A Long process to Secondary School

As mentioned before Along got his 5As for UPSR---is that confirmed him a good selected school for secondary??? the answer is NO. As I have been telling others, 5As these days are like melimpah ruah and places in those schools are so limited.

First of all, there is no such thing as being offered these days...everything , need to be applied...be it Science or MRSM or Integrasi or even Sekolah Rancangan Khas --the last 2 schools are new to people at my age.

Right after UPSR, we applied for Science school - initially we thought we wanted to send off Along to Boarding simply because we have concern about his lazy habit.....

When the result is out, within 10 days we sent another application and this round was for MRSM....both are e-application but still hardcopy need to be mailed to the respective school...strange huh!

The Rancangan Khas (RK)application is done through the school. due to some miscommunication or maybe Along is just hayal...he did not apply for the rancangan khas.

A week or 2 before the new term started - result for Science came out and "dukacita-permohonan anda GAGAL"- we failed the application. On second thought , I think it's a blessing in disguise--somehow I think , me particularly--I am just not ready to let Afi out of my sight...not yet!

So we waited for RK, thinking that all 5As achievers would be placed in selected schools like RK automatically. After checked with one of the teachers, it turned out my expectation was all wrong. As mentioned earlier RK need to be applied as well.

There is only one choice left i.e. to APPEAL and that was what we did...

Another waiting period, in the meantime we enrolled Along to Panglima Perang - a school next door.

After 2-3 visits and a few calls to the Jabatan Pelajaran--the effort was like all out , using every channels that we can--not only us but also from Aki and Tok , alhamdulillah 2 weeks after the school new term opened, we got the offer letter for Sekolah Men Sultan Abu Bakar (SABS), an RK school...

Last Friday Jan 18th---both Along and myself had our little tour around Kuantan, first went to Jabatan to pick up the offer letter

then to Panglima Perang to daftar keluar

and later to SABS for registration--we actually made 3 rounds at Jalan Beserah before finding SABS....pphewwww.....i guess i cant call myself a Kuantanese as yet!Entrance to SABS..

Thus mummies, daddies, aunties, uncles, brotehrs and sisters out there----do take note on those application...if you applied first hand , insyallah they will spare a place for your kiddo --to go thru the appeal process is really tiring---the waiting is just overwhelming!

Half day spent from one jabatan and 2 schools, we indulged ourselves with Mc D--Along's choice!

Thank Allah everything settled and Afi seems to be happy with SABS....