rowlandanthonyimperial
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
23:05
Scholarships.
Parting ways.
I just realized that we are going to leave soon.
Goodbye Truc,
Goodbye Jix and Calvin,
Goodbye Indonesians,
Goodbye Vietnamese,
Goodbye Malaysians,
Goodbye classmates,
Goodbye Auntie April.
It has come down to two years.
Two years, it is.
I'm halfway the contract.
Actually, I am on a new contract.
Do you know how it feels when you win in a game show, let's say, Game KNB?
You get that final answer right, and you win the humongous prize.
But don't you forget my dear, there's this thing called TAX.
So let's say, you bring home the bacon half-eaten?
Nevertheless, you still have the other half for you to munch.
***
They were like horses clopping around during the test. It's not an insult. I actually liked it. A rhythm of high-heeled shoes and leather slip-ons reverberating throughout the hall. Serenity. Music. Invigilators, as they are more commonly known, are like robotic creatures who collect examination papers and scold sleeping candidates who do not bother to check their answers. They are the heroes of the exam hall, good interceptors of careless mistakes, saviors of the potential failures. Thank you, you have saved my life.
***
Talking about bacons, I am most privileged to accept the SJI International Scholarship for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Little did I know how much the scholarship cost before. Now that they have sent me the Terms and Conditions of the scholarship via e-mail, my flatulent alimentary canal finally gave up.
Oh
my
gosh.
It's like winning in GAME KNB three times.
This is so amazing.
I wasn't cadging. I was merely asking for the opportunity to do what I deemed was best for me. They gave me the thing. I couldn't believe it. Merlin's beard, Dumbledore would've exclaimed. Oh, that gay Dumbledore. Moaning Myrtle would have been moaning in tremendous elation and euphoria for me.
I was like a convalescent child. The happiness is still overwhelming.
***
I still could not believe that God has been granting me with all these rare opportunities in life. I couldn't fathom how I get so many blessings, some of which I am aware of taking them for granted. I see my country, so poor and destitute, encapsulated with problems and conundrums, incarcerated behind the bars of political strife and economic recession. Yet I am here, taking my own sweet time, slacking, doing nothing, yet God is still granting me the desires of my heart. Nevertheless, thank you Lord, for everything.
I'll do my best, and live up to their expectations. I will not let them down.
