Tuesday, September 28, 2004
my prelims ended last week.. just finished writing a testimonial for my friend, hope she likes it!
hmmm although i only put 30% into my prelims, there are certainly positives that i can gain from it.. for one, it was the 1st time in about one year i actually sat for a paper! hence it was a considerable effort, in that respect.. i've finally garnered sufficient courage to sit for an exam, knowing even at the back of my mind, that i'll not do well.. so what i'm gonna do, which perhaps everyone else will do, is to be motivated by fragments, parts of the prelims that i did considerably well..
i think as the prelims bore on, i felt some improvement in my thinking speed and depth, as well as sharpness.. so i expect that i'll do better for the later papers.. skills as basic as handwriting and writing speed showed marked improvements too.. i know that my prelims was quite badly done, so i'm not going to be discouraged by whatever grades i get, instead, like i said above, there surely are positive aspects in the worst of grades, so for me, the prelims, other than being a "wake-up call", it also is a time for reflection.. mistakes that i've made in the past year, goals that i've set, good pieces of work--everything just comes back to me..
i guess our brains, with its inextricable network of nerves, work best when the 'links" between these nerves are tightened and tension exist.. when our minds are fine-tuned, our thinking would naturally be faster, and because our mind is so sharp and alert, there is little avenues for mistakes and errors.. from now till the A's, we must seek to strenghten and sharpen our minds, so that it'll work at its optimal level in the end..
now is not the time to dwell and wallow on the past.. we must pick ourselves up if we're hurt in any way, or continue the good work, for the those of us that have been consistently hardworking.. now, there's only one aim, one goal, one objection, one target: the A's.. nothing else can take precedence from now..
