No. 1

Exam room entrance...

My name is not on the list. I had to go to their office upstairs. When they saw that my exam date is indeed Feb. 9, they accommodated me as examinee no. 36.

Examination proper

I did focus and try to remember the few points I listed the day before. I was feeling a bit intimidated when I saw people stepping out of the room after 2 hours (it was a 3-hour exam). 30 minutes left, I'm done na and I still had time to review some of my answers.

Waiting area...

2 hours after the examination, the announcement came.... "All examinees, please proceed to the examination room for the results." My heart is doing that thud-thud thing again.

Examination room...

People are being called one by one. Tapos the facilitator is handing them an envelope. Only six of us were left when the facilitator said, "the six of you, follow me upstairs." I didn't know what to think or feel although yung katabi ko is already positive that we made it.

Upstairs...

We were congratulated. I'm still in shock but after a few more minutes I was able to absorb what had just happened. I MADE IT!!!... and I got the highest mark. Passing rate is 80%. I got 87.25%. My mom is very happy when she heard of the news.


a flashback came running through my head... I've gone through a lot for this examination... the troubles during registration.... the absence of my name in the list... As I've mentioned in my previous post....if I were an uber sensitive person and would try to read between the lines, I would say that fate is trying to hinder me from taking the exams. I'm very happy that I've conquered them all and even ended up with flying colors.

happy me ;)

additional....

This quote (from lolo!) best represents the scenario...

a quote from Randy Pausch:
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people.