Such was my initial reaction when I got a call from the university's
study department last week. The young lady on the phone told me I needed to put
my bank account number in STAG as apparently, much to my surprise, I'm eligible
for some kind of a scholarship. I say "some kind" because I was thrown
off by the content of the call, considering I spend very little time on school
preparation. Of course, being OCD as I am, it was bugging me till I got to check
it out later.
Turns out they give this scholarship to students who did
well on their entrance exam. An exam – oh I'm going to get a lot of flak for this
– I spent absolutely no time preparing for. An exam – more flak incoming – I
found ridiculously easy. (This doesn't mean I scored 100/100 – I didn't.) What
makes this really funny is the fact that I'm being awarded for doing basically
nothing. Just coming in there, taking the test and that was it. In the end I
don't even feel like deserving it.
I'd like to clarify something before I forget: You might think otherwise after reading this blog entry, but
I don't think of myself as a genius or a whizz-kid of any sort. Not at all. It's
because I'm not. If anything, I'm more of a lucky bastard. Yeah, I'm pretty much that. And I revel in the
irony that is my life. However, that is a post for another time.
Anyway, there are people who don't like me (duh). My
guess is they don't like me for a whole lot of reasons. One of which is most likely my luck when it comes to passing exams. But wouldn't it be
something if the university gave me a merit scholarship on top of this one? That would surely earn a
big "huh!?" from me, as well as annoyed faces from
probably quite a few people now. Huh.
Wow, congratulations! You are really lucky :D It is truth that I also found the entrance exam easy, but I have to admit I’ve spent some time preparing for it. I’m just curious how many points did you get? Sometimes I’m little jealous of you, because even if you study only a day (or night) before the exam, you pass! That’s not fair! Your karma must be really really good :D
ReplyDeleteThanks. I think I got something like 89/100 pts. Not my proudest result ever but hey, I got in.
DeleteHi and Congratulations on your scholarship! Hope you will use it well. I'm sure you have already order some new textbooks, right. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a doctor, but I think that OCD has kind of different symptoms than the one you described above.
And you know what's the best way to celebrate this suprise? Have a(n English) party with the people you like/that like you! I bet that they will appreciate when you buy them a drink.
Keep on writing
Haha, new textbooks, yeaah.. right. You're a funny guy! :) Of course I (probably) don't have an actual OCD (I think I would know), it's just what a lot of people (including me, duh) choose to call themselves when there's something driving them crazy and they are too lazy to find a proper term.
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