Spread your wings and fly

We've been trying to get Mia into a boarding school for the longest time. When she was transitioning to secondary school, it was the height of the pandemic and I think we applied on the regular ministry website but failed to get into any of the boarding schools. So we just admitted her to the next best thing, which was the regular secondary school near Bangi.

It's not that we don't rate regulary day schools, it's just that full boarding school provide a more condusive environment for academic and co-curricular excellence. The teachers are better, the facilities or complete and her peers are gonna be more focused. Sounds unfair but that's how the Malaysian education system is at the moment. 

At the end of form 3, we applied for boarding school again, both SBP and MRSM. a month later, she did not get into SBP (again) but the MRMS website said to check again in 3 week's time. While understandbly upset at the SBP result, there was indeed a small glitter of hope with MRSM. True enough, 4 weeks later, when I checked the MRSM website again, it showed that Mia was offered a place at a MRSM in Kota Bharu.

Our immediate reaction was one of delight and then concern. Delighted that Mia was finally accepted into an elite school but also concerned that she's gonna be so far away, all by herself, away from us for the first time. That said, it would be foolish of us not to let her go after trying for so long. Besides, we've got our grandparents back home who could regularly visit or she can come home to during the holidays.

First impression of the school was good. It looks better than Adam's old school with matching modern facilities and equipments. The students who showed us around were also friendly and the teachers sounds nice and loving.

When the goodbyes are said and hugs are exchanged, we left Mia to be on her own for the first time in her life. She's a big girl now and we're confident she will manage just fine. This school allows their students to use a tablet so at least we can still keep in touch using her iPad. This is your time to shine Mia, your mama and papa believe in you.