Thursday, July 8, 2010

Crunch time!!

I remember last year watching the senior students preparing for their final exam and thinking "I'm SO glad it's not me!" And now, ready or not it's my turn! This past week I feel like pretty much every spare moment has gone into studying, and the more I study the more I figure out I don't know! :) Yesterday I had rare full day off, so Kinshasa and I took off to the beach with some text books and study material. I'm sure we were an unusual sight, sitting on the sand with our text books and notes, but since our time is limited we figured we'd kill two birds with one stone. It was actually an ideal location to study, with the soft breeze and relaxing atmosphere. Today I have yet to study as I had clinic, two classes and cooking duty. I had a rather painful and embarrassing accident at the market today. Being on a mission and in a hurry, I didn't pay close enough attention to where I was walking, and my one leg slipped- or more like scraped- into a drainage hole right up to my knee. At first I was completely discussed as I felt "stuff" enclose around my foot. I looked up, and noticed the people around me trying to look away- the Filipino way of "hiding my shame." But at the particular moment, I didn't care too much about shame, so I hobbled over to a vegetable stand to ask for some water. Then I started realizing how painful and swollen my leg was getting... Now I have a huge, swollen bruise, reminding me to at least spend enough time to look where I'm going! And I'm sure I gave a few people at the market a good laugh, seeing a white girl fall into a drain! :)
Well, this was my study break, so back to the books! Please pray that God would give me wisdom to know what to study, how to study, and the ability to retain it all. And that I won't hyperventilate! :) :) :) Okay, okay, I'm procrastinating! Off I go...

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