after an exhausting day at work yesterday, i arrived home to find a small envelope from the CEM (testing center responsible for my NMAT exam). unable to control the tremors in my hands, i used my sturdy blade to tear open the correspondence. on a small slip stamped with the official seal of the CEM, my NMAT score was received. the cutoff score to get into UERMMMC is a 65-70 percentile, meaning i need to score in the top 35-30% of all the test-takers of this particular period. my score - 99 percentile. translation, i got the highest possible score i could get on that exam, and i can easily make the cutoff score into UP if i had wanted to go there (UP cutoff score - 90 percentile). who the hell do you think i am?
the path is opening up, and now more than ever, i feel that i can do this. indeed, the trials are only just beginning, but this particular juncture has afforded me an insight into my own capabilities and my limits. i feel even stronger now about following this path, and i renew my vow to do honor to all those that have helped me to get this far. i couldn't have gotten here without you, and if i can clear the next hurdle, i swear that i will succeed in this venture and become the kind of man that you believed i could be.
on a different subject, kevin and i spent a good portion of our evening at the driving range yesterday. after hitting balls to absolute fatigue, combined with the punishing workout i received after my return to escrima class on tuesday, my body is tight and feeling the effects of lactic acid buildup. i am hurting, but it's a good hurt. however, with all the events filling up my schedule this week, i have also become absolutely sleep-deprived. so, tonight after work, i plan on doing not a damn thing. plans can wait, people can wait, events can just f*ck off for tonight. if i happen to awaken tonight before the morrow (if i don't just sleep straight through til morning), perhaps some of that time will be spent watching claymore or season 2 of tengen toppa gurren lagann.
this weekend - ufc at a friend's house (i don't like bj penn, but i don't like diego sanchez even more and i don't think bj's going to lose to him), possibly holiday shopping (for myself, because that's what x-mas is really about), and maybe dinner at either tenkaippin ramen or some other badass establishment.
"With every turn, we're growing stronger. We're evolving every second. That is a drill! My drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" - Simon, TTGL
"If our belief in you is what gives you strength, then I believe in you with all my heart!" - Nia, TTGL
2 comments:
congrats on spanking that exam's ass. you've indeed broken through that ceiling with your mighty drill~
I haven't done any type of workout in a very long time. I need some type of motivation to get back into things. with my new work schedule, i've just been too tired for anything~
That is a damn fine score. Things are falling into place. Congrats.
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