2 down, 1 to go!

Hey, had Spanish writing this morning. Since talking to people afterwards, realised I messed up the essay a little bit content-wise. Since will still get marks for structure and language (and SOME content) and the essay itself was only worth 1.75% of my total degree (there were 4 equally weighted parts in the exam which was worth 7% of my total degree), I'm not too worried!

Have had very concerned invigilators in my exams so far! In French, I was continually sneezing my head off and blowing my nose, and the invigilator kept on asking me if I was ok and if I needed anything i.e. more tissues, and this morning I got the shock of my life when the invigilator told me I had been allocated extra time!

I told him he must have got the wrong person, so he checked the name against my smart card, and went to the front of the hall to get the main list to bring back to my desk to show me. Sure enough, someone had written a 't' next to my name on the printed list of candidates. I can only assume someone mistakenly put it next to my name instead of the person above or below me. Since I assured him I didnt need it, he told me I was, as far as he was concerned, entitled to it whether it was a mistake or not, so it was up to me whether I took it or not. Didnt need it anyway.

Anyway, the dossier to prepare for Spanish was all on Fidel (and Raul) Castro, the history of Cuban politics in general, Felipe Calderon, Hugo Chavez, and other Latin American political leaders/revolutionaries. The English-Spanish translation was a bitch - all about fossil fuels, ethanol, bio-ethanol pumps, flex fuel engines, sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and sugar cane crop harvest and plantations. Had NOT predicted that! Consequently had to guess most of the core vocabulary. Spanish-English translation was on consumer spending, sales and marketing ploys.

French topic for dossier was the banlieue plan, planning to eradicate deliquency and unemployment in the Parisian suburbs - tackling education and training, employment, security, transport and rehabilitation. Not going to Simon's BBQ tonight, carrying on with mediopassive revision. Sex and the City was all sold out today so booked to go tomorrow. Had lunch, drink AND a coffee with Kate earlier, not done much else.

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