll have some time to sleep. Unfortunately, as the old saying goes, time and tide wait for no man.

You know, they say that time passes faster when you are enjoying yourself than when you aren’t. I can’t say for sure that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself studying Mass Communication, hell, there have been times when I wondered why I even came here, but every journey has its ups and downs, and at the end of the day, I’ve no regrets choosing the polytechnic route instead of staying in junior college.

Of course, the biggest reason why I jumped ship from Anglo-Chinese Junior College to Ngee Ann Polytechnic was because of Chinese. Hell, there was no way I would have stayed in JC, not even for a million dollars. I hated Chinese, but now, that isn’t much of a valid reason right? Damned Murphy’s Law, the year my batch took their ‘A’ Levels, Chinese wasn’t necessary anymore. But even if I could predict the future, I wouldn’t have stayed anyway.

The polytechnic route was different; it had just more appeal than JC. And it’s true still. Today’s copy of The Sunday Times reaffirms that. The article “One in two chooses poly route” stated: “Half of this year’s O-level school-leavers chose to go to a polytechnic. Many had aggregate scores below 10 points, which would have qualified them for entry into almost any junior college, but they chose a polytechnic instead.”

What’s drawing these eligible JC students to take the poly route instead?

The article stated that “nine out of 10 diploma holders found jobs within three months of graduation last year, despite the weak economic condition… employers also find that polytechnic graduates are enterprising and versatile”.

Me? I chose the poly route because I’d have failed Chinese anyway and would have had to be retained in JC1, and I hated wearing school uniforms.

::Caleb Ng::
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