The old rusty chair was making squeaky sounds as I sat down placing my pens, pencils and everything that seemed necessary.
The hall seemed to be separating everybody physically, the exam papers however disconnecting us emotionally. This still hall was hallow with chatter, the uniformed students made no sounds, all patiently waiting for the clock to strike 9.30.
Like everybody in the room I was nervous, my hands shaking and sweating as I rubbed them together, distracting myself from looking at the clock on the unevenly chipped wall.
Avoiding the time that was moving at a snail’s pace I concentrated on what I had revised from my messy, unorganised yet helpful notes.
For a second my fickle mind drifted off to what would happen if none of the stuff that I had studied and hoped would come up... I shook my head as if pouring the thoughts out into the sink, convincing myself to be optimistic.
For a second I was fine distracted by the movement around and my mind just drifted off, but just for that second, in no time I was back in the warm room as the sun reached me through the high hall windows. All of a sudden everybody is aware of the time of year, as the hot summer sun lights up the pale and familiar space where we all sat.
Just as the ray of June sun was pulling itself back slowly yet quickly to the human eye throw the window the examiner stood up.
I heard a slight gasp and a few inhaling sounds. I was at that moment ready to take on the world. The tall examiner who wear strange clothes for a middle aged man, started to place the exam papers almost slamming them on the desks, the sound made the room more intense.
As my paper reached the desk the nerves and butterflies hit my stomach. I felt like I was hung upside down! At this point of the moment we all heard each other’s thoughts “10 seconds” , I placed the pen in my slippery from the sweat hand... “5 seconds” and like a race we all wanted to do the best in we all turned pages hoping that we will reach the finish line within the time limit.
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