hello! sharing my tiny win this year— passing the comprehensive exams for my master's degree! still over the moon actually because the results just came in yesterday (!!!!) 🥹🌻

i honestly never thought i would because it was a test in more ways than one.

~ the 30+ unit requirement was stressful as hell... four consecutive academic terms (around 1.2 to 1.5 years) with no breaks 🤣

~ the comprehensive exam itself was my personal hell— handwritten siya, kaso maliit ako magsulat, tapos lalong lumiliit kapag pressed na sa oras. kainis ahahahaha

~ i experienced both exam jitters and "pamamahay" (like, being unable to rest due to being in a different place/lodging from home) during the two-day exam, so think of a sleep deprived chipmunk bouncing off the walls from stress 🐿️

~ i also had a lot of WTF IS THIS??? WTF IS THAT??? WTF AM I??? moments, because what the hell were these questions??? ma nag-aral naman ako??? nabobo ata ako??? 😭😭😭

anyway, sharing this moment because it still feels so surreal... passing the compre means i'm halfway through!! thesis writing naman!! then colloquium and defense!! hopefully makatapos na this year hehehehe :3