My First Semester As a Secondary One Student

Finally, a gruelling 6 months have passed by from the start of the year 2009. Time flies pass when you do not really notice it. Also, now I find myself here, in front of the computer, typing out the contents on my first semester as a secondary one student. It all started way back in January third, the year 2009m, when I entered the famous grounds of Hwa Chong Institution. Around me was a class of complete strangers, whom I might have met before and not bothered to care, nonetheless, I doubt they would have remembered seeing me. Thus, from this point of time, the infamous days of hectic secondary school life began.
The first day of school was not as bad as I had expected it to be, with no much teaching or remembering to do. There came the second and third days, and nothing had much changed in those few days. However, the fourth day came the trial, and lessons began. Still, I did not find it that bad, though I was announced to have seven subjects to take. Next came the next toughest trial of decision, the Co-curricular ativity I was going to take. Many choices flooded my head when asked to choose, though shortlisting a not that short list of CCAs, or as they call it the EP3s. Air rifle would be good, out of the sun, cooling and relaxing, but it would be too boring. Next came badminton, not bad a choice though, but they were only willing to take in the good ones in as they had a competition coming up soon, really really good players, so, another selection crossed off in my mind. So, it was after these tiresome task of crossing out and listing the pros and cons, I decided to go for the Track and Field team. I heard that they were holding the legacy of the B division boys champion for 18 years, and the C division boys, for 8 years. Thus, my mind was set, with all the abilities of a sportsman, I thought to myself, okay, Track And Field it shall be, and I hope to be part of the legacy when they hold the C division boy's champion for the 10th year and the B division boys' for the 21st year.
After the selection of the EP3, came the even more tedious task of balancing homework, with EP3, it was a little hard to do it at first, with me having to burn the midnight oil to finish them sometimes. As the saying goes, "Practise makes perfect". I practise my time management skills through my everyday timetable and has finally managed to strike a blance between work and play. As in how I am coping, there is not much homework to be done in the first term, striking that balance was afterall, quite easy a task, I wonder if how I am doing things now would tide me through the rest of the year, or maybe even for next year. From what the seniors say, homework is going muliply into a terrible beast which would soon gt out of hand. So I believe, proper time management is vital in "surviving" the homework load.
So all in all, I have learned many things in secondary school, though only in the first semester. Time management and critical thinking, are what I have learned, and what has helped me to survive the "treacherous" days of secondary school. With many more years to come, I will definitely learn many more survival tips and help me achieve high in the days, of the infamous secondary school life.