From: Quintos, Mary Catherine
02/09/2008
10:21 AM
“Congrats, Jo! Galing, ah!” ;-)
That was Kate’s text message which I was able to read by half passed eleven.
The first word… I felt numbness.
Then my toes got some tingles.
Then my fingers came fidgeting.
Then I started jumping and shouting and laughing and crying all at once.
Arleen came from the other cubicle… shocked with how I was acting.
Students passing by were staring questioningly, too… but they kept their smiles to themselves. Or just maybe, they were too polite to tell me how crazy-looking I was.
But what the heck! I don’t care. Don’t care a bit.
Exactly a month ago, I had a pile of books, photocopied notes, course syllabus and anything I could get from my cabinet, from friends, from the bookstore and from my supportive MAGAC adviser on my table… table in my cubicle, table in my study, table in the dining, divan near the kitchen, on my bed, and even under my bed.
Two weeks before that, I passed my application for the board examination at PRC Baguio.
But two weeks thereafter, I haven’t read a single line of any introduction of any of the materials under my perusal.
Then, I only had three weeks…
God knows how I squeezed in all the words in my mentally-challenged brain in a weeks time. (Yeah, God gave me just a week to realize I have to do something, or else…)
August 21-22, 2008.
Judgment Day.
Then there was “Luker”.
Then restless nights came as I wait for the result. During those times I was able to get some sleep, I had nightmares. (Picture the suffering!??)
Then today came.
And Kate’s text message.
Ahhhhhhh!!! Sweet success!
I have come to conclude that the following leads you somewhere:
1. tons of prayer,
2. a lot of guts,
3. a little pressure to make it tolerable,
4. some procrastination (I did this through sleep),
5. a good deal of common sense for unexpected and inevitable circumstances,
6. a que-sera-sera attitude (Got it from my beloved Mom’s lullaby… sure she’s one happy and 7. proud Mom as she looks down on me now!)
7. blank stares over a pile of reading materials,
8. a mug of water before squeezing in some info,
9. a wrap of Quake, a chocolate-coated muffin everyday or make it twice a day to become more effective, and
10. blogging!!!!!!
Believe me, this list works. It gave me two professional licenses in a year! You can disarrange it according to how it suits you.
02/09/2008
10:21 AM
“Congrats, Jo! Galing, ah!” ;-)
That was Kate’s text message which I was able to read by half passed eleven.
The first word… I felt numbness.
Then my toes got some tingles.
Then my fingers came fidgeting.
Then I started jumping and shouting and laughing and crying all at once.
Arleen came from the other cubicle… shocked with how I was acting.
Students passing by were staring questioningly, too… but they kept their smiles to themselves. Or just maybe, they were too polite to tell me how crazy-looking I was.
But what the heck! I don’t care. Don’t care a bit.
Exactly a month ago, I had a pile of books, photocopied notes, course syllabus and anything I could get from my cabinet, from friends, from the bookstore and from my supportive MAGAC adviser on my table… table in my cubicle, table in my study, table in the dining, divan near the kitchen, on my bed, and even under my bed.
Two weeks before that, I passed my application for the board examination at PRC Baguio.
But two weeks thereafter, I haven’t read a single line of any introduction of any of the materials under my perusal.
Then, I only had three weeks…
God knows how I squeezed in all the words in my mentally-challenged brain in a weeks time. (Yeah, God gave me just a week to realize I have to do something, or else…)
August 21-22, 2008.
Judgment Day.
Then there was “Luker”.
Then restless nights came as I wait for the result. During those times I was able to get some sleep, I had nightmares. (Picture the suffering!??)
Then today came.
And Kate’s text message.
Ahhhhhhh!!! Sweet success!
I have come to conclude that the following leads you somewhere:
1. tons of prayer,
2. a lot of guts,
3. a little pressure to make it tolerable,
4. some procrastination (I did this through sleep),
5. a good deal of common sense for unexpected and inevitable circumstances,
6. a que-sera-sera attitude (Got it from my beloved Mom’s lullaby… sure she’s one happy and 7. proud Mom as she looks down on me now!)
7. blank stares over a pile of reading materials,
8. a mug of water before squeezing in some info,
9. a wrap of Quake, a chocolate-coated muffin everyday or make it twice a day to become more effective, and
10. blogging!!!!!!
Believe me, this list works. It gave me two professional licenses in a year! You can disarrange it according to how it suits you.
Now these I say are my OFFICIAL MEMORY ENHANCERS!!!
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