Wednesday, October 19, 2005
and today, i shall make an important post.
to some, maybe it wouldnt even make a diff la,
but to others, maybe a lil.
so.
as many of you would know.
i was supposed to go to australia to do foundation at unsw.
university of new south wales, incase you were wondering.
so, ya. i was supposed to go there after o's.
HOWEVER.
i juz found out on saturday, 15th oct 05,
that TEMASEK POLY teaches the EXACT same course.
its one year as well, lectures, tutorials are the same.
exams are also the same.
AND,
i also considered doing year 12 in australia.
finally,
i'm trying to find out if i can do year 12 in sg,
in australian international schl.
uhh, i'll give the pros and cons for each one of my options later.
so many of you will prolly be wondering,
why the hell must i do all this shiet.
why cant i juz do jc.
okay.
i have dual citizenship. so im a singaporean and an australian.
i got australian citizenship by birth (i was born there),
and i got singaporean citizenship by descent (my parents are singaporean).
the SINGAPORE government does NOT allow dual citizenship.
this means i HAVE TO give up one citizenship at the age of 21.
so i gotta try to get into unsw by 21.
why?
cuz the australian government subsidises citizens for the university education.
thats 80%, mind you. alot alot of moneh.
and if i'm in australia, i can apply for differment of renunciation of citizenship.
cuz like, im studying in australia, so sg government cant make me give up.
same thing happeneed with my sis la.
she only gave up citizenship this year i think. sept.
cuz of studies, so can differ.
okay you see.
if i do jc here.
at 16 i do sec4.
17 j1
18 j2
19 ns
20 ns
21 uni.
BUT UNI COURSE STARTS IN MARCH.
IM A FEBRUARY KID. HOW?!
thats why my pre-u course has to be ONE FRIGGIN YEAR long only.
so now i'll give you the pros and cons of the 4 choices.
1)
year 12 in sg.
cuz this isnt quite confirmed yet.
according to admin at ais (aussie international schl),
i CANT do a year 12 alone here.
it comes together with year 11.
like, wth, how come i can do year 12 alone in aussie, but not in sg.
so ya, i still gotta check with the principal of ais.
i think this choice is the best.
cuz i can stay in sg. home sweet home.
and cuz its one year too.
2)
year 12 in aussie.
its definitely one year.
theres government subsidy as well.
in taylors, its cut down by about 10k.
international students pay about 17k, but citizens do it for 7.
taylors is in sydney as well.
near unsw.
and cuz my sis is working there, it'd be quite alright la.
i mean, with my dajie to take care of me.
and mama says she'll be there too.
she needs to chalk up 2 out of 5 years of residence in aussie,
AS WELL AS have 50% of her children in aussie
in order to apply for PR.
so this can be 1 year. yup.
oh yeah, cuz year 12 exam is a state exam,
its recognized in that whole state in aussie.
which means even if i screw up and cant go unsw,
i can still make it to other unis, not so good ones,
but atleast i can get into a uni.
3)
unsw foundation in temasek poly.
well, its good cuz its in sg!
but, restrictive.
cuz unsw foundation ISNT RECOGNIZED ANYWHERE ELSE,
except unsw.
which means, if i cant get into unsw,
IM FINISHED.
to complicate it further, i gotta go for ns.
ns is TWO years.
from foundation to uni, the uni can only hold my place for ONE year.
but i can make a request for the uni to extend to another year, cuz im a citizen.
if that doesnt pull through, means i have to RE-APPLY to get into uni with my foundation score.
thats risky.
cuz like, the minimum requirements could become higher.
then if i dont do well enough, i cant get in la.
then im screwd.
4)
unsw foundation at unsw foundation. lol.
yeah, at aussie.
restrictive, as mentioned above, cuz nowhere else recognizes it.
and its far far away from home. =c
good point's that mama can chalk up time to apply for PR.
and that my sis is there too to i wont feel so lost there.
so yes, you can see im quite, uh.
in a dilemma.
theres like SO MANY THINGS to consider.
so many different choices, risks, blahblah.
like, wtf.
AND.
eeyer, i dowan to leave sji la!
its so sad can.
=c
I LOVE 403'05 TONS AND LOTS AND TRUCKLOADS.
we're the best class ever la.
most united, most fun loving.
i bet all the other classes are jealous.
AND HAH,
5IVE.
FIVE TEACHERS WORE OUR CLASS TEE DURING SEC4 FAREWELL PARALITURGY.
we're pro la.
and i'm gonna miss 403 sososososo bad. =c
the reunion in 10 years time is gonna be awesome.
okay, guess i'll end off here.
quite a long post huh.
tata for now, then.
cya world.
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