Tuesday, October 19, 2004
oh my god!! i almost had to repeat my elective module next sem.
i was like studying in school for tomorrow's impt anatomy exam and was totally oblivious to the fact that i had a end semestral test for my elective module (life sciences). so it was that i was in the library until huishan came to find me at 4pm. it was a stroke of luck that she casually ask me what elective i was doing. she was astonished by my reply, "dont you have a test now? my fren just left for his." it havent dawned on me that the whole school of health science are sharing the same elective time slot and i just brushed it aside since her fren are in a different course from me. however i called my fren just to make sure. no answer. 2 more calls. still no answer. something was amiss. wth!? it struck me that i've seen ppl from her course during my elective lecture. how could we possibly have a different test date? i packed my stuff while trying to figure out my next course of action. i wasnt prepared for the test even though its going to be an open book test. i haven attended a single lecture tis half of the sem. hell, i din even buy the notes for the lecture nor did i bring the notes from the previous half of the sem. i rushed to the bookstore to buy the 2nd set of notes, all the while praying that the questions would only be from this set of notes. i reached the lecture hall 20 mins late. i never felt so conscious of myself when i opened the thick heavy door of the LT. not even when i was 1 hour late for a lecture. i was prepared for weird stares but thankfully no one could be bothered with me as they were busy scribbling their answers. the lecturer signalled to me that there is one empty seat at the front row and i had no choice but to walk down the entire stretch of staircase hoping to attract as little attention as possible. i flipped through the paper and realised materials from the 1st set of notes are needed. damn. asked the lecturer for help and being the nice person that she always was, helped me borrow the notes from another student for some time. so it was for that 70 min (instead of 90 min for the test) i read through my notes for the 1st time, trying to make sense of wat it was saying and at the same time writing down the answers. i din even had time for a sip of water.
when the whole thing ended, i was still in a state of shock. couldnt believe something like that could have happen to me. y din i check the module time table. sigh...i was expecting my fren to remind me so i have only myself to blame. at least should still be able to scrape through ba. totalled with the previous test should still be able to get reasonably ok grades. i called huishan and she was still ard in sch, waiting for me to finish to pass me the textbook i was supposed to borrow from her. argh so felt so bad that she had to wait. even more indebted to her liao :( . no amount of thanks would have expressed my gratitude for her for saving me from failing my module. huishan, i owe ya huh~ :-)
thoughts running wild1:06 AM
