NUS Exam Results Year 3 Sem 2

Opened my results page, don't dare to look. Then I looked and my hands started shaking because

I NOW QUALIFY FOR 2ND LOWER CLASS HONOURS!

Oh thank you!

Module Code	Module Title	Grade
GEM2901	Reporting Statistics in the Media	B
MA1312	Calculus with Applications	B+
PL3241	Personality & Individual Differences	A-
PL3242	Health Psychology	B-
PL3253	Psychobiological Perspectives on Emotion	A+
SW1101E	Introduction to Social Work	A

CAP: 3.6

Health Psychology was a little disappointing with that B- but not too bad. I'm relieved with the GEM2901 Statistics module because I really thought I was going to screw it. Also extremely relieved with that math module which was supposed to be simple (and which it really was) but if you remember I screwed it up on the day itself because I had 2 papers on that day. I'm really surprised with SW1101 Social Work. I think the presentation and final paper's essay must have helped me quite a bit. I kind of expected a B+ for Personality Psychology though actually hoping for an A-, so that I actually got an A- is a pleasant surprise. Yes, I see your jaws dropping at that A+. That was very much expected actually because I got an A for mid-term and the finals' MCQ were very, very manageable.

6 modules in 1 semester is no joke, but I think the modules I took were pretty manageable, thankfully! After my CAP had dropped so much, it was good to see it rise up again. Wow, hard work really pays. I've never really understood that before.

Now I've got something to lose and the pressure will be back again next semester. This time round I won't let it drop!

Oh I forgot to say, now that my results have not battered my self-esteem/worth, I shall now approach the project my crush has assigned me and suffer a battering through there. At least looking at him is a joy while I suffer an inner battering.

Exam results - 1 hr 30 min

Ok, it is 1 hour 30 minutes to the release of NUS exam results for Arts and Social Sciences Year 3. If you do not yet know, you can check your results here.

Let's sit in front of the computer and mentally will our results to be good. Good luck!

No Social life

I must have more of a social life! I would probably have more of it if I didn't have this knee problem. Then I can go skating and running and whatever else which requires physical activity.

Ok, that was an excuse.

FYI, I don't like shopping or going to Karaoke. And truthfully, ever since I went to that skating session with Bao Ling, I have kind of fallen in love with skating. But I am really unable to skate for anything longer than an hour or so because my knee acts up so badly I actually limp. And I miss running. That day I went for a short jog. I went like 400m before my knee started hurting already. Dammit. 400m only! I use to do 2.4km without a problem (ok, maybe a little) and still be able to do more!

^#$%@#

Sob. My stamina is lousy, my muscles are all flabby, I'm cultivating a tummy, my legs are wobbly and I swim horribly. Ooh, that rhymes!

I have problems swimming freestyle and there's nobody to guide me!

Ok, that's all. Such an incoherent post!

The point of me logging in to blog is actually to say it's 12 hours to the release of exam results and I'm nervous and I have been telling people my crush is cute and capable. I'm not sure how the topic became my social life...

36 hours

It's about 36 hours to the release of my exam results and I'm really nervous.

This one decides whether I make or break 2nd lower Honours. I think there is a possibility I might just drop again. Sigh.

Some lessons really take a lot of money, don't they?

Fourth paper (4/6)

Fourth paper, Psychobiological Perspectives on Emotions, finally finished. It was an alright paper, 80 MCQs, because the lecturer have to rush to Brazil for some conference and do not have much time to mark if it had been essays. The tough section of this module was during the mid-term test, 3 essays in lesser than 1 hour 45 minutes.

Anyway I was expecting to score for this module so any mistake in this MCQ exam made me very nervous. I think I have 10 possible wrongs.

Haha, I sound like I deserve a bashing, the way I'm saying it!

The last 2 papers, Social Work and Math are on the same day, this coming Tuesday. One in the morning, the other in the evening. After that I'm going home for a good sleep and I suppose to prepare for Handbells performance in the upcoming Arts Fest. Man, I haven't touched the bells ever since school started! Hope I don't pull the rest down too much during show.

Half-a-year vs. 2 hours

I was healthy when Olivia came down with fever.

I was alright when my brother came home from the army with throat infection and fever, two weekends in a row.

For the past whole semester (or more) I was, at the most, on the verge of illness but never quite getting there. And now I have a running nose, just because 37 hours ago the person I sat in front of for 2 hours in the exam hall had a cold.

Dammit. I remember thinking then if I'd catch the virus.

Half-a-year versus 2 hours. Fight! Half-a-year K.O. 2 hours win.

Third paper (3/6)

Third paper just this morning. It was Health Psychology and I'd say the questions are actually very, very doable, which makes competition very, very tough.

