We all have those special moments. Those moments that decide a major part of the events that will take place in the future of your lone individual life. What happens when it's not a moment that requires YOU to decide? Nobody knows. Well, at least you don't know the impact until the decision is made. Impact - it's a small word describing something usually big.
The past Sunday morning, I woke up pretty late despite of my mother's continuous efforts to wake me up from my sweet slumber as a result of me staying awake until late the previous night. In my blurry state of mind, I was aware of what day it was. I had quietly prepared myself last night for the awaited "moment". I told myself that I wouldn't be shocked this time when I saw it, that I would gratefully accept the decision knowing it was Allah's will, that He, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, alone, knows what is best, and that His decisions are always in our favour. But this time, I took an extra step and made a foolproof backup plan to immediately act upon in case I got rejected by the university. (Because, previously, I didn't see it coming and when it did, I had no idea what to do).
When I woke up, I prayed for the best to happen to me. My dad called every hour from work to inquire as to if the university admission decision email had been received, only to be replied to in the negative. I assured him that the decision would only be available online at 2 pm. I was quite placid the whole morning. At least I thought I was. For some weird reason (intuition?), I decided to log in about an hour early to see if the management had decided to post the results in advance. Funny part : my heart was beating at a crazy rate. Definitely not my idea of being placid. My account kept redirecting me to some other registration form and I was freaking out. But after a couple of tries, the right page showed up. The decision (accepted/rejected) was at the bottom of the page. I scrolled down slowly and a few bold words came into my view. Pretty unexpected words. Words that I realised I had not prepared myself to react to. So I started crying.
I never shed happy tears before. This was my first time, and if my little brother wasn't in the hall, I believe I would wail like a mad person. Words can't express how grateful I was. I had finally been rewarded for my bitter patience with sweet fruits!
Yes. I finally got accepted by the university into my preferred college, Alhamdulillah. This was the longest vacation of my life and I must admit that I'll miss my sleeping routine.
My classes will most probably begin in mid February. I am excited to begin my life as a university student but also a tad bit nervous about my future obstacles. (Aren't we all? Hehe). I would also love to share my adventures along the way on the blog.
Speaking of blogging, I am absolutely ashamed of my irregularity and unfulfilled promises. I know I last blogged in October and said that I would post book review posts "pretty soon". It's been so long that I suspect most of the "first impressions" that I had mentally readied in my mind are starting to fade. However, I have made a rough draft of a book review in writing, and intend to post the edited version next, In shaa Allah.
I have written a bit about my college rejection in a previous post. You can read about it here
And if you are looking for posts to help you deal with college rejection, read 10 ways to deal with rejection from college and My one word of the year : Patience written by Miss Zuhkey. I found these personally helpful.
Also, I would like to know your thoughts on what you would like to see on the blog next.
That's it for now. Au revoir.
Silhouette x
The past Sunday morning, I woke up pretty late despite of my mother's continuous efforts to wake me up from my sweet slumber as a result of me staying awake until late the previous night. In my blurry state of mind, I was aware of what day it was. I had quietly prepared myself last night for the awaited "moment". I told myself that I wouldn't be shocked this time when I saw it, that I would gratefully accept the decision knowing it was Allah's will, that He, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, alone, knows what is best, and that His decisions are always in our favour. But this time, I took an extra step and made a foolproof backup plan to immediately act upon in case I got rejected by the university. (Because, previously, I didn't see it coming and when it did, I had no idea what to do).
When I woke up, I prayed for the best to happen to me. My dad called every hour from work to inquire as to if the university admission decision email had been received, only to be replied to in the negative. I assured him that the decision would only be available online at 2 pm. I was quite placid the whole morning. At least I thought I was. For some weird reason (intuition?), I decided to log in about an hour early to see if the management had decided to post the results in advance. Funny part : my heart was beating at a crazy rate. Definitely not my idea of being placid. My account kept redirecting me to some other registration form and I was freaking out. But after a couple of tries, the right page showed up. The decision (accepted/rejected) was at the bottom of the page. I scrolled down slowly and a few bold words came into my view. Pretty unexpected words. Words that I realised I had not prepared myself to react to. So I started crying.
I never shed happy tears before. This was my first time, and if my little brother wasn't in the hall, I believe I would wail like a mad person. Words can't express how grateful I was. I had finally been rewarded for my bitter patience with sweet fruits!
Yes. I finally got accepted by the university into my preferred college, Alhamdulillah. This was the longest vacation of my life and I must admit that I'll miss my sleeping routine.
My classes will most probably begin in mid February. I am excited to begin my life as a university student but also a tad bit nervous about my future obstacles. (Aren't we all? Hehe). I would also love to share my adventures along the way on the blog.
Speaking of blogging, I am absolutely ashamed of my irregularity and unfulfilled promises. I know I last blogged in October and said that I would post book review posts "pretty soon". It's been so long that I suspect most of the "first impressions" that I had mentally readied in my mind are starting to fade. However, I have made a rough draft of a book review in writing, and intend to post the edited version next, In shaa Allah.
I have written a bit about my college rejection in a previous post. You can read about it here
And if you are looking for posts to help you deal with college rejection, read 10 ways to deal with rejection from college and My one word of the year : Patience written by Miss Zuhkey. I found these personally helpful.
Also, I would like to know your thoughts on what you would like to see on the blog next.
That's it for now. Au revoir.
Silhouette x
Thus post made me shed tears. Alhamdulillah :')
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