Best day ever!

..not! Today starts the seven day exam week or as we students would like to call it "hell week". Seven subjects, ten exams, seven days. Today was our pathology practical exam and I must say, my three-hours-and-something-minute-sleep didn't seem to do me any good. I wasn't sleepy during the exam. My brain was working well a few minutes before the exam. I knew the slides. I knew what you were supposed to look for. But the exam brought out the worst in me.

I blame question number one. The very moment I saw that question, my brain went blank. My confidence shut to zero. It's never a nice feeling to not know the answer to the first question of a fifty item exam. Believe me, when that happens, you will freak out. That's exactly what happened to me. That question broke my game face. I didn't even stay to listen for the feedback. I didn't want to know the answers.

Tomorrow is another day. Another exam. Hopefully it doesn't hurt me like this one did. Weird thing is, I'm still hoping I passed the pathology practicals.

*The yankees won their game against the rangers today, so at least that made me happy.

Sportsfest is here!!

Because med school is getting more stressful by the moment, we are almost always thankful for events like this. Heck, I even joined the soccer team even if I have never played before just to release any stress I've experienced from the week. So far, I'm doing okay or so I think.

I'm really happy that we have Sportsfest is here but sometimes, it pushes me to be a little more stressed as some of our games are scheduled the night before our quiz for major subjects. Sometimes I study and sometimes I give in to fatigue. Seeing my grade is starting to fluctuate, I have to give a lot more effort to hitting the books than the effort I give to hitting the ball. Sports is temporary but medicine is my future.

Go 2013!