Hectic hectic past 2 weeks...
Took the IELTS exam... for some applications abroad... ang dami ko kasabay... mostly nurses and care givers... funny conversation excerpt while waiting for registration>
Nurse: Nurse ka din?
Me: Ah... hindi po...
Nurse: Aaaahhhhh ... Caregiver?
Me: hindi rin po
Nurse: Nge... eh ano trabaho mo?
Me: Arkitekto po ako... actually hindi pa nga ho ako lisensyado
Nurse: Aaaaahhhhh... pero nagcacaregiverschool ka ngayon?
Me: 
Uh... hindi po...
Nurse: Naku... wag mo sabihing nagnunurse ka...
Me: Hindi po... (at this point i decided to elaborate) nagaapply po kasi ako ng scholarship at trabaho sa abroad... kaya kailangan ko magexam...
Nurse: Kaya nga... scholarship at trabaho... Nursing?! Bagay na bagay ka... laki mong tao... kayang kaya mo buhatin lahat ng mga lolo't lola dun... lalu na sa Scotland... kasi nakapagtrabaho narin ako dun... (goes on about her tour of duty in the British Isles as a nurse/caregiver to the graying British population)
Hahahaha... at this point I think... hmmmm... oo nga no... pero... nah... mahal ko tong ginagawa ko eh... I was grinning during the entire listening part of of the test... hehehehe... I think I screwed up a bit with the writing exam... because they did not say that they needed our essays to be written in script/longhand... because of 5 years of writing freehand title blocks and technical call-outs with my print... I totally forgot that essays need to be written like a frickin love letter...
IELTS - I used to, uhm, proctor for these things. The listening exam could be confusing sometimes. Well, I think it's not that dificult, really. The accent could just be soo annoying sometimes. Then again, I was working part time then so I listened to various tapes of the IELTS exam for half a year. Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteAs for the essay, I hope that your thoughts were coherent ^_^