COME ONE, COME ALL! HAPPENING THIS MAY 19, 2012 AT 3PM!

Like a coffee fix in the early morning, we all need a little cup of creativity to perk up our day. So, whether we create or appreciate, art is a welcome punch of adrenaline that keeps the soul wide awake.

You’re in for a strong buzz as Inksurge heads upDesignTalks at the Ayala Museum on May 19 at 3PM.

With a portfolio that boasts local and international commissions, Rex Advincula and Joyce Tai’s design shop can sure whip up visual blends that are perfect for anyone’s taste. If you want to get inspired for your next masterpiece or just take a break from a washed out weekend, then Inksurge is your perfect cup of coffee.

Be there and see what the buzz is all about!—TINNIEWEENER

—REPOST FROM STATUSMAGONLINE.COM—

TO MY SISTER WHO’S REQUESTING FOR A REPOST OF THIS: 2009 POST ON TIPS AND TRICKS FOR THE INTERIOR DESIGN BOARD EXAM. (MIGHT ALSO BE USEFUL TO OTHER BOARD EXAM TAKERS!) 

To my dear UST Friends and all UST common friends who will be taking the 2010 ID board exams:

ID board exams are nearing and as promised, and because I haven’t visited you guys (Promise before the end!), I’ll share random tips that may help you during the review, after the review and… during the exam. I’m not friends with everyone here in Facebook and I don’t know who else will be taking the exams… but feel free to tag your friends and common friends. Spread good karma, it’ll come back to you! (chain letter ng mga gsto pumasa? LOL)

Ok here goes..

BEFORE REVIEW: (I know this may be too late but If you did do these, two thumbs up!)

1.       Gather and photocopy books! I did! (lots of them!) I listed every subject covered in the exam, got 2-3 books each that may be helpful. Gladys saw me pa (Habang sya’y nagboboy hunting, este nagtthesis daw)

2.       Know your strengths and weaknesses. For me I hated history and felt that I lacked practical knowledge on ID Practice, so additional books and review materials on history and Interior Design business helped.

3.       If you can start reading early, that’s great!

4.       Understand your study pattern: Are you a night owl or a morning person? Do you understand better with pictures and drawings or like to read and understand everything before you can grasp something? It’s nice to know how to make learning easier for yourself. Look back in your college days! Me? I like balance, so.. I’m the ultimate trinoma VIP lounge tambay. Study, then break.. window shopping, eat.. then study. I know it’s malabo, but hey, I did well naman.  

5.       Don’t deprive yourself with things that make you happy. If you enjoy drinking? Ehem to alcoholics, or weekly shopping, or watching movies, you don’t need to give those up (well not all). Just have balance. Besides you need to do things to help yourself de-stress from time to time during these gruelling 3 months.

6.       Go out! Enjoy the last days of freedom before entering your 3 months of penitensya. Chos! I mean before you finally dedicate yourself to study.

7.       Apply for required documents for the Licensure exam application. If possible, apply na rin for the board exam! Para no hassle na during the review! Plus haba na pila by that time.

DURING REVIEW

1.       Have fun! Stress is your worst enemy, there will be a time when you’ll doubt your capabilities and feel like you can’t take another review class and memorize another part of a coliseum or else you’ll barf; but having a support system would be really helpful (grab your nearest review seatmate and be the ultimate FC and offer yourself as the “review buddy” if you don’t have friends haha)

2.       Help each other. You’re all in this together, and honestly, it’s hard to cover everything on your own, so help each other, ask each other questions or read out loud, and give tips on how to remember stuff, encourage each other when they’re feeling down and drained, things like that.. Good karma!

3.       Listen to tips here and there from professors (if you’re from CDEP, a lot of your instructors are board placers! So pigain na sila sa mga tips and tricks!)

