Finals Week Significant Learnings (aka Bloopers)

Because my last year in college cannot go without any bloopers, especially during finals week.


1. ...on fascinating ceiling tiles.

One thing I learned during one of my final exams was that there I are 172 holes in the ceiling tile above. I have never been more fascinated with ceiling tiles before. I even found it more fascinating than our exam.


2. ...on awkward silences.

DSP final project evaluation couldn't have gotten more awkward as it was. The long stretches of awkward silence in the room was too much to bear. That, and our inability to stay silent for five minutes did not remain unnoticed.

*really loud wheezing of a car in Katipunan was suddenly heard*
Rachel and Mara: *laughs silently* (sorry. we are easily amused. and distracted)
Sir Lui: what's so funny?
Mara: uhm, sir... kasi... may vroom vroom.


3. ...on going crazy before the actual exam.

Ronna: So kakausapin ni 3 si 1 para malaman yung minimum cost...
Zel: Pota, yung mga numbers nag-uusap na. Nakakasira ng ulo.


4. ...on bullshitting essays -- in Japanese.

Gomen ne, sensei. My Japanese vocabulary just sucks without my notes. I'm better in grammar, though (well, at least I hope so).

Fact #1: "kawaii" and "omoshiroi" are not the only japanese adjectives that exist.
Fact #2: Money being described as "kawaii" has never been heard of. Until now.
Fact #3: No one has ever thought of putting anime character faces on bills. Unfortunately, I have a "brilliant" mind.


5. ...on rhyming words and being deaf.

Alvin: scholar ka ba?
Rachel: ha? ano?
Alvin: scholar ka?
Rachel: ah. akala ko tinatanong mo kung may installer ako.


6. ...on being a seer.

I swear I will never ignore my intuition ever again. Every semester, there would always be this one problem where I would confidently say "hindi naman yan lalabas sa exam..." while reviewing and proceed to ignore that problem, only to have that same problem stare at me during the exam proper. So if I were you, the next time we're having an exam, ask me what problems I purposely ignored and you'd probably be able to ace that exam.


7. ...on eating while taking an exam.

Having skipped breakfast because I was already running late, I took the exam on an empty stomach. It was bound to happen, some time during the exam, that my brain would stop functioning due to hunger. And so I took the cookies from my bag and started eating while taking the exam. If I was even trying to hide the fact that I was eating, it would be an utter failure since I was seated directly in front of the teacher. I think Ma'am Cat found it funny that I was eating during the exam. I did offer her some of my cookies, though.


8. ...on making a circuit work.

Ma'am Cat: very good.
Karl: yay! sunsilk.
Rachel: ha? bakit sunsilk?
Karl: kasi sumusunod sa galaw.
Rachel: sabaaaw. teka... diba rejoice yun?


9. ...on making your teacher panic for your oral exam.

I was originally scheduled at 11:30 but since we had our lab circuit presentation from 10-12nn, I changed my slot to 2:50pm which was the last and only slot available. I did not bother emailing my teacher about the change because I thought he would have received a notification when the slots are changed. It turns out that there was no notification and I was surprised to see him panicking when I entered the consultation room because he thought I wasn't going to show up. He told me he was even about stalk me in Facebook to remind me of the exam. Haha. So much for my last (hopefully) oral exam in college.