SMU’s email came on a Thursday morning as I lay in bed checking my phone. I immediately sent off an email to my parents and my colleagues.

Half an hour later, as I was getting ready for work, an SMS came in from NUS admissions saying my status had been updated. The link took me to student login where the magic words “you have been offered” sat above “Graduate Law Programme”.

Another hasty email to parents.

By the time I got to the office, they were full of congratulations. I had already submitted my notice earlier that week but they obviously had not got the news, because HR works in slow and mysterious ways…

The handover for my replacement will be a rushed affair but he will have others to guide him along so… I’m outta here!