Today I got tagged in a high school class photos by an old friend of mine. We were classmate. We were in the same class. I'm not trying to talk cock but our class was considered to be the best in terms of brain during that era. Others could only dreamed to be part of the class. As for me, I always make sure that I would be in the top-3 of the class brain hierarchy. Why? Because I just simply love studying. I love learning something new. I indulged in my curiosity. I enjoy the feeling of satisfaction after understanding the problem. So back to the original topic, after everybody got tagged, all started commenting of how they long for that old time memories. I in my usual mode, never really cared to respond or add any further comments (unless it is something that I cannot ignore such as disturbingly cute kittens). Then after 10 or more comments added, this tagger start bitching about how some people in that class were not part of her happy memories. She claims that these people were not friendly, do not care to mix with others and finally sum up the year she spent in that class was not pleasant at all. She said that she rather and more happy to join other class. I know for sure that she is talking about me. Then sad thing is that I do not even remember who she is. I even tried looking at her new recent updated photos and compared to the class photo, I still could not tell which one is her. But in the end, after 2 hours guessing, narrowing and eliminating my guess I finally find out which one is she. To be frank I don't remember anything about her. In fact I think I barely speak more than 10 words to her in that class. I don't know why. But I'm not the type of people who discriminates others. In my defense, I have to study more than chit chatting. I was not born lucky, I don't have the privileges to enjoy high school. I sacrifice my youth in order to achieve what I have now. I'm not pretty, my family is not rich and I'm not born smart. Nothing infuriates me more that having people saying that I was lucky to be born with good brain. Nobody is naturally smart. 0 + 10 = 10. There is no way you could get 0 + 5 to equal 10. I believe that it is all about effort. I always get people asking what is my secret. There is no magic pill that make you smart instantly. The only ingredient is hard work. For me, I always see the Japanese as an example. I only sleep 4 hours every night. I get up at 4am to study and sleep at 11pm. I made sure that I have studied at least 10 hours a day. Not to include the normal school hours which from 7 to 12pm. Of course there were ups and downs in my journey. Even machines sometimes broke down. When I'm in my downs, I have my magic words something that goes like this, "the greats and heights of great man, were not attained by sudden flight, they while their companions asleep, were toiling upwards in the night".
So, I am kind of sad when she said that. It makes me feel that I'm the reason why she didn't enjoy high school. But I am not going to apologize for ruining her prime just because I want to have the last laugh. Strange isn't it, when you thought you were neutral, somewhere somebody is quietly hating you.
Anybody out there, who are dare to dream, don't stop. I dare you. Fight till the last drop of your blood. Because I tell you this, nothing of your sweats and tears will go wasted.
