Stress Management

I have been under a lot of stress lately.. Why? My GMAT examination which I took in December 2007 was a disaster. I don't have anybody else to blame except me! Playing a blame game will not solve any problem except to add insult to injury. It all began when I accepted a phone call asking me to be the MC for the 3rd Small and Medium Industry National Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Prior to that, I was also approached by the Dean of Graduate Study of Faculty of Finance and Banking, Dr. Rohani to help her out in filling in for Rizal who has gone for his PhD study at UIAM. This was for teaching graduate investment course in Kuala Lumpur which was held fortnightly and each session would run for 7 hours. I didn't want to accept it, but as usual, to outrightly say "NO" sounded so cruel for people in the need like Dr. Rohani. All I said was, "I will go if I can." which indicated that "I cannot go", said in a polite manner. I was fully aware that my GMAT was scheduled on the 19th of December 2007.

We finished our final examination session by end of November 2007. I taught two classes, Financial Management II and Financial Risk Management. Both had exams in the final week of the session which meant that I had to transmit both results in the same period of three weeks after the examination. Another problem, I was also the FMII course coordinator cooperative program with private colleges and with that responsibility I also have 300 extra answer scripts to grade on top of my 140.

My niece's wedding fell on 2nd December 2007 and it was a compulsory attendance, 2 days before the big day! To put things in chronological order:

1. Exam Week Finishes - Last Week of November 2007
2. Faiezah's Wedding - 2nd December 2007
3. National Conference in Sabah - 3rd December - 7th December 2007
4. Exam Paper Grading Starts - 8th December -14th December 2007
5. Exam Results Transmitted - 15th December 2007
6. Preparation for Investment Lecture - 15th December 2007
7. Flew to KL - 15th December 2007
8. Master Level Investment Lecture - 16th December 2007
9. Flew Back to Kedah - 17th December 2007
10. Trip to Penang - 18th December 2007
11. Study for GMAT - 18th December 2007 (I was already tired!!)
12. Write the GMAT - 19th December 2007 (Disastrous result!!)

Now here I am pondering what to do. With that kind of score, chances of gaining admission to any university are slim.

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