a fortnight of "freedom"

i have been thoroughly enjoying my post-exam habit of decluttering my desk and laptop. there's the mundane task of filing notes and lectures away, and the very therapeutic effect of chucking out past exam papers and other scrap.

mum's alternative use for some of my unwanted paper waste

i don't think i can talk about the details of the OSCE without feeling sick. basically, it is a clinical examination held in the outpatient clinic of one of the teaching hospitals. we get 16 + 1 (rest) stations of seven minutes' duration, and are rotated through each station by a series of whistles- one to enter, one for time's up.

over the next two weeks our marks will be discussed by the examiners, and those of us who fail will get a phonecall/email on the 1st of december. that gives us roughly two weeks to perform repeated analyses on our performance and the likelihood of remediating. which sort of makes it difficult to enjoy post-examination liberation.

i'm trying very hard to move on (read: avoiding OSCE-dissecting post-exam "social"- ha, more like academic- gatherings). because of the way my elective has been organised, i have to leave for singapore before the 1st of december. i'm almost psychologically ready to purchase a flight ticket.

as for the final instalment of the UK visa saga, it has been approved! thank you to those of you who listened to, complained with, or prayed for me.