By Jan Vicente B. Pekas
A couple of days after exams are always given to us for some sort of midseason mini break. In the middle of the semester, after midterms, there is always leeway given for students to either return to their provinces or just take a break. This minibreak, though short and leaves us wanting for more, goes a long way for students to recover from the stress endured from the past weeks and prepare for the upcoming finals.
It’s also good timing for me as well since this is the same week my body couldn’t resist any more and has just gotten sick. Though it’s painful, the timing of it allows for a hopefully quick recovery. Though our imaginations sometimes help us to visualize all the things we want to do, our body at times cannot always keep up. Students who approach their limit, like me, will always have to let our bodies catch up first before we ride our imaginations to all sorts of happenings.
Had my body broken down just a week earlier, then I imagine my exams could have been in a worse state than they are now. I just thank my lucky stars that I can heal in peace without having to worry about reviewing. This doesn’t mean that I’m still not worried about my exams though. After every exam week, I always think that I could have done more to preparing and studying. This tendency has always been the case since middle school and survived up to now. But it’seasy for me to think this way, because it’s all over. Where nothing can be done now to change what had already happened.
Even after getting sick, I think about what food I could not have eaten to avoid being in this state. But I am proud of my past achievements, especially academic wise. And I had not gotten sick for a long time. There really is no use in debating my past actions, especially when I try to invalidate my own efforts. Though I could have done better, my attractive grades exist because of hard studying.
And I would have gotten sick more this year had I not actively taken care of my health. Things just happen. Whether it’s a low score in exams or a random sickness out of nowhere. Good things will come out from honest efforts, despite some low points here and there. Maybe if I was a bit lax in eating healthy my sickness would have come at a bad time. Or maybe I would have had lower grades now if I had been lazy throughout my childhood. The goodthings we have now are because of our efforts. And we can be proud of them, because nothing good comes out of fighting against ourselves. **
