If my life’s foundation is made of concrete, then failure is one of the main composites. Let me share with you two episodes in this excitingly boring life of mine.

One. I was an innocent subject to the effects of institutionalized corruption. I failed the licensure exam for Electrical Engineers. There were 3 subjects: Electrical Engineering, General Engineering and Math. I got 90s in the first 2 but in Math, my favorite subject, I got a 69. I thought this can’t be. I was confident I got all problems right because right after, my friends and I chewed over and analyzed each and every problem. I got them all right!

In all the schools that I’ve attended from elementary to college, I’ve never failed or repeated a subject. Not a brag, just a fact. I knew I had to do something. Equipped only with guts and shaky nerves, I went to the office of the Professional Regulation Commission in a brave attempt to fight the unbeatable foe. I was showed my Math papers with a red mark of 69. They were not my "official" papers but SCRATCH papers! And wow, I thought, my scratch papers scored 69! I asked that I’d be allowed to see the Math papers of those who made the top 10 list. Not granted. Those were the days when exam papers were allegedly switched because no names were written on the exam papers -only seat numbers. I took the next “remedial” Math exam and breezed thru it.

Later in life, I learned that school grades are not foremost in forming a child’s character especially when we homeschooled our children. Christian values are. Thankfully, I rebounded from that failure.

Part two is business failure. But that’s for tomorrow.

For now, cheers! #MyCafeNotes