The Last Exam Paper

It all started on May 2003, the only course I had to take since they provide me the 'money' to further my studies. My dream was to take medical, but sadly, no one wanted to offer it to me. Therefore, I took electrical and electronics engineering, my second choice.

The hardships started on 2004 as I’m officially became an undergraduate. It makes me to think a lot whether I’m strong enough to take electrical and electronics engineering as my background. We have to take 17 to 21 credit hours per semester. It equivalents to 6 or 7 subjects and we have to cover all of it within 5 months. Are they totally mad? In upper secondary schools, some of us have to take 9 to 13 subjects within 2 years. And also, this year, I bought my first bike, an old and rusty Zephyr. Got one girl that time, but sadly, she’s just my ‘scandal’, lol. She doesn’t want to get into serious relationship, but want to hang out with me. So I presumed she’s just my scandal.

First time in my life, I failed one subject in 2005. It was Vector Calculus. My GPA drop like hell that semester. I was scolded by my parents regarding to my previous academic’s performances. Maybe, I took it lightly since the ‘company’ supports me, and I don’t have to spend a lot of money in here. I felt really depressing in those semesters.

And again, I failed one subject in 2006. This time, it was not mathematical subject, it was electrical subject, Power Electronics. I partly blamed my lecturer for it since he’s always on vacation for 2 to 3 weeks, constantly. Most of my colleagues will be doing their industrial training for 8 months in early 2007, but not for me. I’d to finish my ‘lag’ subjects in order to do my internship.

I learned to become fully independent in early 2007 since most of my colleagues were doing their 8 months internship. I make friends with juniors and seniors and most of them have the same passion as mine, motorcycling. Alhamdulillah, I got a really good result (for me la, lol) in the second semester of 2007 and also got a girl friend. I’m grateful it last only for 3 months since she gave me a lot of headache. But, I’m really be thankful to her because she pushed me to study hard, although sometimes, it’s quite annoying, lol.

Early 2008 was my best time in this university. Quite a number of activities I’ve done in that short period. I hang out, a lot, with buddies. But then, the worst thing happened to me after the midterm break. I was involved in an accident with my motorcycle, not quite far from my house. I broke my right palm, had some severe injuries on both of my knees and my left palm. That time, I was on my way to Low Yatt to buy some computer’s stuffs. I didn’t attend lectures and missed quite number of tests, quizzes and project’s presentations for about 2 months. I felt really depressing since this will be my last semester in this university. I had to cover all of the things I had missed within 2 weeks time and yeah, I was busy like hell.

My dedication pays off. Today, I just finished my last exam paper, and I’m relieved about it. Next semester, I’ll be doing my internship, and then, here comes the real world, the career world.