Endgame

   It starts with Alhamdullilah, and the dreaded A's are finally over. Yes, from the last MCQ paper of Chemistry, the Big One...the war is finally over. As the bell rang over the end of the final paper, many students went out with joy and laughter. I was happy too but as much as the exam results are concerned, well...
   
   I'll start from where I left off (actually I'd wanted to update the blog earlier but either I was too busy or distracted by some game lol!), round 2 of Physics and the Human Geography paper. The 3rd paper of physics was meant to be very explicit in concept and technique. And thank God (and my mom too) I survived it, making a switch in question instead of doing the common G-field question at the last minute. I figured that it may be too tedious and I was calculating damage control in my mind. In the end, it paid off! :-)


   The following paper saw the decider of my Geography score. It's more like an ultimatum to my grade and possibly my future course. And all praises be to Allah, as I've managed to nail it even with the adversaties I've to face. Firstly, I've overestimated the degree of preparedness and revision I've done for the 2nd paper and that I kinda wasted the first 2 day taking a short break. Going to exam with your pants down isn't funny, especially if it is an A' level examination. Thankfully the drq's were manageable and the essays were the one's that I've prayed for - state and pop-resource theories. Once again, I went out with a twinkle of smile on my face. Only 2 more papers to go...


   The written exams are over and after a brief final mandatory rest period (which is not used productively unfortunately), it came down to the final round of both Physics and Chemistry. Yes, the mcq's should be easy but don't be deceived, it can be quite tricky for one and it is a grade decider for another. A slip anywhere will cost you dearly. And that's what happen to me. Under the advise of Mr Ng, my destined Physics teacher (a.k.a the family guy), I've slowed down on answering the questions to avoid making dubious and careless mistakes just to find myself, for the very first time in such a type of an exam, battling against time to complete the paper. I've set out a defense mechanism of using my instincts to deduce a random answer (actually its guessing in other words...) if the final minute comes but to my shock, the Chief Presiding Examiner (CPE) ended the paper 1 minute earlier!! I was left with the appalling OTAS sheet with 6 questions left unanswered and at least 4 guessed out randomly. I went back home straightaway after the paper to find myself having a nervous breakdown. It's all over, it's all over now and there's nothing I can do to save this war. I can't go on... But somehow I must find the strength to end this war. I must win a victory for the last paper...


   The last day of the A' Levels saw the 50 minute battle against the second MCQ paper, Chemistry. Praying hard that the paper would be easy and after yesterday's failure, I must achieve something out of this paper. I was almost giving up on the last hour before the paper but thank God for saving me again. In the end, I've managed to breezed through the paper to end my campaign with a win.


   There are many more things that I wanted to say since it's the end of the exams and I have some time on my hand (actually a lot too) but I'll save it for the next post. Overall, I felt that I have underachieved myself as I could have done better. I know it. Sometimes I felt that having a downfall would have spurred me to victory instead of resting on my laurels
and failing or underachieving in the end. With 4 months of waiting before the final results are announced, I'm now working, playing, gymming and taking a break from the studies for a while. The final scoreline stands - a draw of 5.5 between Aziz and the Exams. The real results, well let's just wait for it...<3