Exams

Exams. We definitely have to face them in our life. They provide us with a good way to test our abilities (Well, that's a good way to put it), or they give us hell everytime they're on.

For me, exams serve as a way to constantly remind me that I did not study enough. They give parents a tool to constantly remind their kids to study harder, all so that they can obtain good grades for a supposedly better future.

When the results come out, they don't cease to surprise us. People either get shocked that they can get such good grades, or so shocked that they can obtain such lousy grades. Some people can already prepare their emotions, but still get shocked when they receive their results. There are only a small percentile of humans who can project the proper emotion while collecting their results. I fall in the larger percentile.

Take the recent exam I just took, the results are out, and I have mixed emotions this time. I'm partly relieved that I didn't get bad results. But there's also a small part of me that reminds me of how much I've slacked during this holiday, and that I should properly go into "NERD" mode if I am to get good grades for the actual exam. (Yes, it's only trials...) That's what my parents are now constantly reminding me, every single day. They never stop doing that, I guess it's just the nature of parents.

So now it's crunch time for me. I really have to get good grades to be accepted into my desired universities in UK. One has AAA, while another has AAB. Either way, my current results of BBB is definitely not good enough. You think I don't know that?! That just means that I have to really study hard for my actual exams to obtain my desired grades. Heads off to exams for giving me that stark reminder!

Anyway, guess I've ranted enough here. Time to go study!

XOXO,
Audrey Leow