TPJC Isn't That Bad After All

The local blogosphere has not been kind to TPJC over the years. Google 'tpjc sucks' and you will be able to get a list of blogs shown as the search results. Nevertheless, we often overlook the good stuff TPJCians themselves write about their college lives. Here are some of them which we felt are really touching:

12th October 2007
Today is the last day of school. I have finally graduated from Tampines Junior College. I thought this would be the happiest day in my life because I could finally get myself off this crap. But, no.

Farewell assembly today wasn't fantastic, but at least it was awesome.
I used to hate TPJC like hell. I guess, not anymore.
TPJC is actually quite a fun place to be in. I am quite glad I was part of TPJC.
the opportunities I were given, the people I met, the friendships I've forged. I think all these are enough to offset the 'i hate tpjc' mentality.
What took me so long to know that TPJC isn't that bad afterall?


I'm just happy I got to be a part of it.
Thank you TPJC.
Thank you 06S07, Jasmine and Xinyan, the Rock girls, GP 1, Ryan and of course, Jasper (:
School would have been crap without any of you for as long as I was/am in TPJC.
(:

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GRADUATION DAY!:)

I've graduated from tpjc!Just be done with A levels and this jc journey of mine in tpjc will end.Lol tpjc gave me lots of memories,forged alot of significant friendships in my 3years here and i really wanna keep in contact with all of them even after graduation.Shall dump away the bad memories and only rmb the good ones.Because life is too short for one to keep looking back:)Lots of photos coming up:)

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A02 took alot of class photos today! hahaha.

so fast, two years just flew past like that,

they ask me why am i sad because im always not in school, but im very emotional whatt, i still miss school alot. i wonder how come people can not cry after two years(regardless of whether its horrid or not) in th school!

anws, thanks for all th memories,

my experience in tpjc is one hell of a emotional roller coaster. i had alot of fun and fair share of shit. i would like to thank my bextf for being there for me always, krissy&pompom&umby for making me laugh and lessons during hotweather and boring classes SO MUCH MORE BEARABLE, A02ians for being my classmates of 07A02(i know that didnt make sense but ir eally dontknow what else to say HHA), ALMOST ALL HERONS for coming down to help on th last day(we were th most crowded house because we had most number of ppl coming down for th SIX HUNDRED balloons!), heron cheerleaders for staying till late to do cheerleading AS A WHOLE HOUSE(th spirit is WHOAAA!), my big miscellaneous clique for those short but veryvery sweet times together, friends for remembering me and giving me birthday and valentine's presents!

on th overall, i actually still like th school more than i dont like th school.

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TPJC Farewell Assembly: The (Informal) Review

Before I begin, I would like to express my gratitude to one of the 23rd Student Councillors, Melvin Tan, for accepting my appeal regarding the Farewell Montage video. I kind of 'begged' for him to include my class photo in the montage. He was very cooperative and patient while handling my requests. The montage, by the way, was great! Good job guys!

Ok...ready, get set, go!

Firstly, I think the emcees that morning was great. However, I think Miss Dawn Ng took the limelight from her partner, Kim (I can't seem to remember what her full name is). Miss Ng was more spontaneous and articulate. I noticed at some points of her speech, she did try to sprinkle (unrehearsed) humour onto the script. I expected Kim to respond in her own humorous way, but instead she just drew a smile on her face. Kim seemed to be nervous and/or shy standing beside Miss Ng. Perhaps she felt uncomfortable working with her very own Council teacher-in-charge.

Next, the AVA crew kind of 'screwed up' certain parts of the concert. The good news for them is that Tpjcians were in a good mood that day and treated the event as an informal occasion. We all know that the AVA members who were on duty that day were humans and as creatures of God, they do make mistakes. You are forgiven (Haha). (But please, seriously, don't make the same mistakes during next year's Songfest or any other related formal college events. Thank you.)

The performers were great. I thought the 'Bye Bye Bye' song performance by Syazwan was hilarious and at the same time, original. Why do I think so? Firstly, the back-up singers were just TOO cute (and funny). The way they sang 'bye bye bye' simultaneously at the same time with their facial expressions were just awkward. And Syazwan was like in his own world, singing and screaming like there is no tomorrow. I am not sure if this is true, but I think this is the first time ever a singer actually performed complete with three back-up singers on our stage. Amazing!

Ms Angela Quek sang her own rendition of 'When You Believe'. It was a given an Opera cover. She sang sincerely and her emotions clearly accompanied the spectacular performance. Ms Fernandez was great playing the piano. I felt as if Ms Quek was trying to tell us a message or story with her hand gestures as she sang. It's all about believing in yourself and working hard to achieve that dream. Watch the performance below:



And then came Ms Choo's speech. In her 'speech', she shared the audience about the story of Little Red Riding Hood in an improved version (or to be more specific, the SINGLISH version). Many of my friends questioned the message she was trying to convey. In my opinion, the moral of the story was still the same as the original's, that is not to take shortcuts in life but to work hard for something we aim to achieve. The only difference was that she turned the story into a Singaporean version, using Singlish as the main language. In other words, it was the Singaporean Little Red Riding Hood.

The 22nd Student Councillors ended the whole event with a choir performance. They sang "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz. It was a good performance, led by a total of three guitarists - Mark Chan, Choy Wai Wan and Lester. The 22nd Student Council President, Daniel Lim, introduced them after finishing his touching yet meaningful speech.

All in all, it was a great farewell assembly. Thank you everyone.