A year ago, I was devastated after finding out that I'll be graduating from Republic Polytechnic a year later than I was supposed to. All because I screwed up a module. Felt like I've terribly disappointed my parents because I failed. And then having to go through pictures and more pictures of all my friends graduating on Instagram and Twitter. It was embarrassing. I didn't tell anyone except for a few of my friends and then I go about my life pretending to my other friends that I'm graduating too. I don't feel the need to inform them unless the topic is being brought up and even then I didn't want to tell them because I didn't want to see their reaction. And I definitely do not want any sympathy from nobody.
After letting my mama know a few days after, I didn't feel so bad about failing anymore. I didn't have plans on what I was gonna be doing next anyway. Definitely do not want to continue the course that I was already pursuing... which explains why I failed that one module. I just hated it and I couldn't care any less about it. Way to go, Nad! Basically, I just did not know where my life was heading so I did not put too much thought into having to repeat a module. Nowhere to rush off to and there is no easy way out, so why bother?
That brings me to the famous idiom: Better late than never. I always thought it was just a very lazy excuse for a lazy person to be late. And I am the perfect example. I am totally the type to be using that phrase but never actually use it because it's just overrated. I hate the word overrated as well because it's extremely overrated among hipsters. Or wannabes. And I'm neither. I'm too cool for that. Kidding.
Back to my point. I never thought the idiom would relate to me so much more than it did for the past year. 2014 was just me working 2 part time jobs before class began in Semester 2. Even so, I still had plenty of time to work since I only had school once a week! That meant I had plenty of time to think about what I wanted to do once polytechnic is finally over. And I finally came to a conclusion. I guess it was a blessing to have my graduation delayed by a year.
Though I took an extra year to receive a diploma, by no means did my diploma decreased in its value. As far as I know at least. Lol.
