And so, at long last, it is over. My final BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) examinations draw to an end, lasting some 5 days of written examinations and 2 days of clinical examinations, stretching from 16th May to 28th May. And this examinations is e toughest I've ever have had, covering watever we've learnt (and not learnt), tat is required in a knowledgable dentist and watever tat they want to test us on from e ten year series. Os and As appear like ikan bilis in comparison. And 65 days- a total of 65 days: tatz e no. of days since I started intensive mugging for e examinations.

A typical day day of mugging would go something like this:

0830hr- Rise and shine! Start to mug!
1400hr- Lunch and papers (15 min to nue wats e world is gg on outside)
1430hr- Continue mugging.
17oohr- Dinner
1720hr- Continue mugging.
2200hr- Some tv shows eg. desperate housewives, survivor, ulgy betty)
2300hr- Continue mugging.
0400hr- Sleep!

And like every year of examinations, signs and symptoms of excessive stress set in. In yr 1 it was insomnia. I also had e concept of going without sleep for consecutive days since I had a healthy and fit body and I see on reason not to push it. Until diarrhea and nausea set in tat is. Yr 2 was better since I was adamant to prevent wat had happened in yr 1 and prepared earlier. It worked wonderfully and I got pretty decent results. Yr 3 was more stressful becoz we are dealing with clinical surgery and medicine which all dental undergraduates have very, very little experience in. And yr 4 is well, test you on everything. So even with 65 days of intensive mugging, I can barely cover everything. But here it is. I haff done it. A persistent cough I've had during my entire mugging period, due to lowered immunity as a result of high stress, little rest, inadequate nutrition + fluids, disappeared miraculously overnight after our CD 1 examinations. I just can't stop smiling and brimming from ear to ear everytime I think of how our final examinations is over. Hopefully, this will be e final examination I'll have to take.
But if you ask me, all these is worth it to get a Dr before e name. Can't wait to put on e graduation gown and throw e cap.. And as I've always believed, hard work will make you a better man and give a total fulfilling sense of achievement.

Right now juz feel like yelling:
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- posted by Yonghe @ 10:09 PM