Sage advice

Since WaiKing, CheeHung and myself are possibly the only people left waiting for exams, i've taken the liberty to come up with several key ingredients (or lack of) that may make or break one's psyche during the examination period.

1. Eat Healthily.



Always make sure that you have enough essential nutrients that your body needs, especially iron. Seafood is a high source of iron. Iron toughens your mental resolve and helps make you not want to breakdown when you forget where you placed your notes.

2. Drink lots of fluids.



It is important to replenish the loss by having a regular intake of fluids because your body may experience a higher rate of loss than it would under normal circumstances. This may be due to spending extended hours in the library or sweating excessively when encountering a particularly challenging math problem.

3. Maintain a high level of carbohydrates.



Ice-cream is a good source of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates is a good source of energy. Energy comes in handy when you're going for the last-4-hours-cram-before-exams.

4. Keep a textbook around.



Quite self-explanatory. Exceptionally handy when you get sudden urges and cravings to read up that particular chapter about oceanic deep-water circulation.

5. Have attitude.



A devil-may-care attitude helps create a certain aura which may or may not garner respect and awe from your fellow coursemates. Answer their questions of "Have you studied chapters 1 to 35847359273854 yet?" with a smirk/sneer and "Say WHAT?". It may not get you that HD you crave for...but it will lessen the tension at the very least.


Exams?? Pffftt...follow these five steps and you'll be breezing through the ordeal and sipping a dry martini with an olive balanced delicately on the rim of the glass in no time.