Mescopaul's Blog

First things first. This is NOT a hard and fast rule to passing exams. This is not a protocol for ensuring good grades. As the title implies, its just few safety tips. Safety narrowed down from meeting early with your papers, curbing stress and/or oversleeping, avoiding stomach upset or ill health to avoiding being broke, curbing distractions and having an alert brain in the exam hall. We'll do justice to some of these in the next few lines. Come with me. Tip 1. Never be too far away (probably at home or hostel) from the venue of your exam when its 1.30mins to the starting time. Simply put if your paper is scheduled for 9am, make sure you around the venue latest 7.30am, inorder to avoid any anomally or change in weather condition like rainfall which can trap you indoors while exams are on. Tip 2. Do not go to sleep 6hours prior to the time of your exam. The stress encountered while preparing for the paper might put you off for the next 8hours which is the

1. Don't ask a visitor, "Will you take something?", what do you expect him to say? "Yes?", common you wouldn't say so if it were you. Rather ask, "What can I offer you?". Don't let him keep guessing. You can add, "I have soft drink, fruit juice ..." 2. Don't speak an unfamiliar language with someone while you are with a group of persons. If there's something you wouldn't want everyone to hear, you can excuse yourselves and talk privately. 3. Don't use your phone while you are in a meeting and someone is speaking. They'll appreciate your undivided attention, and it gives them a mind that you are not courtesous when you operate your mobile while they are talking. If you must do so, excuse yourself and attend to your phone outside. Else, give them your undivided attention. 4. Don't pretend you don't care when you do. Don't die in silence. If you're not comfortable with s

Let me change direction today and speak about something that really bothers my mind about being a computer science student. Most people especially software developers see computer science as a waste of time. Well I might be wrong, but the few programmers I have seen think so. Due to this, I pose a question. If you see a road side mechanic who repairs a car, you really want to be a mechanic but if the opportunity comes that you have to go to school to learn how a car is made. Would you still choose to be only a car mechanic?. The answer is obvious. Mathematicians have made all the research for the Engineers and the Engineers are just applying the theories. Would you still say an Engineer is better than a Mathematician. Each and every one excel in the field they choose. Similarly is the case of a computer science student and a software developer. The theories are there to use, but we are taught to understand how the theories were made. *********** As a comput

Life is all about memories. The events, the happy moments, the sad moments and the teary moments soon become memories as time silently ticks away. In the cause of perusing into my pasts, I smile as I remember some hilarious, painful and sad memories. I'm not as one of those persons that attended the same school from primary to secondary. In fact I won't be exaggerating if I say I've attended so many schools, that I've lost count: Government, private, army, good, bad, all of them.. lol A notable secondary school I attended is at the far east of Anambra State. I still remember how fights and bullies were the order of the day. The inception of a new set of school prefects was often greeted with strong resentment from their immediate juniors and this evoked 'staged wars'. I was enjoying my sleep one afternoon when the bang on the desks woke me up. "Haa - !" They were at it again. A terrible fight was already in full swing.