I didn't have to shave my head bald. 3 As (History, Economics and Malay) and 2 Bs (English Literature and General Paper). I was most disappointed with my General Paper. If I had gotten a B for Economics and A for General Paper I would have been happier. And I was happy with a B for English Literature, I did after all study this subject on my own.
And then application to university. In the university entrance form, we are given 5 choices of which university to go to and which course to do. For all 5 choices I put Law in University Malaya. My mother saw the form and asked me what I was trying to do, and I told her this was just a draft form. It wasn't. I sent it in.
I remember people telling me (most of them were my relatives because for some weird reason, most of my relatives seem to be wishing for my downfall, they appear to get some sort of bizarre satisfaction from knowing that their children are doing better than me - it's like I'm in some competition that I never signed up for from the day I was born, and there is no way out, I will always be watched and judged, and the harder I fall the more they have to talk about) that it was almost impossible to get a place in the law faculty in University Malaya, and perhaps I should choose an easier course. Four letter words came to mind but I restrained myself. My revenge shall be by action, not words.
And then the results for university entry. I was successful.
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