THE TURNING POINT OF MY LIFE..

NARRATIVE ESSAY: The turning point of my life.

The result for SPM examination was announced to public on 22 March 2012, which was on Thursday. I left UTP for Penang, my hometown on Wednesday, the day before. It was very nervous and I have to admit that I had all sort of mixed feelings when I was travelling in the bus. When I recalled my memories regarding my school, the only things that I could remember was the time I spend with my friends. I really had an enjoyable experience being in the school for almost a decade. Being appointed as a prefect during my form three was indeed an unforgettable moment. I was very proud to scroll around my school wearing that white collared blouse together with the green skirt and tie.

 It was almost unbelievable to be called as senior or as an ex-student. That building raised me up. I am who I am today is because of my school. I almost thought that my life will end as I step out of my school the very last day I sat for my spm exam. To be honest, I want to reverse my time so that I could be in my school again, as a student. I wanted to experience my school life again but under a different light. I really wanted to. Being a prefect was not easy; I had to deal with many students with various kinds of behavior. I had to withstand heartless glances sometimes quotes from them. Appointed as the head of discipline department for the form 5s, was truly challenging.

Whenever we received any hunches or clues from the students, we conduct a spot-check. Well, for us it was almost a festival, as we really enjoy ourselves a lot as we opened their school bags and dig for some illegal items. There was once, a students begged me to give back what I confiscated from her. She cried so hard and pleaded to get back her thing. It was a cruel thing to do, but I refused and said no. I wonder why she cried so much; therefore I went back to the prefect’s room and checked for her item. It was a ring. Then, I know why. Some hilarious moments were also there, for example some Korean magazines that we confiscated from the students, were the only entertainment for us during hectic moments in prefect’s room.  We even managed to watch a whole Bollywood movie, entitled ‘ dil se’ from a cd we confiscate from the students. Our school’s head prefect, a Chinese girl cried after watching the movie. She ended up saying Shahrukh Khan is the most brilliant and handsome actor.

Being as a form 5 student was also a very stressful state. I had to skip a lot of classes to finish uploading the student’s disciplinary records in the computer system. By the mid-year, I was very thankful as it was the period where the senior prefects had to retire. We were assigned to train our juniors as they are going to hold our post in the future. I was very happy that I was no longer servicing as prefect. But then, I was held back at the fact. I am going out from the school soon. Being a retired prefect, you have no special exception. You have to follow the rules. We, seniors even took oath to be the most rebellious girl in school after retirement. We did give some hard time to the juniors. Somehow, we really enjoyed ourselves.

As I was thinking of my school past memories, the two hour journey ended as the bus landed safely in sungai nibong. I was greeted warmly by my mother was picked me up from there. Tomorrow is a very big day, I thought to myself. The next morning, around 8a.m., I and my friends planned to meet in our very own alma mater. Together we laughed and shared few moments when we were in school. Time passed really quickly. When the hands of my watch stroke 10 a.m., I could see my class teacher handing out the white slips. I was almost frozen out when she called my name. I was heading to her slowly when she gently nodded her head and smiled to me. ‘Congratulations, Farwizah’ she said when she gave me my slip. When I looked down at my slip, I noticed there were no b’s in the slip. I scored 9a’s. In fact, I was the only non-Chinese to score 9 a’s. I was very pleased, happy and overjoyed. I hugged my teacher tightly, as tears were running down my cheeks. I saw many of my friends and school mates jumping in joy, and some were also looked disappointed as they hold their slips. But, for me, I thank god, for my results. It was indeed, a framework reflecting my hard work for the past two years. Then, I was greeted by a few juniors who wished me luck for my future. Together with my friends, I went to see all my teachers to thank them. The day passed happily for me and it will certainly, the best day ever in my life.