Thursday, May 06, 2004

Remarkable OreO!

OreO had an astronomy exam today morning, and from the time he received the timetable in March till he stepped into the exam hall this morning, he had always thought the exam commenced at 1030 hrs. So he embarked on the journey from Camden to school at 0930 hrs.

It was 1000 hrs and OreO thought it was still early. So he strolled to the school science library to return a couple of books, before beginning his navigation to the examination hall.

As usual, OreO couldn't find the examination venue instantly and after 20 minutes of searching, at about 1020 hrs, he approached two uncles outside a hall, which looked liked the very examination hall in which there were students inside scribbling furiously and which OreO passed by 5 times while searching leisurely for the exam hall, still thinking that he has 10 more minutes before the exam starts.

Then to his horror, OreO found out from the uncles that the exam had started 25 minutes ago and it was this very hall which he was supposed to be in right now.

Well done, OreO.

5 more minutes and OreO will be barred from the exam and fail this course unit.

OreO then anxiously reported to the chief examiner. The examiner showed OreO to his seat and offered to take his bag and jacket to the storage area.

OreO showed the examiner the required timetable and his ID card in return.

OreO then looked carefully at his timetable and the "1000 hrs" was mocking at him scornfully.

OreO perspired every single drop of sweat that he had stored for the past nine months in London, even though it was ten plus degrees Celsius in the exam hall.

OreO saw lots of stars and planets revolving around his eyes before he could start answering the questions on stars and planets.

How could OreO have thought that it was 1030 hrs all the while?

Nevermind for that question, OreO told himself that he must calm down and start answering the questions.

OreO wiped dry his sweat and took a deep breath and off he scribbled frantically on the answer sheets.

OreO scrawled and scribbled so fast that he finished the exam 45 minutes before the end of the exam.

So OreO double and triple checked every answer he had written, before he decided that he would die of suffocation if he continued to stay in the hall for the next half an hour.

So OreO raised up his right hand and handed in his exam scripts.

OreO strided out of the exam hall while the rest of the candidates were still scrawling.

Well done, OreO.

OreO was so impressed with himself: first, this is the first time in his whole academic life that OreO is late for an exam; second, he arrived 25 minutes late, and then he finished 45 minutes earlier. So OreO in fact spent only 1 hour 20 minutes, instead of the allocated 2 hours 30 minutes to finish the whole exam.

Erm... now OreO is thinking, he should have completed all the questions and sub-questions right?

Whatever, astronomy is his most confident subject. OreO is expecting at least an A for astronomy.

We shall see in a month's time. OreO has four more papers to go.

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