Well, technically…I am not done…but I have tried all the 8 written exams already! I will have to wait until February 2016 to know the results if I passed or failed. Although I feel that I did not pass the exams, I am still hoping I just made the minimum marks to pass.
I actually enjoyed the idea of the design papers. This year, site design was on a site next to a hospital and included rehab dorms, a clinic + multipurpose hall, and staff quarters. Building design was to design a sports healthcare clinic and rehab center for the disabilities. It’s weird that I actually had a feeling they were going to test us on residential care for the disabilities because they haven’t tested that yet. The demand for rehab centers in Hong Kong is increasing, but with the narrow streets (or maybe just the big crowds that make the streets feel narrower), the city is not friendly to disabled people.
I was grateful that I understood the operations within ER. But I don’t know how I can work under pressure. I’m hoping my design is okay but I realized my labelling is wrong. How could I label “In ward patient rooms” in spaces that don’t have views…and label “treatment rooms” in spaces facing the street? WHY WAS MY BRAIN NOT WORKING? In the real world, we would be able to amend the problems on the plans and resubmit. But in the exam world, one critical mistake will cost you your pass. And if it’s a mistake in the common sense department or a simple mistake, then it’ll make you feel 10x worse than an ambiguous “maybe” mistake.
I love design. I love being able to take what I’ve observed and put into conceptual ideas to become real things. But you’re focused on too many things during the exam and you’re working under pressure so you will make mistakes.
Time to move on. Time to redo the exam papers all over again. Time to learn from the mistakes and realize that all it takes is to follow common sense rule. Don’t worry about MOE and MOA. Just follow your common sense and everything will come together. Reminder.
Crying it all out.
Hiraeth 