I took the IQ exam this morning

So much has happened since my last post. It just goes to show how busy I have been lately. During the Holy Week, I went to Puerto Galera for 4 days and 3 nights with 2 former officemates one of whom brought along her 2 chidren. The following weekend, I went to postcard-perfect view Mount Pinatubo. The scenery was just breathtaking!

However, these were just the breaks in between my Saturday review classes which started on April 5 until June 21. Have I ever mentioned this is right after my Saturday Spanish classes which started February 9 until March 29?

I literally scanned three 2-inch GMAT, SAT and GRE reviewers every now and then whenever I felt like it. I bought the GMAT reviewer, 2 thoughtful friends lent the other reviewers to me. I actually felt greedy to get my hands on their reviewers plus the fact that I didn't have the heart to turn down their offers. As early as Monday last week, I have been sending text messages to friends and family to pray for me. The entire time, my emotions swung from feeling totally nothing to panic in a matter of second without triggers. By Friday last week, it dawned on me that an IQ exam gauges if my mental capacity is good enough for the job or not.

I went on vacation leave on Friday, attended mass with my mother at Quiapo Church as it is its weekly feast day, and went to the venue still with my mother. I went to sleep at 10 pm last night so I would wake up refreshed, not! I woke up past 12 midnight and wasn't able to go to sleep till before 4:00 am. My mom woke me up at around 4:20 with breakfast ready.

I was thinking of how I would indulge myself after the exam, maybe buy a magazine then stay in a coffee shop to read then watch a movie when my mother told me she would wait at the venue until after the exam. I arrived at the venue and entered the classroom where I was assigned in plenty of time before 7:00 am, the time we were expected to be at the venue in the exam permit.

At the start, I was quite confident with the answers I chose. After an hour and 30 minutes, I felt the tension in my neck and shoulders. I finished the exam at 10:45 and promptly left the venue. My mother and I had lunch at Robinson's Place-Malate then went home.

I'm still waiting to feel panicked about the result of the exam but honestly, I am as calm as I can be. Well, now it's all in God's hands. All I can do is wait patiently for the result to come out 3 weeks before the written exam as an acquaintance informed me. Until then...