I typed the below with whatever was in my head. No second thought. It's ALL words, haha. and ultra long.
my 17th year started with the last day of SPM trial exam. We had Physics paper III that morning. Of course I was happy cause it was the last day of exam, though SPM was not over yet. After the exam, chong, michelle and I went to spring and ate at sushi king. plus a jug of green tea. and a cake bought by michelle.
it was a good year. had my SPM exam. studied a lot. and that felt good. i remembered memorising lots of history and biology stuff. wait, im not saying i enjoyed studying those but what i meant was, it felt good to actually know that, wow, i went through all those, wow i've studied those! lol anyway..
then the moment came. the moment that i've been waiting since form 4 started-- the last day of SPM. Gah, i cant remember what i did after the last paper.... did we went out right after the exam to celebrate? cant remember man..
and then, it was packing, tidying and cleaning. i was quite superstitious, *coughs, i wasn't the only one*, we didnt have the gut to throw away all our exercises and notes. how funny. thinking something bad will happen to our results if we throw away before the results are announced.
played hard. spent lots of time with friends. those were the good times. in December, went on holiday with family. good times. different from other holidays because SPM was over and i dont have the usual old thought i used to have,"argh, school's reopening in a few weeks time."
then it was time to pick up a new skill, driving. went for the theory lessons then practical. funny days. interesting. and yet scary. after that, it was chinese new year, lots of visitings. and i got into two car accidents in the same week. lol
then february came, went to sis' place and michelle too, left to bintulu. leaving hola in kuching :D one thing to remember, that's the time that meow actually fall for harry potter books. i was glad. and oh one more thing to remember, i did not sleep for a whole night, on the night of my arrival at lcct. oh my god.
march came, and that month... many happenings.
firstly, had my driving test. and i remembered how nervous i was, and how CLOSE i was to failing the test! BUT, I passed :D and i was happy about that. of course.
secondly, announcement of spm results. i think i've a post about it. lazy to repeat.
thirdly, those were the tiring moments. applications after applications. attended interviews. thats not the worst part, waiting is the worst. anyway yeah, dont feel like repeating those days, so yeah.
then....april and may. while waiting for the applications and interviews results, at the same time i was busy with wesak preparations and carol practices. nights after nights. practices after practices. then finally it was time to perform our carols. the night before wesak day, was the night i got the result that i've failed the jpa scholarsip application. it was at first heart breaking session, but to tell the truth now, im glad that i did not get it. im glad im in form 6 now. truthfully glad. then the next day was wesak day and during the day, i was over at kbs to help out the sales, while as for the night, i joined the parade. and of course, it was tiring.
later on, form 6 started. it was like a totally new chapter of life. to study in an all boys school was at first(actually still) definitely not the nicest thing in the world. at first, i complained and complained, blamed myself for getting stuck in form 6. blamed my physics for getting A2 in spm instead of A1. that was at first. i wasn't the only one from my form 5 class to get into form 6, there were others too. but it was different. to spend days in school without my used to circle of friends was totally annoying. but again, that was AT FIRST.
school started, then im back to a student's life again. no more care free days where i was only busy for social activities like wesak preparations.. so.... back to a student's life. joined lots of activities and clubs and im back to a prefect again. back to wake up at 5.50am. back to sleeping in the afternoon after school.
went through many things without my used to circle of friends, at first it seemed impossible, because there were some quarrels and fights and disagreements(although not very obvious)but i was very wrong because those fights earned myself a few new close and trustworthy friends. at the same time, i get to know many new people/friends. of course, learned many things too, and i dont think mentioning those things is necessary because my shoulders are damn tired now. hahah.
the last night of my 17th year, or should i say last few hours, was spent on studying about statics and equilibrium. then i went home after tuition to check my email inbox to find a new unread email from my friends, chong and michelle. the subject of the email asked me not to open it before 23rd september but ah, haha, i texted them to tell them, hey lets just assume its 12.01am already, please?
and so, i enjoyed the special gift at 11.50pm. it was simple, doesn't cost a penny but it was obvious lots of work and time were being put into the gift. it was touching. and i love it. i texted back thank you but knew it was not enough to express my gratitude but how else can i tell them? i wanted to throw my arms around them, but they are not here. the best i can do is to text back, and only express my feelings through words. which was not enough.
the clock struck 12am. I did not feel any different from how I felt a minute ago. many other friends and sis wished me happy birthday too, and once again, thank you people ^^v
then i went up to bed and saw a gift on my table from my parents. was surprised cause it was unexpected. then i went into dreamland.
thats the end of my good 17th year. albeit there were quite a few dissapointed moments too but truthfully, im really glad with what im doing now(f6) and what i have now. im glad i get to stay in kuching. im glad i did not have to leave so soon. im glad with everything.
today, i woke up in the morning and yeah, thats the first morning of my 18th year.