pre-finals week

arggghhh i'm being overwhelmed by the stress upcoming finals! sighs it's so absolutely critical i do well on these next finals cause so much depends on it.

monday: genetics. the only one i have a good chance for an A in. i don't want to miss this one.

tuesday: study all day for chem test. this is the single most important test out of the four! worth 50% of my grade; doing well means dropping a midterm, accounting for 75% of my grade! it's also the one i'm least prepared for: my grade here could range from A- to C+ depending on study and luck!

thursday: physics exam. currently an 88%. i will need to receive a proper A if i want to get an A- in the class.

friday: doc final. very unprepared for this one due to the fact that i've been slacking. i'm content with a B in this class, but nothing lower!

this whole last week, i wasn't able to focus on my studies just simply because the reality of finals hadn't hit yet. i guess for me, it's either maximum potential or no potential at all--and my study instincts have just kicked into overdrive.

prior to this, i was kind of stuck in a--how do you say--manga addiction.. ? reading one of the greatest mangas of all time, hayate the combat butler. of course, i can't recommend it for everyone.. the humor isn't understood by all, especially those unfamiliar with japanese culture. the reason why i like hayate so much is because it's so different from all the other stuff i read. most of the good anime/manga i watch and read have incredible tension: so much so that you just can't stop reading until you find out what happens next. sometimes though, so much tension leaves a bad taste in your mouth, and you really can't appreciate it until it's finally over. hayate isn't like that though: it's based around comedy, and is seriously funny to death. at the beginning, it seems kind of really slow and the plot doesn't seem to go anywhere, but if you can get past that stage, you can really see how well developed the characters have become, making its comedic qualities all the greater. later chapters give longer arcs and develop more tension--but by that time, you can't help but love the entire cast, even the ones you thought you would never really like.

of course, despite being such a good manga, what impeccable timing it is to be stuck reading pre-finals week. i underestimated the power of manga-addiction: reading for five hours straight today when i was to be studying. a hundred chapters in the last two days. sighs.

oh well. i need to make up for lost time. better to study now than never!