4.       PRAY. Most important thing. Reviewing and preparing for the exam is something you’ll be doing alone. Pray to beat procrastination! haha But seriously, God will give you the strength, patience and perseverance you’ll need. I went to mass and pray the rosary every Wednesday after review classes just to have a breath of fresh air. Then go sabak ulit! (If you’re not really religious then don’t do this, weird naman na you’re gonna do it dahil gusto lang pumasa. Tsktsk. Shame on you)

5.       Keep up with your classes (Classes and discussions in CDEP are for robots. Even I couldn’t keep up then.) but study at your own pace. If you can keep up but don’t understand shit, eh lagot ka na.

6.       Make a self-review schedule. Mine was morning then 2-5 class then night until i fall asleep, then morning again (hopefully i wake up at 6? Haha asa.) But it’s helpful when you program your mind and body. Then pag nasanay, it’ll be a normal thing na, it’s all about momentum!

7.       Don’t starve yourself. This is not the time to go on a diet. Your brain needs to function you know. I think we all gained weight before, kamusta naman kasi ang malapit na mcdo and pizzahut deliveries. Better to gain a little weight for now and lose it later than be skinny and dumb now and then fail. I’m not saying pig out. Stay sexy bitches!

8.       Oh, eat kuya isaw’s isaws and bbqs. Haha. Shet we all ate those. Parang every break? Danee, Lora, Mike, Me, Nani, Camille, Archie, April and lahat ng alam kong pumasa! Uyy kakain na yan.

9.       Love sir JR. Kahit konting inspirasyon lamang ay makakabuti sa kalusugan ng utak at puso. Haha useless tip. anyway. Draw pala. Drawing makes stuff easier to remember. Mine was sketches lang, Kay Mike Tolentino bibbo with details pa! sus. hahaha

10.    Stay away from unwanted distraction that will eat up your time. If you’re GF/BF is a distraction, stay away from them muna, hahaha joke lang.. But I doubt he/she helps you focus. YM nalang muna. Physical contact? Mahirap na, lol.

11.   Don’t memorize, UNDERSTAND. Questions in the board exam are unlike the ones you see in review classes, well, not all of them, some are rephrased in ways that will confuse you (and would make you say WTF??! ) but if you understand something, no matter how they twist it, you’ll know the answer. Get it?

12.   Start preparing for the materials you’ll use for the exam, better familiarize yourselves rin. Decide if you’re gonna use techpens or unipins, watercolors with markers? Colored pencils? Kurecolors? All that stuff. Don’t save your stuff for the board exams lang. Use them! Para you know which ones are you good with.

13.   Conceptualize as early as now. Remember. Design is 60% of y our grade. Am I right? Basta. It’s a huge chunk. Strategize people! But remember, don’t stick to one concept. Baka feel na feel mong mag Victorian period style inspired ekek tas pagawin ka ng modern Avant Garde. Oh goodluck! Malay mo nga naman..

14.   This was also the time na may kanya kanyang santo na inoofferan ang mga tao. I don’t know if that’s effective. Have you heard about the itlog being offered then nuns would pray for you daw?

15.   Again, Strategize. Which subjects are you already kind of good at? And which ones do you think you’re still clueless about. You can focus more on the subjects where you have a weakness then save the ones you’re confident that you’re good at for last. Or do the other way around. Really depends upon your learning style.

16.   Watch movies such as Elizabeth and Elizabeth:The Golden Age both with Cate Blanchett; Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst; Shakespeare in love, among others to familiarize yourseves with types of period furniture. It helps to see the real thing than just black and white drawings (Keens thanks for reminding me to include this, I forgot e). Also, a question appeared in our exam before about headdresses worn in a certain period. Kaloka. So.. Familiarize.

17.   Get as much help as you can. Don’t be afraid to ask people and those who know better, Professors, previous board exam passers, better be over prepared than unprepared.

AFTER REVIEW/REVIEW BREAK: (can’t remember, basta weeks before the exam)

1.       These would be the days when it’s recommended that you lock yourself in your bedroom, laptop at hand, book at the other, nearby water pitcher, food brought up to you, for me, tons of plum and ginger candy? Haha I don’t know, parang naglilihi lang nun. Danee and Cams I know you hate that, pero sarap kaya!

