When I was a kid, I once send an email to my favourite band Nsync. You know, the popular American boy band consisted of Justin Timberlake and J.C. Chasez and three others?

I read that J.C. will be reading the emails and since he was my favourite, I could still remember the joy of carefully writing that email; wary of any grammatical error.

Alas, they never reply that email. I was never the one to wait, so after a few days of sending that email, I stopped thinking of it and get on with my life.

Come to think of it, a few days wouldn’t be sufficient for them to read all thousands of emails they receive everyday, let alone reply to them.

But then, I was just a kid.

When I was a bit more matured, I think it was months ago, I wrote an email to Yayasan UEM College to inquire on any scholarship they had to offer.

Though I was still the no-to-waiting person, I was matured and patient enough to wait for the reply for a couple of days longer than before.

Alas, as I sat before the laptop staring at my inbox, no reply from Yayasan UEM College could be seen.

Perhaps I should act my age and drop by the college instead.

A few weeks after the fruitless attempt, I send an email to Khazanah Nasional inquiring about the scholarship they will be giving out.

Khazanah is a very successful national company with investments outside the border, so my bet was that the email will take longer to be replied. The efficient workers will have a hard time between replying insignificant emails and catching up with the company accounts, right?

So I was never to be taken by surprised that after 18 days of waiting, no reply was to be seen.

Will I stop asking? Well, sure I won’t. Questioning is the simplest way to earn new knowledge and I’m not that sissy to have my spirit broken after three fruitless attempt to gaining answers from respected big shots.

Besides, I adore asking. As long as I ask no stupid questions, I’m happy with my nature.

Have a happy day to all kids out there!