Hello there,
It's been a while since Bandung trip and I remembered promising my readers that I'll make a second post of my trip. Aha, I'm trolling you! Joking. I actually did have every point written down in the draft for that post but I guess I'll never have it posted because it's like three months apart from the first post. The story wouldn't be as fresh as the first one so I guess I'll just leave my Bandung trip story hanging around, unfinished. Sorry Abah, for keeping you waiting for the second part to be released. You were in the trip anyway so you know how the story ended. We were trolled by the berries seller, the berries weren't naturally super sweet because apparently the seller dipped them in a sugar solution. Screw you berries seller, now I have diabetes.
So, the last month has been a roller coaster ride of extreme degree of hazardous emotions. What happened? Well, A-Level's Result Day happened. I received result that I wasn't expecting which is BBB (equivalent to 12/15 points). Since I'm a MARA scholars, I need to get at least 13 points (either AAC or ABB) to be able to pursue my study in the UK. I had so much hopes for my Art & Design which I aimed an A to get 13 points. However, things happened the other way around. So technically, I couldn't pursue my study overseas.
The first week after receiving the result was torturing my emotions. I kept on blaming myself for not being able to score well in Arts, Maths and Physics. But, mostly Arts. My whole life I've been wanting to go to the UK, breathe the London air and eat scones (?) and drink fancy English teas (??). So, I cried and cried and cried until my eyes got really hurt from too much crying.
Thankfully, my parents were always by my side, supporting and calming me with their wise words and thoughts. But still, being a stubborn young girl, I kept of denying the fact that I didn't pass A-Levels. With the help of my parents and my other friends who also didn't pass, we worked as a team to appeal to MARA to lower the requirement's pointer. Long story short, they lowered it down to 11 points. All praise to Allah :)
I remembered a quote that I found on Tumblr that says, "Every test is a blessing and every blessing is a test." I realised that this happened for a reason. Maybe I achieved or get things so easy without falling to a black hole of disappointment. Maybe this was a test that Allah has given me so that I struggle my best and give it all to achieve my dreams. Maybe I was away from Him for too long and He missed my du'a. Maybe this is a blessing from Him. And I'm glad that I'm tested this way.
Now, I have about 2 weeks left before I enrol as an Architecture student at the University of Liverpool. I'm taking this opportunity to thank all my friends, my teachers, my brother and my sisters and most importantly my parents. Thank you :))
