EXAMS! *yawn*

Finally! Exam week is over for us juniors, it was our first experience ever. Now that we've had our share of the IELTS-three-hour-straight chilling treatment in the Great Hall, we can really stake claim to be called 'true KYUEM-ians'. Yours truly forgot to bring back his jacket from his last trip at home, and thus had to learn the hard way that when KYUEM claimed to 'prepare you for the UK', they were very well talking about the climate as well.

To the disdain of some seniors, juniors were given study leave throughout the exam week. Meaning that on days that there were no exams, academic periods were spent lounging about studying in the comforts of the RC, or studying the pillowcases back in their own rooms. To this, one female Garnetor bitterly scoffs,

'When WE were juniors we didn't get any study leave!'

And she probably has every right to say that, as it was rather unnerving to see people who were supposed to be busy cracking their heads lying about and having a good time. Some junior chalets were spotted holding 'movie nights' on Thursday and Wednesday, other juniors were spotted hanging out in the cafe' like they would during any normal weekend, others who have *ahem* gotten lucky enough to find *ahem* have been spotted at late night junction meetings and so forth, with textbooks noticably missing (if their intention was to study together to begin with).

The general state of apathy could possibly be due to the fact that some of us still have free blocks (AS subjects that haven't started), and so some had only 3 subjects to worry about. Those who had the most fun, however, were the people who took 3 and a half A-levels, but a) their AS subjects hadn't started and b) one of their three A-levels was Chemistry. Yes, there was an instant uproar when it was announced that there Chemistry wouldn't be tested during this exam. Nerds such as myself were heartbroken, but it was a pain that healed instantly with the help of late night movies and more pillow sessions. So some lucky people had their schedules looking like this:

Monday: Bio practical
Tuesday:Bio written test
Wednesday: IELTS for first three hours of the day, pillow session for the rest
Thursday: Pillow session
Friday: Public holiday
Saturday: Math test

While others (ha ha) have schedules looking like this:

Monday: Bio practical
Tuesday: Bio written test
Wednesday: IELTS, followed by English Lit
Thursday: Physics practical
Friday: Public holiday
Saturday: Math test, followed by Malaysian Studies, everyone's favourite GS


So there, we juniors aren't kiasu like some seniors claim. We are all just as human as the next senior. We just have things easy for now. Don't blame us. Imagine how WE felt. The tragedy of it all! All we wanted was more stress but oh well, guess that can wait for next semester.

With some AS subjects starting this Monday (refer to the notice board on the second floor for details), you can almost hear us junior nerds quivering with anticipation. No, really.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to weep over the tragedy that was my Maths paper.