Docking for the time being...

After 14 papers, I can finally "dock" at home for a short while.
The past 3 weeks were very hectic, with most of the time at the study table. Well, today, I could get a short break. Monday would be the final paper of the second major examination for this year.

So, let's make a detour back to three weeks ago, when I had the first paper, the Chinese Language paper. Being the last in class, I was no doubt at the last table, so it was really a piece of cake to get to my seat. However, as I was at that small, corner, with 2 walls on my right, it was hot and humid to be at that corner, so I could imagine myself perspiring every time I took a paper. That was my weakest, so I was expecting a really low mark for that... anyway, just refer to the previous post to see what really happened... and the results will be up by the end of next week at least.

Now, on to the English language. It was quite easy, I would say, though the result is not known yet. The first paper, Essay, was my forte, so I would not have much difficulty in that, and as for the second paper, I would think the standard was a little low, as the standard, was expected to be so many times higher.

Mathematics( elementary). The papers were easy, but, much to my over-confidence, I made many careless mistakes, with one chapter which was my weakest in all of the chapters I studied. Overall, this paper would be easy in my opinion.

Combined Humanities(Social Studies). The Social Studies paper. I might as well just sleep throughout the paper. I totally forgot about the source-based questions, and concentrated 100% on the Structured essay questions. That, was my downfall( hopefully, miracles do happen)...

Combined Humanities(Geography). Surprisingly, for the first time, I could actually finish this paper with 5 minutes to spare! It was hard to belief. Well, this paper, too, was easy.

Now, first change in seating arrangement. Combined sciences. I moved to the second row from the left door, from the rear, the second column. For only two papers, as there were only eight of us taking this combination,other than the first science, as the Pure Chemistry candidates were sitting for their two papers,too. The combination which the eight of us took is Science(Chemistry/Biology). 30 took Science(Physics/Chemistry), and the remaining 4, Pure Chemistry, Pure Physics( 8 of us also taking pure physics too).

Science(Chemistry/Biology), my favourite. Chemistry paper 3, it was easy. This standars was quite near what we did in class. Biology paper 4, Quite the unexpected. It was quite tough, and 5 of us(Andy,Ko Hein, Sean,Randall, and I) agreed it was of pure standard. We were even not told about how we should draw the graph, as we were not taught of it in the first place. Science(Chemistry/Biology), paper 1. This paper was divided into two sections(chem,20qs,bio,20qs).The Chemistry part was challenging, with many thinking and application questions. The biology part was simply straight forward, as it was exactly what we had learnt the past 4months. For Paper4, I was more, like concentrating on someone else,other than the answer sheet...

Today:
Pure physics, Second change of tables. I moved four tables in front, to the first column,second row, from the front door. This time, I did not have the fan to cool me down other than the previous two papers. The second last paper, I moved to that seat immediately after the Chem/Bio paper 1(mcq) . The Pure Physics paper was held during the time the other 30 were doing their POA paper...I totally did not understand what they were given... 5 pieces of_____paper?The physics paper, was easier, possibly because i had revised most of the chapters, though there were some I did not know how to do solve... maybe next time, I should sort of borrow some notes from those doing the sub-science(Physics/Chemistry) paper. ..

Next Monday:
Last, final paper, also my nightmare. This one will be held in the hall, and, I am so far away from the front... 7th palce from the rear of the hall. this is also going to be the most difficult of all. So, anyway, I am glad, for I can have an examination in an air-conditioned room...


The next post will be sometime next monday( you know what it is!!!)