Ever felt the sweetness of success? Or have you ever felt that all the hardwork that you've put in is affirmed? Or perhaps ever felt that the sacrifices you made are worthwhile? I didn't, at least not until the release of the 2008 O Level results.
I have to admit that I didn't put in my 100% into preparing for the Os and it was something that I truly regretted. I didn't realise I didn't have much time till the actual examinations actually commenced. But thank god Prelims woke me up from wherever I was. From then on, I started mugging till late at night which I thought wasn't a good decision because I would end up very tired the next day. But I'm glad I did it. Examinations were over pretty fast and the post-exams blues set it. I knew I made a gazillion of mistakes in all the papers but I told myself to forget it. Unfortunately, I couldn't.
I left the whole question of Geometric Proofs blank.
I mistook propane for ethane.
I didn't draw the probability tree diagram.
I misread EL Section 2.
I crapped through comprehension.
I suddenly forgotten my
peribahasa. I mixed DC and AC motors up.
I only wrote one-sided for LORMS for the Food Consumption question.
I forgotten about the terms in the Treaty of Versailles.
I was so afraid I couldn't score. I so badly wanted to get in TJC, which I don't know why. I couldn't sleep the day before the results day and I couldn't sit still on the actual day; I was pacing up and down the house. In school, rumours about people failing EL scared me. In the hall, my palms were sweating really badly. As the slides were shown, my heart was beating so fast that I felt that I could faint anytime.
When I saw Geography - 100% passes, I was damn happy.
When I saw Physics - 100% passes, I was even happier. No, I was esctatic.
When I got the result slip, I didn't look at it immediately. I was scared. When I took a very good look at my results, I thought I had gotten the wrong result slip. I cried when I told my mum that I got a net L1R5 of 6. I didn't expect it. I only expected a raw of 13. Success was never so sweet before.
Why did I bring this up?
Because I really want to feel it again badly. Really badly.
For JCTs.
For Promos.
And for the As.