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I only seem to blog when exams come around!

I actually have a DECEMBER 2009 post on COMMON TESTS which I fell asleep typing (yeah I remember this bit). so I will go wrap up that one and publish it just for the sake of it.

for this round of final exams, I have 3 completed, namely marketing, accounting and service operations management.

the final whammy comes from the final boss International Economics and Finance. I interviewed a survivor from the last round of attacks who confirmed that it causes +9999999 damage. he/she suspects the game programmer aka Miss Koh (the tutor, not my imaginary sister) activated the GOD MODE cheat on that paper.

wow that was cold. but that paper is probably the most difficult BA paper in NP. nobody I know taking that module wasnt worried about it.

but lets just do a week in review first.

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this exam season was really different due to the extreme proximity to chinese new year. my exams begin the same week as CNY. last year there was quite a healthy gap. it was either one week plus before or after CNY that exams begun. with CNY being Feb 3 next year, it seems next year wont be as disruptive as this year's either.

because of this strictly non-beautiful coincidence, I went about my usual chinese new year duties lugging my notes and my heavy heart along, squeezing in study when I am not distracted.

this includes helping my sixth uncle at the market on 年二九, then going for a reunion dinner (usually at grandma or sixth uncle place, this year at sixth uncle) on 年三十, visiting paternal grandma and going 观音庙 to 拜拜 on 初一, maternal grandma visiting and my second uncle house with the lion dance on 初二 as well as the final visit to my 大伯 on the first weekend of CNY.

it sounds very compact, but we are often traveling some distance over public bus so it wasnt as speedy as you think. I tend to look out into scenery when taking buses, which as you might realise kinda hinders studying.

its also kinda sad to be mugging while everyone is kind of in an unlifted, festivish mood.

you hear chatter but you know you cant join the relatives in their conversations.

you see all the shows on TV happily celebrating with red splashed all over the decor, while the only red you see would be that of the result slip if you continue watching TV.

so yes, my point is it was depressing. I must really wean myself off being so wordy.

I told you all my usual CNY schedule since this year, I visited my 大伯 on a sunday at his market stall at Macpherson Estate on the day before AAA, thanks to following the usual CNY schedule. thus AAA revision was disrupted here and there and I even saw a pad (yes the girly monthly one) with DRIED BLOOD lying on the ground while walking to the kopitiam for lunch there.

during CNY some more. some more I saw a black cat running past. no wonder my AAA paper took a KO.

this bit of background information about my life will lead on to my usual review.

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saturday was marketing and the consensus was that the paper wasnt difficult. everyone seemed to have hit the right points. the consensus was also that the paper was really straightforward with what they want with bold and underlines.

heard this was due to the common test which wasnt as well as expected. an easy start to the exam season.

accounting was the next on monday morning. this one wasnt as straightforward, especially the partnership question. this is again a consensus. I only managed to complete the paper just in time before the 2 hours after being stumped by the first for some time.

personally I know of a capital adjustment account mistake in that question, a depreciation expense mistake in the company accounts one and a ratio mistake from using the wrong inventory in FSA one.

did not bother to tabulate how much marks that was. no need to make myself feel sadder for no reason. over already la.

SOM follows closely on tuesday. before that, may I just ask why do they keep putting SOM on directly the next day after a paper? dont they realise most poly students are the last minute type (me too) and doing this twice in a row will drag scores for that module down?

this also meant my memory of SOM preprations was always that of extreme rush and fatigue.

the paper was pretty standard in terms of calcuations questions. I avoided the EOQ question due to the cash discount part, which really wasnt that straightforward even in tutorials.

one thing about SOM is that there is so much theory in it that you dont know which ones are actually more important and you have to prepare for nearly all the theory.

I am glad some of those I skipped didnt come out. unfortunately those I merely glanced through made an appearence, like benchmarking. well.

heard BFS people had four papers straight on fri, sat, mon and tue and had ended now. dont know whether to congratulate them since there is hardly any time for last minute preparation and its very tiring taking one onslaught after another like this. if it was me I would have crumbled, so good job there!

so I shall now end this so I can go ahead and prepare for the beyond godlike final boss. good luck for all those who still have papers!