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  1. Wo ist Jones?

    May 21, 2008 by dafyd

    Quick update: four exams down, one to go.

    That one is in nine days time.

    Tonight: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, midnight screening at the Gala, Durham.

    More later…

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  2. In my day…

    August 17, 2007 by dafyd

    JJ…exams were hard. We couldn’t take five A-levels, let alone get A grades in all of them.

    Pfah. Dumbing down, I say.

    Ah well… I guess my brother will never know the joys of University College, Durham (his insurance place).

    And, much as I hate to say it, I’m seriously proud. And I know he’ll have great time at Balliol. Well done, JJ.

    [Embarassing photo on Flickr - posing outside the New York Public Library]

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  3. Examinating

    May 15, 2006 by dafyd

    ‘Tis the season of exams.

    Last Wednesday I had my Arabic oral – which was, not to be too blunt about it, an absolute disaster. I got freaked by the tape recorder, I think…

    Then on Friday I had my French oral – which was awesome. I completely nailed it, I think (although the results will probably show something different – that tends to happen).

    First proper exam is this Friday, French Language (a couple of translations and an essay), which I’m not too worried about. Then next week I have three papers for the three French culture modules I do, and the Friday after (June 2nd) is the Arabic written paper, which is, frankly, the one I’m most worried about.

    So I’m revising. Hard. When I’m not prevaricating, at least.

    And because it’s exam season, I have a cold. That’s how it seems to work. *Sigh*.

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