Tuesday (24/4/2007)

It was yet another boring day. As usual, I didn’t help my mom with her daily household chores, such as sweeping floor, mopping floor, wiping sofas etc. etc. Reasons? Well, there weren’t any acceptable reasons other than excuses. I slept very late at night and as a result, I woke up late in the morning, occasionally as late as 11 a.m. Sometimes, I wondered if I’m comparable with a pig, only to find out that humans sleep as much as pigs do, which is an average of 8 hours per day. So that means everyone sleeps like a pig, great news to all. Better think twice before condemning your friends’ sleeping pattern.

After taking in an icy cold cup of Nescafe, I sensed a sudden rush of adrenaline in my body likened to drinking tonic or sniffing Ice (Syabu or meta-amphetamine). I felt so refreshed and rejuvenated, although my blurry eyes seemed to indicate the opposite. Later on, I waited patiently for my friend, Thinesh to pick me up at my home as we had earlier planned to pay my tuition teacher, Pn. Sunita a surprise visit. Apparently, it was delayed till 2 p.m. because her chemistry class usually began at 3 p.m. However, we still managed to visit Pn. Asiah (my two-month BM tuition teacher), which was totally unplanned. We chatted for around 30 minutes, with me dominating the entire session. It’s like attending an interview, but the scenario was completely reversed. Rather than answering questions, I was forced to come up with questions to maintain the conversation. It appeared as if someone has bought my friend’s silent since he rarely spoke throughout the time. Guess what? She still remembered my name; it was odd and unexpected in view of the fact that she hadn’t called me by my name in class but rather summoned me by my shirt colour or my lefty attribute (budak baju kuning tu, or budak tangan kidal!). She offered us some words of encouragement and advised us to work harder and that everything else is rezeki.

After that, Thinesh decided to have his lunch at Modern Restaurant while I ordered myself a cup of ice-lemon tea. I could barely drink another cup of coffee; the caffeine had indeed made me slightly drowsy and giddy. Worst of all, I was slightly feverish at that time, probably got infected through my student. After lunch, we waited for quite some time at Pusat Tuisyen Formula to meet up Pn. Sunita. This time around, she dominated the entire conversation, leaving me and Thinesh slightly dumbfounded. To my surprise, I was told that none of her 4 flat (CGPA : 4.00) students who did matriculation were offered medicine as their preferred choice of course at IPTA. Now, I’m starting to have second thoughts of pursuing sains hayat (life sciences) at matriculation level. According to her, scoring a 4 flat at STPM for biology stream will definitely guarantee the candidate a spot for medical studies at local IPTA whereas scoring 4 flat at matriculation will only carry a 50-50 chances of getting into a medical school. To me, it makes no difference although STPM is widely recognised by almost all institutions of higher learning because I don’t intend to pursue my course at IPTS or overseas. Furthermore, the chances of getting a 4 flat in STPM are almost negligible. Reason; the difficulty to secure 4 flat for STPM is in some way analogues to the difficulty of securing a placement in medical school through matriculation even with a 4 flat. Therefore, STPM and matriculation are equally risky and uncertain. DAMN!

Sigh, the whole conversation seemed to revolve around the issue of matriculation, frequented with students arriving for her 3pm class. We bid farewell and shook hands (like real interviews) at the end of the “reunion”. After reaching home, it’s routine as usual, dinner…read newspaper…and sleeping…

P.S. Pn Sunita has started her Chemistry STPM classes; it’s held on every Fridays for two hours and the monthly fees are RM60/ person. For more info, contact her or ask me if you need her cellphone number.

http://www.sleepco.us/sleep_info_facts.html - similarity between humans and pigs in terms of sleeping regime