How Do I Get My Scholarship To Study In Singapore

It is SDLS now and I am in the dining hall. SDLS stands for "Self Directed Study Session" for the whole boarders in Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School. Suddenly, I have the thoughts of blogging. I sat there for 15 minutes and could not think what to blog about.

Looking at all the Malaysian Scholars, I suddenly have the thoughts of blogging about how do I get my scholarship to study in Singapore......

I had known about the scholarship to study in Singapore and I am working very, very hard for it. Let me tell you how busy am I and yet I have to prepare for all tests and examinations this whole year, in fact, I had already started to prepare when I first know about the scholarship (When I was at Primary 4). I also had to prepare for my term examinations, year-end examinations and UPSR. UPSR is a test for all primary 6 students and it is compulsory for all Malaysian. (Like PSLE in Singapore)

Some days, I reached home around 10p.m. and have quick dinner, bathe and started to do my homework. I did not pass the APMOPS and I am thinking of taking the school-based scholarship. I worked harder and I am slated to pass the test and go for interview. Thanks to Mrs. Yuen, my English private tuition teacher, she helped me A LOT in my English. She let me stay back and have extra lessons with me to improve my English. I also had a maths teacher who helped out a lot in my poor mathematics, although his fees were EXTREMELY high.

After vigorous tuition and practices, I went to SJK(C) Jalan Davidson to take the test. I was so nervous and keep going to the toilet. When the test is about to start, my hand nearly shivered as I am too nervous. i took a deep breath and started to do my test. The invigilators were Mrs. Ke and another teacher from Ortus Consortium. After that, we had a break. My mother went to buy a packet of chicken rice and I finished it all. After having our breakfast, we continued on having the English test. I was too sleepy and I started to sleep when I finished the papers as I need energy to do the composition writing. When I woke up, I saw Mrs. Ke and another teacher pointing to me and they had a paper on their hand. I wondered what was it but I continued to check my papers.

After the tests, I went back home and waited for a phone call that the invigilators told us. At 6 o'clock sharp, the telephone rang. I answered the phone call and passed it to my mum. The person is Mr. Lim. He told my mum that I have been chosen for the interview. He told us to go to Dorsett Regency Hotel to interview me. Oh My God! I have been chosen for the interview! I am so happy.

The next day, we went to the hotel for interview. To add burden to my anxiety, the place was so crowded. I am scared that I will fail the interview. When it was time to interview, I could even hear my heart beating. I told myself not to worry and treat this as a casual conversation. I took a deep breath and walked in. To my surprise, the two people who interview me was Mrs. Ke Ee Kian and Mr. Ang Lai Chiang.

They started to ask me question like "Why do you want to study in Singapore?", "Will you feel homesick if you study in Singapore?" and all kinds of stuff. I was quite nervous in the starting but after a little while, I feel that they are not "scary" but they are kind. Suddenly, they changed the language to Chinese and asked about my family and my personal life, this made me feel like as if I am chatting with my friends. After 20 minutes, they asked me to go out. I was shocked, am I going to fail the interview? But after a few minutes, they asked me to go in again and invited my parents to go in. They asked them if I am going to study in Singapore, will they be sad and all kinds of questions.

After that I saw Mrs. Ke nood her head to Mr. Ang and told me that I was given a chance to study in Singapore. Then, Mrs. Ke brought us out of the room and gave us forms to fill. After filling in the form, we went in to see Mr. Jeffery Lim, the scholarship branch consultant. I did not have the chance to meet Dr. Hon as they went out for lunch. After signing the contract, we went out for lunch and came back to get the contract as we have to wait for Dr. Hon to sign the contract. After that, we went back and celebrate the happy news.

I will always treasure the chance of studying in Singapore and I will complete my studies here.