i got my first test-mark in utsc for biology. 78%. 47/60. not bad, kind of surprising seeing how my nerves got to me before the test and how unsure i was. but then i started beating myself up for not getting at least 1 more question right. i would have gotten 80%, a much needed 2% to push me to an A-. boo. i could have done better. the class average was 68%.

psychology test took place from 3-5pm just now at the gym. it reminded me of the dreaded 'O's. the turnout was scary; around 500 people in the gym with several hundreds in other locations for section 1, and there was section 2 after us at the same few locations. so imagine the number of people taking the course. i don't want to comment about the paper. just hoping it would be good, and i would not face the same crappy situation like biology.

coming up: chemistry (mon 24/10), statistics (sat 29/10). chemistry online homework, biology lab report, geography assignment 2. wish me luck..

talking about chemistry online homework, technology sucks. so inflexible. the last assignment i did last friday, i got 0% for one part, resulting in me getting 71% overall for the particular online homework. it's not that i didn't get the right answer, it's just that i didn't add the oxygen molecules together but expressed them separately. so the whole mistake and errors went on till i used my last attempt. so now, my average for 6 online homework has decreased to 83% (i could have gotten 100+% if not for the messed-up one as i did specially well for the previous few, scoring bonuses for not taking hints or getting wrong answers). and this will affect my final grade for chemistry which ultimately means the all-important GPA! aarrggghh..

i'm stressing out. i have to. this is a cut-throat, dog-eat-dog world of university. marks are everything; life is forbidden. there's competition with every single person. it's even harder when i fall under the 'competitive' category.

as they say, "life's not a bed of roses". please, tell me something i don't know.