there are so many forms that you need to fill out in your lifetime. this is one that i dreaded the most.

why?

you cannot make mistake. if you make an error, you cannot use correction fluid. you must fill out a new form.

i've never filled out a form with such strict rule. oh wait, i had. it's for a similar placement for year 5. i cursed the form!

by the sound of it, it seems that they are scanning the form into electronic data. if they have developed a system to do this, why don't they just make an online form?! isn't it easier to ask people to enter data themselves rather than using some system if failed to recognize people's handwriting needs another human being to rectify the data?

the government always says how green they are or try to be. printing out so many paper forms... that is so green!

i've not used a pen to write anything for a long time. my writing is so bad nowadays i can't really understand how i write. i wonder how can the system recognize my writing? i write with keyboards. mistakes... i could see it coming.

i was very careful. and i made a mistake! at the last few pages! put a cross at the wrong box!

went back to the school for a new form, the office clerk was reluctant to give me a new form because they have only a few forms left. did many parents made mistake or they were only given stingy number of forms? she repeatedly stressed, 'please don't make mistake again.' as if i enjoy filling out the form again.

and i made a mistake again! f---

i stared at the form. i wanted to cry. the form needed to be handed in the next day. it was late afternoon. the school has already closed. even if it was not closed there was no way i could go to school to get another form.

i handed in the form anyway. fingers crossed.