They Are Closing Down My School!

The Powers That Be up there decided that they are closing down MRSM Kuantan after 37 years. It will become a feeder campus for UniKL, something like a matriculation college. But thanks to the dedication of many alumni members (petition, solat hajat, etc) we heard that MARA is going to retract that decision. Let’s just wait until we get an official statement before we can celebrate.

My good friend, Shel, sent this email from London to us. And I share her feelings for this place we used to call our home.

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MRSM, the place your parents left you by yourself for the first time in your life,

The place where you bought your first water bucket, berus sabut and nila,

The place where you learned to wash your own clothes,

The place where you learned to appreciate water,

The place where you tasted awful dry biscuits with white tea,

The place where you first ate fried chicken, peas and baked potatoes,

The place where you heard sirens...sometimes at 4am,

The place where you watched The Omega Man,

The place where you sang, danced and performed,

The place where you heard Saturday Night Fever and Grease,

The place where you learned to dabble in small businesses,

The place where you bloomed,

The place where you started getting interested in the opposite sex,

The place where you had your first crush,

The place where you had your first love (puppy love or deeper),

The place where you had your first kiss (well, at least a 'selected few' of us), [MS: before the public apology and canning…]

The place where you first got broke,

The place where parcels and mail were such joy,

The place where music was taken quite seriously,

The place where you first learned to swim (most of us did anyway),

The place where they taught you more than just for your exams,

The place where you were put to socialise,

The place where we met each other.....

It was my home...I used to hate you sometimes when I was there but you mean so much to me when I finally had to go...

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