what O'level is all about
Thursday, October 25, 2007 @ 5:28 AM
Finally I've gotten a rather cushy day between this hectic schedules.
Since secondary 1 I've always thought that O'level examination is testing on the 4 years of learnings and thus got to study really hard (which seriously, i didn't achieve). And until secondary 4, I have always wish it would soon be over. So that we can be free again, relax and enjoy life away. Like, you know, play like nobody's business. =D
But somehow deep deep deep in my heart, why is it that i don't want it to end? Is it because of the fun days we had studying through the night? Or the discovery of true friends between the journey? I guess O'level is not really about studying. It is testing us in the most ordinary way, through the most ordinary days, between the most ordinary people.
Today, after i've completed the Geography examination, which was seriously soul-destroying, I felt like crying because after all these efforts, i can't complete the paper. However as I came out, I saw Huiping, Peiyi, Ms Norlinda and Mr Chong SMILING, waiting for the whole bunch of us outside the hall. And suddenly, my will to cry vanished.
For some reason, I felt touched =) Really really touched, it's like after a long hectic day at work, you reached home and saw your whole family - husband, kids - all waiting for you with a birthday cake that you yourself had forgotten.
After all of the work done for 4 years, it is coming to an end, just like that. Each paper taken symbolises the end of the lesson you have learnt for 4 years. It's very peculiar isn't it? How much you wish something would end, yet wants it back when it is actually ending. The tears, the joy, the vexation, I'll really miss all of this =)
