today PMR result is out, me reminding the day when i gave a call to my school to get my result - back in '97, i was in Penang. the whole day i kept myself inside my room, crying myself a river...sampai dah xde airmate dah nk kuar. it's not that i didn't get any As at all, i made my parents & family proud with 8As in my hands - except for 1 subject which is history - i scored a B for that...but no sweat. it's not that the whole world knew that i took 9 subjects for my PMR rite? so whenever people ask for my result, i'll straight away answer 8As, without mentioning the 1B...haha...for SPM, i got A1 for my history - to prove the world that i'm great in history even i didn't manage to finish 2 essays in my history paper..it's not that i didn't know the answer but i SLEPT towards the end of the exam.
the main thing here is that today i got a chance to be proud with my school & school teachers...i watched the nite news & saw my school's name as 1 of the best sekolah agama in Malaysia to excel in PMR. but i was like a bit confused as our school falls under sekolah agama category and there's another category for sekolah berasrama penuh. i would prefer my school to be categorised under sekolah berasrama penuh aliran agama - that's the correct word!! but @ no offence my personal thought is my school in it's 90's was waaay back excellent in terms of academic & sports. what i could say is that we're fully motivated & not pampered compared to current generation. there are more facility for them now so learning should be more convenient for them whether @ school or hostel. reality check!
saya sayang sekolah saya (dulu) sebab :
1. kat situ saya jumpa jodoh saya....my schoolmates will definitely agree with this statement as most of us - especially my batch are meant for each other. it's not that kitorang dok cintan2 time sekolah tu...nk cintan2 pon time kitorang da bejaye blaja kat menara gading (chewah) & dah masuk alam pekerjaan. kitorang pon da bejaye catat rekod utk sekolah kitorang 100% pangkat satu utk SPM...'99 YEZZA!!! inche' riki was a classmate of mine since we're at form 2, form 3 je lain kelas, form 4 & form 5 dah same balik.
2. kat situ saya belaja bahase arab a.k.a bahasa syurga a.k.a bahasa al-quran...i didn't attend any sekolah agama masa sekolah rendah as my dad can't afford to send 3 of us there. i entered my smap kajang with 0 bahasa arab knowledge. luckily i can write in jawi & my tulisan jawi cantik (perasan!!). i remembered the first day i attend school we were asked to write anything in arabic for them to determine us belong to which set (set 1 adalah utk yg terror Arab kay...tentulah mase tu aku set yg last skali). i just send empty paper with my name on it...and i just simply write 'bismillah'...that's it!...i need to struggle extra, extra hard for this & it was paid...i got an A for my PMR & A2 for my SPM.
3. kat situ saya belaja about life. xsemua org suke & dapat survive being a boarding school student for 5 years but saya suke & i bet my friends from my batch pun suke. i must say that it's not just about being independent, but being family, friends & sisters to each other. for those yg family dok jauh, we only have each other to hold on & for those yg family dok dekat, they'll share everything with us. it's not easy every weekend bile tengok luar tingkap nmpk kawan2 ade tetamu - family dorang dtg visit, sometimes bwk kuar outing...bole tangkap leleh jugak la mengenangkan nasib yg setaun sekali je kot family nk dtg visit sbb jauh. but i must say friends that i made during my schooldays are not just friends..they're lifetime friends. i'm proud of myself that i've gone through these 5 years with i could say my 2nd family & i can't replace those memories with anything.
4. kat situ saya belaja pakai tudung.....i remembered during my primary school days, the only time i pakai tudung is when we all have to berkabung coz ade royal family yg meninggal - can't remember who. itu pun beli tudung cotton 3segi kaler itam - main bantai ikat jek mcm mak itik tuh...mane reti nk pakai brooch2 bagai. oleh itu...mase masuk form 1 je...skil nk lipat/kelepet tudung tuh amatla lemah & tudung amat la karipap di zaman itu....dah la tudung labuh sebesar alam...
5. kat situ i learnt about my first period...i celebrated my first journey as a woman with my dormmates. haha...ingat lagi on the registration day my mom pesan kat kakak bwh katil saya to teach me how to wear my pad. it was quite sad not to have it with my mom around but i was very lucky to have such great dormmates to guide me throughout that journey.
6. kat situ saya belaja jadi survivor...being alone away from your family was such a survivor. you are in your early teenage years & need to be independent..sukar!! kalo cam blaja overseas tu bole terima la sebab da besa...umo da nk masuk dua puloh time tu...da bole jd mak org dah so xheran!! ni umo baru 13 dah nk kene buat segale2 sendiri..bli brg2 keperluan sendiri...kuar bandar sendiri...time tuh manede enpon lg kay..skang budak2 skolah simpan enpon sorang satu. pocket money pon bape inggit la sangat...i didn't go out for my recess since form 1 to form 5 at school canteen coz mknn kat situ kene baya...i need to save my pocket money. i would rather wait until pukul 1 to have lunch at dewan makan. tp kalo outing sakan la..kfc..mcd...nasik ayam madu..mmg enjoy abes. abes simpanan 5 ari x recess kat kantin. i had my chicken pox when i'm in form 4..i didn't it was chicken pox until i heards from my mom that my 2 sisters kat rumah dah naik chickenpox so i bet the same with me coz time tu baru je balik from cuti raye. punye la sakit bdn & lemah & it took me 2 days to wait for my school to purchase my bus ticket balik penang. time tu muke da bintik2. bas kul 12 mlm, naik kat pudu lak tuh..van skola drop kat pudu kul 8 mlm..merayau2 la kt pudu tuh for 4 hours dgn imej bintik2 tuh tp first thing that i did was tuka baju dulu..xkuase nk pakai bj batik keras cam kotak tu lame2. before 12, i went down to platform....getting ready nk naik bas. i saw agroup of people there holding the same ticket as mine. terus pegi kat dorang tnye...it turns out that our bus already left & kitorang dah xde bas. tuhan jela yg tau cemane pasaan time tuh dgn imej bintik2 sakit satu badan tuh. nasib baik ade 1 bas yg xbape penuh sudi nk tumpangkan kitorang - ade 10 of us mase tu & kitorang tepakse share seat..xkesah la. jnji sampai destinasi (penang tuh..jauh!). satu soalan yg paling aku xleh terima is that.."adik, muke adik teruknye tumbuh jerawat..ade penyakit ke??"..soklan tuh mmg xmampu aku jwb. aku igt lg org yg tnye tuh studen UTP..
7. kat situ saya blaja mcm2...daripada yg xtau boleh jadi tau..nk cite byk sgt...nk taip pon mau longgar jari nih.once i had a chat with a few colleagues, she didn't like her life at boarding school. too bad for her...i didn't blame the school but i would blame her..she should know how to enjoy herself there..i bet she can't manage things by herself.
itu saje sedikit sebanyak pasal sekolah saye...yg penting sekarang kitorang sume da jd org. da ade yg dpt phd..ramai yg keje as professionals..ramai yg sambung blaja to higher level..ramai yg dah ade family & life sendiri..ramai yg ade bisnes sndri...ade yg duduk abroad either keje or blaja...& ramai jugak yg menjawat jawatan paling mulia & best skali kat dunia ni = housewife. to housewives out there...i'll join the club...tp xtau la bile..huhu
