I PASSED MY MB!!!

 Hi, everyone.

  I know it has been such a long time since I posted and I have a good excuse for that. A lot of things have been going on, from my phone getting spoilt to preparing for my exams to PASSING my exams in one sitting. I had been preparing for this exam for a long time and nothing else mattered to me. The reason I have not posted for a long time is that I was so caught up with schoolwork that I even considered giving this up as I had little to no time to do anything.

 So, the semester I was supposed to write this exam began on the 20th of April, and I resumed a little later. I had been reading during the holiday so I just continued but the more I read, the more I found out there was still a lot to cover. At this point, everyone was reading something different, trying to cover the numerous topics in Physiology, Anatomy, and Biochemistry. So we had to read everything we were taught from the beginning of 200 level to the end of 300 level, it was hectic and there were times when I almost cried when I saw everything I needed to not only read but remember. 

 While I prepared for my exam, I also wanted to participate in some school activities, you know, leave my shell a little. So I participated in my department's sports, although my hands ended up paining me because I had to learn how to play volleyball from scratch in two days, how?!. Anyway, I got second in my relay race and third in the sack race, our team was the best in volleyball. There were other sports activities but I didn't participate in them. The next activity was my department's dinner, this was my first time going for it and all, I can say is I looked GOOD, thanks to my sister who made my lovely dress (check her out on Instagram @ thefaimakline), I went with my friends and they made the event less boring for me. The next activity was CMDA (Christian Medical and Dental Association) outreach and I was part of the media team. Before then, I never knew how tiring it was to handle media until I did it but I enjoyed it so much. I'm just glad I got to do all these things.

My dinner picture.

 I continued studying for my exams as the days grew closer and we began revision classes. The panic grew as the revision classes continued because it felt like I didn't know what I thought I did and I kept asking myself if I was ready for the exams. The revision classes finally came to an end and before I knew it, I was counting the hours to my first paper.

 I was so amazed at how much I could remember when I answered my essay question but I was more amazed at the peace I felt, I had prayed for it, and God really heard me. During, the exam period, I wasn't too nervous and I was even doing better than I hoped. If there was anything I realized it was that I was no longer the confused girl who wrote Pre-MB and cried because she thought she would fail, this time I knew a lot of things. I understood so many things that I never understood in 200 level and I passed an exam that I was so scared of. There was a time when passing this exam was my only problem, it was my prayer every single day. I'm really grateful to God because he heard me and answered me. The essays, MCQs, practicals, and vivas were good and yes, there were questions I didn't know the answers to, I didn't know everything but I can say I knew a lot and my reading paid off. Thank you, God.

I'm officially a 400 level medical student!!!

Bye. See you next time and I promise, it won't be long.

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