SPM

Yesterday, the SPM result was announced. In this article, I would not make any analysis on results or anything, but I just want to make note on a few things.

First and foremost, it reminds me about the whole incident which happened during my time in 2008. On the day itself, I had a driving test and therefore I had to delay my journey to Kuala Kangsar. I was sad simply because I missed the moment of getting the result together with my friends and everything associated to it. I entered the staff room alone only to be greeted by my class teacher. She smiled at me and gave me the result. The moment I looked at it, I was speechless due to some reasons. I got a good grade for the difficult subjects but not for the easy ones. Secondly, my grades were not good enough for my scholarship application. Scoring a good grade is important as it will provide you more choices of scholarship. But, in my case, it was not that smooth.

Before I went back, I had a chat with my Physics teacher, Ms Grace. She told me that she was happy with the result on a basis that my trial examination result was really bad. But, I guess that is what a good teacher will do for you. They give you support so that you will be guided by the right conscience and do not despair too long as you really need to move on immediately.

On top of that, I saw some happy faces for those who did well in the exam. Yet, sadness was predominantly featured through the air. I cannot imagine of what went through their minds since they were prefer to keep it to themselves. Some just could not care less but tried to pretend that everything was alright.

Yes, SPM is not the end of everything. Yet, it still provides chances and opportunities to those who score with flying colours. This is the most crucial stage as it will begin to present options for us to choose. If I have my way of going against times, I wish I could travel back to the past. I wish I could change a few things. I wish I would be given more time to study. I wish that I could provide better answers for my questions.

Nevertheless, I could not do any of them.

Anyway, to those who are aiming for scholarships, please reserve this one week only for scholarship application. Do not bother of throwing a party as you can have as many as you want once you have secured one. Please check every detail and go through it carefully. Yes, it may sound like we are trying to teach six years old kid, but we have plenty examples how sometimes our 17 years old kid did some mistakes during the application (well I am speaking from my experience ha ha ha).

To the rest, there are many other chances outside there. Go and find it. Never take too long to feel sad. Remember, when one door is closed, one more will be opened.

To those who did well, congratulations. To those who were not, take sometimes to reflect and slowly move on. You will be fine :-)