Mr. WONG Pui-lun

Life in WSC

It has always been my honour and privilege to study in WSCSS. It was only like yesterday when I first entered WSCSS. In the past six years, I've built so many happy memories that would be imprinted deep in my heart forever. I would never forget Mr Kwong answering my questions patiently and in detail even in late hours. I would never forget Ms Lui helping me to mark any additional writings and finding Mr Lai to guide my writing just to prevent me from scoring a 2 in Chinese (eventually my writing gets a 4) . I would never forget Ms Ko marking my additional writing even I handed it in just a few days before DSE. I would never forget Mr Hui finding many resources and methods to make the lessons more interactive so that we could completely indulge in LS lessons. I would never forget Ms Lam scheduling tons of supplementary classes (even during her holidays), and designing additional quizzes just to consolidate our knowledge. I would never forget Ms Kwan giving us tons of public exam questions to make us well equipped for DSE. I would never forget Mr Tse using so many interesting metaphors and examples to make the boring biology lessons more vivid and easier to understand. I would never forget Mr Lee, the School Manager, patiently guiding my oversea university application process until 11 pm… I would love to pay tribute to all the teachers, principal, janitors, and everyone who have walked along the past 6 years with me in WSCSS. I am completely lost in words expressing my gratitude to every one of you. Thank you all.

WSCSS is linked with my happiest memory in life. Whenever I think of WSCSS, the shifting branches of cotton trees and golden leaves that flickered over the pavement to WSC always come to my mind. When I am studying until late hours, these happy memories in WSC come to my mind and they sort of heal me and enable me to strive for the best.

Uni subject:

I am currently studying Mathematics at NUS. NUS is a warm and vibrant community where lecturers and professors are all very kind and patient. The lectures and tutorials here are very interactive and fun so that you can completely indulge yourself in lessons. Our school is so beautiful that it would exactly be the university in your dream(check out the infinity swimming pool in Utown!). Though some may deem our workload heavy or even daunting, professors and lecturers here have done a lot to help us, like holding free-to-join reading sessions to read the boring stories with us(very useful especially when you encounter long and dull texts). There are tons of benefits of being a member of NUS and it is impossible to list them all, yet you can always find me for more details.

Hope to see you in NUS in the future!

A modest piece of advice on studying:

If you are a physics student, I strongly encourage you to do all the MCQ of Radian, do 20Q a day and look through the answers carefully. It only takes about 30 min, and it just costs you the time of 2-3 YouTube videos. Besides, never be fed up when your score is far beyond satisfactory, but revising the right way would make some difference.

For chemistry, do the school past papers in Moodle. Our school's chemistry papers are set extremely well. Sometimes I would feel mind-boggling while doing them. Ensure all the terminology is the same as the marking scheme as chemistry is a rigorous subject. Personally, I would do the 4 years of past paper three times, which usually covers the whole syllabus.

Last but not least, for any subject, ask your teachers if you encounter any difficulties. I believe the teachers in our school are all very nice and definitely welcome any queries. As Descartes said, “De omnibus dubitandum (doubt everything).” It's always a good habit to challenge what the book or even your teacher said. If not, you are no different than being brainwashed.

Ending:

I understand that WSCSS may not be the first choice for most of you, but from the moment I graduated from WSCSS, I am very proud of being a member of WSCSS and am glad that I didn't enter any other secondary schools. I sincerely hope all of you would put on a light smile when the train passes through Taipo station one day. Wish you guys all the best and hope to see you in NUS soon.