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NARATIVE ESSAY

SPM RESULTS

Have you ever felt nervous? It was the feeling that I felt three days before the SPM results to be announced. I was in my university, UTP on that time. I could not hide that feeling anymore when my friend and I are going back from UTP, which is located in Perak to our hometown in Melaka.

It was 10.00 pm that night when we take our bus to Melaka. The journey to Melaka is about 6 hours. My heart starts pounding so fast when the bus starts to move. The feeling was so hard to describe. It was something that will make you feel uncomfortable. I sit at the back of the bus with my friends. There are five of us all together. One of my friends starts a conversation about the result that will come out. I pretend not to listen what they are talking about and put my ear phone on. I listen to my favourite song and try to sleep.

After a few minutes, I still could not sleep. I was tired but my eyes just could not close. My friends still talk about the result that they might get. I tried to not to listen but I cannot. My ears catch each and every word come out of their mouth. Their conversation makes me feel more uncomfortable. I increase the volume of the song that I was listening to but still I can hear my friends’ conversation. I try to relax. I try to change the topic of the conversation to something that is not connected to the SPM results.

I did it. Now, my friends are talking about other thing. Then, my phone rings. I was surprised that it was my dad. It was 1.00 am in the morning. Usually my parents sleep at 9.00 pm. I was curious. It was a mistake for me when I pick up the call. My dad asked me if I am ready to take the results. Once again the most frightening thing starts to play in my head. I tried to sound calm and pretend that I am confident that I will get the best results. But, he is my dead and he knows what I felt. It was a relieve once again when he consoled me and said that he believe in me. He said that no matter what the results will be, he just wanted to see me smile as I had done my best during the examination.

After that, I was a bit relaxed and I could sleep. When I wake up, we’re in Melaka. My dad picks me up at the bus station and it was almost 7.00 am when we reached home. I take a bath and put on my school’s shirt. We went to school together. The feeling of nervous and uncomfortable strikes back. But it was only for a while. When the results were announced, I was one of the straight As’ candidate. I was so happy and the best thing during that day was, my dad said that he was proud of me.