2.       At this point, you would realize there’s too much to cover, don’t panic. Just continue reviewing and read a little bit of everything if you can. Kahit browse lang, sometimes may nagsstuck sa utak, let’s make asa and pray haha

3.       Don’t get sick. A lot of us had slight fevers back then, probably stress-induced. Just keep calm and carry on =) I myself continued studying despite having fever. Fight!

4.        This is all up to you, with you handling your own time; your worst enemy would be yourself.. so avoid procrastination. Study Study Study. Focus Focus Focus.

ONE WEEK BEFORE

1.       Relax week –Stop reviewing. Give your brain a rest. If you burn yourself out, baka mabura lahat ng inaral mo. (Or so was my excuse to have a pamper week Hahaha.) I went shopping for what I’m gonna wear during the 3-day exam. Hahaha walang kokontra. It’s how I beat stress! Plus look good, feel good, perform better! (defensive much). Anyway, If you have white collared shirts, reserve them na. You need three. 3 days before, I went to the Spa and got a massage, helps you relax! but don’t do this a day before! Kamusta ang bugbog feeling.

2.       I didn’t completely stop reviewing, I stared at my handouts. Read here and there, but not like the previous weeks na super review. Actually up to the last minute on the board exam days (especially history and furniture) I still had my review notes at hand. It really depends on you. It’s just that reading keeps me calm.

3.       Make a checklist of all the things you need and could possibly need and have them all ready.  Pencils sharpened, unipins new, techpens refilled. Whatever. You know the drill.

4.       Oh! Don’t forget pentel pens for Furniture Design. I almost forgot mine, I forgot to buy but good thing I saw three new ones(red,blue and black) just lying around and stuffed them in my bag. This was the day of the Furniture Design Exam! Thank God indeed! Kundi Unipins and Kurecolors (that bleed on paper BTW so don’t use them for FUD) ang ginamit ko.

THE FINAL 3 DAYS

1.       PRAY. PRAY.PRAY.

2.       Sorry praying is like meditating for me eh but If you’re not into that, then meditate, or watch tv, or have a quick jog, whatever keeps you calm.

3.       Keep calm and pray. Don’t panic too much, do everything you can to try to remember everything you’ve studied. The brain can function better when not under stress. Seriously. I even took calming herbal medicines! (I tend to panic when stressed haha).

4.       Wake up early to jump-start your brain. Condition it so when you get to the exam location you’re good to go.

5.       Got common sense? You’ll be needing that. Like I said above, some questions are confusing, even directions on the Design. So better have common sense. If you don’t have that. Well.. Well lang masasabi ko. Haha. Better get one because a lot of questions in the board exam are just common sense. Swear!

6.       Breathe in breathe out.. Get a hold of yourself. Think of it this way and say this to yourself like a mantra: “I’ve come all this way, for three months I studied, so it’s now or never. Failure is not an option; I’ve worked hard on this so I better give my best.”

—-Seriously.. I did this. First day! Nakakapanic ang Design swear! I was near crying at the end! And talking to myself plus praying helped! It’s true anyway, you sacrificed three months for this, and after, everything can and would definitely change. I’d know.

 So keep up the good work guys, just study, it’s just three months, and then just three days. Then everything can change. Say hello to the professional life na after that! WOOOOTT!! Grab the top 10 slots guys! UST had 6 before, plus 4 na!

Galingan nyo all of you! We’re all here to help. Make us, UST and your loved ones proud! o(^^.)o

I hope these would help, and give you inspiration, maybre a little courage and strength, look at the pics below, see keena you have your license na! hahahaa hugss!!

I miss <3 top 4 top 1 top 10 top 7. where’s 8?

Keena! See you’re already here na! hahaha

Your future Professional LICENSE! woot!

me and my deer caught in the headlights look huwahaha

This I miss! Oh we’re all so busy nowadays.. tsktsk..

Board placers from UST. One is missing hehe. 3 are fresh grads.Lesgo Lesgo! Keens invite me on your oath taking a! haha epal.