Kudos

My aunt just passed the recently concluded nursing board exams held on November something 2008.

She actually did not tell us that she took the exams. She kept it a secret. My aunt is perfectly strategic. I think it's just fair enough to hide by all means her fear of failure. That's some sort of a basic instinct. We wouldn't want the world to see us stumble and fall. We want to spare ourselves from all forms of embarrassment. Nobody wants to be tagged a loser anyway. And if we fail, we also don't want people to feign us their affection. But if ever they are indeed sincere, we still could not find comfort in a brand of reasoned sympathy. It happens all the time.


When the exam results came out, we we're just so surprised and pleased to see her name on the passer's list. I was really ecstatic. Everyone was. We ended up celebrating that very night. It was just a simple bbq party with our closest family and friends.

How sweet a victory it was. I wonder when in my lifetime i could ever taste such victory myself.