Day 19

Despair, dejected, deflated..and what hv you. It's official, i've topped the class from the bottom. Can't laugh it off anymore. I want to get that bonus grade he said he'd give. Strive for most improved pupil...can i do it? I think I shld sign up for more open-book exams, my memory is only able to retain 65% of the stuff usually and if i panic during the test (there's nt really an if since i do it all the time)...65% of it remains. I'm able to understand the solutions when i read them but to regurgitate and prove them during the test is beyond me. Think I didn't study hard enough, it's all my fault.

Others: Last wed, was studying in CL with WH and had lunch with 1 unlikely person , MZ who's my pri-sch ex-classmate. "It's a small world afterall...."

Today: I played chess at mwh with an old man. 1-1. He's arranged to 'trash' me several more times over the nx few weeks.