Gyangu was the name of my group in high school. It may sound strange but
it actually originates from the Japanese language which brings the
meaning of group. My group consists of six people including my five
fellow friends, Ayu, Wahida, Najwa, Arin, Khairunisa and myself, Hanis.
We've been such close friends since the past two years since we were in
the same class, Bakti. Although we all have different type of characters
and favorites, we still manage to get along together as like peas in a
pod.
Giving the advantage
of being in the same classroom, we always focus and pay full attention
during our teachers' lessons in class. Whenever we are uncertain or do
not get the concept of a certain lesson, we never hesitate to do a group
discussion together that we call 'Gyangu Study Time' after school ends
in the afternoon. We also help one another when being assigned multiple
homeworks from our teachers. This shows why we never fail to send in our
homework before the deadline.
Our
schedules are always packed with tuition and co-curricular activities
in the evening but that doesn't stop us to spend time together. We all
got involved in a volleyball tournament game together. This helps us to
bond even more. We are also in different sports houses. Ayu and Najwa
are in the Perdana house, Khairunisa is from the Waja house, Wahida is
from the Satria house, meanwhile Arin and I are from the Wira's house.
We still find time to hang even when we have sports practice every week.
Although we are active in sports, it does not keep us away from
focusing on our examinations. We manage our time wisely. Thus, not only
do we do great in sports activitiy, we also excel in our examinations.
As
the year 2012 came, we stepped our foot in school with a new leaf. We
were full of hopes and mission in our dear hearts. This is because as of
this year, we were going to sit for the most important examination of
our entire life, SPM. This exam is very important as it will determine
one's future. Without no doubt, we all are targeting to get straight A's
on your results slips soon.
Everyday we
study together. Our study groups consists of multiple exercises from
various reference books and also exercises containing actual past year
SPM questions. Whenever we complete the exercises, we would usually
discuss the answers together and detect our mistakes. We always take
baby steps to learn from our mistakes. By the time we get to identify
our weaknesses, we try to improve them. Furthermore, my Gyangu members
have their own advantages in different subjects. This is a bonus that
helps us to teach one another more effectively and also to ensure we
achieve success in our studies all together.
Since
we will be sitting for our SPM exam this year, we work twice as hard
day by day. This only allows us to be more close. Even so, we still face
time struggling with our studies that forces us to sacrifice our
sleeping and social time. Not all of us go to tuition. The only Gyangu
members who go to tuition is Nisa, Ayu, Najwa and myself. We only take
the subjects that we are poor at. This is to enhance our comprehension
and understanding towards a subject.
Only
three days are left before SPM starts. We are all nervously waiting for
the big day to come. Only God knows how nervous we are by heart.
On
the first day of SPM, we all shook our parent's hands to ask for their
blessing and prayers. We all then gathered together somewhere far from
the open hall where everyone is at. We wished each other the best of
luck, then we recited a short prayer before heading into the hall. Soon
after that, our teacher had call everybody in to line up in our rows.
Soon, we entered our classrooms.
Two
hours later, the answering time was up. All the students were allowed
to exit the classrooms and into the hall. That was our routine for every
paper that we took in the long one month. Every paper was filled with
challenges but we the best we could do.
Only
five minutes left until our last paper end, Economics. We all
double-checked our papers for any small errors or misspelling. When the
time was up, we all went out of the hall excitedly filled with joy! All
Gyangu members gathered. We were hugging each other happily and relief
as to the ending of our SPM examination. We were glad it was finally over.
