I was born to be an astronaut. When I was six, I used to tell my parents that Ill be the first to step on Mars in 2030. I did good, I was always the first in class. The first time I came second, I cried. It was a matter of favorites, the Oriental music master hated me anyways. Even though he gave me 28 for that exam, I scored an A in my O/L. I went to him, worshiped him and told him my result. He was happy too. Until my A/Ls I won a price every year at the college price giving. My parents were very proud of me. I was one of the few students who loved the parent teacher meetings. I had exam averages over 90. Not only I was good at studies, I was good at extra curricular activities. I captained the basketball team, I was the Sargent of the cadet platoon and I was the Interact president. I was a college prefect. Highest you could go. Life was all good and going as expected. When I took my A/L exam was the time I realized life was not what it seemed to be. Everyone expected me to get an island rank. But instead I ended up with Bs and Cs. Well that was a punch on the face. Mostly my parents were hurt. They were ashamed of me. So I took the exam again, and got the same results next year. I did not study hard, studying wasnt my thing. I wanted to enjoy life. I was in grade 8 when I got my first girlfriend. I met her in a basketball tournament. She was an angel in my eyes. I gave her toffees. All was good for sometime but it didnt work out well. In grade 9 I went out with another girl. She broke up with me after two years. Then I may have had like 20 odd affairs that didnt last for more than a few days. I used to write down a list of girlfriends I had on my room wall in the hostel. One day when I was 18, I met the only girl who broke up with me in my life again, I talked to her. We were in love again instantly, but not for long, I dumped her. I was an asshole, and I regret being one. My A/L results were merely enough for me to get me into a good local university. I was already reading for an engineering degree in a private university by then. At this time I was in love again. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. The life with her is another story. But I must say it was amazing. I have cried so many times in my life but the day she broke up with me because her cousins didnt like me, I cried for two days nonstop. I had to go to my friends house just to cry. I managed to go out with her again, and I graduated with a second class upper in electronic engineering. Im about to complete my second degree and I already have a job in the highest paying governmental institution in the country. What can I say, screw being an astronaut. Even NASA will not get a man on MARS by 2030, so what if I screwed up my plan of being an astronaut. I have everything I dreamed of. Whenever I felt bad about a life decision I made, I told that to myself, I have everything I dreamed of. It didnt matter what happened, good or bad because I had the girl of my dreams. I was happy, contented and proud of myself. I lost a lot of my friends because I ditched them for my girl. I always boasted about her and man she was worth it. She was the type of girl who could make you feel you are the best even though you werent. Then she broke up with me. There were reasons. And for the second time in my life, life punched me in my face. For a moment I felt like I lost it all. The things I have achieved, the job, the double degrees, everything seemed smaller. To the six year old me, I was an embarrassment in his eyes. What have I become? And then it struck me. I need to become an astronaut. Its better late than never!
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:48:29 +0000
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