It is officially over

13th of November 2007:

The clock was ticking, the place smells sterilized, it was cold as usual, and it was 11.30am. I thought it was a nice sunny day but I had a second thought on that. I was surrounded by hundreds of equally scared (I think they were...) peers, which made me even more anxious.

11.30am: An unfamiliar voice said "Candidates, you may start writing now..." This was the most fearful thing to hear (at least for me) and my heart-stopping moment was when I opened that piece of paper and hopefully seeing what I wanna see. I opened it, speechless and did not move a muscle...

11.34am: I was still looking into space at the paper....

11.40am: I hold my pen tightly, started writing on what I could think of on whatever was on the paper, as requested...

tick, tock, tick, tock....looking here, there, and everywhere....it was freezing as always....

12.30pm: time passed by fast and I was still anxious, and trying to jot things down, of all those vague memories flashing on my mind....

1.15pm: we were officially "quarantined" and not allowed to leave, as we were told by the unfamiliar voice once more....

1.30pm: The speaker played "Please stop writing"....it's done, it's official, and I'm done....this time around, it's REALLY OVER~ I just realized I will not be entering this hall anymore in my life (well, that is if I make it through this one), and I am officially done with my STUDIES....

Best moment of my life, indeed....even though it was not easy to get through this rigorous 3.5 years of my university life. And in fact, 17.5 years of education from preliminary to a BSc. And I did it....