...Mun K Misses Her Secondary School Life...

Oh MGS, our school most dear..

um.. I only could remember this line from the school anthem, forgot already. Although it was my once-a-while duty to lead this song in front during school assembly. Gosh.

Not long just now I was text messaging with Sharon Teoh, she came to realise that she needs to erase her mentality that being in university life is fun and more relaxing than secondary school considering the never-ending-work and stress that I'm having now. No doubt that we do not need to wear school uniforms anymore (hello school-goers! hi fangyi!!) but I would admit, I seriously miss my secondary school life where I was worry-free, ever-happy-cheerful-playful-mun k back in MGS.

Back then, there isn't a need for me to be worried for anything. Not that I'm good, I'm NOT, seriously not. Just that it's not as easy to fail like in uni. I've never failed before in secondary school and there isn't a worry to not be able to graduate from school. Who does anyway? No one do. The only concern was that, "Can I get straight As?" or that sort. Fangyi would agree with me for all these. I was not a top student kind back then but I could happily be actively involved in school curricular or co-curricular activities without worries of not being able to cope in school and stuff. I was lazy (and stil is). I used to revise my subjects only a week or prolly, few days before the major exams. Somehow, God still blesses me ALOT and I thank God that my results aren't ugly or colourful in report books, only one-colour-ink was used.

I do not deserve them all. But God is not those kind that bless those who only work for it. If it's so, its so like our "wages" from heaven if we work hard on earth? It's not true. Many times or should I say most of the times, we DONT deserve what we get from Daddy God but He still choose to give, He still choose to bless abundantly. This undeserved, unmerited and unearned favour is called G R A C E. So, with grace from Him, does it show that we can go on to not study at all or study last minutely while expecting Him to give us the good grades? Well, I would say that He will still bless us with good grades BUT after experiencing His grace over and over again, wont our hearts be changed?? Won't we feel the urge to study even harder to glorify His name? Wont we repent of our old ways and bearing fruits with His Spirits and walking on the right path with Him? I do. Therefore, I do play my part as a student now, not only a week before exam but at least a month before my major exam whenever I could. If I continue to studying only a week before exams, definitely I will not be able to cover even 10% of the subjects and thus, the next solution will be repeating all my subjects??

I received several awards for being an "excellent student" after getting my SPM results, be it from school or other institutions like Maybank Sdn Bhd (dad as employee). No, don't get me wrong. I'm neither bragging my results (because they are nothing compared to them all now) nor showing that I'm an "excellent" student. I'm not. Please take note of the inverted commas. My point is that those As are NOTHING compared to the standard now. As time passes, the same number of As loses its value. For example,

Getting 8As in...

Year	Response
1999	"You're such a genius! I guess you can get your PhD next year"
2003	"Congrats on your excellent results. I'm amazed. Keep up!"
2006	"Hah?? 8As only ahh?? I heard most of the average students also at least 10As la"

Do you see the different responses as time passes? Less than a decade back, if you manage to get 2As for SPM, your dad will throw a party for you and everyone sees you as a scholar already. But guess if I get only 2As now, I could foresee Mr Cane waiting for me at home.

Any SPM-ers this year, if you're reading this, I don't mean to pressurize you guys. You guys are doing fine, keep up!!

I also miss playing table tennis back then in school. Laughing all the way with those people while training, just loitering around with Hie Phin. I seriously miss them. As well as Pn Chia who pampered me so much back in school.

Haha! As I look through the photos, I'm reminded of this "Pakaian Tradiosional" thingy exclusively for the moral girls. Few of us were asked to help out in the fashion show and I was asked to escort the "Malay costumed model" as a "male" model on the runway. Have to as we were from an all-girls' school la! It was funny and its was not easy as most of us were shy. Having to learn how to "catwalk" while showing our professional-cool-look. Have a video of myself on the runway here but ain't gonna show it up (Loosin, blek!). I borrowed a real nice BLUE punjabi suit from my friend and the smart alec me, brought the punjabi suit but FORGOT to bring my own belt for it!! It was too loose that it dropped the instance I wear it. So, I ended up walking around my school the entire day with my baju melayu while posing for camera shots with various people.

My class' moral girls. Spot me!

I miss walking out of the class with my green tie as my "pass"
I miss staying back for netball training, house training, basketball training, tabletennis training
I miss skipping classes to prepare for quizzes that I represent school in
I miss having the "authority" to move about and doing things as a prefect or club presidents
I miss having lunches in KD (front mamak shop)
I miss running away from my class and stay in my friends' class
I miss sitting near the toilet and meeting my friends there
I miss being pampered by the seniors
I miss playing around and joking with the juniors
I miss wearing my tie and my prefects' blazer although I used to not wearing it whenever I could last time (hot!)
I miss following Samantha around accompanying her during her duties whenever I stay back
I miss all the laughs and fun I have being with friends

All in all, I MISS SECONDARY SCHOOL LIFE!

Note: To those who are still in secondary school, ENJOY them! These years in school are marvellous, I tell you! =)

Till then, signing OFF