월요일, 5월 17, 2004
one down, three to go.

i can't believe how fast those 3 hours of my life passed this morning. before i knew it, the man who was mumbling away at the front of the hall said something that sent all the papers (except mine) fluttering to and fro as students tried to find the right questions to attempt. only i was stuck there going eh? what's happening? and yes, i was in the front of the room, irony of ironies. right, thank goodness that temperament didn't last long, and i pulled out of it just as things were looking bleak.

people, i actually knew how to do those questions. shocking, but true. despite going on about how much i dislike the uk and its constitution (only in times of great distress, you understand) i managed to ease through the questions, thanking my lucky stars that i actually understood and had good material to answer them with. wahey! all i can do now is hope that the rest of the papers will be just the same. *fingers crossed*

it was something pretty new though. school back home used to be really difficult when it came to seating, and there used to be serial numbers, seating plans, room a, b, c... all in a bid to keep us under control, and more often than not, seat us right next to the person you hate most. yes, yes, that's murphy's law for you. but not anymore, folks! this is uni, this is the real world. free seating for all, and the anonymous marking codes were the only things to differentiate one from the other. to be quite frank, i wasn't expecting the whole exam thing to be so laid-back. people were literally wearing flip-flops into the exam hall. back in jc they didn't let you in unless you were in full school uniform. it's when you see things like this when you realise how ana... no, scratch that. i meant, disciplined singapore schools are. hoho. right.

he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. i, on the other hand, have forged victoriously through the squall, and emerged, shaken but alive, at the end of it. tomorrow dawns a new day, and that spells the brewing of a new war, one that only sheer willpower can overcome. contract, here i come.