I flipped to the last page of the exam paper and smiled triumphantly. The longest question of the whole exam, the one that’s worth the most; I knew they’d ask that over all other possible topics. Surely, if I had the four main points nicely in my brain at that moment, I couldn’t possibly forget any one of them after I did all the other questions? Totally no need to jot them down first. I mean, what are the chances?
Please don’t make me hate you more, brain.
Vickie Diablos is a postgraduate student in Health Informatics, a hardcore gamer geek and a socially awkward logic and science nerd. She thought keeping a "cool blog" would make her a cool person. Alas. 
Frutee
26 Jun 2007
5:10 pm
omg. haha.
so you knew what was going to be on the exam??
Vickie
28 Jun 2007
10:00 pm
… No. I had an intuition, thought I couldn’t possibly forget the main points and didn’t think to write them down first. But I forgot them when I came back to that question…
Brenda
27 Jun 2007
6:32 am
If only I did that for the math eqao! My friend copied down the exact questions from book 2, and did them before the test to make sure they’re right
Hopefully you get perfect then
Veronica
27 Jun 2007
11:09 am
I hate exams, but at least you knew what was going to be on it
Exams are annoying.
Jenny
28 Jun 2007
3:26 am
I always hated exams.
At least you’re done with them now. Right? Time to relax!!
Amanda
28 Jun 2007
5:51 am
God, I hate exams. I wish I had known what were on mine!
Morgan
28 Jun 2007
10:09 am
Ah, if only I knew what was on my English exam, it would have made my life easier hah.
I hope you did well!
Ashley
30 Jun 2007
3:01 am
I hate when I know something and then forget it right when you need it.
kylie
30 Jun 2007
4:21 pm
ew for exams but i love it when you are really good at a ceritan part :]
Ellie
3 Jul 2007
4:32 am
See, that thing always happens! And then you try to rack your brain figuring out what the heck you were thinking about in the beginning.
Hope you remembered the main points in the end..?
Sarah
3 Jul 2007
10:12 am
Aww, that happened to me too once. I had these great ideas for a short answer question and forgot a few of them when I actually came to the question. I guess it is just best to get it down when you are scared you might forget.
Nan
4 Jul 2007
2:47 am
My entire way of talking is like that – I know exactly what to say – except when I actually need to say it.
Ivory
4 Jul 2007
10:17 am
Kristin
5 Jul 2007
1:15 am
I hate when I do that :[ i'll finish everything else and then completely forget the most important thing to remember. so i just get it done first! haha :]
Sarah
5 Jul 2007
3:31 pm
That’s what I love about exams. You already know everything and hopefully you’ve studied the right things
Hope it ended up well
* chanel.
6 Jul 2007
6:01 am
Oh that’s the worse! I’m a terrible exam taker. Brainfarts galore for me.
Sai
6 Jul 2007
8:31 am
Gah~ exams are so stressful! I hope you did well on them though!
Christine
6 Jul 2007
10:22 pm
I hope you did well although I’m sure you did. Exams are never fun i always hated them.
Han
6 Jul 2007
11:15 pm
arg! I always write everything I can remember down as soon as the exam starts! Just in Case, I always never forget it when I’ve done that!
Amber
7 Jul 2007
4:15 am
I hope you did well on your exams. I hope they weren’t too difficult for you.
^_^
Ashley
8 Jul 2007
2:14 am
i hope you did well! i wish i knew what was going to be on my exams. it would have made things a lot easier ..
Hiro
8 Jul 2007
2:20 am
Oh dear.
Angel
8 Jul 2007
2:41 am
I’m sory to hear about your exam. I hate when I do that. Hopefully, you managed to pull something out of your head. Anyway, good luck!
Marie Claire
9 Jul 2007
8:33 pm
That happened to me quite a few times. So I jot everything down as soon as I see a question like that.
Amy
12 Jul 2007
1:04 am
I think it’s good to start with the longest question first in an exam. There’s always so much required of you, especially if it’s an essay question.
That’s a shame that you forgot all the points you had once you got back to the question. I guess the good thing is that you’ve learnt your lesson now and won’t make the same mistake again.
Patrissha
12 Jul 2007
3:34 am
Gahh hope you did well on the test! Couldnt possibly forget that main point, after all
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josh
12 Jul 2007
5:09 am
hopefully you did well. during my exam i had a quiet panic attack. i studied so much before the exam, and then forgot everything i learned the last year the moment i saw the exam paper.
but don’t worry i survived.
i’m sure you did great with your exam. you wouldn’t have done as badly as i did.
