What you see is what I get23 March 2011.
You know what it is.
I scored straight As', 7A+ 2A 1A-. I'm one of the 14. And you're damn right I'm a happy and lucky guy.
The day wasn't what I expected. I was thinking in the lines of insane mental breakdowns, tears of joy or sorrow, 200 heartbeats per minute and whatnot. None of that happened. The suspense ended before it could even start.
Alright here's the laydown.
After having breakfast with my friends at Bagan, we headed to school. We could see all the different colours. Well um mainly myriad shades of brown and gold. Oh there's a goldish white too I think. Guess brown is the new black. Which makes me, black, the new red. Which is of course the dopest colour.
Most of my friends and I just wore casual T's, polo, jeans whatever. Didn't really bother to look great. Some of the girls probably spent few hours putting on make up. I didn't had the heart to tell one of them that she did a bad job with the eyeliner. Even I, someone who's most of the time oblivious to make up could notice that they're highly uneven.
It was close to 10am. We were in the hall. Chatting and pretending that none of what was going to happen was going to happen. Then out of nowhere, my friend told me that I scored straight As'. And that there were 14 of us. Says he that Mr Lai posted the news on facebook. Screw mobile facebook for ruining the moment. But of course, I was very very relieved. And awfully glad.
After some time I was told by Jerermy that I've scored 7A+. I was stunned, shocked, flabbergasted. My jaws literally dropped. In my mind I was like 'For-real-no-joke-serious-really-sure? Please let this be real. Oh damn. Oh god. I'M AWESOME. ' I superseded my own expectations, which is straights A's with 4 or 5A+ tops. Sure a few others scored better than me but hey, I did my best and I have no regrets. I'm not being proud but I'm honestly proud of myself. If that made any sense at all.
So when our names were called up on stage, there was no moment of truth. I received my result slip with a big sigh of relief. Then we took photos and had to write some stuff about our inspirations and secrets. I don't know why people believe that there's a secret for success, especially in my case. Anyway, the thing is I didn't bother to look at my results as at the time I was so contented knowing that I scored straights. Just walking around congratulating others and shaking hands.
Only after my friend asked me 'Hey which subjects did you get A+ for?' I noticed what my actual grades are for each subjects. A's for bm and moral. A- for chinese. Others A+. Scoring A- for chinese and 1119 1A were no doubt the biggest and pleasantest surprise. You have no idea how important is luck to me. I don't know how or why it happened. But I'm damn glad it did. PHEW.
So it's 14 of us. Amin, Qayum, Cheng Yin, Jia En, Yong How, Yi Yong, Cui Ling, Nishanti, Afiq, Hui Gi, Ci Jyue, Vanessa, Oi Yee and I. Shoutout to Amin for scoring straight A+!!!!! Sick to the max!!!!!! I salute you bro. You'll have a great future. Our school's first straight A+ student, our year's pride and legacy.
Ah other than the good news, there were unfortunately quite a few of my friends who missed straights for one subject. Most of their results got stained by a B or B+ for chinese or bio. 1 A+ for chinese, cy. 4A+ for bio, amin oiyee chengyin and I. Oh and we're the first four in smksp to score A+ in bio. Yeap, last year there was none. I'm just jotting this down so I remember 10 years from now.
Straight As' or not. I genuinely believe that we gave it our best shot and therefore we all deserve a pat on the shoulder. Going all out means no regrets. And that my friends is all that matters. At the end of the day, it's just a piece of paper. Life is so much more than that. Move on, walk hard and live strong.
* Ohhh yea we've broken another record cause that's how we roll baby!!! *
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