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16:41 - “To those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah, after suffering oppression, We will assuredly give a goodly home in this world: but truly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater. If they only knew!”

Monday, January 12, 2009

Holding Our Breaths in Hope / 5:55 AM

I've been blog hopping and I can tell that there are a lot of people who are really stressed up for the release of the 'O' level results today. I can still remember how I felt when excruciatingly waiting for the results to be released. I remember telling people I had two dreams and both gave me images of what my results were going to be. I think in the first one, I did horribly but in the second one I obtained 16 points for my L1R4. Trust me, the wait was so torturing that when I woke up after that second dream, I was pissed off that it was just a dream and not the real deal. Although I really wanted to get into Media and Communications at SP (which I am quite happily in right now), I was so stressed up that I thought I wouldn't mind as long as I got my results back. It sucks to be unaware of something. However, when I'm all dressed in my uniform and sitting cross-legged on the wooden floors of the school hall, I kept praying that I would get at least 14 points (which would mean 13 points after deduction of CCA points) so that I could at least try for an interview to get into my course. When my name was called out, I walked anxiously down the hall of friends, rivals, people, either crying tears of joy or disappointment. I sat down after what seemed like a rugby match, with all the dodging of students running to seek comfort from their cliques. My form teacher gave me a reassuring smile and passed me my results. When I opened it, the hall suddenly fell silent. My eyes swivel down the list of grades I received and fall upon a number, the number I was yearning to see despite the hopelessness my heart felt at never seeing that number in my life again.

"14"

Seriously, the rush of relief I felt was utterly undescribable. After failing my math exams for three years, after going through rigorous studying sessions at the airport, I finally did it, I finally got through the 'O' levels. So yeah, try and keep yourselves calm future presidents, singers, musicians, doctors, lawyers, nurses, reporters or whoever you guys aspire to be in the future. If you put full effort into it, if you gave it your all, you'll get what you deserve (although looking back, I think I could've put in a little more effort). My best advice, if you have a religion, pray to your god. If you don't do whatever you do to keep yourself calm. Whatever the results might show, don't be afraid to cry because your friends will be there with you. With that, I leave you guys with a nice inspiring video about Barack Obama and bid you good luck.