The start of 2012 is but another step towards an end. No, I am not referring to the Mayan calendar prediction. Well, perhaps this year marks the end of human civilization, but neither you nor I can be sure about this. Nonetheless, what I (hopefully) can be confident of is that 2012 brings an end to my secondary school life, and sees the start of a whole new, long-anticipated university life.
As we embrace the coming of a new year, we are yet pestered and sometimes even haunted by our old fears. As much as I crave to enter the halls of my dream university, like many others, I fear confronting the open exams which start for me in two months’ time. Especially when this is the first and only open examination I’m going to take.
Also like many others, I have an ultimate fear that I’m not going to get into university. No matter how much I’ve revised and prepared, I believe there’s a possibility that I not perform my best in the exams, and thus the slight chance that I cannot get into any universities I long to enter. Maybe you’d say I’m just being paranoid, but I must say that this remains my biggest fear, at least at the moment. After all, I presume nothing’s certain in this capricious world, just like how unexpected last year was in global affairs.
Looking back, 2011 was one of the more eventful years in recent history. There was the Arab Spring, the death of tyrants and terrorists, the quake, tsunami and radiation leakage in Japan, the Occupy Wall Street protests which in the States that spread to the rest of the world, and a whole spectrum of undesirable events affecting communities everywhere.
At the same time, 2011 was an eventful year to me too. Apart from numerous sessions of revision and exams, I’ve had some of my most memorable moments working for the school paper and the school’s Campus TV, I’ve had the fortunate opportunity to join a fantastic work-experience programme, and most importantly, I’ve made many new friends whom I truly treasure. On top of that, I’ve become one of the six bloggers for UCAS Connect, which was yet another thrill towards the end of the year.
Looking forward, a new year also carries new hopes and dreams. My hope for the New Year is: I wish that you and I, and all of us in the same boat, are going to achieve high in the exams and eventually get into our dream universities. In the year which has just begun, we might have many worries and fears, but despite it all, we should remember to be optimistic.
