February 18, 2007 : The 101st National Medical Licensing Exam, Day Two
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
Can't sleep..... Can't sleep..... Can't sleep.....
What's going on? What is this "abnormally can't sleep" mode. Something's wrong..... this shouldn't be happening.
This can't be happening..... I can't sleep..... This can't be happening.....
From my life experience, if I stay up for more than 30 hours, I should be totally wiped out and able to sleep.
Plus, I've never been the type to sleep lightly. I'm a total heavy sleeper, 12 hours a night is easy for me.
So a guy like me, if I haven't slept for over 30 hours, I should fall asleep the second I get into bed.
But..... I can't sleep. I can't sleep at all..... The anxiety about not being able to sleep..... turns into pressure to try to sleep.....
I can't sleep at all..... In my head, Whitney Houston's "I Learned From The Best" is going round and round..... on auto-replay.....
But still, there's plenty of time until the exam. I think if I just stay in bed, sleep will come at some point, and I believe that.....
But no matter how much time passes, I still can't sleep..... If I go to the exam in this state..... taking the exam on 50 hours of no sleep..... there's no way that's gonna work.
If that happens, there's no doubt I'll fail..... I've got to sleep, whatever it takes.....
Even counting sheep doesn't put me to sleep..... That Whitney song from yesterday, "I Learned From The Best," is looping in my head on auto-replay again.....
Can't sleep..... can't sleep..... can't sleep-o..... in just a bit, it's gonna be the scary, scary Mandatory Clinical section.....
Please just sleep~..... I've only got 2 hours left to sleep~~.....
At this point, there's no other choice..... I'll forcibly lower my consciousness level with alcohol!!
So here goes, chugging a can of beer in one go! Will this be a blessing or a curse.....
Fortunately (?), I'm a total lightweight when it comes to alcohol. So just one can of beer does the trick for lowering my consciousness level.
As a result of this move..... Mission accomplished, I fell asleep~~~~~!! Although I'm not really sure if I actually slept or not.....
Anyway, since I'd downed some alcohol, I was listening to the blood rushing through the vessels in my head, thump-thump, thump-thump..... and I don't really remember much after that.
So maybe I got a little sleep. Woke up, had breakfast at the hotel. Ahh, I feel sick..... If I eat, I feel like I'm gonna throw up.....
So I won't eat. Just chug a Lipovitan D and go straight to the exam venue.....!
Arrived at the exam venue. Heyyy~~~~~,,, I'm gonna say something a bit scary, but.....,,,,,
I didn't know this until I got to the exam venue, but you can actually see each test-taker's school and graduation year.
I'm gonna tell you a little scary story now.
The person in front of me..... graduated from some national med school in Kansai, and is casually on their seventh try.....
And the person a few seats behind me graduated from Kyoto University and is on their fifth try this time.....
But, that doesn't mean they look unmotivated or anything..... They've brought good-luck charms and stuff, and from the looks of it, they seem super fired up.....
Wait, could I also be..... a whatchamacallit.....? No..... I don't want that..... that's scary-o..... I wanna become a doctor-chan soon.....
The exam schedule is as follows:
■ Day 1 (February 17)
Section A: Clinical (9:30–12:00, 60 questions)
Section B: General (13:30–15:30, 120 questions)
Section C: Mandatory General (16:10–17:00, 50 questions)
■ Day 2 (February 18)
Section D: Mandatory Clinical (9:35–12:00, 50 questions)
Section E: Long passage (13:20–15:00, 30 questions)
Section F: General (15:40–17:00, 80 questions)
■ Day 3 (February 19)
Section G: Clinical (9:30–12:00, 60 questions)
Section H: Clinical (13:25–15:30, 50 questions)
After finishing Day 2 of the exam..... I headed straight to the hotel and went right to bed!
Today, I actually slept really well~~~~~!! Maybe it's because the Mandatory and General sections are all done and the tension finally let up~~~~~??
⇒ February 19, 2007 Diary ~ "The 101st National Medical Licensing Exam, Day Three" : to be continued.