a semi-charmed, so-called life || v.10: exaltations 04.05.06

samedi, avril 08, 2006 Y 7:32 PM

exaltations 04.05.06

I PASSED THE QUALIFYING EXAM!!! ^{(...and HEADED FOR THE BIG TIME!)}

my mind's still dazed from the revelation. i'm just so relieved *sigh* that at least, my nightmares for the moment are over and done. yessss! :D

note: this is strictly a self-fawning post. beware! =p

Fateful Wednesday started with an awful stomachache that kept me awake just around sunrise... must be the freakin' jitters... so i decided to just stay up at 6am and start the day. believe me, before that there were plenty of sleepless nights (the night after the exam, then the 2 nights after that... i was able to doze off fairly better in the new week), crazy exam-related dreams (counted 3 -- my classmate had them too, and she said it was freud's "wish-fulfillment"... hmm), and tremendous anxiety. back to the Day, i wasn't so eager to go to school yet -- and face the music -- that morning, and i thought "i bet there's gonna be a lot of early birds!" with the results starting 9am, so the usual Lazy Bum took her time and again got a little worried. came to school at 10am instead.

upon reaching the building territory, strutting my geeky walk, two of my classmates called me and said "_____! Congrats!" ... at first i thought they were teasing me (since those 2 usually do) and so i just smiled. i then walked over to the almighty Qualified Applicants for Accountancy (incoming sophomores) bulletin, seeing the truth for myself... a spasm of joy and relief! my efforts finally paid off... i even blinked and wondered if this was actually "the" real thing. words could not express what i felt that exact moment i saw my name. it was as if everything in my life fell into order for once!

i guess the right word would be "blessed". =)

our section's pretty much a survivor... a majority of my classmates passed (30 out of 40... whoa), and a couple of my friends from our little 'group' made it. i'm happy for them... we just might be in the same class again! it's altogether a bittersweet feeling, that some people i know didn't make the cut... *sigh*

after the hasty confirmation, my friends and i went over to the main building to view our grades for the 2nd semester... man is there a crowd for it! the line was very long, yet we decided to 'patiently' wait for it... geeks. it took us almost 2 hours for our turn to come. i was quite worried my grades would be real low... like my english (total drag -- like a 3?). to my surprise, it looked pretty fine! english turned out to be 2.25, as was PE! overall, i never thought i'd have nicer grades than the 1st sem. i'd look like a saint now, since my theology grade have been consecutive "1"s... and perhaps unofficially, i'm dean's list-eligible for the schoolyear! *does a creepy happy dance* ... that really happens once in a lifetime ... allow me the pleasure of short-lived rejoice! =p

i'm terrifically looking forward to my second year... new building, new wardrobe, new lease in life. i hope to strive hard and enjoy at the same time, holding my guts alongside the 500-or-so studes (out of the roughly 1500 freshmen that we were) aspiring to be CPA's... fate beckons.