It was held in that dreaded Sheares Hall, the one where I walked out of a year ago in the midst of Cognitive Psychology exam, and the one where the exam for the same module was held in again the second time I took it. Needless to say, when I found out last night the exam venue, I took out my notes from my bag and looked through some of it again. This morning, the moment I stepped in there, everything flew out my head. This time round though, I sat down in the canteen and made myself look through all my notes because there was no way I was going to have a repeat of that terrifying episode. Although I was actually very nervous outside the hall, I thankfully calmed down almost immediately when I sat down in seat 77.

See! Even the seat number is against me!

I know it's silly, but in a way I have associated that place with the feeling of "impending doom" and all sorts of weird scenarios go through my mind at rapid pace when I'm there for an exam.

In any case, I don't think I did very well but considering the amount of time I took revising it, which was not a lot, I guess it was alright. Taking an overview of this module from the start to the end, I'd say I'll be getting a B for it.

Sigh. Only a freaking B.

The rational part of me says I could have done better but just forget it already and concentrate on the next paper. The emotional part of me is more conflicting. One one hand, it screams "You could have done FAR FAR BETTER" and refuses to let go of it. On the other hand, it says, "Wow, I actually kind of enjoyed answering the question. I'm sure I'm going to get an A."

*raises eyebrow*

However, emotions are important, ok! They serve very important functions in our social and daily lives. As such, this brings me to the next paper to study for - Emotions.

Oops, too much essay writing in exams has influenced this post.

And Good Luck to all taking their examinations!

Second (2/6) and third paper

Screwed the 2nd paper up a little today.

3rd paper tomorrow. I think I am so dead.

Second paper; Hamsters

Second paper tomorrow. I told myself I'll go to bed by 10.30pm and now it's 10.50pm. Tomorrow's a GEM paper. Supposedly easy to score. I took a day and a half to study for it. I'd better score!

Actually I took a cute baby hamster photo today because the four babies are actually big enough to run around and (try to) eat (big, hamster) solid food and I wanted to show you all just how tiny they are! However, I spent a full 11 hours studying today so I'll blog about the baby hamsters some other time.

Oh yar, there's one baby hamster that is blind in one eye. When my father saw it, he said we must keep it because it is so poor thing.

What?

I replied (exact words edited),

Are we a Hamster Disability Centre or something? First we have the 2nd smallest baby of the first lot (because the smallest one was eaten up) and now we are going to keep a half-blind baby.

I was just kidding. The half-blind baby's really cute but looks so poor thing. So unless somebody really wants it, we will keep it for sure.

And I think the female of the first lot of babies is pregnant.

Oh god. How many generations of hamsters are we going to own? The male hamster should quit being so horny already.

First paper (1/6)

Had my first paper today - Personality Psychology. (Trust me, I still can't tell what you are thinking.) It was not perfect nor as good as I would have liked it to be because the first question, if done properly, can be a really fun question to answer (under non-exam conditions) but I did not answer it as nicely as I would have liked. However, considering my very low level of self-efficacy, I was just glad I had revised, was able to write something decent in the first question and answered the rest of the questions, hopefully, a tad more than decently.

Felt guilty about wasting a whole booklet though because I got my second booklet and managed to write 3 words in it just 5 seconds before time was up. Deciding it was stupid, I abandoned the book, wrote the 3 words somewhere in my first booklet instead and handed that up. Then I left the blank booklet on the table and walked out with the rest when we were dismissed, with that 3 words inside uncrossed. I hope the examiners don't take the time to find who that person is at that desk, find the original exam booklet and check if I had forgotten to hand it up. The possibility only occurred to me when I was already on the shuttle bus out.

The lecturer gelled his hair today. Heh. *blush*

Oh yar, I have almost given up on writing introduction and conclusion because I have become so slow in thinking that I have no time left. Thus, here's a conclusion to make up for all the missing conclusions.

In conclusion, it was a good beginning to the exams. The rest aren't exactly killers, except for Health Psychology, but I haven't done intensive revision yet either, so...

1 down, 5 to go.

Very "cold feet"

Ok, now I'm freaking out.

I found myself engaging in numerous random, seemingly involuntary movements while studying. I only do that when I'm nervous (and completely out of sorts).

Right now my Self-efficacy is superbly low.

Self-efficacy: The belief held by an individual that he is able to execute a certain behaviour in order to attain some goal. The ability to summon one's resources, cognitive, motivation etc. to get through a long process filled with barriers. I can't even get myself to put in lots of effort.

My English suck.

Getting cold feet

Blogging from my phone. This is going to cost me.

Exams are in 2 days and I'm not confident. In fact, am very scared.

Sigh.