Well, I don't know why, but there is always an important sports competition going on just before my major exams. Last year, the athletics events in the Commonwealth Games ended just a day before my end year exam. I still remember reading my history and biology books in front of the television.
This year, just before my trials, the World Athletics Championship was going on. And so was the case for SPM. This time around, it was the SEA Games. However, unlike the previous two occasions, this time I had to sacrifice watching the events just for my exams.
The Bahasa Melayu paper was quite ok. Paper 1, the essay paper, was much easier than expected. Paper 2 was slightly difficult in some parts but I was still satisfied with it. The paper was certainly much easier than expected and it was a great relief for me.
The English paper was great. I had been anticipating the titles for section B of the first paper. Instead of choosing the one-word essay that I usually choose, I decided to do an essay with the title "The best things in life are free" because I had more things to write about than the one word essay-"Peace".
Next up was the Mathematics paper. There's nothing much to say about it. It was just like the normal paper and all the questions were similar and answerable.
The day after that was the nightmare paper for almost everyone-History. Somehow, I kinda loved this subject and held no grudges against it, unlike many of my friends. The paper took everyone by surprise. Instead of testing on how well students knew the historical facts, we were given many question that just required some common sense.
Then came the Moral paper on week 2. To me, this subject is a pure waste of time as we have to memorise 36 moral values with their respective definitions. At the end of the day, we don't really learn or improve much. The paper was ok and I had a great time doing it.
After a day's break, it was Additional Mathematics. This subject is one of my favourite subjects. The questions are much more difficult than the Mathematics paper but somehow, I've always enjoyed doing it. Paper 1 & 2 were great except for one part where I could not answer a logarithm question.
The next day was the day for my most favourite subject in school-Physics. I just love this subject but many of my friends prefer Biology or Chemistry. There were 3 papers and I have to say that Paper 2 was the trickiest. A lot of choices to make and I'm keeping my fingers crossed so that my choices were right.
Week 3 started off with the Chemistry paper. Again, 3 papers to answer and all of them were great. The experiment question in Paper 3 was a little tricky but I'm more concerned on the structure question for that paper as that was the part that cost me my A+ during my trial examinations.
The next day, it was Biology. This subject has been quoted as the most difficult science subject to score in SPM. Paper 1 was great for me. The tricky part was in Paper 2 & 3. In Paper 2, the essay questions were a little tough. I still managed to crap something though. In Paper 3, it took me some time to even understand the structure question. When it made sense, it became easy.
The last and final paper, after a torturous one week break (it was like you were free but still stuck in the cage), was English for Science and Technology. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw the essay question for Paper 1-it was on robots and I knew quite a few examples to fit in. However, Paper 2 was slightly more difficult than Paper 1.
After that subject, my SPM journey was finally over. I was feeling very happy. I vowed not to touch any educational books for more than a month. Now, finally, it's time to take my foot of the pedal for some time..............
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