A few days back, a friend of mine sent an addmaths question to me via WhatsApp. It was past midnight, but well considering I am having a post-SPM insomnia syndrome which is not an illness but rather a bad bad habit of sleeping at the crack of dawn after surfing the internet for the whole night, it wasn't unusual. The unusual part is that friend of mine is the same age as me, so she can't probably be doing addmaths homework. She finished school, like me. And so it happens that a junior from our school sent the question to her but since she doesn't have any pen or paper around, she passed it to me instead.

The question was easy. It was from the first chapter of the Form 5 silibus. But I can't seem to remember the formula. I searched frantically for the formula and found it. But I still can't solve it. Truth is, I don't even know how to start. I panicked big time because I realised that all those struggles to master addmaths just went down the drain as I didn't practice it anymore. But I tried anyhow and managed an answer. So I asked the girl, " Is this the answer? " . She said " No ".

Devastated and disappointed with myself, I told her I can't solve it. I switched off the light and tried to force myself to sleep, but my brain can't accept the fact that I can't solve a simple question. I began solving the question again in my head. Thank goodness, I managed to see what I did wrong the first time. I quickly switched on the light, solve the question on a piece of paper and take a picture of it to send the answer to the girl. Phew, it was a close call.

The lesson is, I shouldn't relax just because SPM is over. I should be studying to ensure I don't get dumb entirely before I even enroll into a college. 

This was the question and it took me long enough to answer. Why not you have a try and tell me the answer? Lets see if you can get it right, fast enough.