SPM result is out today!! I'm pretty sure that most of the candidates would feel as nervous as cats in a room full of rocking chairs.. Anxiety rushing through the blood and at some point you're just not ready for that big moment..
I woke up today and I logged in to Facebook and there were tons of status updates, wall posts and so on being posted on FB.. There were words of joy and not to mention those expression of frustration and disappointment. Some even came up with excitement of getting an unexpected result.
I've been there. We all had been there. All SPM-leavers had feel it.
Everything is just the same. The year takes turn and the same drama, scene, emotions, everything is just a cycle that is repeated annually. The examination format might change from time to time and so do the syllabus and the difficulties but when it is finally time for the result's announcement, we're all experiencing the same thing.
Somebody has analogized it as if a heavy, big stone is taken from us. Major relief!! Fuhh.. No more painful waiting with a touch of torture..
And then all of us, most of us basically will climb up the ladder and soon the bitter sweet of SPM will fade in time even though the memory might last forever but the feeling wouldn't stay as much as it can do to take our life.
Simply saying, SPM isn't everything. It's just an intermediate process which later will be hardly recalled as you grow older. Later, you will enter college, matriculation, universities or wherever it is where we can call that place as the succeeding place to study. And then, a new cycle commences and life is taken into a new stage.
The challenges will be even bigger with more complicated hurdles to jump and mazes to solve. After you fall in this process, this is where you will begin to ask where SPM has taken you. With excellent result, will it make you the cleverest person in the world? You know what the answer is..
The analogy is simple. Before SPM, we've been through PMR. And then we get excellent result but will it determine our result for the next big exam? Hell to the no.. There are lots of students who scored their PMR with so-called perfect A's but didn't really do well in SPM and vice versa.
Look guys, I'm not saying SPM is worthless at all. No. Basically not. We use our SPM result as a ticket for better opportunity in the future to study in the major that we want, or maybe using it to apply for scholarships and with excellent result, it can boost our morale to the max and fulfills the gratification that we've reserved before.
But, when the next stage begins, SPM will be just a sweet memory if it satisfies you or a bitter figure if you don't get what you want. That's it. You think you can convert all those As' later? For money, for first-class result in university? Hell to the no..
It's common to hear top SPM scorer do just average, or maybe below-average during university. Why is it? But they have outstanding SPM results, so this can't be true!!
Just shut up.. It's really happening..
To those who get excellent result, congratulations!! Just keep your rhythm and stay consistent. To those who don't or maybe are slightly down for not getting what they expect, it's not the end of the world. Do a comeback in the next stage!!
And don't be overwhelmed by the results regardless of its quality because in 10 years time when somebody asks you what your result was, they will only reply with a 'Hmmm.. Ok' after you tell them.. They judge you for what you are at that time, not your past... =)
*Somebody has greatly experienced the contrary of his past achievement.. I wonder who that guy is.. *wink *
*Someone has made me proud.. Well, I've expected you to do well.. Thanks for telling me when I actually don't expect you to tell me.. You make me feel worthy somehow.. Really appreciate it.. Well, I've been in your place.. and it feels good to have someone to tell about your achievement when the relationship is basically built on respect.. "
