Exam Marathon

I wasn't able to do a journal entry yesterday, mostly due to the fact that I was focused on reviewing for the long and final exams to chapter 2 of the Series 6 review.  Suffice to say that, despite spending most of my waking hours on the review, there was a very real feeling that …

Taking It Slow For A Change

I slept in, as usual, long enough that I again missed out on my sister and the baby leaving.  Heck, I think I slept away most of the early afternoon, and only roused myself when my stomach started growling. Needless to say, aside from taking a bath (because I'd have to go to church in …

Strange Weekend Adjusting

Here I am... awake during the weekend.  Getting back to work, and then assigned to a nocturnal training schedule has obviously wreaked havoc on my sleep schedule for sure. So, what's the plan?  See things through, because this time around, I have a fair excuse to stay awake until seven in the morning. As for last …

Doesn’t Make Me Feel Too Happy, All Told

Much to my own surprise, I passed the last exam for chapter 1 of the Series 6 review, earning 72% (36 out of 50 items).  Given how my target was "just" 65%, this meant that it was more than enough to guarantee that I won't be in danger of being cut from the class (for …

Not Meeting Those Expectations

I'm doing a whole lot better on the exams I had yesterday (both passed yesterday, though partly due to some bonus points given out due to some iffy wording on the test questions), but it says a lot when the instructor considers having to lower the test standards that we need to clear (essentially sixty percent per …

Flirting With Impending Disaster

Well, that definitely could have gone well. The results of first two exams I took last night, which in total amount to 15% of the grade required to continue on with the series 6 course, resulted in just 8 out of 20 for both quizzes.  That's... pretty bleak. My only chance is to pass the …

Getting Used To The New Schedule

If there are any out there wondering why I wasn't able to write a journal entry last night, it was mainly because I was at my new place of work enduring the NEO (new employee orientation), with the second half devoted to a crash course on what exactly I'm supposed to be doing.  So from …

That Day Before

One more day before technically rejoining the workforce, and I started it pretty late. Just an hour or so before eleven, really.  Dad, in his usual blunt manner, mused on what might have happened had I pushed through with my engineering course at UP.  I ignored him of course, and honestly, I might have become …

Some Things Never Change

I started the day, funnily enough, with the laundry. I woke up late today, and the cloudy weather didn't really give me much incentive to get up from bed.  Only when my father came in and reminded me of the laundry did I decide to rouse myself, if only because I also remembered that, this …

All Plans Rained In

Suffice to say that, despite waiting up late for my sister, it turned out that they couldn't come after all -- not only was the baby suffering from colds, it was apparently raining hard at Quezon City past midnight, which didn't really make for safe travel conditions. Take note that, at the point I received …