Raymond
12 Jul 2007
7:33 pm
Haha exams aren’t easy task to do. It needs a lot of brain work to do so. I hate exams for some reasons.
MissScareAll
13 Jul 2007
10:13 am
Exams come with some paper contagious disease that strikes immediately.
No matter how much preparation work you’ve done, no matter how sure you are of what you are going to say and explain, this disease causes your brain to go totally blank.
And panic time begins.
If only there were a cure!
Crystal
13 Jul 2007
5:10 pm
i’ve never done any exams but i hear their hard. Hope u did good!
laine
13 Jul 2007
8:11 pm
i always do so bad at exams and used to sleep through the whole thing
very bad of me i know. i regret it now though! anyways juss droppin:) -despair-
Kelly
14 Jul 2007
1:41 am
I hope you did well on your exam! I always did bad on exams,
Jenny
15 Jul 2007
8:14 am
For joo!! http://www.thesocalledme.net/2007/07/14/rockin-blog-girl/
Nat Marie
15 Jul 2007
1:56 pm
I hate exams, and I was so happy when I finished high school…then I completely forgot that it’s even worse in college. Now I’m scared to go back,
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Charity
16 Jul 2007
5:38 am
If there’s one thing that always sucks, it’s the brain fart that occurs when you need to remember something important.
laine
16 Jul 2007
2:35 pm
predictable exam
Laura
16 Jul 2007
11:44 pm
Yeah, tests & exams are predictable like that.
Christ8ina
17 Jul 2007
5:22 am
I hate exam questions like that, but most exams I take tend to be like that. I always find myself taking the test from the end to the beginning.
swormy
18 Jul 2007
5:10 am
Thank you for visiting, I may continue?…Mmmm~and good luck on the exam? ^ ^”
Yvonne
18 Jul 2007
10:14 am
Omg!
I hope you ended up remembering though!! Exams such, 50% of it is knowledge and 50% is intimidation…
Lissi
18 Jul 2007
8:08 pm
Oh man. Exams. Urgh. That’s the one thing I’m dreading about going back to school. I hope you did well on the exam!
Nanda
18 Jul 2007
10:40 pm
Oh that sucks. I hope you remembered later, and I hope you did well on it!
Elizabeth
19 Jul 2007
12:02 pm
Thanks for the comment
I hate exams, im so glad all of mine are done! 
Menelya
19 Jul 2007
8:44 pm
I hate exams, I was never really good at them,
Hope you did well though.
Wrhoana
20 Jul 2007
9:22 am
Ah! I hate it when my mind go blank when I have to remember something that I memorized over and over again. but it’s cool when I remember it, because then…you know..:D
I hope you did good!
Yingna
20 Jul 2007
3:04 pm
Just found this website through another blog–hehe, I liked how you posted this entry:
What I hope for exams when I get an intuition for the correct answer is to pray that the other questions in the test would help lead me to the right answer. It usually never does. I hope your results come out well
Anna
22 Jul 2007
3:46 pm
Smiling triumphantly after an exam. Hmm… That rarely happens. You’re lucky you smiled afterwards! Me and my friends, during those exams week, we’d feel like fainting afterwards from too much thinking. *lol*
Aleida
23 Jul 2007
10:00 pm
Gahhh~ that’s why they hand us a white sheet of paper to go with the exam. Nowadays I go through all the questions first and write down the important points or key words on my scribbeling paper. That way I can work the questions out without forgetting stuff
But hufff – doing that in 2 hours can be very stressful! Maybe a tip for the next time: jot down those important stuff before making the whole exam !!!!!
Becca
24 Jul 2007
12:29 am
eww exams. Good luck with that.
Hannah
24 Jul 2007
2:00 am
I hate exams, I wish I knew what was on them!
Irene
25 Jul 2007
1:15 pm
*lol* That post made me giggle. I certainly hope you did well on your exam. *crosses fingers*
And yes, birthday cards are even for people overseas.
Henriet
25 Jul 2007
6:45 pm
Well at least your exames are over now and i hope you did them well
Have a great week
Crystal
25 Jul 2007
10:09 pm
ack!! that sucks so bad!!
but at the exams are over now..
so enjoy yourself!!
Crystal
27 Jul 2007
4:36 am
I think you need to update soon
! Hope your exam went well.
Charlene
27 Jul 2007
10:00 pm
Ahh the exam days. Those were the good ole days. Boy do I miss them so.
