Today, is the day that the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE for short) results are released. It is probably one of the most important day in every Singaporean student's Primary School life. It is the day when all that one had learnt in the past six years of their life boils down to merely (and hopefully) 3 figures printed on a sheet of unusually thick paper. It's really amazing how we place so much empthasis on such insignificant events. Sure, it seems insurmountable when you're there, but so tiny when others do it. I guess that's just the basic nature of humans - Selfish.

I remember when I received my results a year ago. As terrified as I should have been, somehow, I just couldn't get myself to feel that way. It was more of a numbness and incredibility that I'd actually made it that far. The date of the exams seemed so long ago, while the start of Primary Six seemed like it had happened just last week. The rest of the year was a flash, a whirl of colour. Speeding so fast that I couldn't grab it in my hands no matter how long it had been. I suppose the year is like a really long, really fast fish. You try to catch it with your hands, and fail. Even if you do succeed, all it does is wriggle and slip away. The harder you grab, the more you fingernails injure your own palms when the fish swims away anyway.

That's just depressing.

But the worst is yet to come. For all those who think that the worst has come and gone, think again. Life is like a never-ending game with no repeats or extra-lives. Either way, you're going to lose and die, regardless of your achievements. So for the people who strive for power and wealth, poularity and fame, don't push yourself too hard, and enjoy it while it lasts.



Lastly, as I always say, don't take life so seriously. We aren't going to get out of it alive anyway.
Dying scares more people that Death does, but when you're there and past the moment that time stops for you, it may not be as bad as you had anticipated through all your life after all.