zzz

*ahem* yes my 2 papers were finally over. the saturday that didn't feel like a saturday had crossed me path at last.

the morning paper was dumb. really. there were plenty of questions (of the 80 MCQ) that didn't seem like they belonged. there were questions with multiple correct answers (NOTE: it's a multiple CHOICE question, not multiple ANSWER!!!) even though they required only one. i mean, it's not exactly trick questions, but the fact is because some of these things are technical in nature, we KNOW what can be done and what cannot be done. so my point is, the lecturer who had set the questions was partially clueless. to top if off, there were a number of questions too, that were name-that-year kind. omg like, which idiot would ask that kind of questions at university level?! even my history class questions also don't ask such stuff. and i failed miserably for that too. the paper was really bad. a lot of people agreed with me on that.

the second paper was... philosophical. in a way. apart from the 50MCQ (which i must admit i used a bit of guesswork here and there) we had to choose 2 of 4 essay questions to write about. each essay should be roughly 2 pages minimum. i wrote with one-line spacing to get that amount. jason wrote without one-line spacing and he's already writing more than i do. hehe... well firstly my handwriting is frigging bad. so it'd help the lecturer reading that i have spacing inbetween. and then i could write lesser and still make it to 2 pages. =x but i'm mostly following because last semester's essay exam i wrote in this fashion by request of the lecturer.

so what were the questions? let's see if i can roughly recall them... (i'm only showing those 2 i chose so you can imagine for yourself how the other 2 would be similar in fashion)

1. Describe the dynamics of geopolitics and globalisation with regards to the United States. How has Sept 11 affected the military strategy of the country?
2. The Bush Administration identified six key areas that should be focussed on for the security of the United States: intelligence and warning, aviation and tranport security,domestic counter-terrorism, critical infrastructure protection, preparation against catastrophic threats, and emergency preparedness and response. How has the use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) helped in handling these areas? Describe with contemporary examples.

hurhur... so those were the questions. you can picture me writing away vigorously to answer all these. i finished in about the 2nd hour (the paper was 3 hours long)... but it was alright i guess. but want to know why i'd did it in a hurry? well for one, there the DAMN FLIES ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! it is highly irritating because the flies down here are... let's just put it, brave (we all know they are actually stupid) to hang around humans. even while walking they'll follow us, cling on our backs and occasionally fly into our face and around our ears on purpose so that we'd wave our arms wildly like madmen. it sucks! and for the second paper, they were all over the place in the exam hall that everyone in there were waving about every few minutes or so. they'd even land in front of me on the table, just to taunt me damn it!

-ahem- so yes i wanted to get out asap, away from the flies, in the safety of our house. overall i'd say today's papers were... half disappointing (first paper), half "wow"-factor (second paper). the wow part because i'd never written an answer like that for those kind of questions before. sounds like macro-economics if you asked me. hope i'd do good on them!

and for now, i have another third (and last) paper to go! on tuesday! this being a technical sort of subject, i'd probably find it challenging. and given i'm not too familiar with C/C++ stuff, i'll need to work on it.

*try...*