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Either I had nothing to say or I forgot the important thing I wanted to share. Or maybe I just forgot that I had nothing to say. But whatever the case may be I start this blog with a blank mind.

The assignments are done, the tests are soon over and the exams are soon here. Like the NBA the playoffs have begun. Exams are like the Playoffs. What you do in the regular season, i.e. the coursework, doesn't really matter once you sit in the exam room. Like my dad said, "You go in with an F. It's your choice to come out with an A" There are some teams which are Playoff teams (hence why I dislike the Lakers). Take them in the regular season and anyone can beat them but when the Playoffs come they are monsters. Suddenly the champion decides to come home and the 4-0 regular season sweep is thrown in the dust bin.

Then there are Regular Season teams (hence why I dislike Lebron). They are the monsters, the bullies of the league. They win all their regular season games and come into the playoffs with great expectancy but when the rubber hits the road the crap hits the fan. Somehow, the 4-0 regular season sweep knocks them off their feet and they're done for.

Then there are the teams that are just champions - like the '96 Bulls - winning 60+ (out of 82) regular season games and then taking home the championship.

Obviously you didn't open this post to learn about basketball - even though there's nothing wrong with that. All I'm saying is that exams are different from mid-terms. An exam takes a different breed of human. It's not enough to simply know the work but to know it in time and focus your thoughts to get the coveted A. And what's funny is that lecturers know about exam pressure yet exams are still harder.

Like the playoffs, you don't just breeze through exams, you actually have to work harder. That's one of the things I learnt this week. The other thing was that tricking a smart person is not as easy as tricking a dumb person. The problem with tricking a smart person is that you can't know for sure if they know you're trying to trick them. I tried it with my brother.

In our last weekend as single men I called him and asked "What are you doing tonight? Wanna catch a game or something?" and he consented. We went by our grandma for her easter bonnet parade and then left when the game started. We're talking and driving and then I pulled in lucky horseshoe. Every sports fan knows that you don't games at the Lucky Horseshoe. But while we were waiting his phone kept ringing and he kept talking to people and I'm thinking "Did he find out? Is he just tricking me?" (I wouldn't put it beyond him) but I went on as planned. When we parked he saw his friend's car so when we got out he said "wunna trick me man". So I made it to the car park. (And what was worse was that when we were walking in another friend was driving in.

So my advice is that when you have a smart chick (respectively dude) it's better to tell the truth all the time because you really shouldn't put it past them to trick you.