Point of transition

The public university admission was released yesterday afternoon. A lot of people logged in in the morning to find nothing. I woke up late, 1.30 pm to be exact, because I followed the France vs South Korea match till dawn. Like my peers, the priority of the day was to check the admission result. Turn on the PC, log in to emoe.gov.my, nothing. So I tried the Higher Education Ministry's website instead. Nothing on admission as well. Maybe not today, I thought. But I clicked Refresh anyway. Some browser messages popped up and I ended up looking at the page everyone has been looking for, the result!

"Tahniah! Anda telah berjaya ditawarkan program seperti di bawah:" caught my attention on the screen... Code: MS15, Programme Title: Science (Physical Sciences), IPTA: Universiti Malaya (UM).

For real?

Still unsure, I quickly skimmed the page looking for something for confirmation and found my name. Yes... This is MY result. For a mili-second my mind went blank, then a short naive laugh of satisfaction bursted out of me before I broke the news to my sister downstairs.

It's like dream come true for goodness' sake. A lot of things I had wished for in my education never materialised. I used to dream about studying in Harvard. So I took SAT, but failed to take SAT II in time because I doubted myself for a few months. That and other major missteps during high school totally put my career vision in jeopardy.

Now, at least the path has been cleared. I get the course that I really wanted and everything is re-aligning towards the original ambition, albeit on a different scale and locale.