it ended.

this marked the end of the road.

• i just finished my board exams yesterday. it has been quite a while that we’ve been preparing for this thing that will define what we’ll be months from now. may tears were shed. more laughs were heard and even more prayers were answered.

• prayers do work in tremendous ways. it was my ally during the preparation and the test itself. it was the Lord who gave me wisdom, confidence and strength which made me take the test calmly and made me choose rational choices.

• at this point in time, i still can’t believe that i have just taken 500 questions in 2 days which will make or break me. but i still believe that we will make it a hundred percent. there are many affirmations for our 100% passing that has been said and seen, especially the rain. it rained on almost all special events of our batch..i prayed that the Lord will show us the meaning of it and i guess rains just remind us that he is there pouring out his blessings.

• we have been reviewing since november 2007 and we went for an in house review last May. the preparation made me realize that i have a very poor study habit which is not even structured. (haha!) i never liked studying but once i start, fascination almost always take place. thank God! there were a lot of funny moments during our in house review. i will never forget getting up to exercise and jog along the study hall together with jerly, queencie and kwini just to combat the impending melatonin toxicity. every body would just then laugh!

• the exams had been tough. we expected many things that did not came out. not even a single question or even a word. unfortunately, some of the things that came out did not even came in our minds. we just resorted to a hypothesis; an intellligent guess. (hehe)

• i am anxious of the results but i am still holding on that God will give us the reward of passing the June exams. i know we deserved it.

• i have been waiting for this day since i was a kid that i will never have to stay up late nights doing paperworks and reading tons of concepts. it never felt better! my endorphins are going out of their shells. it has been tough and fun and the memories will live on forever. this was the last day that we have been together and i got teary eyed after our thanksgiving mass. this was the culmination of our four years in college. the friendship was just so overwhelming. i feel that we just don’t share the same batch but we are a family. we are the servien christi mariae 2008 that made a mark in each other’s lives. i am so happy with the overwhelming support of everyone, my family, relatives, best friends, fellow servien, clinical instructors and friends from the lower years. even just a single "good luck, you can do it, we’re praying for you" can drive me to tears the past days. those are the most grueling 500 questions which we should not take for granted. those will make us registered nurses.

• now,as we patiently await the result, may the lord grant us confidence and assurance that we will have a 100% passing in the june nurses licensure examination.

Go servien! love u mucho!

• P.S. what is our goal?? TO TOP THE BOARD EXAM!

june 3, 2008