Taking the Test
For quite some time, I was counting down to 17 June 2011. Months turned into weeks, and weeks in days. And all of a sudden, I found myself sitting in the waiting area of the Pearson Vue. I was about to take the test I have been preparing for more than half a year! I would remain calm, I had told myself the night before. I had prepared well, and there was no reason to panic. But then, I had also told myself that I would have a good night’s sleep before the test. That didn’t happen. Likewise, my heart was racing and my mouth dry. Soon enough I had my picture taken, fingerprints scanned and was sitting in front of a computer that said, Click next to start. Oh! I wondered, there isn’t going to be a – your time starts now. I could start the test...
The Final Level
..an X-ray on Bladder stone, luckily a specimen of bladder stone, a clamp, autoclaving, hernioplasty, fibula, the Austin Moore hip prosthesis and I was done!!! That was the final 20 mins of my last exam. And what a relief it is. I came out of the surgery seminar room at about 5 and didnt realise what just happened. This is what I have been waiting for not just for the last few months, but for the last 4 years, maybe longer. As most of us know, getting past this torturous obstacle race is no easy task. To add to all this, you have the professors. They lurk in the darkness of the hospital corridors. Constantly observing your every move, and when the time is right, they would pounce on you. And as you go further ahead in the race, the harder it gets. Its just like...
Once and for all…. its over!!!
…an X-ray on Bladder stone, a specimen of bladder stone, a right angled clamp, autoclaving, hernioplasty, fibula, the austin moore hip prosthesis and I was done!!! That was the final 20 mins of my last exam (fingers crossed). And what a relief it is. I came out of the surgery seminar room at about 5 and didnt realise what just happened. This is what I have been waiting for not just for the last few months, but for the last 4 years, maybe longer. After I sat for the Peads theory exam on 3rd Dec (which didnt go so well), there was a huge gap before my practicals started. Most of us enjoyed the first 15 days as if the exams were over. But as 29th Dec came closer, I started feeling the heat rise. First came Paediatrics, I was allotted the same case as 5 other....
Almost there…
My Exams started on 18th of this month. 9 days, 7 papers, 4 subjects… and I would be done with the theory of my final year exams!! That should have been today. But Mumbai went boom again!! Just before I finished reading the final few topics for my last exam, news started to pour in that the exams might get postponed. At 7, the news got confirmed. The exams have been postponed until further notice. This would have been the last one!! I would have been free for another month, when I practicals start. But all that I can do is wait for the exam and study all over again Update: Its on 3rd...
32 Days…
Ever played a computer game? You have to get through a set of obstacles. Miss one step and you fall into the deep valley and die. Then you start again, until you have got it right. Then you move on to the next level. Its fun. Right? I feel just like that. Minus the fun part. After tackling the pre university exams, and before I could even stand up straight, the next level is ahead of me. The University. Its the hardest of the levels. No cheats, no god mode and the scaryest of the monsters who are most difficult to tackle. Let the games begin. Share
42 days on the board..
And on the positive side, 100 days to freedom. 15 Jan 09, I will be a free man. No more study or you will fail. No more stop wasting your time on the computer. No more you sleep too much. I get to do what ever I want, when I want and for as long as I want. My exams get over on that day. But as I said, thats like a light year away. Back to reality, today was my pre-university medicine practical. And i was the extreme opposite of wonderful. I had a CNS case (my bad luck starts). I had taken hemiplagia on a few other occasions. No big deal. I was confident. After about about 1 hr, very satisfied with what I had done with history and examination, the examiner came. I started presenting. And then i saw my beautiful poetic creation being riped to shreds. Words after...