Exam Fever

You know how people always fall sick during exams?

Well, I fall sick right after - when everyone else is celebrating & healthier than ever! Haha!

So. I think I kinda put myself under a lot of pressure yesterday, fearing the worst for my ESL common test (5-paragraph generic essay) & BM oral presentation for "Pindah" (the novel we've been analyzing in class this term). Henceforth, I am now having a fever. Boooo!

Anyway, the ESL CT was all right -- better than I expected, but not as great as I had hoped. I managed to keep my cool & stay relatively calm during the exam (I think Sean was referring to me when he was saying how some girls do fine in class and then, once they walk into the exam hall, the words "EXAM EXAM EXAM" keep ringing in their minds!)... I mapped out three main points for the topic I chose to write on: The Positive Impacts of Studying Abroad -- independence, exposure to foreign cultures, & initiative -- in more elaborate words. But my third point was pretty vague (couldn't really think of a 3rd point larr) and my conclusion was a li'l screwed up because I unknowingly put points into it. Hehe. XD

My BM oral presentation was definitely the corners of today's smile! :D I didn't even really memorize it - even forgot my lines halfway, but I don't think Mr Tong noticed me lurching forward halfway to stare at my original script (I only wrote the beginning of every sentence on to my cue card). Haha but it was great! Very fun -- despite my cold fingers & trembling hands!

You see, owing to my permanent loss of proper volume control, my opening sentence shocked half the class and made everyone start listening - LOL! I could see Li Shan & Laura jump, for once distracted from the music clandestinely blasting into their ears from someone's MP3 player. Hong Ting and his friends at the back listened to my whole speech while smiling - haha that helped boost my morale yo! Thank you! At least I got everyone's attention. ;)

I could see Mr Tong smiling too! That was like, the most awesome part -- he usually just looks at his shoes or a nearby doorknob when someone is presenting -- XD. Hahaha -- Jillian, Mel, Chinn Pei, etc all started whooping and clapping. After my speech, Buford was like "Sha-Lene, if you and Ahnaf joined the public-speaking competition, and Ahnaf got first place, what did YOU get?" .. and I was like, grinning, "Third". Buford: "No wonderr..".. And Alison said "You arr.. really like public-speaker larr you! Haha!"-- and Ming, well, Ming is Ming haha so she mimicked me in an exaggerated way. Hehe. And Natasha said she would award me full marks! Loveya Tasha!!

Ok larr, to deflate my head a little bit (Denise would make this part compulsory, hehe!), I can explain -- I just spoke like how I would speak in a public-speaking competition, but I really am grateful for the support that my classmates & friends gave me! Especially Carmen ok, for practising with me on the bus! *mwah* If you think I spoke quite well, it's only because I have had a lot of practice doing it.. like emceeing during assembly & joining competitions.. so.. haha.. thank you for the compliments, H1 mates!!

But hey.. I welcome constructive criticism too, ok!

For instance, when I came down from the stage during the MPPJ competition, Miss Magdalen told me "You sounded like you hadn't had breakfast".. and you would think, ouchhh... but no worr, after weeks of being under her training style, I was just like, "Really arr? Okay I will do better next time! Let's hope Kevin still gives DJ a shot at winning!" Or maybe I am just thick-skinned lar. Haha!

Hmm on other news, Sean came back into class today! Haha! He's staying until the 10th of March now. My classmates also went a little off their rockers during Math, hehe! And I sat in front of Hong Ting, and his superfunny laugh kept making me laugh all through the lesson! Luckily, I learnt velocity & its annoying companions in Add Math last time, so it should be ok even though I only paid 70% concentration.. hahaha at times like this, I feel sorry for Shern Ren because all these minor drawbacks in class are going to come back to haunt us when he's tutoring me. *ROTFL!*