Results of P2C Registration

05 Aug 2011 (Fri):

Was at Jiemin Pri at 10am for the balloting session. 116 applicants VS 89 vacancies... heart drop.

Checked the board to ensure Lionel's name was within the list & also for his ballot ID. Lionel's ID is #73.

Went up to the sch hall & sat down. A panel of committee members inc the sch pricipal was up on stage.

We went thru the procedures in which the balloting would be done before the session starts. Each Singaporean child wld be given 2 ballot slips & 1 slip for the PRs. If there are 2 names stated on a ballot slip, this would mean they are a pair of twins.

The calling out of names & folding of ballot slip was shown on screen & we waited 40 mins for all the names to be called out & ballot slips folded & thrown into the box. Finally at 10.40am, the balloting starts.

This is a nerve wrecking & nerve wrenching procedure for those who chose to go thru this phase. Every ballot slip picked up sends u flying up with hope, hoping that ur child's name be called out & after every name called out, if it is nt urs, crashes ur hopes down almost immediately. How many heartbeats have i missed, i lost count.

Names after names... but not Lionel's name. i'm beginning to lose hope..... and true enuff... right till the last ballot slip picked & named called, Lionel's wasnt one of them at all.

Arrrgghhh, #72 & #74 were picked, why not #73????....

No use questioning... i hv to make arrangements to register him in another school on another date. I am completely disappointed, unhappy, sad & maybe even angry...

Went home to do my homework & weigh my chances on the next sch i'm planning to register Lionel in. Many forum frens gave me advice & apparently, the back up sch i hv in mind seems to have relatively low risk as per last yr & past years results.... means to say no balltoing needed. Here's hoping & praying hard.

Will update more after 12 Aug cos that's the end of P2Cs registration & the results shd be updated on MOE's website that evening... by then will be able to see the number of applicants.... if # of applicants is less than available vacancies, no balloting will be needed..

But usually, after looking at the 1st day results, one can tell whtr the chances are high or low... if the applicants hv already exceeded to # of vacancies available, better to withdraw the next day & proceed to register in another sch with more vacancies.... otherwise, balloting is a must already... i do not want to go thru that again...

I'm really hoping the # of applicants would not exceed the available vacancies in my next choice of sch... right till the last day & hour for registration.