Top PMR student Ho Kah Fai waded in chest-deep floodwaters and waited for four hours at a McDonalds outlet before walking to Penang Free School to sit for his Integrated Living Skills paper last October.
His home at the flood-prone Jalan P. Ramlee was inundated from midnight after heavy rains.
While his family members relocated to the flood centre, 15-year-old Kah Fai made his way to the McDonald’s outlet in Green Lane so he would not be late for his examination the next morning.
“I waited there from 3am staring at my revision books and worrying that I might not be able to do well.
“I feel so thankful that I scored seven As,” he said, adding that he planned to celebrate by watching a movie and having a good meal at Gurney Plaza with his best friend.
Schoolmate S. Tamilkumaran, 15, also scored 7As. He said his father N. Sevabalan had promised to buy him a mobile phone.
Housewife Nisha Kassim, 48, cried with joy when her son Muhammad Firdaus Gullam Rasal, 15, told her he got eight As.
“I feel so proud of him because he had studied hard. His sister and brother are also top-scorers and they have definitely set a good example for him,” she said.
Kah Fai, Tamilkumaran and Muhammad Firdaus were among 84 students with straight As out of 204 candidates who sat for the PMR at the school.
Chung Ling High School prefect Lim Yu Xian, 15, who scored eight As said he had given up all entertainment three months before the PMR and had studied late into the night.
“My dad has promised me RM200 per A scored and I can’t wait to show him my results!” he said, adding that his ambition was to be an architect.
Fellow prefect Teh Jin Yee, 15, who also scored eight As said the study groups and discussions had helped.
Yu Xian and Jin Yee were among 514 PMR candidates from the school, of whom 134 scored eight As and 136 scored seven As.
School principal Chuah Yau Chou said that his school’s performance was better than last year’s with 52.5% scoring eight and seven As.
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