Silly Mistakes.

after so many years of studying, i realised that the main key to score well in exams is to stay calm and focus during the exams.

especially in those for those subjects which are wholly exam based. for the past 5 years, be it for my A Levels, LLB and now CLP, it's all exam based.

therefore, whether we pass or fail that paper would depend on the crucial 3 hours exam for each paper.

of course one has to study and prepare well before the exam.

but in exam conditions, many other factors may affect one's ability to do well.

time management is crucial too.

sometimes when you are just too excited to finish each question within the time limit, silly mistakes were made.

that was what happened to me today.

i screwed up badly for my Tort Statement of Claim.

despite reading the question carefully and being able to identify the place to be Kuantan, Pahang...i wrote Kuala Lumpur instead.

this is what happens when most of the past year questions i did was in KL.

and i missed out the whole introductory paragraph in relation to the Plaintiff's capacity. i started off immediately with the facts of the case.

i was halfway through my statement of claim when i realised my omission.

thank goodness Tort was the 1st question i did.

i finished it up anyhow and started off with my Contract question.

and the answers are not so lengthy and i had the extra time to re-write my entire Tort SOC. which was a huge relief.

it was a really silly mistake that was made, but such silly mistakes may cost me a lot of marks.

i had some other classmates which made mistakes, mistakes not on the point of law, but mainly the citation of statute.

it's just horrible to lose marks because of such mistakes.

sigh.

2 papers down, 3 more to go.

the third paper - Criminal Procedure would be on this Friday.

next week papers--

Professional Practice, is a KILLER paper. 5 subjects squeezed into one paper. 5 essay questions to be answered within 3 hours. only one statute book allowed. whether we score, pass or fail...would based a lot on how much we're able to remember.

Evidence is our final paper. amongst all subjects, i like studying Evidence the most...but the problem would be answering questions. as the questions tend to be tricky and once the wrong issue is identified, then SCREWED.

sigh.

im really looking forward to next weds. that would be our final paper...

and I DON'T WANT TO DO IT ANOTHER TIME! ! ! ! !