I’m starting to take back my words…
The satisfaction of improvements from prelims…
The happy-enough-to-pass-all-the-subjects kind of feeling…
It’s really the reality that we have to face…
And not giving yourself the excuse to make yourself feel better…
Cause the fact is you didn’t work hard enough…
Even though it’s within expectation regarding the posting results…
Even though I know the last hope will be smashed sooner or later…
I’m mentally prepared for the outcome and have started making plans for the alternative…
But I’ve really neglected the disappoinment in Mum…
Over dinner, I revealed the last letter to Mum…
Expected… She showed the disappoinment…
“Ok… Now that the outcome are all known… Hmmm… SIM ba”, I told her…
“You better let Dad know”, she replied…
She continued, “SIM ke2 yi3 dai4 shi4 fang1 mao4 mah??”
“Hmmm… Your dad work so hard to support the family… Just hoping the three of you can graduate from university…”
Just a simple question, a simple line..
It was all it took to make me teared…
Silently, we continued our meal, going through motion with my fish n chips…
With tears just welling up…
On my side, it was mere sadness, oh-just-seek-for-an-alternative…
But on theirs… It’s immeasurable disappoinment…
That question made me realised…
I’ve really let them down…
Since young, they were so strict when it comes to academic…
Preparing us one month before exams even in kindergarten….
No tv, no games, no play…
All along, their effort, their time, draws down to painting our future…
They know how it feels like to be not-so-educated…
They just didn’t want us to follow their footstep…
Typical parents, some will say…
But this really show, they care…
And I’ve really disappoint them this time round…
Even though private institute is also a university…
But…. Yep…
I’m sorry…









