It has been more than a month of waiting and finally D day arrived. 25th Nov 2010 was the day Qiqi received her PSLE results. A moment anxious to many in the family...
Since young, Qiqi has always been a happy-go-lucky gal, however, there were rare occasions where she demonstrated great confidence. After her PSLE, from some sources unknown, she demonstrated a level of confidence so amusing and enormously great -she wants to enter Raffles Girls School and join their rhythmic gymnastics! She kept repeating this wish as if she has already been accepted by the school. Shin Yang and myself were pleasantly amused or rather entertained by this gal. With her preliminary results, Maths(C), Chinese(A), Science (B) and English (B), we constantly scratched our heads and tried to comprehend her rationale for saying that. We have only one conclusion - this girl was simply overly-optimistic!
From the moment her PSLE examination ended, Qiqi certainly has been very relaxed, watching TV, practicing her stretching, playing computer games, doing art and craft... not a single sign of worry was revealed. She was like a bird, released and feeling it's freedom from the cage. It was only the day before the results when she displayed a little anxiety and started to request Shin Yang and Xuan not to accompany her to school the next day. I laughed, suddenly her confidence burst like a bubble. I teased her and suggested some neighborhood schools for her 'contingency' plan.
On the actual day, I was unable to be there for her (too busy at work)... We tapped on to technology, Shin Yang emailed me instantly from her iPhone, updating me every details. Alas, Qiqi got her results... all As! Definitely a leap of improvement for her, yet just above average.. :-)
Nevertheless, we were glad with the results... well at least personally, my hours of accompanying her studying were not wasted. Of course, results were not everything... it was the process! the journey of hard-work and the joy of reaping the success. In this PSLE journey, Qiqi should pay gratitude and thank her good fortune to having a group of kind and responsible teachers, who spent almost the entire year, putting extra hours and efforts in tutoring and guiding the students.
Buddhism is about winning and in this journey, Qiqi had emerged victorious in many aspects. I hoped she continues to strive in her life, phase after phase...
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