Amber
28 Jul 2007
7:10 am
i hope you did well on your exam! i hate taking them, i always get so stressed out. but in the end the stress makes me study so i normally end up doing pretty decent. haha.
Anna
30 Jul 2007
7:59 pm
No exams for another year or so for me. Thank god for that. *fingers crossed* that you did good on the paper.
Emma
31 Jul 2007
1:18 am
Thanks for the comment
I hope you did well on your exam.
Kaisa
31 Jul 2007
8:05 am
Oy, that is the way I have handled every single exam I’ve ever taken. No wonder I did poorly in most of them
Charlene
31 Jul 2007
9:33 pm
You still living? Maybe living it up too much to come online and update!
April
1 Aug 2007
6:08 pm
Hahahaha! I totally tried this on one of my exams but I actually didn’t really poorly. I hope you didn’t do too badly…
Matt
3 Aug 2007
3:45 am
Ouch. please don’t tell me that you hate your brain now…
Sar
3 Aug 2007
9:43 am
I hate exams. Sometimes I’m actually better off not studying, as odd as it sounds. I’ve had quite a few occasions where I studied and nearly failed, and didn’t study and did just fine. Maybe it was all chance, but I still find it quite odd.
Vera
4 Aug 2007
2:29 am
I’d especially hate it if I knew about a question that would come out but didn’t study enough for it to remember the answers. Haha. Good luck on your exams! Mine are really soon too.
Diana
5 Aug 2007
8:07 am
…You have no idea how many times this has happened to me.
That’s why you need to write a quick outline in the margins of the exam
I just don’t understand people who can read a topic and go straight to writing.
Kecia
7 Aug 2007
12:50 pm
Everything I wanted to say has already been said…countless times…but I’ll say it again! I really dislike exams, but I have been lucky a few times with those essay questions…
You need to update, BTW!
Melissa
8 Aug 2007
9:37 am
Exams are always so much fun aren’t they? (sarcasm sarcasm)
That’s probably the biggest thing I hated when I was in school. That and well… most everything except goofing off.
Shannon
8 Aug 2007
10:49 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever studied for an exam in my life. Everytime I do, I do very badly. When I don’t study, I do very well. I think it’s because I have a strong habit of reading notes before and after class, over and over everyday. It seemed to work for me more times than not.
Essay questions were the best for me! I got to write down all of my thoughts on specific topics as freely as I would like to and I always had alot to say, never missing any of my main points.
You’re very lucky to have known what was going to be on the exam. I hope you did well
Melissa
10 Aug 2007
4:13 pm
I agree with what Shannon said, I don’t think I’ve ever studied for an exam, I just turned up and hoped for the best. In my case, it turned out ok!
Marsha
14 Aug 2007
1:17 am
Yeouch. Poor you. I hate it when that happens. :[
You know the answer but you forgot in the end when you’re about to answer it! Grr.
Hope it went well though!
Kavitha
14 Aug 2007
7:05 am
That’s terrible…forgetting what you know well, especially during exams. It drives me up the wall. Wouldn’t matter if it was something I never read up in the first place, but damn it, if I know it but still can’t recall. There’s this itch to get it done and over with, but you still can’t.
Noelle
14 Aug 2007
9:56 pm
Man, you’re lucky that your test turned out the way you thought it would. Whenever I think I know what’s going to be on a test, I more than often turn out to be wrong.
I’m happy for you though. I bet you did awesome!
~Noelle
Chiem
15 Aug 2007
7:57 pm
That’s totally bad. I never like exams *sigh*
Lena
16 Aug 2007
9:18 am
Exams are always the worst. But it is a good feeling to anticipate what are on them. Hope you did well on your exam. Good luck with future ones.
Rilla
17 Aug 2007
10:35 pm
Ever since I’ve gotten myself into the habit of planning out a question before I write it, it’s what I’ve always found useful. But you know, your situation has happened to me before.
And it sucks. 
Vio
18 Aug 2007
6:25 am
I hate that. That ALWAYS happens to me,
angela
18 Aug 2007
7:26 am
Oh man, I hate that. I finally got in the habit of writing little notes in the margins so that when I go back to the question, I don’t have to remember the answer–it’s already there. It’s an awesome strategy. :]
Amber
20 Aug 2007
10:10 pm
Honestly, I cannot stand exams. There’s something about that exam hall that makes my brain turn into mush, my palms go horribly sweating, and any logical thought flies from my brain.
Natalia
21 Aug 2007
4:04 am
You are so lucky. I wish that would happen to me more often! I hate taking exams though