Tonight will be one of those nights that will forever be etched in my mind. 1 hour ago, 30000 NTU students stood by their laptops waiting to click on the examination link that would show them their examination results.
I was one of them. I clicked on the link, saw my grade, and realised, “Yes, I’ve done it and it is really over”
I got the grade I wanted (or at least the miminum grade I wanted), and I got the honours I wanted.
Looking back, it had been really tough. I didn’t do well for the first few years. Ironically though, my grades improved only in year 3, when I started getting busy with giving tuition everyday, 7 days a week. Imagine going for tuition after school each day, and after tuition, I will go back and go for my run. I get off my bed at 7am in the morning and get back on at midnight. Where was the time to do tutorials or laboratory reports?
Exams are one dimensional things, there is no need to study your ass off for it. In the end, you lose out on the many opportunities to make friends or to strengthen existing relationships. I’m glad I didn’t waste my days away in the library everyday, mugging my eyes out or staying at home during the weekends to ‘study’. I’m glad I made many friends who would constantly ask me out for food, drinks, party or just to have fun (the collage of collages at the top of my blog will attest to the fun i’ve had over the short 4 years of university life).
I never regretted my actions. Like I’ve always said, life is really really short. It would be a waste to waste your youth. There is no point exchanging your time and happiness for “good grades” so that you can get that “good job”.
In the end, you get that “good job” yes, but you exchange your life for money. And soon, you’ll be exchanging your money for your life when you get older. Do the things that make you happy. Take life easy.
I can’t wish for more. I’ve got the results I needed, and I got the job I wanted, albeit through persistance. Life is good.
