Caleb Chess Checkmate

PSLE is finally over! To celebrate, my parents decided to bring me out to have a special dinner at an Italian Restaurant- cacio e pepe. I'm certain you're wondering what the meaning of this restaurant's name is... well, as the title of this post suggests-"Cheese and Pepper"! This was my first time eating a formal dinner in a restaurant, with an antipasti (appitizer), followed by a main dish and then dessert. This is what we ate; (I don't want to sound like a food critic so I'll make it short) Appetizer We had Calamari Fritti for our appetizer- fried squid. Normally, I didn't really squid. However, this dish was delectable! I could hardly resist the temptation to take more than I should; leaving no more room in my stomach for the other dishes. It came with a sauce too, that had a sour tinge to it . Main dish We tried three different dishes; -Spaghetti agli Scampi- crayfish served in spicy tomato sauce. This was my favorite dish, apart from the dessert...

Nervous, anxious, a little confident, excited, only a few words to describe how I had felt during the PSLE period. Of course, after one paper, I had felt a sense of relief- as though a heavy burden had been lifted from my shoulders- for I would not need to revise that subject anymore! Going back in time... ... Earlier during the month, an intensive session of revision for me began(all because of PSLE), especially chinese. I was particularly weak in this subject, and the worst that I wanted to happen was for it to pull down my aggregate score. And so it all began, everyday, I revised at least three subjects,(Chinese was definitely one of them)for the next few remaining weeks. Time passed quickly, and my first paper-English, was drawing closer... Finally. This was the day. I sat at my seat, the paper on my desk. My hand hovered nervously above my pen, anticipating the start of the examination. At long last, 5minutes which seemed like an hour passed. At a signal from the invigilator, I gr...