my last exam

I woke up with a start when the alarm was buzzing only to notice it was 4 in the morning.I got up and said to myself... "today is your last exam anu! you'll go home after that!" that was 16th of august 2011. I had my biochem practical , an exam i was longing for.

I had my class notes and m dear txtbook in front of me but still i couldnt read properly , as anyone does even i was excited about the fact that i was going home that day. I took a deep breath and then started revising thinking that the last exam of 1st year should be the best one. finally, i completed about 70% of my syllabus and went to the mess for breakfast. Raj was there. she asked me a few questions and v probed through our practical manual for marking important stuff to be revised before exam. I ate and had a cup of tea and rushed back to room to get ready for exam.

I went an hour before the exam along with mamatha and sat outside the lab reading. Soon, our batch people arrived and for a moment we actually forgot we had an exam .Again, i resumed back to books.

Soon, our professor, arrived to give instructions and asked us not to be tensed and asked us not to be in a hurry while doing experiments.

After that our exam finally started. The moment my no. was called and i saw the spotters i was overjoyed since i at least knew something about them. Later, when the buzzer stopped and i finished my spotters , it was time to pick an answer book to know my place. when i went there with my hands trembling, my professor tried to comfort me saying i have a lot of time to do my practical and i need to walk not run :) .

Luckily i got an unknown sample which turned out to be fructose.I was boiling something and though i didn't overheat, the contents spurted out and had to get a new paper. I was to estimate urinary creatinine in a sample which i could do properly. Then, the external examiner came with case sheets... Again, i was happy as i got a case of hemolytic jaundice which i could answer perfectly and my examiner said good. I was also happy as my favourite professor took viva for practical and though i didn't answer the last question she asked i could manage answering other questions.

The actual stress came when my grand viva started. I was the 15th in my batch. My friends who had it before me scared me saying they weren't able to answer properly. I got scared. But i decided to give my best. I could answer well to one external examiner though i landed up making one blunder.To the other examiner i could answer but only after thinking for a while.Altogether it was good as i promised to myself.