the main exams are here!

yep. today's the first day of the semestral exams... wheee~ rase seram oi! nervous kepalang...asyik worry samade me akan fail atau tidak...samade me akan dpt jwb semua soalan atau tidak...

im taking 7 modules aka subjects this semester, but exams cume 5 subjects. APEL tkde exam.. i dont even know mcmane the subject is graded! communication skills ade several tests - grammar editing test, lab report writing test, team dynamics practical assessment. yang lab writing tu, i screwed up! me tk sempat habis tulis.. my report tkde conclusion. bukan ape, penat tau tulis! materials/isi dah diberi, kite cume kena tulis dlm format yg betul. jadi kite kena copylah sebanyak2 text tu! and it was only 1 1/2 hours.. mase dah selesai tu..sedih lah pulak..rase 'tk kisah' pon ade jugak (padahal markah dari test tu penting!!).. 3 weeks later >> i got 13.5/20. syukur..dah cukup bagus tu..i actually expected to get an F.

ok, back to today's paper.

BIOCHEMISTRY 1.

honestly speaking, this subject is not difficult. but as alwayssssssssssss... i slacked. so i was still flipping the notes until the last teeny-weeny minute! *bad habits definitely dont die easily, huh? maybe i should jump off the cliff and reincarnate myself to be a better person! -_-"*

i guess my chances of getting an A (equal to or more than 80 upon 100) are pretty slim. not that i answered most of the questions wrongly. im still a student bestowed with some intelligence, ok? *duh! every organism with a brain has intelligence~*

i havent checked the correct answers yet, but im sure i may get 70+, if im lucky enough, or 55+, if im not that lucky... *Ya Allah~~~ i really really hope i wont get an F....*

fyi, especially for juniors out there - in case you dont know, for the exams, there are the questions booklet (not really a booklet heh..just papers stapled together with a specific cover for that particular subject) and the answer booklet. just like in O-levels =) and we get to bring the questions paper home. yey!

now, some tips for those who are gonna take BIOCHEMISTRY 1 paper in TP in the near future (based on my recent experience) :

1. some of the multiple-choice questions are DEFINITELY from past years' papers. good thing i printed 2 exam papers - 2000/2001 and 2004/2005. there were questions from those papers! so people, do try the MCQs, however lazy you are. and if you are not sure of the answers, ask your tutors/lecturers ASAP! believe me, you wont regret it!

*unfortunately for me, i just tried the MCQs yesterday, so i didnt get to ask Mr Alex Pham or Mr Kok today.

2. you MUST revise the tutorials and quizzes! i actually had 4 questions from my tutorials and 3 from my quizzes.

and guess what????????????????

i've just gone through my tutorials (to see how many questions masuk dlm exam) when i found something that is..that is...the exact answer for a 15-marks question. just last tuesday, 2/3 days before today's exam, Mr Kok had actually GENEROUSLY display the whole answer for "absorption of lipids by the body, followed by beta-oxidation". well, the exam question wasnt exactly like that, but im damn sure the answers are the same!

huh. i didnt even go through that tutorial page this morning.. errr... actually, i didnt even read any tutorials..caught up in lecture notes instead, though i knew very well that reading the tutorials is absolutely a bonus point!


SCREW YOU, LIYANA!


3. whatever the lecturer covers during revision lecture, whatever he displays on the screen, whenever he says "you must know this..." "this is important"... believe him. and prioritise those pieces of knowledge first. meaning that you should fully understand, or if possible, memorize, those points/facts before you study other parts of the subject.

i did memorize some important key points. sadly, i didnt remember 100% of them.. coz i was in haste, so the information - main ideas or word-by-word - didnt really stick to my head.

last but not least, no. 4:

dont think you can revise 5 topics in a day - lecture notes, tutorials, quizzes. unless you lock yourself in your room, coming out only for short lunch and dinner, and toilet. oh ya! if you study in you room, dont go and doze off ya? that's the most hateful thing to do! *ehem~ punch myself on the face*

what i did was, i started studying at 2-someting pm. covered only half of topic 3 (protein and enzyme) lecture notes. then i stopped for asar prayer. after that i resumed until 6-something pm to watch tv. think i covered 1/8 of the remaining lecture notes. very bad indeed! most of the time i read my sister's educational magazine "English Connection".

and as you might've predicted, i watched tv, ate, watched tv until 11pm. then solat. by then, i'd lost the enthusiasm to finish my revision. but i persisted, of course. i managed to finish the 3rd notes, knowing the fact that i need to go through them again the next morning coz i was already sleepy that time (n so, the info masuk sekejap je..dah tu keluar balik..)

i had 1 more notes to go. so dlm bas tadi pagi, me revise lah notes tu..

but i was slow. really! to really digest the info, mcm susah gitu. i guess my concentration level was distrupted by anxiety, worry and impatience.

hmmm...tkpelah...yang sudah tu sudah... nak buat camne? so far, my continual assessment nampak ok gitu...so i hope to get an overall grade of at least B for biochemistry 1.

Allahumma Ameen...