despite the excessive stress that one may face during the exam periods, it's actually fun to see what one may do to relieve those stresses. and while i can't believe myself either for saying this, but i seriously do think that it's funnier when there are the stuffs that you can laugh about in these desperate times. it's really how you deal with the mental challenge that can either make you or break you. for example, talking about the episodes of B.O.F. when exams start in 45 mins. (i'm crapping with confidence, so don't mind me.)
friends are always the people you can depend on anytime, anywhere. it helps to know that you're never the only one stressed out, feeling like you need to jump from the tallest building or simply need to take a nap that may last for 24 hours. there are friends that will cheer you on all the way. and despite doing fairly well themselves, friends still be the good saint that they are and tell you that they'd fail with you. all the studying together, and all the preparations done together, you'd really want to cherish these times as you experience them. one is only as happy as he sees himself to be. that's why we (A301) can still laugh out loud even when people are all stressed out around us with our noisy talking and whatnots. because we all know that our aim is still just the As, and nothing else. well at least besides getting the H1N1 too, for some others.
another particular group of people that you can always depend on would be the teachers. from those who give you last minutes tips on what to expect, to those who just love to look at you try ever so hard to squeeze out any small information out from their tiny mouth. and then there's the teacher who can't seem to understand that we hate it when the heels go banging on the wooden floors in the hall every few seconds. oh how about the teacher who just can't seem to speak up? Or took attendance wrongly and ended up with your parents getting a phone call that you're not taking the paper, when you were clearly cracking your head in the exam room?
but then, you can really love the teacher who tries to make sure that you do see the brighter side, even when there's really isn't. i remember mr chen's great words of wisdom:
"Look up for inspiration, look down in desperation and look to the side for information."Quite frankly, I do think it can be applied to my case almost everytime and I do find it a bit too yes, funny. it's always nice to have him around. he would know you so well in no time. the worse you do, the more attention you'd get. before the paper, he already told us that we have to buck up on this human geog paper, since we all have done oh-so-terribly for the physical geog paper. in class, he said it again to everyone who was present.
and to the girl known for her parachute bag:
"If I were to arrange the papers from top to bottom on a table, I think yours would be under the table."
And to the guy who he claimed to have dropped in his standing according to mr chen's 'F1 list:'
"Please be reminded to start a question on a fresh sheet of paper, but J____ L___, you can write on the reverse side." "The paper is 3 hours long, but for you JL, by the amount that you will write, you'll be done in 45 mins."And now, as i prepare myself for his tough love course, where he will be drilling and giving very intensive sessions of the holy subject, i'll just quietly try to escape his sight for now. being on his radar is not that bad, and it really will benefit you. but i'll wait for my turn when he really starts to come after me. the queue's quite long though but it's worth the wait.
note to self: maybe i should start considering chris-chen-ism for my own sake. followers anyone?
so to my dear friends, as we curse the not-so-useless exams and drag our feet as we walk for the many sleepless night that we had to endure, let's look on the bright side of life from now on. and since we're going to live through life once, let's make many great memories form this kind of very-dead-and-only-feel-like-sleeping atmosphere. i'm sure when we finally enter the big world of the working adults, these would be the little things that we'd want to remember, even if the pain is actually the teacher!
speaking of which, i swear i can go kill this person who does the exam schedule! not only did he/she let many of the science students finish early, some as early as today such that the entire class decided to go to Sentosa straightaway, now the econs department are having extra classes on the last day of the exam from 5 to 6.30pm! WTH!. I have paper all the way to 5 and you're telling me to come for lectures after that? I need to go celebrate for goodness sake. I have a life, if you don't.
What's that - A levels? Please let me catch my breath first before I get there.
(enter my name here)
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